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LITERARY  ANECDOTES 


OF   TUB 


EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY; 

COMPRIZING 

3Stosrap{)tcal  ilrmoto 

OF 

AHLLIAiM  BOWYER,  Printer,  RS.A. 

Ax\D  MANY  OF  HIS  LEARNED  FRIENDS ; 
AN  INCIDENTAL  VIEW 

OP  THE  PROGRESS  AND  ADVANCEMENT  OF  LITERATURE 
IX  THIS  KI^'GDOM  DURING  THE  LAST  CENTURY  ; 

AXD 

BIOGRAPHICAL  ANECDOTES 

OP  A  COKSIDBRABLB  NUMBER  OF 

KMIXENT  WRITERS  and  INGENIOUS  ARTISTS  > 
WITH    A  VERY  COPIOUS  INDEX. 

By  JOHN  NICHOLS,  F.  S.  A. 


IN    SIX   VOLUMES. 


VOLUME  III. 


LOI^DON: 

PRINTED    FOR   THE    AUTHOJR, 

iY    NlCHOL^f,  soy,  ASD  BESTLEY,  AT  C/CERo'i  HEAO^ 
JcMD-LJoy-FASHA CM,    i'LEh T-bTK  KKT. 


i    iii    ) 
CONTENTS 

OF  THB 

THIRD  VOLUME. 


I 


Annals  of  Mr.  Bowyer*8  Vnas  from  17^  to  1777.  •  Aige  1— <29S 
First  Publkatioa  of  hb  Memoin,  and  other  Works. .  •  894—^804 

Essays  and  Illustbations. 
Ucmotrs  of  the  Rev.  Cesar  De  Missy • 305 

Sir  William  Browne,  Knight 315f 

Bey.  William  Budworth 338 

Henry  Fielding,  £sq 356 

-»-»—*  Andrew  Millar,  Esq.  * 386 

.  Robin  Lawless T m» 387 

Charles  Hitch,  Esq. 390 

i— — —  William  Strahan,  Esq ibid* 

Mr.  Archibald  Hamilton 398 

■  John  Rivington,  Esq 400 

*— — -  Thomas  Osborne,  Esq • ••«401 

-^ The  Ballards  of  Uttle  Britain » 40S 

■  Sir  James  Hodges,  Knight 406 

— »^*-  Sir  Stephen  Theodore  Janssen^  Bart ibid. 

—— —  John  Boydell,  Esq.  Alderman 411 

,  Mr.  Joseph  Bote 4lS 

*— —  Mr.  John  Fridden    420 

■  Mr.  John  Beecroft  488 

■  Mr.  BedwellLaw ibid. 

■  Mr.  William  Edwards ibid. 

■  DavidHenry,  Esq 423 

i Mr.  Daniel  FHnce 426 

■  Mr.  Robert  Raikes 428 

■  Mr.  Sraiuel  Goadby 431 

■  Mr.  Robert  Goadby  [see  p.  723] 435 

■  Mr.  James  Hutton ibid. 

.  Mr.  Samuel  Peterson  [seep.  733] 438 

Memoaxa 


W  CONTEltS. 

Memcnn  of  Thomas Wotton,  Esq. 440 

Mr.  John  Hinton 441 

■  ■  ■-—         Mr.  John  March ibid, 

Mr.  1  lioi.iae  SpiUbury 448 

'  Mr.  JoMph  Cot^r ibid. 

■■  —  Jamea  Smmoiu,  Eaq. , 443 

^-  Mr.  Geor^  Robinson 445 

.  Mr.  John  BiiskcrtUle 400 

■-'  Mr.  JiMfjili  Johnson    4(i  1 

Henry  Huglis,  Esq 4C4 

Mr.  I^wis 4(;3 

— — — ^^  Mr.  Griffith  Jones ibid, 

Mr.  Charles  Itathlwiid AGS 

•  ■     '  Mr.  Charles  Spondclowe 4CT 

— John  Lovcday,  Esq 468 

-III  Dr.  John  Lo^-eday   4*5 

-■  Rev. Robert  Masters    479  ' 

■  I  Rev.  James  Bentham 4S4 

■■  Anthony  A&kew,  M.  D. 494 

■■    -  ■  Mattlww  Duane,  Emi 4!)7 

■■  Robert  Orme,  Esq 409 

Rev.  Joseph  Robertson    50O 

: '■  Ralph  Griffiths,  Esq.  LL.D 508 

—  WilUam Rose.  Esq.  LLD. ibid. 

John  ITiofpe,  M.  D 509 

J(An  Thorpe,  Esq 515 

^ r — '■  Edward  Hasted,  Esq 52fl 

Res.  Thomas  RudU 523 

'     ■  '  Rev.  ArclideocoD  John  Denne 524 

■  .      —  ■  ■  Rev.  John  Denne 52/ 

'—■ .     Rev.  Samud  Denne.- 528 

Rev.  Ralph  Heathcote,  D.  D. 531 

llietoiy  of  the  Stationebs'  Company 549 

A  list  of  their  various  Jtcnefiictora 58/ 

]>K)gTess  of  seUing  Books  by  Catali^es  COS 

licttcrs  of  Mr.  Daniel  Prince C94 

Piinters  and  Booksellers 709—742 

,Ad(lit)Oos  and  ConectiQae,  .,....,....>.,, 743 — 7W 


(  1  ) 


LITERARY  ANECDOTES 


OP  THt 


EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY. 


Mil  II   aeg 


IX  the  beginning  of  the  year  Ijfif),  by  engaging 
in  a  mrtnersliip  with  the  Writer  of  these  Memoirs, 
Mr.  JBowyer  was  again  enabled  to  withdraw,  in 
9oine  degree,  from  that  close  application  which 
had  begun  to  be  prejudicial  to  his  health.  Hxi 
new  Associate,  wnilst  an  Apprentice,  had  been 
intrutteil  with  a  considerable  share  of  the  manage- 
ment  of  the  Printinc-office ;  and  the  connexion  was 
such  as,  I  am  proud  to  say,  was  highly  satisfactory 
to  Mr.  BowY£R.  To  his  rartner,  it  was  all  that  a 
young  man  could  possibly  have  hoped  for ;  it  waj^ 
an  introduction  to  a  number  of  respectable  Friends, 
whose  patronage  was  equally  honourable  and  ad- 
untageous.  The  good-natured  Reader  will  pardon 
the  vanity  of  this  paragraph ;  it  is  meant  as  a  tribute 
of  CTatitude  to  a  Benefactor,  whose  memory  the 
WnCer  cannot  but  heartily  revere. 

In  the  succeeding  Annals  of  Mr.  Bowyer's  Life, 
the  mode  hitherto  adopted  will  be  observed.  Tht 
productions  of  the  press  will  be  considered  as  his^ 
without  encBinbenng  the  narrative  with  thtt  unne- 
cemry  distinction  of  a  Partnershq^^ 

Vol.  hi.  3  hk 


2  LITERARY  AN^ClJOTES  OF  [1 766'. 

In  this  year   Mr.  Bowyer   wrote  an  excellent 
Latin  Preface  *  to  "  Joannis  Harduini,  Jesuitae,  ad 
Censuram  Scriptonim  Veterum  Prolegomena.  Juxta 
Autographum;  Svo.**     In  this  Preface  is  a  distinct 
account  of  the  nature  of  the  Work,  as  well  as  of  the 
mode  in  which  it  was  preserved  "  in  naufragio  for- 
tunarum  suarum,  quod  tota  familia  Jesuitica  nuper 
fecit.      Hoc  ver6  fragmentum,"   says  Mr.  Bowyer^ 
•*  quasi  ex  undis  ereptum,  et  in  manus  P.  Vaillant*!* 
Bibliopolae  traditum,  noluit  ille  orbi  literario  invi- 
dere.     Paradoxa  enim  per  se  cum  novitate  sua  de- 
lectant,   tum  long^  magis  Harduini  artificio  exor- 
nata,    qui  tarn  bell^  novit  dare  obscuris  nitorem, 
lucidis   umbram,     fictis   probabilitateni,     omnibus 
denique  speciem,    prout  velit,  et  gratiam.     Istud, 
igitur,  quicquid  est,  fideliter  imprimendum  curavit: 
autographumque  ipsum  in  Museo  Britannico  repo- 
nendum,  tanquam  votivam  tabulam,  posteritati  con- 
secravit.     Paucula  haec,  quae  raptim  praelibavi,  eru- 
dito  coUoquio,  quo  vir  reverendus  Caesar  De  Missy 
me  honestavit,  ai^epta  debent  referri.     Si  quid  im- 
prudenter  dictum  sit,  meae  tribuendum  est  insci^tiae ; , 
si  quid  quod  non  displiceat,  ejus  laudi;  qui  mox,  ut 
spero,  plura  super  hac  re  publica  luce  dignabitur." 

Mr.  De  Missy's;};  remarks  on  the  celebrated 
Jesuifs  extraordinary  production  accordingly  ap- 
peared about  the  same  time,  under  the  title  of 
**  De  Joannis  Harduini  Jesuitae  Prolegomenis  cum 
Autographo  eollatis,    Epistala,    quam  ad  amicissi- 

r 

*  "  I  was  glad  to  sec  ycnir  Pre&ce ;  it  b  perhaps  all  I  shall 
«ver  read  of  the  book.  Swift  wiys,  that  he  never  knew  but  two 
or  three  good  lyars  in  his  life.  You  have  sliewn  how  evidentlv 
the  most  artful  of  thein  are  detected^  by  shifting  their  sails,  ana 
not  abiding  by  their  own  decisions.  Surely  your  friend  the 
Bookseller,  whom  you  are  obliging  with  a  Prefieiee,  is,  as  usual,  a 
little  hard  upon  Authors^  and  more  dictatorial  than  usual,  when 
he  won't  let  you  write,  to  puff  off  his  work  gratis."*  Mr,  Clarke,  MSi, 

f  Mr.  Paul  Vaillant ;  of  whom  some  account  will  be  given  ia 
another  part  of  this  Work. 

{  Of  this  good  and  learned  man,  ftod  truly  priauitivtt  Chris- 
tian, see  her^iter,  under  the  year  1774. 

mum 


1766.']  THE  EtGHtEENtH  CENTURV.  ^ 

mum  virum  Wilhelmum  Bowyerum,  iisdem  non- 
dum  prostantibus,  scripserat  Caesar  Missiacus  [vulgd 
C.  Efe  Missy]  Reg.  Mag.  Brit,  a  Sacris  Gallic^ 
perageiulis  ;'*  8vo. 

In  the  sanie  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed  a  complete 
edition  of  the  Works  of  Dr.William  Harvey,  in  one 
quarto  volume.  The  liberality  with  which  this  pub- 
lication was  conducted  by  the  College  of  Physicians 
b  a  lasting  monument  of  honour  to  themselves,  and 
tu  the  excellent  Author  whose  invaluable  writings 
were  thus  collected.  Let  me  add,  that  it  is  also  a 
gc^'xl  sjxx^imen  of  unostentatious  Typography. 

Two  Editions,  in  quarto,  of  '*  Observations  on  the 
Statutes,  chiefly  the  more  antient,  from  MagnaCharta 
to  the  Tw enty-first  of  James  I .  Cap.  XXV II.  With 
an  Appendix,  being  a  Proposal  for  new-modelling  the 
Suiutes.     [By  the  Hon.  Daines  Barrington  *.j 

*  Tills  worthy  .Tudg-e,  and  tnily  benevolent  g^cntleman,  was  the 
izitiuiato  friend  of  Mr.  Bowyer  j  and  I  cannot  pass  by  this  fair 
^•yportunity  of  expressing  my  own  oblii^lions  to  hiin.  To  two  of 
1.5  brutbers,  the  venerable  Bishop  of  Dai  ham,  and  the  late  gallant 
Admiral  Barrin^on,  and  to  their  noble  Tatlier,  the  fii-st  Lord 
^ir^ount  Barrington,  my  respects  shall  ijc  puid  under  the  year 
irro  — The  Hon.  Daines  Barrimi:ton  was  the  fourth  son  of  the 
hrrt  V'iM:cHmt,  by  Anne  his  wife,  daughter  and  coheiress  of 
^:r  Willruu  Daines.  He  was  one  of  his  Maiesty'^^  Counsel  lear)ied 
ia  the  Lmw,  and  a  Bencher  of  the  llonoinable  Societv  of  the 
Innir  Temple;  appointed,  May '21,  1751,  Mai  shal  of  the  High 
CouTt  of  Admiralty  in  England;  which  he  resigned  in  1753,  on 
bcio^  a|>pointed  itecretaiy  for  the  atfaira  of  Greenwich  Hospital  3 
mis  appointed  Justice  of  the  Counties  of  Merioneth,  Carnanon, 
iTid  AngltHfy,  17^7  j  and  afterwards  5H»cond  Justice  of  Chester, 
«hich  he  resigned  after  1785,  I  believe,  on  a  peiision  3  and,  at 
\m  death,  retained  only  the  place  of  Commissary-general  of  the 
Scores  aC  Gibraltar.  Although  Mr.  Barrington  claimed  no  high 
^ttCinctiun  as  a  Lawyer,  he  was  universally  allowed  to  be  a  pro- 
IduimI  wad  judicious  Antiquary.  His  first  publication,  which 
vin  always  maintaiD  its  rank,  and  has  gone  through  several 
editkMift,  was  his  "Observations  on  the  Statutes,  1766/*  The 
fallowing  year  he  exchanged  his  severer  studies  for  those  of  a 
%hter  kind,  in  Natural  History,  and  published  **  The  Natura- 
likt's  Calendar  3*'  which  has  also  had  more  than  one  edition. 

In  I7M  be  gave  the  following  proof  of  his  liberality. 

"JprilZSt  1768.   Mr.  Bairington  dnds  that  there  have  issuied 
Mr.  BdNTcr'fl  wnsrehousej  400  copies  of  the  second  £(Ution  di 

b2  t\» 


LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [1766. 


i€ 


\ 


A  Poem  to  the  Memory  of  the  celebrated  Mrs. 
Cibber.    By  George  Keate,  Esq."    4to. 

the  ''Observations  on  the  Statutes  "     Ho.  alh(j  finds,  upon  look- 
ing into  his  own  interleaved  copy  of  the  Bi^ok,  that,  by  the  peni- 
sal  of  many  MSS.  and  oihor  nncomnioi)  mattrlMs,  he  hath  very 
considerable  additions  to  make.    He  Ihcreroi  e  thinks  it  wouli]  not 
be  honest  to  bell  the  reniainin^-  100  co;»i^5,  when  he  i^  deter- 
mined  to  print  a  new  Edition,  Mhich  wil!  make  peiiiaps  the  last 
nearly  w'aste-paper.    Mr.  Barnn^^tcn  never  intended  to  make  any 
profit  by  this  publication ;   and  would  therefore  have  from  the 
first   offered   the  copy-right   to    Messrs.  BoNvyer,    Baker,    and 
Sandby;    but  he  really  was  apprehensive  that   they  would  be 
losers  by  such  a  present.     The  .Book  is  of  the  Antiquary  sort, 
anB  by  no  means  calculated  for  a  great  sale.     Mr.  Barrington, 
therefore,  still  apprehends,  that  the  proposed  new  Edition  will 
be  still  less  worth  their  acceptance,  though  perhaps  th^  putting 
his  name  to  it  may  contribute  to  the  sale  of  a  few  copies.     Mr.  • 
Barrington  is  at  all  events  determined  to  print  such  a  new  Edi- 
tion.— If  Messrs.  Bo wyer,  Baker,  and  Sandby,  think  the  right  of 
copy  worthy  their  acceptance,  they  are  most  heartily  welcome  to 
it,  letting  Mr.  Barrington  have  24  copies  for  his  relations  and 
particular  friends.  —  They  will,  however,  consider  of  this,  and 
give  Mr.  Barrington  an  answer  without  resen'e.*'    The  offer  was 
of  course  accepted  j    and  the   third  Edition  was  accordingly 
printed  soon  after. — In  1773,  desiring  to  second  the  wishes  of 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Elstob  to  give  to  the  world  the  Saxon  translation 
of  Orosius,  ascribed  to  King  Alfred,  in  one  volume  octavo,  he 
added  to  it  an  English  translation  and  notes,  which  neither  give 
the  meaning  nor  clear  up  the  obscurities  of  the  Latin  or  Saxon 
authors,  and  subjected  the  Editor  (who  intended  it  chiefly  for 
his  own  amusement,  and  that  of  a  few  antiquarian  friends)  to 
severe  animadvei-sions  (Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XLVll.  p.  337).      His  • 
next  publication  was,  "  Tracts  on  the  Probability  of  reaching  the 
North  Pole,  1775,"  4to.    He  was  the  first  proposer  of  the  memo- 
rable voyage  to  the  North  Pole,  which  was  undertaken  by  Captain 
Phipps,  afterwaids  created  Loixi  Midgravej  and,  on  the  event  of 
it,  he  collected  a  variety  of  facts  and  speculations,  to  evince  the 
practicability  of  such  an  undertaking.     His  Papers  were  read  at 
two  meetings  of  the  Royal  Society ;  and,  not  being  admitted  into 
their  "  Philosophical  Transactions,**  were  publbhed  separately. 
It  must  be  allowed  that  the  honourable  Author  bestowed  much 
time  and  labour  on  the  investigation  of  the  subject,  and  accu- 
mulated an  amazing  quantity  of  written,  traditionary,  and  con« 
jectural  evidence,  in  proof  of  the  possibility  of  circumnavigatixig 
the  Pole ;   but,  after  all,  when  his  testimonies  were  examined 
pondeie  non  numero,  they  were  far  from  proving  so  satisfiBictorj 
as  might  have  been  wished.     His  Tracts  on  this  sutyect  were 
republished  in  his  "  Miscellanies  on  various  Subjects,  17S1»'*  4to, 
consisting  of  some  of  his  papers  in  the  '•'  Philosophical  Transac- 
twnsj  "  and  other  miscellaneous  Sbssj^  couv^^oaed  or  compiled  by 


IjffS.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  6 

The  large   "  Greek  Grammar,    for  the  Use  of 
Westminster  School,"  8vo. 

him.    The  first  tract  among  these  was,  ''An  Enquiry  whether    • 
the  Turkey  t\ui»  known  before  the  Discovery  of  America."    [This 
produced  f I uni  Mr.  Pt-nnant,  in  the  **  Philosophical  Transactions, 
J7bl, '   an  Hiilory  of  the  Turkey,  to  prove  that  it  was  peculiar 
to  Anicnca,  and  unknown  before  the  clisco\erv  of  that  Conti- 
nent.     ••  My  respected  fiiend  Mr.  Burringlon,'*  he  says,  "had 
taken  the  other  side  of  the  question  j  but  this  was  not  published 
b\-  me  polemically,   or  in  any  wu^e  inimical  to  so  excellent  a 
fharaciir."     (LiuTiury  Life,  p.  27.)]     Essjays  on  the  Rein-deer > 
the  Bat,  or  U(  re- mouse  ;   the  suiiden  Decay  of  several  Trees  in 
St.  JacK-s's  Park,   within  a  Year  after  the  Filling-up  of  Rosa- 
mond^s  Pond  ;  the  periodical  Appearance  and  Disappearance  of 
certain  Birds  at  diiferent  Times  of  the  Year  (Phil.  Trans.  voi.LXII. 
p.2d3;    Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XLUl.  p.  501) ;    the  Torpidity  of  the 
^n  ailov%  Tribe  when  they  disappear ;   on  the  prevailing  Notions 
with  regard  to  the  Cuckoo;   on  the  Li nnoan  System  (to  which 
he  objects,  as  obscure,  complicated,  and  unintelligible,  on  many 
accounts)  ;   Pai  ticulai>}  of  the  Agr-cement  bi'tween  the  King  of 
Sp;iin  and  the  Royal  Society  for  an  Exchange  of  Natural  Curio- 
sities ;   Account  of  Mozart,  a  remarkable  young  Musician,  with 
oiiuT  extraordinary  Persons  in  the  same  Line  (Phil.  Trans,  vol. 
L\.  p. .")-!);  of  the  Deluge  in  the  Time  of  Noah  (objecting  to  its 
nnivcTEality,  and  contining  the  term  Earth  lo  the  country  where 
\uih  iiveil)  ;    the  History  of  the  Civvidir  Family,   by  Sir  John 
W\iiiK»,    the  first  liaronet  of  the  Name,   who  wiis  born  1663 
<fii>t  printed  by  Mr.  Bamngton  in  12mo);  a  Ijetter,  intended  for 
DoiLlcy's  Mu.«icum,    on  the  Englis^h  and  Freiith  Writers   (the 
Ran  taken  fmm  the  Battle  of  the  Books)  ;    a  Dialogue  on  the 
antient  Tragedies,   written  at  Oxford,    1746;    the  Voyage  of 
Ohthere  and  the   Geography  of  the  IXth  Centuiy  illustrated, 
extracted  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  Version  of  Onisius  before  men- 
licned ;  Journal  of  a  S|)anish  Voyage,  l??-"))  to  explore  the  Coast 
of  America  Northward  of  California."  —  Mr.  Barrington's  com- 
iittinicntion.s  in  the ''  Philosophical  Transactions"  are,  a  Letter  on 
lOXDe  Particular  Fish  found  in  Wale^  (LVIl.  ^04) ;  Investigation 
of  fbe  Ditference  between  the  present  Temperature  of  Air  in 
Italv  and  some  other  Countries  from  what  it  was  Seventeen 
CraCQi-ies  ago  (LVlll.  68,  Gent.  Mag.  XL.  131)  ;   on  the  Trees 
wiiidi  are  supposed  to  be  indigenous  in  Great  Britain  (LIX.  23) ; 
Letter  cuncenuDg  Chesnut  'IVecs  (IJCI.  167)*  controverting  Dr. 
Dncarers  P^per  on  that  subject  (ibid.  136,  Gent.  Mag.  XLII.  627, 
XXXII.  54) ;   Account  of  a  Mole  from  North  America  (LXI. 
9S9)  ;  some  Experiments  made  in  North  A  Vales  to  ascertain  the 
Ooaotkies  of  Ri^n  which  fell  at  the  same  time  at  different 
Hc^ghSa   (ibid.  1194) ;    Investigation  of  the  specific  Character 
«lych  djatingnishfs  the  Rabbit  from  the  Hare  (LXII.  4,  Gent. 
Ife^.  XLIJJ.  984);  Acoouat  of  a  Foaail  lately  found  near  Chr\at 
-  inUmjpMn  (IXIJI.  171)}  Observations  on  the  Ija^ 

gopua, 


6  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [I76 

"  A  larger  Confutation  of  Bishop  Hare's  System 
of  Hebrew  Metre ;  in  a  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Ed- 

gopus,   or  Ptarmagan  (ibid.  224) ;   Experiments  and  Observa- 
tions on  the  Singing  of  13irds  (ibid.  249) ;  ot*  the  Gillaroo  ( LXIV. 
116,  Gent.  Mag.  XLIV.  530,  .Vil,  579).     To  ihc  Third  Volume 
of  Mr.  Pennant's  •'  British  Zoolo^"  is  added  Mr.  Ban  ington's 
**  ingenious  and  learned  Essay  on  ihe  Language  of  Cirds ;"  which 
having  produced  a  sHght  remark  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LI  II.  p.  990; 
Mr.  Bairington  very  placidly  observed  to  a  friend,  *•  I  could  send 
a  very  short  answer  to  this  objection,  which  is,  tlutt  I  h?ive  ex- 
pressly confined  the  power  of  imitation  in  birds  to  the  re.sj^ective 
powers  from  their  organs.     A  duck  undoubtedly  can  only  quack, 
because  its  organs  will  produce  no  other  sound.     If  I  was  to 
make  ihis^  or  other  defence,  it  would  be  exjieclcd  that  I  should 
do  the  same  to  every  other  objection.     I  have,   pcrhajis,   pub- 
lished too  many  things,  but  mean  to  he  quiet  from  controversy 
for  the  remainder  of  my  days.     When  I  say  this,  do  not  suppose 
me  out  of  humour,  either  with  the  world,  or  my  brother  au- 
thors, whose  treatn)ent  of  me  ]  have  no  occasion  to  complain 
of." — In  the  **  Archajologia"  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaiies  are 
the  following  Papers  by  Mr.  Biurington:    ObseiTatitjns  on  the 
Welsh  Castk^  (1.  278) ;    on  Cajsar's  Invasion  of  Britain,    and 
more  paniculaily  his  Passage  across  the  Tluiincs  (11.  134,  lU); 
Dr.  Owen,  in  a  subsequent  Paper,  printed  in  the  same  Volume, 
concurs  with  him  in  opinion  that  Cicsar'ft  TamesU  was  tlie  Med- 
way,  and  not  the  Thames.     Some  Account  of  Two  IMusical  In- 
struments used  in  Wales,  the  Crvvth  and  the  Pib-gawn  (HI.  liO) ; 
Mr.  Pegge's  Observations  on  the  Growth  of  the  Vine  in  England 
f^onsidereil  and  answered  (ibid.  t)7).     [An  unfounded  conjecture 
advanced  in  **  The  Observations  on  the  Statutes,"  that  England 
never  produced  Grapes,  was  controverted  by  Mr.  Pegge  in  the 
paper  preceding  the  present  j  and  a  defence  of  the  hitter's  argu- 
ments, though  read  at  the  Society  and  approved,  not  being  in- 
dulged with  a  place  in  their  '*  Ar<?haeologia,*'  appeared  in  the 
Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  XLV.  p.  513.]    On  the  Expiration  of 
the  Cornish  Language  (III.  278) ;  on  the  Corbridge  Altai-s  (ibid. 
324) ',  it  was  reserved  for  the  penetration  of  the  late  Mr.Tyrwhitt 
to  decypher  this  Crux  Antiquariorum.     The  account  of  the  body 
of  Edward  I,  as  it  appeared  on  opening  it,  was  drawn  up  by  Sir 
Joseph  Ayloffe  (ibid.  376),    to  obviate  a  misconception  of  the 
writ  for  renewing  the  wax  round  it,  as  if  it  was  a  repeated  cer- 
ing,  instead  of  renewing  the  wax  tapers  placed  round  the  tomb. 
On  the  Term  Levant  (IV.  27) ;   Observations  on  the  Apamean 
Medal  (ibid.  315),  in  which  his  objections  to  the  universality  of 
the  Deluge  are  stated.    And,  in  a  second  Paper,  delivered  to  the 
Society,  but  not  printed,  without  concerning  himself  with  the 
genuineness  of  the  Medal,  which  seems  the  most  essential  part 
fif  the  controversy,  and  which  had  been  completely  overthrown 
bjr  JDean  MiUes,    he  defended  every  argmnent  he  had  before 
^nmffbt  in  &Foiir  of  the  DcucMonic  agaiaxvaX  \]iEi&  I^oochVcTyiVw^i^. 


1766.']  THE  EIOHTEENTO  CENTURY.  )f- 

wards,  in  answer  to  his  Latin  Epistle.  By  Robert 
Lowth,  D.  D.  F.  R.  SS.  Lond.  &  Goetting.  and 
Chaplain  in  Ordinary  to  his  Majesty. 

agiunst  both  Mr.  Bryant  and  the  Dcan^  and  concluded  with  say- 
ing:, "  that,  having  thus  endeavoured  to  vindicate  his  former 
Disfrcrtation  on  the  Apamcau  Medals  he  sees  no  room  for  an 
af'<>Iog>  in  that  behalf,  as  it  is  the  duty,  he  conceives,  of  every 
member  so  to  do,  while  he  continues  unconvinced  by  the  argu- 
ment*^ of  his  opponents ;  and  this  duty  also  becomes  the  more 
neceiisar}',  when  the  objections  are  made  from  so  respectable 
authority."  The  £ite  of  this  medal  is  truly  singular.  Mr. 
Bryant  applied  it  in  proof  of  the  universality  of  the  Deluge  j 
.Mr.  Barrington  wrested  it  to  a  contrary  sense.  Abb^  Barthelemy, 
fbUowcd  by  Dean  Milles,  denied  its  genuineness ;  and  on  this 
and  his  other  Papers  in  this  Volume  see  Gent.  Mag.  XL VII.  336, 
337-  Some  additional  information  relative  to  the  Continuance 
c>f  the  Cornish  Language  (V.  81)  j  Observations  on  Patriarchal 
Customs  and  Manners  (ibid.  119,  Gent.  Mag.  XLIX.  444) ;  on 
which  review  it  was  observed  bv  a  friend  of  Sir.  Urban,  half  sur- 
mining  the  writer,  that  "  somebody  had  taken  the  pains  to  go 
oTcr  the  ground  carefully  and  con  amore  with  the  Hon.  Daines 
Harrington.'*  The  same  Correspondent  had  before  observed, 
•*  It  is  not  often  that  Laymen  get  credit  by  meddling  with  the 
Bible  :  at  least,  we  Clerks  think  so ;  yet,  if  any,  surely  the  patri- 
archal life  might  have  been  properly  treated.**  0))servations 
on  St.  Justin  (or  Justinian's)  tomb  in  Anglesey  (ibid.  143) ) 
Observations  on  the  eaHiest  Introduction  of  Clocks  (ibid.  416)  5 
on  the  vitrified  Walls  in  Scotland,  particularly  Fort  Dunagoyle, 
in  the  Isle  of  Bute  (VI.  100),  supposing  the  stones  to  be  volcanic, 
or  from  the  Bloomeries ;  Obsen'ations  on  the  Progress  of  Archery 
ia  England  (VII.  46) ;  on  the  Progress  of  Gardening  in  England 
libld.  1 13)  J  an  Account  of  certain  remarkable  Pits  ©r  Caves  in 
the  Earth  in  the  County  of  Berks  (ibid.  236)  -,  Silver  Denarii 
found  in  Lancashire  (ibid.  414),  and  a  Celt  near  Segontium  in 
Wales  (ibid.  417,  Gent.  Mag.  LIII.  465)  j  Observations  on  a  Pic- 
ture  b}-  Zuccaro,  from  Lord  Falkland's  Collection,  supposed  to 
represent  the  Game  of  primero  (VIII.  133*)  j  on  the  Antiquity 
of  Card- playing  in  England  (ibid.  134) ;  on  the  Grey-weathers  in 
Berkshire  (supposii^  them  to  have  been  blown  tluther  from  a 
▼oicaoo),  and  the  Crypts  in  Canterbury  Cathodi-al  (supposing 
them  and  others  to  have  been  intended  to  keep  the  Chcjirs  dry 
(Gent.  Mag.  LVII.  697) ;  Disquisitions  on  the  Game  of  Chess 
(IX.  16) ;  on  the  Origin  of  the  Arms  belonging  to  the  Two  Hon- 
ourable Societies  of  the  Inner  and  Middle  Temple,  the  Pegasus 
and  the  Holy  Lamb  (ibid.  157)  5  a  Seal  found  at  Dunstar  Castle 
(ibid.  369).  After  all  these  varioas  literary  productions,  Mr. 
BuTineton  incurred  the  animadversions  and  ridicule  of  the  au- 
thor of  the  •*  Ihirsuits  of  Literatiure" — He  was  F.  R.  S.  and  was 
elected  F.  A,  S.  Feb.  18,  1768,  and  afterwards  Vice-president  i 
widetftakheivsijgned  on  account  of  the  ill  state  o(  his  h'^i^^  He 

waa 


# 


$  UTESAAY  AKSCOOTM  OW  [l?^^* 

^/An  Historical  Account  of  the  Life  of  Cbarks 
the  Second,  King  of  Great  Britain ;  after  the  Man* 
ner  of  Mr.  Bayle.     Drawn  from  original  Writers 

was  also  a  member  of  the  club  in  Essex-street,  instituted  by  Dr« 
Johnson  (see  vol.  II.  p.  558). — He  died,  after  a  lingering  illness, 
in  the  King's  Bench  Walk,  Temple,  March  11,  ISOOj  and  his 
remains  were  interred  in  the  vault  of  the  Temple  church :  where 
the  funeral  service  was  performed  by  the  Master,  Dr.  Reynell,  since 
Dean  of  Winchester,  llie  pall-bearers  were,  the  Master  of  the  Rolls, 
Sir  William  Scott,  Counsellor  Graham,  Mr.Popham,  Sir  William 
Wynne,  the  Attorney  General,  Mr.  Graves,  and  Mr.  Champion } 
his  nephew  Col.  Price  (son  of  his  elder  sister,  by  Robert  PricCj 
esq.  of  Hereford)  chief  mourner }  other  mourners,  Mr.  Stanley, 
Mr.  Aldeney,  Mr.  Wynne,  and  Mr.  Lascelles,  brother  benchers 
and  particular  friends. — To  these  particulars,  originally  compiled 
by  Mr.  Gough  for  the  use  of  Mr.  Urban,  another  correspondent 

t  adds,  "  llicre  are  certain  men  who,  without  the  boast  of  great 
talents  or  resplendent  abilities,  obtain,  by  useful  diligence, 
accurate  investigation,  and  invariable  integrity,  that  solid  re^ 
spect  which  the  eccentricities  of  Genius  will  seldom  suffer 
Genius  to  enjoy.  Such  respect  did  Daines  Barrington  possess 
throughout  a  lon^  and  honoiurable  life.  He  was  bred  to  the 
Bar;  but,  though  esteemed  a  very  sound  lawyer,  he  never 
rose  to  any  distinguished  eminence  as  a  pleadcf .  He  was,  how<r 
ever,  for  some  time  Recoi*der  of  Bristol,  a  veiy  respectable  situ- 

■  ation,  in  which  he  was  preceded  by  that  eminent  judge  Sir  Michael 
Foster,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Dunning,  the  first  lawyer  of  his 
day,  afterwards  created  Lord  Ashburton.  He  was  also  advanced 
to  the  rank  of  King's  Counsel,  and  was,  during  several  years,  one 
of  the  Welsh  Judges.  If  it  had  been  his  wish,  he  might,  without 
doubt,  have  attained  the  English  Ermine  -,  but,  possessed  of  an 
ample  income,  having  a  strong  bias  to  antiquarian  knowledge^ 
natural  history,  and  its  concomitant  studies,  he  retired  from  the 
practice  of  the  law,  and  applied  his  legal  knowledge  to  the  pur- 
poses of  investigating  curious  questions  of  legal  antiquity.  They 
have  been  published  in'  a  quarto  voltune.  His  enquiries  into 
ornithology  and  various  phaenomena  of  Nature  are  well  known ; 
and  his  conversation  on  those  subjects  will  not  be  forgotten  by 
any  one  who  has  been  admitted  to  reap  the  benefits  of  it.  He 
was  an  old  and  most  respectable  fellow  of  the  Royal  Society, 
and  a  very  ingenious  contributor  to  the  annual  volume  of  its 

•  Transactions.  He  was  also  among  those  who,  at  a  former  period, 
frequented  Tom's  Coflee-house,  near,  the  Temple ;  where,  during 
the  early  part  of  the  evening,  the  literature  and  the  theatrical 
history  of  the  day  were  agreeably  discussed,  by  men  who  were 
capable  of  deeper  discussidns ;  and  where,  in  hi§  earlier  years, 
the  writer  of  this  article  has  frequently  listened  with  pleasure 
and  improvement  to  tlieir  conversation.  But  Tom's  CoS^*house 
19  no  more ;    and  Mr.  Barrington  was  nearly  the  survivor  of 

those  who  fonoed  that  pleasant  sociely.    H&  \»A  icx  ^  ^5e«»^ 


Ij6€.^  THS  EIGHTSSNTH  CENTURY.  Q 

and  State  Papers.     By  William  Harris*,   D-D.** 
STolonkes,  8yo. 
**Hogarthf  Moralised,"  by  Dr.  JohnTrusler,  8vo. 

rnnnber  of  years  occupied  the  chambers  in  the  King's  Bench 
Walks,  in  the  Inner  Temple,  where  he  died.  His  latter  compa- 
nions were  princi)MiUy  the  Benchers  of  that  Society,  of  which 
be  was  one ;  and  the  little  exercise  which  he  had  for  some  time 
been  able  to  take  was  in  the  Temple  gai'dens,  whose  arrangement 
ht  was  pleased  to  superintend,  aikl  where  he  appeared  to  find  an 
oc'-asional  amusement  in  obsening  the  growth  of  the  few  trees 
anii  flowers  which  adorn  them.  Thus  he  passed  a  studious,  in* 
ofieii:»ive,  and  long-extended  life;  and  was  attended  to  his  gra^^e 
in  the  Temple  church  by  the  principal  memberss  of  that  Society, 
nith  that  respect  which  his  life  deserved,  and  that  regret  which 
the  remembrance  of  him  cannot  fail  to  inspire." 

*  TTic  Rev.  William  Harris,  a  Protestant  Dissenting  Minister 
of  eminent  abilities  and  character,  at  Honiton  in  Devonshire.  On 
the  ^20fh  of  December,  1705,  the  degree- of  D.  D.  was  conferred 
on  him  by  the  University  of  Glasgow,  by  the  unanimous  consent 
of  that  Eiody.  **  He  }Hihlished,  besides  the  above,  an  historical 
and  critical  account  of  tlie  Lives  of  James  I.  Chark^s  I.  and  Oliver 
CYomwell.  in  5  vols,  8vo,  after  the  manner  of  Mr.  Bayle.  He  was 
preparing  a  like  account  of  James  II.  He  also  wrote  the  Life  of 
Hugh  IVters ;  bcnides  many  fugitive  pieces  occasionally,  for  the 
pabtic  prints,  in  mipport  of  Hberty  and  virtue.  All  his  Works 
have  been  well  received ;  and  those  who  difler  from  him  in  prin- 
ciple, «till  %-aIwe  him  in  point  of  industry  and  feithftdness."  I 
give  this  character  in  the  woi-ds  of  his  munificent  patron  Mr. 
HoUis,  who  had  presented  him  with  many  valuable  books  in 
rrfcrence  to  the  subjects  of  his  Histories ;  and  was  at  the  expence 
of  procuring  his  Doctor's  degree.  Dr.  Harris's  Works  were 
differently  thought  of  bv  the  Authors  of  the  "  Critical  Reriew,'* 
in  an  account  of  the  "  Life  of  Charles  II  **  in  March  1766.— In- 
dustry was  the  principal  charac  tens  tick  of  Dr.  Harris  5  whose 
writings  certiucly  have  none  of  the  vivacity  which  inspir^  Bayle; 
and  in  the  judgment  of  dispassionate  readers,  impartial iry  10 
fieqnenthr  riolated.  Dr.  Harris  died  at  Honiton,  Feb.  4,  1770. 
•  t  Of  this  great,  this  inimitable  Artist,  1  had  (more  than  thirty 
years  ago)  collected  some  materials  with  a  view  to  an  Article  in 
the  first  Edition  of  these  Anecdotes.  But  my  intelligence  (aided 
by  the  aeote  and  elegant  criticism  of  the  late  George  Steevens,, 
esq  >  was  so  greatly  extended  beyond  the  limits  of  a  note,  that 
1  formed  firom  them  a  separate  publication,  intituled,  "  Biogrs* 
phical  Memoirs  of  William  Hogarth,  1781  ;'*  which,  by  the  in* 
dulmioe  of  the  pnblick,  arrived  at  a  second  edition,  in  1789  j 
and  to  a  thhd  in  17S5 ;  and,  at  the  distance  of  25  yeors^  . 
harin^  been  diortyughly  revised  and  new  modelled,  was  again 
le-pajmhed  in  two  handsome  quarto  volumes^  iUustrated  with 
CiXhmatiM Pbtta,  in  I8I0. 


10  UTERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [^lj66. 

"  The  Confessional  * ;  or,  a  full  and  free  Enquiry 
into  the  Right,  Utility,  Edification,  and  Success, 

*  The  (at  that  time  anonymous)  Author  of  this  celebrated 
perfoimance  was  obliged  to  Mr.  Bowyer  for  some  useful  hint* 
in  its  progress  through  the  press,  and  for  several  improvements 
towards  a  new  (and  much  enlarged)  edition.  This  assistance 
was  thus  handsomely  acknowledged : 

"  Worthy  Sir.  Nov.  16,  1766. 

''  Though  Mr.  Millar  has  not  perhaps  acquainted  you  with  all 
my  scruples  concerning  another  edition  of  '*  The  Coofessional/* 
yet  I  can  have  no  objection  to  be  determined  by  the  considerations 
you  lay  before  me  with  so  friendly  a  view  to  the  common  benefit 
of  my  Brethren,  and  the  credit  of  the  Book,  w^ich  however  ex- 
bibits  nothing  more  than  every  Clergyman  ought  to  know  with- 
out it.  I  am  obliged  to  you  greatly  for  suggesting  the  particu- 
lars concerning  tlie  Articles.  The  history  of  the  clause,  passed  , 
in  the  Lords*  House,  and  rejected  by  the  Commons,  did  not 
escape  me.  But  it  was  made  use  bf  in  a  pamphlet  published  by  Mr, 
Miliar  against  Dr.  Powell's  Subscription  Sermon  some  years  ago; 
and  I  was  aware,  that  if  the  Author  of  *  The  Confrssional'  should 
ever  come  to  be  known,  it  would  at  the  same  time  be  known, 
that  the  same  person  was  the  Author  of  that  pamphlet;  and  to 
repeat  that  circumstance,  might  be  called  pillaging  his  own 
works,  which  somebody  calls  the  worst  kind  of  plagiarism. 
However,  as  it  is  so  much  to  the  purpose,  I  will  try  if  it  may 
decently  be  put  into  a  note  at  the  place  you  mention.  The 
terms  of  the  limited  subscription  in  the  13th  Elizabeth,  I  had 
noticed  in  Selden  and  elsewhere  j  but  own  I  had  overlooked  the 
double  subscription  in  the  Act  of  Uniformity,  and  am  obliged 
to  you  for  reminding  me  of  it.  With  regard  to  the  canonical 
subscription,  my  opinion  is  exactly  the  same  with  yours.  But 
the  case  with  me  was  this  :  I  had  the  late  Lord  Hardwicke's 
opinion  in  MS.  long  before  it  was  printed,  from  the  late  Mr. 
Erskine's  ps^pers:  and  as  I  supposed  it  conclusive  as  to  the 
Clergy,  I  did  not  meddle  with  the  limited  subscription,  as  that 
might  give  advantage  to 'an  advei*sar}',  the  point  being  certainly 
problematical.  I  own  I  differ  with  his  Lordship  as  to  the  obli- 
gation of  the  Canons,  even  upon  the  Clergy,  in  this  matter  of 
subscription.  I  cxmnot  see  how  canonical  obedience,  which  is 
retained  to  things  lawful  and  honest,  can  be  extended  to  an  or^ 
dinance  enjoining  unlimited  subscription  contrary  to  law.  But 
tke  point  was  rather  too  delicate  for  me  to  handle  in  the  light  it 
appears  to  me,  and,  as  I  now  perceive,  it  appears  likewise  to 
you.  Some  years  ago  I  had  occasion  to  ask  a  leading  man  in 
Cambridge  by  what  authority  they  required  subscription  for 
degrees ;  and  had  for  answer,  it  was  by  virtue  of  an  injunction 
from  James  I.  under  his  own  Royal  hand.  The  Cambridge  peo- 
ple hfive  dropped  subscription  at  Matriculations,  though  I 
/magine  both  you  and  I  subscribed  at  Matriculation^  perhaps 
poib  at  the  very  «ame  tiaoe  -,  for  I  reaooesobei  ^oii  «X.  Sl«  John's 


1760.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  C£NTURT.  11 

of  establishing   systematical  Confessions  of  Faith 
and   Doctrine   in  Protestant  Churches."      Which 

Df  my  own  year,  and  to  have  once  drunk  tea  with  you  at  a  friend's 
Toi>:ii  i:i  your  own  College.     I  suppose  you  take  my  judgment 
Dt  tlie  for^ry  of  the  controverted  clause  of  the  ^Oth  Article^ 
from  a  note,  p.  294,  of  '  The  Confessional.*     But,  if  you  please 
to  r\.-acl  the  note  again,  you  will  see  I  decide  nothing  concern- 
ing: tne  authenticity  of  the  claa*^  as  passed  or  not  passed  in 
Convocation  j  but  consider  the  authenticity,  ^c.  to  depend  upon 
the  questioDi  Whctlier  the  impiinted  book  retcrred  to  13  Eliza- 
Ufth  had  the  clause  ?  I  think  it  next  to  demonstrable  it  had  not ; 
and  wLiether  Hales  thought  it  unauthentic  for  the  same  reason 
or  ii'Dt,  he  certainly  paid  no  regard  to  it,  if  he  wrote  that  letter. 
W  hen  1  say,  that  Laud  stopped  that  gap,  I  do  not  mean  that  he 
then   first  in>erted  it  \    for  undoubtedly  it  was  then  in  many 
printed  editions  long  b'^fore  Laud  figured  in  the  world.     What 
I  citrAnt  was,  that  he  took  care  to  have  it  inserted  in  all  future 
edition?;  but  in  thi>  I  Hnd  since  1  was  mistaken,  for  it  had  been 
inserted  in  all  the  English  edhions  loihU^hed  after  IG2S,  when 
the  Articles  were  printed  with  his  Majesty's  Declaration  before 
them.     1  have  not  Collier's  Ecclesiastical  History,  nor  would  it  • 
be  easy  to  meet  with  it  in  tlie  country :    but  I  have  the  book 
from  whence  he  is  said  to  huve  taken  his  materials,  viz.  *  Vindi- 
cation of  tiie  Church  of  England  against  Priestcraft  in  Perfec- 
tion/    1  have  likewise  Dr.  Hen  net  on  the  same  argument;  but 
it  is  impossible  the<^*  should  leave  any  impression  on  me  (1  will   < 
cot  sa)  on  any  impartial  reader),  after  having  read  'An  Histo- 
rical  and   Critical   Eti.say   on   the  Thirty-nine  Articles   of  the 
Church  of  England,'   printed  for  R.  Francklin,   1724,   and  as-» 
bribed  to  Mr.  Collins,    and  which  was  written  in  answer  to 
'  c'cem,  and  leaves  not  in  my  mind  the  least  remains  of  a  doubt 
but  that,  the  clause  was  a  forgery,  that  laud's  i-ecord  was  per- 
haps not  much  better,    and  that  the  MSS.  in  JBene*t  college 
library  are  the  true  originals  of  the  Articles  passed  in  the  Con- 
vocations of  136*'2  and  1571  respectively.    N.  fi.  I  never  saw  an 
arij>-.\er  to  the  Historical  and  Critical  Essay.     With  respect  to 
Collier,  he  says,  'And  hei-eby  in  particular  1  have  answered  every 
thing  urged  in  the  Ecclesiastical  History  of  Mr.  Collier,  who  ii 
but  a  mere  abridger  of  the  Vindicator.'     I  think  the  Curators 
of  the  Church  will  do  great  honour  to  the  Author  of  •  The  Con- 
fiessioDal,*  by  appointing  bo  able  and  dignified  a  Veteran  to  enter 
the  lists  with  him.    But  if  the  other  person  you  naipe  should 
undertake  the  same  task,  it  is  ^^reat  odds  but^  they  run  foul  of 
each  other.     I  am,  worthy  Sir^   your  much'  obliged  humble 
senranl." 

In  a  second  letter  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  dated  Der.^,  1766,  the 
author  says,  "  I  think  myself  highly  obliged  to  you  for  your  fovour 
of  the  16th  instant,  as  it  rid  me  of  a  doubt  concerning  the 
Uniliarmltjp  Act  $  for  J  had  been  assured  from  another  hand, 
thai  Uis  fii^Iea  varied;  which  J  was  inclined  to  think  inigbt  \m 

true. 


IS  UTERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [1766. 

passed  very  rapidly  to  a  tliird  edition,  though  pub- 
fished  without  a  name^   was  very  soon  known  to 

true^  as  I  hail  observed  something  like  a  various  reading  in 
Dr.  Nichols,  which  i  had  not  then  at  hand  to  consult.  I  really 
am  concerned  that  I  cannot  agree  with  your  supposition,  that 
Mosheim  was  mibtaken  in  ascribing  the  project  to  Wake. 
After  a  serious  and  deliberate  examination  of  circumstances,  I 
think  Mosheim  and  the  Biographer  perfectly  reconcileable.  If 
you  will  reader  over  the  article  W  ake  in  the  latter  attentively, 
together  with  the  remarks,  you  will  readily  see,  that  the  project 
did  not  take  its  lise  from  the  Commonitorinm ;  and  that  some 
circumstances  relating  to  the  forming  of  it  are  artfully  kept  out 
of  sight  by  the  Biographer.  1  dai'e  say  you  know  from  the  sig- 
nature P.  [Dr.  Philip  Nichols]  who  compiled  this  article,  as  well 
as  I  do.  Some  of  his  artifices  I  have  detected  in  other  articles. 
And  if  you  will  read  Wake's  Letters  to  Courayer,  which  follow, 
jrou  will  find  to  what  length  he  carries  Church -matters,  even  to 
tread  upon  the  heels  of  Popery.  As  to  his  former  defences  of 
Protestantism,  there  perhaps  have  been  few  such  renegadoes  to 
good  principles  as  he  was ;  and  1  for  my  part  can  wonder  at 
nothing  such  men  can  do.  The  case  standing  thus,  I  am  ob- 
liged to  leave  the  text  just  as  it  is,  so  far  as  concerns  Mosheim 
ami  Wake,  excepting  some  little  moditicntion  with  respect  to 
Mr.  Maclaine,  whom  I  had  cited  before  inaccurately,  and  shall 
therefore  be  more  exact  and  more  cautious  in  some  expressions ; 
but  have  no  manner  of  occasion  to  meddle  with  any  vsith  whom 
he  might  correspond  in  England,  as  he  puts  down  the  note  as 
his  own.  With  your  leave,  therefore,  I  will  add  a  note  in  this 
part  of  the  text,  giving  my  reasons  for  thinking  Mosheim  was 
not  mistaken,  and  tor  the  ;^st  leave  the  publick  to  judge.  If  I 
mistake  not.  Dr.  Larducr  discovered  Mosheim's  mistake  of  one 
King  for  another,  and  made  mention  of  it  in  one  of  his  late 
booKS  of  Jewish  and  Heatiien  testimonies.  I  think  the  subscrip* 
tion  at  Matriculation  was  dropped  at  Cambridge  since  you  and 
I  were  admitted.  If  you  recollect  the  names  of  two  scholars, 
contemporaries  at  St.  John  s  mth  you,  Mearson  and  Fidler,  yeu 
will  know  how  to  account  for  my  particular  remembrance  of 
you.  I  must  not  omit  to  return  you  my  thanks  for  your  noted 
vpon  the  Greek  Testament,  and  partiailarly  for  the  excellent 
Preface  before  them.  They  have  been  of  great  use  to  me  and 
others  ou  several  occasions,  and  I  wish  we  had  more  such  col* 
lections  by  equally  able  hands. — A  Correspondent  1  have  abroad 
mentioned  to  me  not  long  ago,  a  design  to  put '  The  Confessional* 
into  a  French  dress  $  in  which  he,  with  some  other  of  his  friends, 
as  he  said,  were  concerned.  I  have  prevailed  with  him  to  drop 
the  design  at  least  till  another  edition  come  out.  He  is  a  man 
of  gnat  knowledge,  though  young,  and  capable  of  doing  justice 
to  any  subject  he  thinks  fit  to  undertake,  and  ought  not  to  be 
employed  in  the  drudgery  of  translating.  If  Mr.  Millar  can 
umie  anjmt  of  lids  Jhint,  yoa  may  commxxwale  \X,  «cA  ViiitxRiil 


\  ' 


Ij66.']  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  1$ 

have  been  the  production  of  the  Rev.  Francis  Black- 

Ift  me  know.  I  suppose  I  am  to  expect  some  smart  strictures 
from  Mr.  Maclaine :  but  there  are  such  things  as  Reprisals  in 
due  time  and  place.  I  have  been  ill  for  ten  days  or  a  fortnight, 
tnd  quite  disabled  from  business,  and  am  not  yet  thoroughly 
recruited ;  but  hope  to  send  some  copy  of  the  additions  and 
corrections  by  next  post.  Piget  me  unum  tantum  eruditum  Typo^ 
grapkum  in  Anf^lii  iuperesse,  et  ilium  annum  agentem  primum 
$u)>ra  8exage$imum>  The  words  are  not  mine,  but  I  sincerely 
join  in  the  lamentation;  s^d  am,  worthy  Sir,  your  much  obliged 
humble  sen-ant. — I  wish  Mr.  Maclaine  had  given  some  account 
of  Dr.  Mosheim,  as  it  would  have  recommended  his  Book  in  this 
country." 

Mr.  Bowser's  answer  will  be  thought  worth  preserving : 

*'  Reverend  Sir,  Jan,  11,  1767. 

*^  The  Latin  compliment  your  last  brought  me  is  enough  to 

swell  the  glowing  tide  of  vanity,  were  not  my  life  at  a  lower 

ebb  than  my  encomiast    imagines,    being  advanced    to    the 

LXVllIthyear;   which  makes  me  something  doubt  whether  I 

am  the  person  whom  you  remember  at  College,  admitted  in  the 

year  1716,  and  who  came  away  in  the  year  1722.     My  fiather, 

good  man,  sent  me  thither  X  to  qualify  me  (by  a  new  kind  of 

experiment)  for  a  printer.     But  it  served  only  in  trade  to  expose 

me  to  more  alfronts,  and  to  give  me  a  keener  sensibility  of  them. 

Tvaat  and  old  age  are  at  last  our  best  instructors ;  and  I  should 

have  made  an  ill  use  of  the  documents  of  Nature,  if  I  had  not 

learnt  to  take  consolation  from  my  approach  to  that  state,  where 

the  great  and  little  will  be  equal.     1  have  been  led  into  these 

reflections  from  an  incident  that  has  just  happened  from  the 

fittle  connexions  between  us I  thought  it  necessary  to 

lay  this  before  you,  that  1  might  not  claim  the  merit,  or  siiffer 
lor  the  delects,  of  any  other  typographical  operator ;  and,  that 
i  may  not  seem  to  act  clandestinely,  I  send  Mr.  MiUar  a  co^ 
of  this.    I  am.  Sir, 

Your  very  obliged  hiunble  servant,  W.  Bowter. 

''  P.  S.  I  wish  you  the  compliments  of  the  season — MtdUn  et 
f^kct$.    The  next  good  wish  iA^  Sin  infelices,  paucos'* 

The  alhxnon  in  the  above  letter  is  to  a  private  misunderstand- 
ing, not  worth  relating ;  but  which  the  two  following  short  let-* 
ters  wHi  sufficiently  illustrate : 

"  Though  I  understand  you  have  dissolved  that  friendly  con- 
nexion which  was  commenced  between  the  Author  of  '  The 
Confessicmar  and  me.  I  do  not  neglect  to  put  into  your  hands 
what  he  suggested  for  the  benefit  of  his  Book  and  Mosheim,  in 
a  letter  I  received  from  him  since  you  went  to  Bath,  and  which 
I  here  send  you.  I  thought  myself  obliged  to  lay  fanefore  him  a 
■aml&m  of  my  conduct,  which  I  hope  he  vnll  look  upon  as  a 
snficH&t  jusU&ation  of  it.    Be  pleased  to  i*etum  me  the  letter 

/  See  p.  14. 


14  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [I'jGd* 

bume*,  M,  A.  Archdeacon  of  Cleveland.    It  excited 
at  the  time  a  considerable  degree  of  interest ;   and 

inclosed,  for  the  sake  of  the  compliment — which  I  am  to  live 
upon."  Mr.  Bowyer  to  Mr.  Millar,  Jan.  12,  17t>7. 

•'  1  received  yours  of  the  12th  two  days  ago,  but  had  not  time 
to  answer  it.  If  you  have  any  cause  to  regret  this  transaction, 
you  certainly  have  only  yourself  to  blame.  Your  complaining  to 
the  author  is  absui-d  in  my  opinion,  as  you  never  had  a  warmer 
friend  than,  yours,  &c.*  I  inclose  you  the  author's  letttr  as  you 
desired.  Pi-aise  will  feed  none  of  us,  though  it  may  please  us 
for  a  time.  You  have  your  merit :  but  none  of  us  are  without 
faults  J  and  j>erhaps  we  think  ourselves  of  too  much  imj)ortance 
in  our  own  ideas."     Mr.  Millar  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  Jan.  17,  1/67. 

Mr.  Bowyer  frequently  lamented  to  me  the  great  hardsliips  which 
he  experienced  at  College,  where  "  the  conmions  of  the  sizers," 
he  said,  '*  were  in  his  time  {IJIO — 1/22)  miserably  poor,  though 
since  much  amended."  His  father,  though  in  every  other  re- 
spect a  generous  man,  used  in  company  to  talk  of  *'  the  great 
expence  he  was  at  in  keeping  his  son  at  the  University."  This 
having  been  repeated  to  the  son,  he  determined  to  live  there  at 
the  lowest  expence  possible  3  his  tutor's  bills  (which  I  have  now 
before  me)  not  amounting,  board  included,  to  twenty  pounds  a  year. 
One  article  of  the  charge  on  the  tutor's  bills  is  for  Income. 

"This  is  a  sum  of  money  allowed  for  College  chambers  to  the 
former  occupier,  in  consideration  of  repairs  or  fitting  up,  and  fur- 
niture, and  is  frequently  transferred  from  one  tenant  to  another 
in  succession,  a  tenant* being  answerable  to  a  person  so  repairing 
or  fitting  up  at  two  or  three  removes.  —  I  lived  foi*  a  trifle  more 
than  4oI ;  but  was  a  schohir  of  the  house,  though  1  had  an  estate 
of  60/.  per  annum,  though  my  uncle's  claim  was  not  given  up. 
AH  these  my  father  kept  for  a  year  after  I  was  of  age."    T.  F. 

Mr.  Clarke,  in  a  letter  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  Jan.  26,  1768,  says,  "I 
now  tind  that  nobody  is  so  proper  to  converse  with  Mr.  Markland 
as  you  are  j  who  had  almost  star>'ed  yourself  ui)on  a  principle  of 
honour.  This  indeed  was  in  you  only  a  sally  of  youth ;  but  he 
is  now  as  young  as  you  were  at  17,  and  would  do  it  at  any  time. 
It  is  a  little  too  much  to  have  a  man's  virtues  reduce  him  to  a 
mere  skeleton ;  you  were  wise  enough  to  take  up  in  time  -,  and 
he  will,  1  hope,  at  last. — You  never  paid  a  proper  deference  to 
your  father's  judgment.  How  long  did  he  live  in  tiade^  beloved 
and  caressed  by  the  whole  fraternity  of  booksellers,  and  how 
little  was  done  in  comparison  of  what  you  have  accomplished  ! 
Make  but  a  man  talked  of  in  trade  for  any  excellence  in  his  way, 
and  it  will  do  his  business.  To  be  in  ore  vulgi,  is  all  he  wants. 
You  are  not  beholden  to  the  world,  but  youi-self :  for  that  many- 
'beaded  monster  the  World  is,  in  its  collective  capacity,  just  as 
selfish  as  the  individuals  that  compose  it." 

*  This  reverend  and  very  learned  Divine,    son  of  Francis 
Blackburne,    of  St.  Nicholas^   near  Richmond^  in  Yorkshire^ 

and 


lj66J]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  15 

toy  soon  produced  from  another  Archdeacon  (DrJ 
Rutherford)  some  very  able  Remarks,  in  a  Charge 
delivered  at  his  Visitation  in  July  1766,  under  the 

and  alderman  of  Richmond,  was  eminently  distinguished  as  a  . 
controversial  writer.  He  received  his  academical  education  at 
difl^rcnt  provincial  schools,  and  afterward  at  Cathaiine  Hall, 
Cambridge  5  where  he  was  admitted  pensioner  In  May  1722. 
He  was  ordained  deacon  in  1728.  His  political  principles, 
which  were  those  of  Locke  and  Hoadly,  having  pre\ented  his 
election  to  a  foundation  fellowship  in  his  Collet^e,  he  quitted 
Cambridge,  and  went  to  reside  with  a  relation,  a  clergyman,  in 
his  own  county :  where  he  remained  till  he  was  pretiented,  in 
1739,  to  the  Uving  of  Ric.hmond,  his  native  place.  He  pro- 
ceeded B.  A.  1726  J   and  M.A.  1733. 

In   1749  appeared,    for  the  first  time,    ''  Free  and  Candid 
Disquisitions  relating  to  the  Church   of  England  3"    contain- 
ing many  sensible  observations  on  the  defects  and  impropri- 
eties in  the  liturgical  forms  of  faith  and  worship  of  the  Esta- 
b»i»hed  Church,  siod  proposals  of  amendments  and  alterations  of 
such  passages  as  were  liable  to  reasonable  objections.      I'his 
work  was  a  compilation  of  authorities  taken  from  the  writings 
of  some  eminent  IHvines  of  the  Church  of  England,  tending  to 
•bc^v  the  necessity,  or  at  least  the  expedience,  of  revising  our 
public  Liturgy,  and  of  extracts  ot*  Jitters  sent,  or  supposed  to 
be  sent,   to  the  compiler,  from  his  correspondents  in  different 
parts  of  the  kingdom,  approving  of  his  design,  and  signifying 
itieir  dififposition  to  promote  and  encourage  it,  as  there  should 
•  be  occasion. — The  compiler,  the  Rev.  Mr.  John  Jones,  vicar  of 
Ak^onbuIy  near  Huntingdon,  was  ;i  man  of  very  singular  cha- 
nctcr,    pious  and  regular  in  his  deportment,    diligent  in  his 
clerical  functions,  and  indefatigable  in  his  studies,  which  were 
chiedy  employed  in  promoting  this  scjienic  of  reformation,  con- 
ceived and  digested  long  before  his  **  Disquisitions"  were  made 
public,  but  withal  affecting  a  mysterious  secresy  even  in  trifles^ 
and  excessively  cautious  of  giving  offence  to  the  higher  powers. 
— With  Mr.  Blackbume  this  gentleman,  on  the  recommenda- 
tioD  of  Dr.  Edmund  Jjslw,  afterwards  Bishop  of  Carlisle,  held  a 
correspondence  -,  and  to  him  Mr.  Jones  sent  the  greatest  part  of 
his  Work  in  manuscript,  which  was  returned  to  him  without  so 
much  as  the  correction  of  a  single  slip  of  the  writer's  pen ;  nor 
WW  there  a  single  line  or  word  in  the  "  Free  and  candid  Disqui- 
litiaii*"  written  or  suggested  by  Mr.  Blackburne,  notwithstand- 
ing many  confident  reports  to  the  contrarj'. — ^The  truth  is,  Mr.  ' 
MdtbuFoe,  whatever  desire  he  might  have  to  forward  the  work 
of  ecclesiastical  refbrmation  (which  was  as  earnest  at  least  as 
Mr.  Jooes*B)  coidd  not  possibly  conform  his  style  to  the  milky 
phraseologr  of  the  "Dbquisitions;**   nor  could  he  be  content 
to  bste  bis  sentiinents  mollified  by  the  gentle  qualifications  of 
Mr.  Jones's  lenient  pen.     He  was  rather  (perhaps  too  muctt) 
10  hxkvpoa  those  who  had  in  their  hands  the  mcaM 

and 


16  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Ot  [l/Cfi. 

title  of  "A  Vindication  of  the  Right  of  Protestant 
Churches  to  require  the  Glergy  to  subscribe  to  an 

and  the  power  of  reforming  the  errors,  defects,  and  abuses,  in 
the  government,  forms  of  woi-ship,  faith  and  discipline,  of  the 
Established  Church,  as  guilty  of  a  criminal  negligence,  from 
whicli  tliey  should  have  been  roused  by  sharp  and  spuitcd  ex- 
postulation. He  thought  it  became  Disquisitors,  with  a  cause 
in  haad  of  such  high  importance  to  the  influence  of  vital  Chris- 
tianity, rather  to  have  boldly  &ced  the  utmost  resentment  of  the 
class  of  men  to  which  they  addressed  their  work,  than,  by  meanly 
truckling  to  their  arrogance,  to  deri\e  upon  themselves  their 
ridicule  and  contempt,  which  all  the  w  orld  saw  was  the  case  of 
these  gentle  s»*  .^esters,  and  all  the  return  they  had  for  the 
civility  of  their  application. — ^A  Pamphlet  in  defence  of  the  above 
work  was  the  fii-st  specimen  of  Mr.  Blackburne*s  talents  as  a 
polemical  writer.— rOn  the  18th  of  July,  1750,  Mr.  Blackburne 
was  collated  to  the  ai'chdeaconry  of  Cleveland  j  and  on  the  1st  of 
August  following  to  the  prebend  of  Bilton,  by  Dr.  Matthew 
Hutton,  then  archbishop  of  York,  to  whom  he  had  been  for 
some  years  titulai*  chaplain.  "  I  heartily  wish  you  joy  of  that 
accumulation  of  preferment  which  you  have  been  so. long  en- 
titled to,  and  which,  though  it  cannot  add  either  to  the  real 
merit,  or  to  the  interior  respectableness,  of  the  pei-son  who  must 
dignify  it,  yet,  as  it  will  give  him  fi'equent  opportunity  of  in<loc- 
trinating  his  brethren  in  those  parts,  and  may  add  £Ouiewliat  to 
his  autliority  in  promoting  the  good  work  of  reformation  in 
which  he  is  so  happily  engaged,  1  therein  do  and  will  again  re- 
joice." Dr.  Edward  Law  to  Francis  Blackburne,  August  1750.— 
Such  of  Mr.  Black  burners  friends  as  judged  of  his  disposition  by 
the  influence  that  fear  and  hope  have  upon  the  majority  of  man- 
kind, concluded  that,  upon  his  promotion^  he  would  write  no 
more  Apologies  for  such  books  as  the  "  FVee  and  Candid  Disqui- 
sitions;'* and  some  of  them  were  a  little  pleasant  with  him  upon 
that  subject;  to  whom  he  only  answered,  with  a  cool  indifierence, 
that  he  had  made  no  bargain  with  the  Archbishop  for  his  liberty. 

.  He  had  good  reason  indeed  to  believe  that  his  Grace  was  not  un- 
acqumnted  with  his  sentiments ;  nor  was  he  a  stranger  to  the 
Archbishop's  liberal  notions  on  ecclesiastical  a&irs.  When  he 
first  went  to  Bishopthorpe,  to  be  collated  to  the  archdeaconry, 
he  was  shewn  into  the  Chaplain's  room )  where  the  first  thing 
he  saw  was  the  above-mentioned  ^'Apology'  lying  upon  the  table; 
and  he  had  reason  to  believe,  from  some  conversation  he  bad 
With  his  Grace  before  he  left  him^  that  he  was  suspected  to  be  the 
author  of  it.  But  there  was  a  candour  and  generosity  in  Arch- 
bishop Hutton,  rarely  to  be  met  with  in  men  of  bis  Grace's  statioo. 
Mr.  Blackburne  had  been  warmly  recommended  to  his  Grace 
when  he  was  Bishop  of  Bangor,  by  his  steady  friend  John  Yorke, 
esq. ;  And  Mr.  Blackburne  himself,  having  lived  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood of  his  Giace's  family  at  Marske  [near  Richmond]  for 

mote  Umn  ten  jears>  his  Grace  had  some  personal  knowledge 

of 


Ij66.^  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  17 

trstablished  Confession  of  Faith  and  Doctrine.     A 
good  '*  Summary  View  of  the  Co?i/'essiofial  Contro* 

nf  the  man,  and  his  genera)  Icrliaracter  in  that  neighbourhood ; 
p*nd  the  Archbishop  was  known  to  say  on  a  certain  occasion^ 
f  nat  his  own  knowledge  of  Mr.  Blackbuine  had  as  gi*eat  a  share 
•n  his  preferment  as  the  solicitation  of  his  friends. — ^/\ix:h deacon 
fibckbume  lived  in  habits  of  intimate  fi  iendship  with  Dr.  Law, 
irfterward  bishop  of  Girlisle  ;    in  vindication  of  whose  opinions, 
on  the  state  of  the  soul  between  Death  and  tlie  Resurrection,  he 
drinv  forth  hb  pen  with  great  zeal,   and  finally  produced  his 
ctlebnited   *' Hisiurical  View"  of  the  Ojutroversv  on  the  same 
^lilrject,  '^^hich  lii-st  appeared  in  1/65,  which  is  ceilainly  a  very 
aMc  prifbnuanco.  —  Mr.  lilackbiiri\c  had,    i        wiliiout  some   • 
-;  niplc5,    prevailed  upon  himself  to  subscribe  to  the  XXXIX 
Articles,  in  order  to  qualify  himself  to  hold  the  archdeaconry  of 
Cleveland  and  prebend  of  Uiltou.     His  chief  inducements  at  tliat 
Tirue  x^ors*  the  reasonings  of  Dr.  Clarke,  in  his  '*  introduction  to 
the  >rripuire  lX)ctrine  of  the  Trinity,**  a  manusorij)t  half  &hec?t 
'irawn  up  by  Dr.  Edmund  Law,   and  the  liberal  concession  in 
•hv  >i\iii  Article  of  the  (  huith  of  England.  —  Some  time  after- 
''."jr«ls,  u]>on  a  prospect  of  faither  advancement  to  a  considerable 
|i!vfenaent,  lie  took  occ*a^ion  to  re-considcr  these  scvei'al  argu- 
Tni-nts  :    and  thought  they  fell  short  of  giving  that  satisfaction 
uhiih  an  honi'st  man  would  wish  to  have,   when  he  pledges 
h\^  good  faith  to  society  in  so  solenm  a  form  as  tliat  prescribed 
Jn-  the  36ih  Canon,  enjoining  subscription  to  the  .Articles  and 
Liturgical  foniis  of  the  Church  of  England.     In  this -state  of  • 
mind,  he  set  hiuiself  to  examine  into  the  rise  and  progixjss  of 
tlij*  re(|ut£ition  in  Protestant  Churches,  and  into  the  arguments 
brought  in  defence,  or  rather  in  excuse  of  itj  the  result  of  which 
wa.-.  the  ccHnpiiation  since  known  by  the  name  of  "  Ti^e  Confos-   - 
sional,"  &c. — This  work  remained  in  manuscrijJt  some  yean*, 
and  was  not  pubKshed  till  17(>6 ;  and,  as  the  subject  is  interest- 
ing:, I  shall  transcrilK*  a  brief  statement  of  the  effects  of  it,  iis 
^posthumously)  given  to  the  publick  in  1804  (by  his  son)  from 
his  own  pen:    "  It  appeared,  from  the  clamour  that  was  raised 
against  it,  that  grievous  oifence  was  taken  at  it  by  that  part  of 
the  Clergy  who  afiect  to  call  themselves  orthodox.    The  indigna- 
tion of  Archbishop  Seeker  was  excessive.     His  mask  of  mocicra- 
tioQ  fell  off  at  once.     He  employed  all  his  emissaries  to  tind  out 
the  author;  and,  by  the  industry  of  Rivingtoni  and  the  conmiu- 
okatiine  dfeposition  of  Millar,  he  succeeded. — Dr.  Edmund  Keene 
was  then  bishop  of  Chester,   and  Mr.  Blackburne's  diocesan  5 
and  had  expressed,  and  indeed  shewn  in  several  instances,  his 
frietidship  and  benevolence  to  Mr.  Hlackburne.     He  wrote  a 
letter  to  an  iottmate  friend  of  Mr.  Blackbiune,  mentioning  th^ 
leseotment  of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  and  other  bishops, 
agaiiMt  the  refmted  author;  and  intimated  that,  if  the  suspicion 
vfaich  feM  upon  Mr.  Blaekbume  was  groundless,  he  would  do 
Hell  to  aQeoor  ike  imputationf  by  publicly  disavowing  the  Work 
VoM,  ilL  C  \xk 


18  JLITERART  AN£CS)0T£8  Of  [l756u 

Irersy,**  placed  in  the  Order  in  which  each  Publica- 
tion respects  the  other^  from  May  1766  to  Apri) 

• 

th  ftitit ',  hf,  that  et^ry  door  of  access  to  farther  prefenneDt 
would  otherntse  be  shut  against  him.    The  answer  of  Mr.  Black- 
hurne's  friend  was,  that  he  had  no  right  to  ask  Mr.  Blkckbume 
any  question  of  that  kind ;  and  that,  as  he  himself  should  think  R 
tmcivil  and  impro])er  to  be  interrogated  upon  such  a  subject,  he 
hoped  his  Loniship  would  excuse  him  ibr  ckclining  to  inter* 
Aieddk  in  a  matter  of  that  delicacy. — Mr.  Bkickburne,  howevcv, 
on  the  other  hand,  had  the  consolation  to  find  that  his  book  was 
approved  and  commended  by  several  worthy  persons,    whose 
esteem  he  valued  at  a  very  high  rate.     Numbers  of  letters  still 
remain  among  his  papers,  testifying  the  satisfaction  the  writers 
had  received  in  perusing  'The  Confebsionalj*  among  which  none 
are  written  in  a  higher  strain  of  panegyric  than  a  number  fron» 
Dr.  Edmund  Law^  since  promoted  to  tlie  bishoprick  of  Cai-lisle. 
-—When  Dr.  Warburton's  Book  of  'Alliance  between  Church  and 
State*  first  appeared,  the  old  orthodox  phalanx  was  highly  scan- 
dalized that  the  author  should  deseit  the  old  posture  of  defence, 
and  subject  the  Church  to  such  a  humiliating  dependance  on  the 
State.     Dr.  Rutherford  led  the  way,  in  an  attack  upon  '  The 
Confessional  3*  and  skirmished  in  the  old  posture  prescrilxxl  in 
the  antient  system  of  Church  authority.    It  was  found,  by  the 
several  Answere  to  the  Doctor's  '  Charge  and  Vindication,*  that 
this  method  would  not  do.    Accordingly,  Dr.  Rotherham,  in  his 
'  Essay  on  Establishments,*  &c.   took  a  different  route.    War- 
burton's  system  was  Hobbbm,    trimmed  and  decorated  witb 
various  distinctions  and  subterfuges,  which  were  by  no  means 
intelligible  to  common  apprehensions,  and  very  apt  to  mislead 
the  superficial  or  inattentive  reader  into  an  approbation  of  the 
more  plausible  parts  which  lay  more  open  to  their  understand* 
ings.      Dr.  Balguy  was  the  only  one  who  seems  to  be  iiilly 
apprised  of  the  latent  meaning  of  his  master  Warburton,  to 
whose  '  little  senate*  he  is  said  to  have  belonged.    But  he  en^ 
tered  late  into  the  controversy j  and  Dr.  Rotherham,  not  having 
the  advantage  of  his  finesses,  af^opted  in  his  Essay  a  si'stem  of 
Hobhlsm  almost  as  crude  and  undisguised  as  that  of  the  Malma* 
Inirian  Philosopher  in  h»  Leviathan.**      Speaking  afterwards 
of  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Lindsey,    the  Archdeacon  informs 
vs,  that  "he  had  married  a  daughter  of  Mrs.  Blackbume  by 
her  former  husband.    The  friendship  between  Mr.  Lindeey  and 
Mr.  Blackbofne  was  not  nearly  so  much  cemented  by  this  Ik- 
mily  connexion,  as  by  a  similarity  of  sentiments  in  the  cause  of 
Christian  liberty,  and  their  aversion  to  ecclesiastical  impositions 
in  matters  of  conscience.     In  the  warfere  on  these  subjects  they 
#ent  hand  in  hand ;  and,  when  Mr.  Lindsey  left  Yorkshire,  and 
Settled  in  London,  Mr.  Blackbume  used  to  say  '  he  had  lost  hm 
right  arm.* — Mr.  JBlackbume  had  his  objections  to  the  Liturgy 
and  Articles  cf  the  Church  of  England  as  well  as  Mr.  Lindsey, 
and  in  some  instances  to  tbe  same  passages  >  but  differed  widely 


17^6S]        V     THB  ]ItQHT£]fcKTH  CJENTUHY.  l^ 

1771,  maybe  seen  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine^ 
vol.  XLI.  p.  405 ;  and  continued  to  March  1774  ia 

§rom  him  in  same  particular  pointB>  which  he  thotigbt)  u  stated 
by  Mr.  Lindiicy  and  his  friends,  could  I'eceive  no  countenanco 
fircKu  Scripture,  but  by  a  licentiousness  of  interpretation  that 
could  nut  be  justified. — It  was  not  consistent  with  Mr.  Black- 
burners  friendship-  for  Mr.  lindsey,  to  enter  into  a  formal  con- 
trarenBy  wkk  hiui  on  these  particular  points ;  and  if  they  could 
baiie  been  got  over,  it  was  not  consistent  with  a  resolution  Mr« 
Bkickburne  had  taken  early  in  life,  to  have  as  little  to  do  with 
tbe  Trinitarian  controversy  as  possible.  -*-  But  Dr.  Priestley  and 
Mooe  of  bis  friends  having  canied  the  obligation  to  secede 
from  the  Church  of  England  farther  than  Mr.  Blackburne 
thought  was  eitlier  sufticiently  candid,  cluiritable,  or  modest, 
Mod  had  thereby  given  countenance  to  the  reproach  thrown 
upon  many  moderate  and  worthy  men  by  hot  and  violent  Con- 
fermtsis,  for  continuing  to  minister  in  the  Church  while  tliey 
disa|>jiroved  many  things  in  her  doctrine  and  discipline;  lie 
tJMMight  it  expedient,  in  justice  to  himself  and  others  of  the  same 
aeutiments,  to  give  some  check  to  the  crude  censures  that  liad. 
been  passed  upon  them.  And>  accordingly,  intending  to  publish 
'  Four  Discourses  delivered  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Archdoaconiy  of 
Cleveland  in  1767>  1769,  1771>  and  1773,*  he  took  that  oppor^ 
tunity  to  explain  himself  on  this  subject  in  a  Preface,  as  well  on 
tbe  liM^half  criT  the  seceders,  as  of  those  whose  Christian  principles 
admitted  of  their  remainmg  in  the  Church  without  offering  vio«> 
fence  to  their  consciences.'* — Another  secession  from  the  Church 
ia  the  Archdeacon*s  feuuily  is  thus  related  by  his  son :  "  The 
■rparation  from  the  Churoh  of  England  of  his  son-in-law  Dr. 
Disney  (17B9),  for  whom  to  the  moment  of  his  death  he  enter- 
tained  and  expressed  the  warmest  cordiality  of  friendsliip,  was 
an  event  to  his  mind  peculiarly  afiecting.  That  secession,  it  is 
tnie»  was  the  natural  and  honourable  consequence  of  a  settled 
eonvictioa  (for  whieh  the  worthy  seceder,  with  a  truly  Christian 
caadsur,  soon  alter  delivered  his  reasons  to  the  publick),  that 
he  could  no  longer  conscientiously  minister  in  the  form  of  wor- 
ship prascribed  by  the  Church  of  England.  Mr.  Blackburne  too 
had  his  objections  to  the  Liturgy  and  Articles  of  tlte  Church ; 
bat  he  was  for  from  going  the  length  of  dissent  which  his 
friead  Mr.  L^idsey  had  avowed  in  the  year  1774,  and  which  Dn 
Diwaey  now  caoie  forward  to  profess.  On  a  subject  so  delicate,  > 
sad  oa  occasion  of  such  serious  difference  with  a  person  moet 
casBCDtlj  beloved  and  honoured  by  him,  we  might  have  been 
at  a  kHS  for  language  sufficiently  proper  and  correct  to  express 
the  foriJBfpi  of  Mr.  Blackburne,  had  he  not  himself  at  the  time 
wwaitted  to  paper  his  motives  for  so  differing,  with  the  design 
•f  iaaaeifiate  publication  -,  a  design  suspended  indeed  during  his 
Me,  irom  oamidsfations  of  tenderness  and  afiection,  and  which 
h  aaar  a^  eassaied  In  sompliance  with  one  qS  bis  latest  re- 

c  3  quests 


fiO  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [l/fiff 

vol.  XLII.  p.  263  ;   in  which  lists  will  be  found,  on 
both  sides  of  the  question^  the  names  of  men,  whose 

quests  before  his  death.    The  fact  was,  that,  in  strict  agreement  • 
with  his  early  resolution  not  to  meddle  with  the  Tnnitarian 
controversy,  Mr.  Blackbume  had  never  been  forward  to  intro- 
duce his  own  speculations  on  that  topic  to  the  publicki  or  even 
among  his  private  friends.     But,  conscious  that  the  world  had 
been  civil  enough  to  impute  to  him  and  his  principles  the  step 
which  Mr.  lindsey  had  taken  some  years  before,  and  now,  on 
the  secession  of  another  near  and  dear  relative,    making  no 
doubt  but  the  same  world  would  add  the  step  then  taken  by  him 
to  the  same  account^  Mr.  Blackbume  did  not  choose  to  lie  under  * 
this  redoubled  imputation  3  and,  with  a  view  therefore  to  excul- 
pate himself,   drew  up  the  short  paper  referred  to,   under  the 
title  of  An  Answer  to  the  Question,  IVhy  are  you  not  a  Socmian?'* 
,    The  good  Archdeacon  published,  in  1768,  "  Considerations  on 
the  present  State  of  the  Controversy  between  the  Protestants  and 
Papists  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland."     And  his  literary  labours 
were  closed,  in  1780,  by  a  very  important  addition  to  our  National 
Biography:  "  Memoirs  of  Thomas  Mollis,  Esq."  the  munificent 
Patron  of  Literature }    a  work  which  is  thus  characterized  by  a 
gentleman  in  every  respect  well  qualified  to  appreciate  its  merits : 
*'  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Hollis,  several  persons  who  were  attached  to 
his  principles,  and  greatly  respected  his  known  worth,  spontane- 
ously bore  each  their  honourable  testimony  to  his  character,  in 
the  fugitive  productions  of  the  day.     But  it  was  not  till  the  year 
1780,  that  the  publick  were  possessed  of  the  Memoirs  of  thi.^ 
extraordinaiy  man,  in  two  volumes  quarto.     The  publication  of 
this  Work  did  honour  to  Mr.  Brand  Hollis  its  patron,  and  to 
Mr.  Archdeacon  Blackbume,  the  learned  and  nervous  writer  who 
compiled  it.     A  copy  was  presented  to  all  the  more  respectable 
Libraries  at  home  and  abroad,  and  gratiutously  deposited  on  the 
shelves  of  a  very  great  number  of  individual  friends — the  fiiends 
of  Liberty.    It  is  needless  now  to  speak  in  praise  of  these  Volumes. 
But  it  may  be  lamented^  without  being  thought  too  fastidious, 
that  the  Writer  was  not  earlier  furnished  with  all  the  materials 
that  formed  the  basis  of  his  Work,  in  order  the  better  to  dispose 
iif  them  in  the  arrangement.     The  Memoirs,  however,  form  an 
honourable  and  lasting  monument  of  one  who  was  '  nobly  and 
ingenuously  devoted  to  the  service  of  his  coinitry  by  deeds  of 
peace.* — The  suspicious  eye  with  which  both  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis 
and  his  Biographer  beheld  the  Roman  Catholicks,  and  the  re- 
strictions under  which  they  contended  that  Roman  Catholicks 
should  continue  to  be  bound,  constitute  the  only  error  of  im- 
portance in  the  Book.      And  this  was  more  the  error  of  the 
times  in  which  they  lived,  than  of  the  men  -, — men  who,   had 
they  lived  some  few  years  later,  would  have  survived  these  pre- 
judices (for  such  I  must  call  them),  and,  consistently  with  the 
.privileges  whkh  each  of  them  claimed  for  hixnseU>  and  indeed 

for 


1766.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY*  2l 

rank  in  literature,  and  in  private  life,  would  reflect 
honour  on  any  cause  they  thought  it  right  or  pru-* 
dent  to  advocate. 


ibr  all  other  Religionists^  would  have  been  the  advocates  of  fiill, 
ec{U  J,  and  perfect  religious  liberty,  and  for  extending  the  parti- 
ci|ntion  of  all  civil  rights  to  the  subjects  of  civil  government. — 
Mr  Brand  HoUis,  in  writing  to  Mr.  Blackbume  (Oct.  5,  1779), 
whtii  the  manuscript  of  these  Memoirs  was  broi^ht  to  a  con« 
dufrion,  emphatically  says,  '  You  may,  with  Milton,  survey  the 
protrre-s  of  your  Works,   and  mark  their  reputation,   making 
their  way  like  a  rapid  torrent  over  malignity  and  envy,  calm 
lud  confident,  relying  on  your  own  merit  with  steady  conscious^ 
ness ;    and  waiting,  without  impatience,  the  vicissitudes  of  opi- 
nion, and  the  impartiality  of  a  future  generation.* — On  printing 
the  '  Remarks  on  Johnson's  Life  of  Milton,'  which  were  included 
in  the  Memoirs  (pp.  533 — 583),  and  were  also  separately  printed, 
in  duodecimo,  the  size  of  the  first  edition  of  Johnson's  '  Lives  of 
the  Poets/  Mr.  Brand  Holhs  observes,  in  a  letter  to  the  Author, 
dated  November  1779,  '  The  Remarks  are  finished,  and  are  a 
severe  lesson  for  the  abandoned  Pensioner.    He  is  let  down  in  his 
cwrn  way,  but  with  severity  and  decorum,  though  without  much 
hopes  of  reformation  in  him.    [See  vol.  IL  p.  551.]     But  they 
may  deter  others  from  following   his    prostitution,    lest  they 
^bould  be  delivered  down  to  posterity  in  their  true  colours.     I 
think  this  Work  is  a  noble  sac*riHce  to  the  manes  of  Millon,  and 
a  Painting  which  will  live  through  succeeding  generations,  and 
be  an  antidote  to  the  poison  of  the  hialicious  Balance-master  5  for 
vihich  rt^ason  we  have  cast  olF  an  impic&sion  of  the  Remaiks  in 
d'ifjdeciino,  the  same  size  with  his  *  ]a\vs  of  the  Poets,'  to  ac-r 
iT^mfiany   them.'  —  The  Memoirs,  >\hich  abound  with  vaiious 
lalualjle  materials  and  communications,  were  published  without 
that  \cr)'  useful  appemlage,   an  index.     A  certain  friend,  then 
peraonally' unknown  to  Mr.  Brand  Mollis,  voluntarily  supplied 
this  deficiency,  and  sent  a  copy  of  it  in  manuscript,  fT)riuod  in 
the  course  of  his  second  reading,  as  a  present  to  the  Patron  uf 
the  Work,  in  return  for  the  copy  of  the  Memoirs  which  he  had 
received  from  him.     r^onceming  these  Papers  Mr.  Brand  Hollis 
wrote  to  Mr.  Blackbume  (October  1,  1781)  *  '  I  have  received  a 

most  interesting  present  from ,  the  Index  to  which  you 

alhide.  It  in  drawn  up  with  judgment,  it  is  very  full  ai\d  accu- 
rate, and  win  be  of  great  use.  If  you  approve,  it  may  be  printed 
wiih  a  few  corrections  for  the  present.' — The  printing  of  thia 
Index,  however,  was  by  some  oversight,  or  involuntary  delay, 
poftpooed  tiU  after  Mr.  Brand  Hollis's  decease  -,  since  which  it 
bas  been  printed,  and  di^ributed  wherever  it  was  known  to  be 
wiotod.— When  the  Memoirs  of  Mr.  Thomas  Hollis  were  under- 
taken, the  Writer  entertained  no  thoughts  of  any  remuneration, 
kcyood  the  salkfiiction  of  paying  a  faitliful  and  honourable  tri- 
\flit  tQ  tlie  ezempUiry  Tirtues  of  the  deceased  3  and,  by  so  doing, 

of 


99  LmSRART  ANECDOTES  Of  [l7ff(?. 

*^  The  Second  Part  of  a  Literary  Correspondence, 
between  the  Bishop  of  Gloucester  and  a  late  Pro- 
of making;  some  grateful  rehim  for  that  GentlemaA's  liberal  and 
paarked  I'emembraace  of  liimself^  by  bequeathing  to  Mr.  Black- 
burne  a  legacy  of  500/.  But  Mr.  Brand  Hollis,  considering  tho 
extent  of  the  Work, — the  time  and  attention  which  it  had  taken* 
<<^that  it  bad  defeated  the  prosecution  of  another  noble  literary 
design  (the  projected  Life  of  Martin  Luther), — and  that  tho 
Work  had  been  accomplished  with  all  the  propriety,  dignity^ 
>nd  masterly  spirit,  which  the  warmcbt  friend  to  our  Hero 
could  have  desired,  and  far  beyond  any  thought  which  he  himself 
ever  harboured,— pi-esented  the  Writer  with  the  sum  of  1000/. ; 

*  hoping,'  as  he  expressed  himself,  '  that  in  what  he  might  be 
deficient,  the  Writer  would  sacrifice  to  friendship  and  })Q»terity. 

'  The  baseness  of  the  times,'  he  adds,  '  traduces  the  most  worthy 
characters ;  but  when  there  is  a  head  and  a  hand  to  delineate 
them  with  truth  and  force,  such  a  ]Jortniit  is  not  easily  disfigured 
without  others  being  able  to  trace  out  the  imposture." 

Dr.  Disney's  Life  of  Thomas  Brand  HoUis,  Esq.  p.  9, 10. 
Full  of  years  and  honours,  the  good  Archdeacon  left  the  world* 
without  a  struggle  or  a  sigh,  in  his  chair,  at  Richmond,  Aug.  7> 
17^7,  8Bt.  83  j  and  was  buried  on  the  10th  in  his  parish  church. 
,  **  The  late  Archdeacon  61ackb\u*ne  (with  his  judgment  and 
powers  of  mind  in  extraordinary  vigour,  hb  eye-sight  only 
much  impaired,  though  not  wholly  gone)  had  been  for  a  long 
time  laying-in  vai'ious  materials  from  books  and  other  sources* 
and  had  attended  much  to  the  Works  of  this  Reformer  [Luther], 
with  a  view  to  have  given  his  Life  in  English ;  in  which  he  had 
made  some  small  beginnings.  But  he  was  diverted  from  it  at 
first  by  another  work;  and  afterwards,  by  the  shock  he  received 
from  the  loss  of  his  second  son.  Dr.  Thomas  Blackburne,  who 
was  cut-off  by  a  fever,  in  his  31st  year;  and  the  more,  as  be 
depended  upon  him  to  complete  whatever  he  might  leave  im* 
peifect :  to  which  however  he  was  fully  equal,  being  a  scholar  of 
fine  parts,  improved  by  classical  and  all  other  knowledge,  besides 
lus  eminence  in  his  profession."     yindicia  Priestleiana,  p.  980. 

•  In  November  1799  1  received  a  letter  for  the  Gentleman's  Ma- 
gazine, from  Mr.  William  Comber,  to  vindicate  the  Archdeacon 
from  a  misrepresentation  which  had  been  made  of  him  (in  an- 
other publication)  as  a  Puritan,  and  an  Arian  or  Soc'inian,  Mr. 
Comber  observes,  *'  that  the  reasons  suggested  do  not  prove  him 
a  Puritan:  but  that,  on  the  contrary,  his  not  preventing  his  son 
from  taking  orders,  his  having  promoted  my  enteting  into  that 
profession,  when  I  am  sure  he  had  too  great  a  regaid  for  me  to 
promote  what  he  thought  1  should  be  wrong  in  doing;  his 
having  executed  in  person  till  his  death  the  duties  of  his  office 
as  Archdeacon,  as  well  as  another  judicial  eccU^iastical  office  i 
and  his  not  having  resigned  his  piieferment,  akhough  I  knew 
him  to  be  of  a  generous  and  disinterested  dispobition,  having 
been  bis  fir»t  cousin,  and  in  habits  of  intunacy  with  him  from 

JOJ 


\7lS(f.^  TUE  SXGHTEJEVTH  CfiKTURT.  2^ 

fnaor  of  Oxford :   Ancurately  printed  from  an  au« 
thentic  Copy.     To  which  are  added  the  Notes  of 

mj  vrmth  till  his  death :  all  these  circumstances,  I  say,  I  have  • 
argrued,  are  sufYkrieot  pi*(X>fs  that  he  did  not  think  an  Episcopal 
form  of  Cburch-goverament  unlawfiil^  and,  consequently,  was 
Duc  Pttritauicali  especially  as  he  many  years  ago  assured  me  that, 
if  he  found  be  coukl  not  eiLcrcise  bis  functions  with  perf.-ct  sa- 
tiafiiction,  beliad  made  up  his  mind  to  resign  them,  and  retire  | 
aod  I  g^ive  him  full  credit  for  integrity  and  honour.  —  Having 
thus,  1  hope,  exculpated  him  from  the  charge  of  Puritaniim,  I  - 
also  subjoin  a  ktter,  which  1  wrote  some  years  ago  to  a  fnend, 
and  which,  I  hope,  will  evidently  acquit  him  of  Arianism  or 
SociniauUm  -y  and  which  I  now  send,  being  desirous  to  shew 
a  grateful  respect  for  his  memoiy;  wherein  I  hope  you  i^iU 
awist  me,  by  circulating  the  contents.  W.  Comber* 

"  To  the  Rev.  Francis  Blackbun^. 
"Dear  Sir,  Kirbymoonide,  Sept.  II,  1793. 

*'  Understanding  tbat  attempts  are  made  to  propagate  an  idea, 
that  the  late  A^hdeacon  Blackburne's  (your  worthy  Other's) 
sentiments  corresponded  with  the  modern  Unitarians  (as  they  call 
tliccn£<elves),  my  respect  for  the  memory  of  so  near  and  valuable  a 
Relation,  as  well  as  my  reganl  for  the  interests  of  true  Religion, 
urge  me  ti>  fiunish  you  with  a  proof  of  his  latest  opinion  on 
the  nature  of  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ ;  which  I  hope  will,  with 
auy  ingenuous  mind,  irrefragably  refute  any  such  idea.  And, 
as  I  take  it  for  granted  you  must  \\\a\\  to  rescue  your  £ather*a 
character  from  such  an  extraordinary  misrepresentation,  you 
are  perfectly  at  liberty  to  make  this  information  as  public  as  you 
choose,  as  I  should  be  g!ad,  by  my  testimony,  to  be  instrumental 
in  prtning  the  fiiisehood  of  the  report.  —  You  know.  Sir,  your 
fether  boooured  me  with  a  considerable  degree  of  his  esteem 
and  confidence  to  the  ven'  conclusion  of  his  life.  It  is  not, 
therefore,  surprizing  that  he  should  communicate  to  me  his 
KDtioients,  especially  when  he  was  certiiin  the  knowledge  of 
them  would  give  me  satisfaction.  —  To  the  best  of  my  memory,  « 
he  more  than  once,  in  some  of  the  latest  conversations  I  had  with 
him,  wad,  I  believe,  at  the  distance  of  a  year  or  two  from  each 
other,  expressed  himself  as  follows,  as  neai*ly  as  I  can  recollect : 
•  CoMsm  Comber,  i  firmly  belkve  the  Divinity  of  Chr'ut,  My 
answer,  I  think,  was,  '  I  am  vei*y  glad  of  it.  Sir.*  He  added,  at 
the  same  time*  H'htU  Dr.  Fritstley  beVun^ei  concerning  Jestts  Christ, 
I  do  mot  know,  om  /  never  could  get  an  answer  to  that  question 
eiiker  /rom  himself  or  any  of  his  conriexions ;  or  words  to  that 
efert.  This  declaration  was  not  made  accidentally.,  but  with  an 
evideat  design,  as  appeared  to  me  (and,  1  think,  a  |>ositive  ro- 
■irut).  that  I  would  take  particulai  notice  of  it  -,  which  I  ther&-  j 
fore  did;  fior  1  felt  great  joy  in  hearing  it.  And,  as  it  was  made 
«rifh  much  cneigy,  and  repeatedly,  and,  as  far  as  I  can  recollect, 
at  tte  very  latt  inteniews  I  had  with  him,  one  of  which  (as  yoi^ 
ieeoUeet)  was  a  few  weeks  only  before  bis  death,  I  have  no 

doubt 


94  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OP  [l  j66. 

the  first  Editor,  with  Notes  upon  Notes,  and  Re- 
marks on  the  Letters  *,"  8vo. 

"  Delectus  Epigramniatum  Graecorum-|-,  in  usum 
Scholae  Etonensis,"  8vo. 

doubt  these  were  his  real  and  last  sentiments  on  that  subject. — : 
.  I  hope  where  this  is  known  it  will  effectually  do  away  the  idea 
of  his  being  associated  in  opinion  with  the  leaders  of  the  modern 
Unitarians. — I  am,  dear  Sir,  vour  affectionate  kinsman,  and 
obliged  humble  servant,  W.  Comber." 

The  Archdeacon  married  the  widow  of  Joshua  Elsworth,  esq.  of 
Richmond,  by  whom  hi'  had  issue  three  sons  and  three  daughlei-s. 

1.  Francis,  vicar  of  Bri^nall,  near  Greta-bride^e. 

2.  Thomas,  M.D.  F.R.S  and  late  of  Durham,  w!io.  di^d,  un- 
married June  16,  1/82,  beloved,  honoured,  and  lamented.  His 
Wemorable  refusal  of  subscription  for  the  decree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  at  Cambridge  was  accompanied  by  the  following  Pai)er : 

"  1  Thomas  Blackburne  do  hereby  declare,  tliat  1  have  a  firm 
belief  and  pei*suasion  of  the  truth  of  the  Christian  Religion,  a? 
it  is  exhibited  in  the  Scriptures ;  that  I  have  hithcrti,  coiimmni- 
cated  with  the  Church  of  England  as  by  law  established ;  and 
that  I  have  no  present  intention  to  comnuinicdte  with  any  other. 

Jan.  20,  177^'  Witness  my  hand,  Thomas  Blackeukni:." 
He  proceeded  to  his  degiee  in  physick  at  Edinburgh  in  Sep- 
tember 17T5>  writing  his  Thesis,  De  Medic'is  Inatilutis. 

3.  William  Blackburne,  M.D.  at  London,  and  F.S.A. 

The  daughtei*s  were,  1.  Jane,  married  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Di^^nc}- ; 
2.  Alice,  who  died  an  infant  j  and,  3.  Samh,  manied,  in  178'2, 
to  the  Rev.  John  Hall,  rector  of  Chew  Magna  in  Somersetshire. 

*  Only  75  copies  were  printed.     See  vol.  V.  p.  G24. 

t  "  Mr.  Pote  tells  me  that  you  are  to  re-print  for  him  our 
'  Selecta  ex  Poetis  Graicis,'  which  gives  me  pleasui-e  with  the 
prospect  of  its  being  more  correctly  and  reputably  done  than  we 
could  e.xpect  it  to  be  any  where  else.  The  copy,  which  he  says 
he  has  given  you  to  print  from,  is  corrected  with  a  pen  in  a  few 
places;  but  those  very  few  compared  with  others  still  uncor- 
rected J    as  you  will  see,  and  (1  tnjst)  amend. 

*'  I  sincerely  condole  with  you  on  the  loss  of  our  friend,  that 
excellent  man  and  scholar,  Dr.  Taylor.  J.  F." 

MS  Letter  of  Dr.  Foster  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  April  17,  1766. 

Pr.  John  Foster  was  a  native  of  Windsor,  and  son  of  an 
Alderman  of  that  borough.  He  was  sent  eaily  to  Eton  school, 
under  the  care  of  Septimius  Plumtre,  where  he  discovered  great 
abilities.  He  was  there  soon  noticed  by  the  excellent  and 
learned  Dr.  Burton.  From  Eton  he  proceeded  to  King's  coU 
Jege,  Cambridge,  in  1748  j  where,  in  1750,  he  was  elected  into 
one  of  the  University  scholarships  of  Lord  Craven's  foundation. 
In  the  Cambridge  Luctus,  in  1751,  on  the  death  of  Frederick 
Prince  of  Wales,  Mr.  Foster,  then  a  scholar  only  of  King's,  has 
an  excellent  copy  of  Latin  Hexameters.    He  printed^  in  4to,  in 

1752, 


ijCfl.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  25 

Tlie  "  History  of  Greenland,"  published  by  the 
Rev.  John  Gambold,  the  worthy  Moravian  Divine*. 

1752*  "  Oratio  habita  Cantabrigiae  in  Collegio  Regali  non.  Febru- 
arii  die  Fundatoris  Memoriae  sacrae,  ^  Jphanne  Foster,  Coll.  Regal. 
Sx*.  et  Acad.  SchoUir.     Accedit  etiam,  ab  eodem  scriptum^  car- 
nun  Comitialc."    In  1754  he  obtained  one  of  the  Members  Prize 
DbcvTtmlioiis  for  Middle-Bachelors.    He  took  the  degree  of  B.  A. 
1753 i   M.  A.  1756;  and  D.D,  (per  literas  regiagj  1766.     As  soon  • 
la  he  becanae  a  Fellow  of  his  College,  he  returned  to  Eton  school 
*>  an  a^5istant ;  and  on  Dr.  Barnard's  promotion  to  the  provost- 
?hip,  in  1765,  he  succeeded  to  the  head  mastership.    This  office 
hi*  health  compelled  liim  to  resign,  in  July  1773 ;  and  he  became 
•  in  'hat  year  (on  the  death  of  Provost  Simmer  of  King's)  Canon  of 
W.misor.     This  preferment  he  did  not  live  long  to  enjoy  j   his 
Bealth  carrying  him  to  the  German  Spa^  where  he  died,  in  Sep- 
tember 1773  ;   and  where  his  remains  were  interred,  but  after- 
wards removed  to  Windsor,    and  deposited  near  those  of  his 
fell  her,  in  the  parish  church-yard.     Over  his  body  was  erected  a 
ant  tomb^  on  which  is  this  inscription,  written  by  himself: 

**Hicjaceo 

Johannes  Foster,  S.T.  P. 

Vindesoriie  natus  anno  Domini  1731 ; 

obii  anno  1773. 

Literas,  quarum  mclimenta  Etonae  hauscram, 

Cantabritria;  in  Coll.  Regali  excolui, 

Ktons  postea  docui. 

Qui  fuerim,  ex  hoc  marmore  cognosces  • 

qualis  vero,  cognosces  alicubi  -, 

CO  scilicet  supremo  tempore, 

qui  cgomct,  qualis  et  tu  fueris,  cognoscam. 

Abi,  viator,  et  fac  sedulci, 

lit  ibidem  bonus  ipse  tmic  appareas." 

Dr.  Faster  published  a  learned  work  in  176^,  intituled,  *'Aa 

Et^«!ay  on  the  dififerent  Nature  of  Accent  and  Quantity,  with  their 

L'>e  and  Application  in  the  Pronunciation  of  the  English,  Latin, 

and  Greek  Languages ;   containing  an  Accoimt  and  Explanation 

c»f  the  anticnt  Tones,  and  a  Defence  of  the  present  System  of 

Greek  accentual  Marks,  against  the  Ohjectiuns  of  Isaac  Vossius, 

Henninius  Sarpcdonius,   Dr.  Gaily,   and  others."     Many  of  his 

School  Exercises  are  extant  in  MS.  which  do  him  great  credit. 

ilarwood*  Alumni  Etonenses,  p.  337' 
*  Of  whom  some  account  has  been  given  in  vol.  II.  p.  ^219 ;  to 
which  may  be  added  the  following  particulars,  from  the  '*  History 
of  the  Moravian  Church  :**  "  Mr.  Gambold's  connexion  with  the 
Brethren  commenced  in  1738,  when  Peter  Boeliler  visited  Oxford, 
and  hekl  frequent  meetings  with  John  and  Charles  Wesley,  '  for 
the  edification  of  awakened  people,  both  learned  and  unlearned/ 
Km  Diicoiiraes  werein  Latin ,  and  were  interpreted  by  Mr.Gambold.** 
UiB  "Alaximft,  Theological  Ideas,  and  Sentences,  &c.**  appeared  in 
1751 J  6vo.    ''  He  waft  consecrated  a  Bishop  at  an  Englbh  pro* 

vincui^ 


$6  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [17^)5. 

Bhazes  ''  De  Variolis  »/'  8vo. 

Martin's  Dissertation -|*  on  the  Blasphemy,  &c. 
against  the  Holy  Ghost,'*  8vo. 

Mr.  Holwell's  :j:  "  Selecti  Dionysii  Halicamas- 
sensis  de  Priscis  Scriptoribus  Tractatus,  Graecfe  & 
Latine,"  8vo. 

"  The  Life  of  Maecenas,  with  Critical,  Historical, 
and  Geographical  Notes,  corrected  and  enlarged. 
By  Ral|>li  Schomberg^,  M.D.  Fellow  of  tlie  Society 
of  Antiquaries.    The  Second  Edition."  .  8vo. 

vincial  SjDod  held  at  Lindscy  House,  in  Nov.  1754»  and  vnm 
greatly  Cbtccmcd  for  his  piety  and  learning  by  scvei*al  English 
Bishops,  who  vfcre  his  contempoiarics  in  the  Univeruty  of 
Oxford.  In  1765  a  congregation  was  settled  by  Bishop  G^am- 
bold,  at  Coothill,  in  Ireland.'*  I  sliall  also  take  the  opportunity 
of  annexing  a  short  account  of  this  pious  Divine,  by  a  friend 
who  knew  him  in  the  eaiiy  part  of  liis  life :  "  Mr.  Gambold  was 
a  singular,  over-zealous,  but  innocent  enthusiast.  He  had  not 
quite  fire  enough  in  him  to  form  a  second  Simon  Stylites.  He 
was  presented  to  Stanton  Harcourt  by  Bishop  Seeker,  I  think  ia 
1739,  but  cannot  be  certain.  [Dr.  Seeker  succeeded  Dr.  Potter 
as  Bishop  of  Oxford,  ia  1737*  and  probably  presented  Mr.  Gam- 
bold  (for  the  living  is  in  the  Bishop  of  Oxford's  gift) in  1739.] — 
He  had  been  only  Chaplain  of  Christ  Church,  not  a  Student  (the 
tenn  given  to  the  Fellows)  of  that  Royal  Foundation.  He  de- 
£erted  his  flock  in  1742,  without  giving  any  notice  to  his  worthy 
diocesan  and  patron,  to  associate  with  people,  among  vvhom> 
though  he  might  be  innocent,  have  been  some  monstrous  cha- 
racters. When  he  was  young,  he  had  nearly  perished  through 
disregard  to  his  person.  At  this  time  he  was  kindly  relieved 
by  his  brother  collegian  in  the  same  department.  Dr.  Free,  a 
person  well  known  in  London  -,  but  the  tale  is  not  woitli 
gaining.**     Letter  from  Mr,  Daniel  Prince  to  J.  N, 

*  That  I  may  not  be  accused  of  decking  Mr.  Bowyer  with 
borrowed  plumes;  it  will  be  proper  to  mention,  that  this  volume 
was  printed,  with  Mr.  Bowyer*s  Arabic  types,  in  tlie  office  of 
Mr.  William  Richardson. 

t  Printed  at  the  ex|)ence  of  the  munificent  Mr.  Jenneus  c/f 
Gopsal;  of  whom  see  hereafter,  under  the  year  177^. 

J  See  vol.  II.  p.  S17.-^'*  Extracts  from  Mr.  Pope's  Translation, 
corresponding  with  the  E^uties  of  Homer,  selected  from  the 
Iliad  by  W.  Holwdl,  B.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Chaplain  in  Ordinaiy  to  His 
Majesty,**  were  published,  in  2  vols.  8vo.  1776. 

§  Son  of  Dr.  Isaac  Schombei^g,  a  man  celebrated  for  his 
£T^aging  manners  and  social  virtues ;  and  remai4cable  also  on 
account  of  his  contest  with  the  College  of  Physicians,  Which 
lasted  from  1751  to  1753  (see  Gent.  Mag.  vol  XXL  p.  569 ;  and 
voL  XXIII.  p.  341) ;  and  of  wkach  a  brief  account  may  not  be 
imacceptable ;    */  The  President  and  Censors  summoned  Dr. 

Schom- 


1766.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  97 

"  Q.  Horatii  Flacci  Epirtolae  ad  Pisones  et  Au* 
gustuDi ;   with  an  Kngh$h  Commentary  and  Notes: 

Schomber^  to  answer  such  things  as  sliould  be  objected  to  him 
coDceruin^  his  ikill  in  physick.    The  Doctor  aiiswcred,  by  lelter, 
that  ht;  ho}>cd  they  would  excuse  his  waiting;  upon  tliem  till  he 
had  obtiiincd  las  Doctor  s  degree  from  Cambridge ;   and  that  he 
would  have  made  tliis  report  in  person,   but  tliat  he  did  not 
chfXMC  to  meet  a  man  who  was  disagreeable  to  tlie  whole  pro« 
£?»nun.     Thk>  letter  was  judged  improbable  and  indecent,  and 
the  Doctor  was  summoned  a  second  time.     In  consequence  of 
tLi»  summons,  the  Doctor  attended,  and,  being  entered  at  Cam- 
triilire.  repeated  his  request,  that  he  might  be  indulged,  as  otliers 
had  been,  and  that  his  examination  might  be  deferred  till  he 
bad  procured  his  degree.      This  request  was  denied,    and  thi^ 
D:>ctor  refusing  to  be  then  examined,   his  practice  was  inter* 
<ficted ;    and  others  of  the  profession  prohibited  from  joining 
with  him,  under  the  penalty  of  bl.  for  the  first  offence,  10/.  for 
Che  second,  and  for  the  third  offence,  or  nonpayment  of  the  fine, 
espokion  from  the  College.    The  Doctor  having  obtained  hit 
degree,  attended  the  Censors*  board,  produced  his  diploma,  and 
a  certificate  of  his  naturalization  -,  and  requested  to  be  examined, 
in  onier  to  his  being  admitted  a  Candidate,  as  a  matter  of  right 
After  being  several  times  questioned,  it  was  agreed  that  he  had 
made  proper  satis&ction;  and  that  he  should  be  examined,  with* 
OQt  determining  in  what  quality.    The  Doctor  went  through 
the  usual  examinations  without  objection ;    and  then,  desiring 
to  be  admitted  a  Candidate,  as  matter  of  right,  was  refiised,  but 
without  any  reason  assigned.    The  interdiction  of  his  practice 
still  continued ;  and  having  applied  to  be  admitted  as  a  Candi** 
date  four  times  afier  his  examinatii)n,  he  was  still  told,  by  a 
Tirrbal  message,  that  the  question  had  been  dotennined  in  the 
nctsativc;  but,  if  he  desirr<l  a  licence  to  practice,  he  was  at  libertf 
to  «ipply  to  the  College  for  that  puri}o»e.     The  Doctor  again  re* 
ppnted  hirt  rcqu*^t,  and  again  received  the  same  answer.     [The 
noattcr  was  then  brought  betViie  the  Court  of  Chancery  j   when 
it  n  15  determined  that  the  College  had  a  right  to  refuse  the 
IVx  ;cYr*s  claim  to  be  admitted,  and  that  the  admission  of  persons 
«%ho  hoAl  obtained  a  Doctor's  degree  was,  therefore,  a  matter  of 
lAvour^  and  not  of  right].     The  Doctor  applied  to  be  admitted 
Mi  of  £avour,  but  was  refu^jed ;   upon  which  he  wrote  a  letter  to 
the  College,  declaring  that  he  considered  the  misunderstanding 
betweeo  them  as  a  great  mi'^fortune  -,  that  he  never  intended  aa 
affront ;   vras  sony  that  his  be'>aviour  liad  ^ven  offence ;   and 
declarod,  that  if  he  was  so  happy  as  to  be  admitted  a  Candidate^ 
be  wiHiid  do  every  thing  in  his  power  to  promote  the  peaoe^ 
welfitfe.    and  honour  of  the  College.*'      Dr.  Schomberg  died 
Biardi  4,  1761;   leaving  two  sons ;   one  of  whom,  Isaac  SthotRm 
ka%9  M.D.  a  very  eminent  and  learned  physician,  appears  to 
fcave  inherited  the  amiable  disposition  or  lus  father  ^   and  his 
vUdiJIy^pcned  at  his  ho«se  in  Conduit-street^  March  4« 

IT80, 


28  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [ijGSs 

To  which  are  added  Critical  Dissertations.  By 
the  Reverend  Mr.  Hurd.  In  three  volumes.  The 
fourth  Edition,  corrected  and  enlarged,"  8vo. 

1780,  is  thus  recorded  :  "  His  great  talents,  and  knowledge  in 
his  profession,  were  universally  acknowledged  by  the  gentlemen . 
of  the  fiiculty ;  and  his  tenderness  and  humanity  recommended 
him  to  the  friendship  and  esteem,  as  well  as  veneration,  of  his 
patients.  He  was  endued  with  uncommon  quickness  and  saga* 
pity  in  discovering  the  source,  and  tracing  the  progress,  of  a  dis- 
order j  and  though,  in  general,  a  friend  to  prudent  regimen, 
rather  than  medicine ;  yet  in  emergent  cases  he  pi  escribed  w  ith 
a  correct  and  happy  boldness,  equal  to  the  occasion.  He  was 
so  averse  from  that  sordid  avarice  generally  cliarged,  perhaps 
often  with  great  injustice,  on  the  faculty,  that  many  of  his 
friends  in  affluent  circumstances  fimnd  it  impossible  to  force  on 
him  that  reward  for  his  senices  which  he  had  .so  fairly  earned, 
and  which  his  attendance  so  well  merited.  As  a  man,  he  was 
sincere  and  just  in  his  principles,  frank  and  amiable  in  his  tem- 
per, instructive  and  lively  in  his  conversation,  his  many  singu- 
larities endearing  him  still  farther  to  his  acquaintance,  as  tliey 
proceeded  from  an  honest  plainness  of  manner,  and  visibly 
flowed  from  a  benevolent  siniplicitv  of  heart.  He  was,  for 
days,  sensible  of  his  approaching  end,  which  he  encountered 
with  a  calmness  and  resignation,  not  easily  to  be  imitated  by 
those,  who  now  regret  the  loss  of  so  good  a  man,  so  valuable  a 
friend,  and  so  skilful  a  physician." — Ralph,  the  younger  son,  was 
also  bred  to  the  profession  of  his  father  and  brother;  and,  having 
taken  the  degree  of  M.  D.  published,  in  1746,  1.  "An  Ode  on  the 
present  Rebellion;"  and  also,  2.  "An  Account  of  the  present  Re- 
bellion, by  R.Schomberg,  M.D.  174f>."  The  next  publicatioYi  of 
his  that  I  have  met  with  is  an  octavo  volume,  handsomely  printed, 
of  about  200  pages,  dedicated  to  Dr.  Bernard,  and  intituled,  3. 
"Aphorismi  Practici;   sive  obsen'ationes  medicae,  tam  veterum 

,  quam  recentiorum  quos  in  usum  medicines  TvTonum  coUegit,  ct  in 
ordinemalphabeticamdigessit,  RadulphusSchomberg,  M.D.  1750." 

•  Dr.  Ralph  Schomberg  was  at  that  period  *'  settled  at  Yarmouth, 
where  he  practised  with  success,  and  where  he  devoted  those 
hours  of  leisure,  which  a  young  physician  must  always  have,  to 
the  collecting  instructions,  in  the  form  of  Aphorisms,  for  him- 
self, and  for  every  other  physician  of  his  standing,  from  authors 
\vhom  it  was  a  credit  to  him  to  shew  himself  so  well  acquainted 
with.  The  Aphorisms  are  succinct,  intelligible,  of  consequence, 
and  shew  a  critical  knowledge  of  more  of  the  authors  from  whom 
they  are  collected,  than  concerns  only  those  passages.  There 
are  some  of  them  that  ily  a  little  in  the  face  of  the  present  mode 
of  common  practice  indeed,  but  they  are  not  to  be  too  hastily 
condemned  for  that.  The  Collector  seems  to  have  thrown  thpm 
thus  in  the  way  of  observation,  to  put  those  who  have  most  op- 
portunitiea  of  deciding  the  controversy  upon  the  doing  it.    There 

4UV  not  wanting  some  things  oi  his  o^n,.  TYie^  w^  few,  ma- 


1766-] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURV.  Sfl. 


*'An  Account  of  the  Life  of  John  Ward,  LL.  D. 
Professor  of  Rhetorick  in  Gresham  College;  F.R.S. 

destly  asserted,  and  carry  conviction  with  them :  there  are  some 
authors  he  has  been  obliged  to  indeed,  in  places,  which,  were  we 
to  have  judged  of  them,  we  would  have  avoided  j  but  our  differing 
from  him  iu  opinion,  in  regard  to  the  works  of  another,  is  no  proof 
that  he  b  iu  the  wrong.  Upon  the  wholes  nobody  will  deny  him 
the  character  of  a  judicious  Collector  ;  nor  does  he  seem  ambi- 
tious of  a  greater :  the  man  who  can  re  lain  the  knowledge  contained 
in  this  small  compass,  will  not  be  at  a  loss  to  give  an  account  of 
his  profession,  or  to  know  \^  hat  intention  he  is  to  prescribe  in, 
even  under  any  uncommon  symptoms.**  ^Monthly  Review,  vol. 
IV,  p.  52.-4.  "  Prosperi  Mai'tiani  Annotationes  in  Ctecas  Praeno- 
tioDes  Synopsis;  aecuranteR.$chomberg,  M.D.  1761."  He  was 
elected  F.  S.  A.  July  6,  1752;  soon  after  changed  his  residence 
from  Yarmouth  to  the  gayer  scenes  of  Bath ;  where  he  was 
seated  in  1762,  when  he  published,  5.  '*  Van  Swietan's  Com- 
mentaries abridged."  6.  "A  Idealise  of  the  Colica  Pictorum,  or 
the  Dry  Belly-ache,  8vo,  1764."  7.  "  Du  Port  de  Signis  Morbo- 
nim  Libri  quatuor.  Quibus  accedunt  Notte  Auctoris ;  aliorum 
eniditorum  Medicorum,  et  sparsim  Editoris,  Kadulphi  Schom« 
berg,  M.D.  Societ.  Antiquar.  Lond.  1766."  8.  **  The  Death  of 
Bucephalus,  a  Farce,  1765."  9.  "  The  Life  of  Maecenas,  1767." 
10.  "  The  Judgment  of  Paris,  a  Burlctta,  1768."  11.  A  Second 
Volume  of  the  "Abridgement  of  Van  Swieian's  Commentariofi, 
176S."  12.  *'  A  Critical  Dissertation  on  the  Chai'acters  and 
Writings  of  Pindar  and  Horace.     In  a  Letter  to  the  Right  Hon- 

ourabk  the  Earl  of  B .   By  Ralph  Schomberg,  M.  D.  1769 ;" 

which  was  thus  concisely  characterized  :  "A  remarkable  piece  of 
plagiarism.  We  have  now  before  us  a  little  duodecimo,  printed 
at  Piris,  in  1673,  and  intituled,  *  Comparaison  de  Pindare  et 
iCHorace.  Dediee  d  Mons.  h  Premier  President.  Par  Mont, 
BUmdelly  Maistre  des  Mathematiques  de  Monaigntur  le  Dauphin' 
From  this  work  has  Dr.  Ralph  Schomberg,  of  Bath,  pilfei*ed  and 
translated  what  he  has  given  to  the  publick  as  his  own  '  Critical 
Dissertation  on  the  Characters  and  Writings  of  Pindar  and 
Horace :  a  procediure  which  requires  no  farther  explanation  !^- 
But  it  is  hoped  we  shall  hear  no  more  of  this  honourable  gentle- 
man, in  the  Republick  of  Literature."  Monthly  Review,  vol,  XLL 
p.  230.  This  charitable  hope,  however,  was  not  fulfilled.  Thcj 
Doctor  was  afterwards  heard  of  in  a  money  transaction  of  which 
we  shall  not  relate  the  particulars. — He  was  the  author  of  a 
Tragedy  called  "  Romulus  and  Hersilia,"  in  1782 ;  which  Mr. 
Steevens  thus  pointedly  noticed  in  the  *'  Biographia  Dramatica:*' 
*'  Within  a  few  months  past,  this  Tragedy  has  been  recom* 
mended  by  some  Paragraph-writer  in  our  public  prints,  as  fit 
for  immediate  exhibition.  There  is  a  difficulty,  however,  in 
iscnbing  the  slightest  notice  of  it  to  any  other  pen  than  that  of 
its  authp.    An  aqonymous  Drama,  indeed,  on  the  samasubjeot, 

and 


50  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l?^^* 

and  F.S.  A.  By  Mr.  Thomas  Birch,  D.D.  Sec.  R.  S. 
and  F.S.  A."  from  liints  suggested  by  several  learned 
Friends,  and  finished  for  the  press  after  the  death  of 
Dr.  Birch,  by  his  intimate  friend  and  executor  Dr* 
Maty,  in  8vo. 

"  The  Principles  of  the  English  Language  di- 
gested ;  or,  English  Grammar  reduced  to  Analogy. 
By  James  Elphinston  *.''  12mo.  2  vols. 

and  with  the  same  title,  4tOf  was  published  in  1GS5;  apiece 
concerning  which  the  original  Compiler  of  the  prchent  Work 
[Mr.  Baker]  has  expressed  himself  in  €atvoui*able  terms.  Per* 
ha{)s  Dr.  Schomberg,  with  his  usiial  freedom,  may  have  bor* 
rowed,   and  with  his  usual  awkwardness  may  have  sjioiled  it. 

•  Compare  al$o  his  *  Life  of  Mtecenas*  with  that  written  by  Mei<« 
bomius,  and  then  exclaim  witli  Horace : 

— moveat  corniculn  risum 
Furticis  nudata  coUnibus  ! 
Even  the  all-swallov\ing  vase  at  Bath>£aston  has  becir  found  td 
nauseate  our  Doctor*s  compositions.  When  it  was  first  opened^ 
he  was  a  constant  candidate  for  the  myrtle  wreath.  The  wreathj 
However^  as  if  indeed  with  prescience  of  his  futiure  shame^  per* 
fisted  in  avoiding  the  slightest  contact  with  liis  head." 

After  the  period  above  alluded  to.  Dr.  Schomberg  I'etired  from 
the  public  exercise  of  his  profession,  first  to  Pangboum  im 
Berkshire,  and  afterwards  to  Reading.  The  Obituaiy  of  Mr, 
Urban's  LXlId  Volume  records,  that,  on  the  S9th  of  June, 
171>2,  *,'  Ralph  Schomberg,  esq.  died  at  Reading.** 

,  *  My  account  of  this  singulai*  but  truly  worthy  man  shall  be 
abridged  from  a  memoir  of  him  which  was  presented  to  me  in 
1809  by  R.  C.  Dallas,  esq.  one  of  his  grateful  pupils  f. 

*'  James  Elphinston  was  bom  at  Eriinlnirgh,  Dec.  6,  ITSl. 
He  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  William  Elphinston ;  hb  mother's 
maiden  name  was  Honeyman ;  she  was  tlie  daughter  of  the 
Minister  of  Kinef,  and  the  niece  of  Dr.  Honeyman,  bishop  of 
Orkney.  By  the  marriage  of  his  sister  with  the  late  WilUaim 
^trahan,  Esq.  the  King's  Printer,  he  was  unde  to  the  Rev.  Dr. 
George  Strahan,  vicar  of  Islington,  rector  of  Cranham,  and  pee- 
bendary  of  Rochester;  to  the  present  Andrew  Strahan,  esq.  M.P. 
who  succeeded  his  father  as  his  Majesty's  Printer ;  to  the  latie 
Mrs.  Spottiswoode,  the  wife  of  the  late  John  Spottiswoode,  «m|. 
of  Spottiswoode  in  Scotland ;  and  to  the  late  Mrs.  Johnston,  die 
wife  of  the  late  Andrew  Johnston,  esq.  father  of  the  present 
GeiT.  Johnston,  and  of  the  Lady  of  Sir  Andrew  Monro,  barC, 

"  Mr.  Elphinston  received  his  education  at  the  High  School  of 
Edinburgh,  which  for  ukany  generations  has  been  among  *the 

f  ''  From  Mr  Dallas's  situation  as  a  pupil  of  Mr.  Elphiuston'f:,  he  had 
the  honour  of  beia^  presented  to  Dr.  Jortin,  Dr.  Franklin  of  Pluiadelpliia, 
^vjdDr.JobasoDi  a  triemYirett  not  easily  matebtd." 

most 


1766.3  Tax  £IGim£NTH  CENTURY.  3 1 

•    **  An  Essay  on  the  Coins  of  Cunobelin :    In  an 
Epistle  to  the  Right  Reverend  the  Lord  Bishop  of 

■ost  celebrated  of  tbe  British  £ni|nre  for  Learning,  and  the 
enunent  Scholars  it  has  produced. — From  the  High  School,  it  is 
pRSumedy  Mr.  Elphiikfton  went  to  the  College  of  Edinbui^h,  a» 
be  mentioDs  in  one  of  his  letters  a  recollection  from  coll^;e ; 
where,  or  soon  after  he  left  it,  he  became  the  tutor  of  Lord 
BUntyre.     He  took  a  pleasure  in  boasting  of  beiiig  a  tutor  ivhen 
be  was  scarcely  seventeen  years  old. — About  the  time  he  came  of 
^  be  was  introduced  to  the  celebrated  Historian  Carte ;  whom 
ke  accompanied  in  a  tour  through  Holland  and  Brabant,  and  to 
ftris,  where  he  remained  some  time  an  inmate  in  the  house  of 
Itt  feUow^traveller  and  friend,  received  great  civilities,  and  per- 
fected his  knowledge  and  practice  of  the  French  language,  in 
which  he  not  only  conversed,  but  wrote  both  in  prq^e  and  verte 
with  the  facihty  and  elegance  of  the  most  accomplislied  natives* 
•  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Carte,  ten  years  after,  Mr.  Elphinston  men- 
tioned him  in  the  following  manner  to  a  friend.     '  You  will,  I 
im  sure,  condole  with  me  on  the  loss  of  my  valuable  friend  Mr. 
Carte.     He  was  in  London  some  weeks  ago,  preparing  for  the 
pablkatioQ  of  his  fourth  volume.     He  was  most  cordial  good 
company.    But  he  breathed  no  less  benefit  to  the  publick  than 
to  ^9  friends.      He  told  me  that,  after  finishing  his  History, 
when  he  could  play  with  his  time,  as  he  phrased  it,  he  meant  to 
animadvert  upon  Lord  Bolingbroke.     Though  this  last  must 
hH  by  bis  own  inconsistence,  what  has  England  not  lost  in  her 
Uistoiian !  and' how  light  to  me,  in  comparison,  was  a  group  of 
deaths,  that  crowded  upon  us  in  one  momhig,  which  separately 
night  each  have  claimed  a  tear,  but  which  were  all  swallowed 
op  in  Mr.  Cartels  !* — On  Mr.  Elphinston's  leaving  France,  he  im- 
mediately repaired  to  his  native  countiy.     His  worldly  cu'cum- 
•Cances,  fortunately  for  many,  were  such  as  rendered  it  neccssar}*^ 
§ar  Yam  to  employ  his  talents  and  attainments  with  a  view  to  his 
wppcut ;   and  soon  after  his  return  to  Scotland,  he  became  an 
loiBate  in  the  fiunily  of  James  Moray,  esq.  of  Abercaimy  in  Perth* 
.iMrtp  to  whose  eldest  son  he  was  tutor,  and  who,  it  appears  front 
m  letter  of  his  mother's,  had  become  his  patron  at  that  early 
period  of  his  life.    The  manner  in  which  she  mentions  it  give* 
a  pleasing  idea  of  patronage :   '  1  heartily  bless  God  for  your 
afety  and  wel&re,  and  that  you  enjoy  the  good  company  of  your 
lairon,  whidi  I  know  you  so  much  wished  and  longed  for/ 
Ihe  patronage  that  excites  such  longing  is  truly  delightful  and 
noble )  it  at  once  stamps  a  character  of  worth  on  the  protected, 
ttid  of  good  sense  and  amiable  feelings  on  the  protector.     How 
long  l^r.  Elphinston  remained  at  Abercaimy  is  uncertain ;  but 
in  ths  year  1750  be  appears  taking  an  active  part  at  Edinluii^gh 
in  the  cireulation  of  Dr.  Johnson's  <'  Ramblers,''  the  numbei-s  of 
which,  with  the  Author's  concurrence,  he  re-published  in  S(!ot- 
Isnd^  with  a  tramlsUgii  of  mapy  of  tbe  mottos  by  himself. — 

John- 


32  LITERARY  ANECDOTES   OF  [tjGff; 

Carlisle,  President  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries ; 
wherein  that  noble  Set  of  Coins  is  classed,    and 

Johnson  was  highly  gratifie(i  with  the  successful  zeal  of  his 
friend,  and  trunscribed  himself  the  mottoes  for  the  numbei*s  of 
the  English  edition  when  published  in  volumes,  affixing  the 
name  or  the  translator,  which  has  been  continued  in  every  sub- 
sequent edition. — In  the  year  1750,  Mr.  Elphinstou,  while  resid- 
ing at  Edinburgh,  lost  his  mother,  of  whose  death  he  gave  a 
very  affecting  account  in  a  letter  to  his  sister,  Mrs.  Strahan, 
then  living  in  London.  This  being  shewn  to  Johnson,  brought 
teal's  to  his  eyes,  and  produced  from  his  pen  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  letters  of  condolence  ever  written.  It  was  published 
among  his  Works.  This  debt  Mr.  Elphin.^ton  had  a  melancholjr 
oppoi'tunity  of  repaying,  about  two  year.s  after,  when  Johnson 
lost  his  wife,,  and  again  in  l/oD,  on  tlie  death  of  his' motiiei*; 
nor  was  it  paid  in  coin  less  sterling. — hi  1751  he  married  Miss 
Gordon,  the  daughter  of  a  brother  of  (iciieral  Gordon,  of  Au- 
chintoul,  and  grand- daugliter  of  Lord  Auchintoul,  one  of  the 
Senators  of  the  College  of  Ju.^tice  before  the  Revolution  of  16Sb. 
About  two  years  after  his  mairiage  Mr.  Klphinston  left  Scotland^ 
and  fixed  his  abode  near  the  Metropolis  ot  England,  Hrst  at 
Brompton,  and  afterwards  at  Kensington  j  where  for  many  years 
he  kept  a  school  in  a  large  and  elegant  house  opposite  to  the 
King's  gardens,  and  which  at  that,  time  stood  the  hrst  in  enter* 
ing  Kensington.  This  ncjble  nvuijion  has  since  not  only  been 
hid  by  new  houses,  some  of  which  stand  ujxm  the  old  ])lay-ground, 
but  defaced  by  tJie  block! ng-up  of  the  haUilsome  bo\v-window3 
belonging  to  the  once  elegant  bull-room  at  the  top  of  the  Eastern 
divi:3ion  of  the  house.  —  On  that  site  of  learning  Mr.  Elphinston 
not  onlv  infused  knowledere,  taste,  and  virtue  into  the  minds  and 
hearth  of  his  puj)ib,  but  seized  every  opportunity  of  saci*ificiii^ 
to  the  Muses  himself,  and  of  extending  instruction  and  service 
to  the  larger  circle  of  the  workl. — In  the  year  1/33  he  made  a 
poetical  version  of  the  younger  Racine's  Poem  of  *  Religion,* 
which,  at  the  suggestion  of  Richardson,  the  amiable  author  of 
*  Clarissa,'  &c.  he  sent  to  the  author  of  the  '  Night  Thoughts,' 
ivhose  applause  it  received,  both  for  the  utility  of  the  Work  and 
the  spirit  of  the  Translation.  Finding  no  English  Grammar  of 
i^hich  he  could  approve,  he  about  this  time  composed  one  hinn 
self  for  the  use  of  his  pupils,  which  he  afterwards  published  in 
two  duodecimo  volumes.  In  1763  he  published  his  Poem  inti- 
tuled '  Education.*  It  is  a  complete  plan  of  Reason  detailed  ini 
spirited  verse. — It  was  impossible  for  a  man  like  Mr.  Elphinston 
to  live  at  Kensington  without  adding  to  the  number  of  his 
friends  the  great  cliaracter  who  was  then  rector,  Dn  Jortii]> 
whose  death,  in  1770,  was  severely  felt  by  Mr.  Elphinston. 

"  In  March  1776,  he  gave  up  his  school,  but  continued  to  reside 
in  the  same  house  in  Kensington  for  some  time  longer,  employ^ 
ing  himself  in  a  Translation  of  Martial>  the  Proposals  for  pub* 

lishiug 


1 JSSJ}  THfi  EIGHTEENTH  CEKTURY.  33 

appropriated  to  our  British  Kings  upon  ration^ 

urounds ;   the  Opinions  of  the  Antiquaries  on  the 

•I 

lithing  which  lie  now  began  tcr  circulate.    He  removed  from 

Kensington  in  1778 ;  and  in  the  same  year  lost  his  wife.    Hi# 

griff  on  that  event  was  deep.    '  Such  a  loss/  as  Dr.  Johnson 

wrote  to  him  on  the  occasion,  '  lacerates  the  mind,  and  breaks 

the  whole  system  of  purposes  and  hopes.     It  leaves  a  disma} 

vacuity  in  U£e,  that  aflords  nothini^  on  which  the  afiections  can 

fix.  or  to  which  endeavour  may  be  directed.*    It  is  remarkable 

huw  ingenious  grief  is  in  starting  accusations  of  deficiency 

towards  a  beloved  object  lom  away  from  all  future  attentions. 

In  a  letter  to  his  nephew  he  says :  '  Though  1  flattered  myself 

that  I  was  neither  inattentive  nor  insensible  to  what  I  enjoyed^ 

various  and  poignant  arc  the  regrets  I  now  feel,  when  1  reflect 

how  imperfectly  1  promoted  the  happiness  of  her  I  certainly  heh) 

dearest  on  earth,  and  how  often  1  rather  intended  than  admini* 

stered  the  numberless  assiduities  indispensable  to  the  comfort 

of  one  who  composed  every  comfort  to  me.    The  consolation 

and  aflfectioA  he  received  &om  liis  friends,  and  the  flowing*in 

of  suUacriptions  to  his  Translation  of  Martisd,  conspired  to  draw 

him  from  despondence :   and  being  advised  to  visit  Scotland,  he 

jcave  up  his  residence  in  London,  disposed  of  his  fiirniture,  and 

ia  a  !ihort  time  set  out  upon  his  journey.    In  Scotland  he  received 

Doniberless  civilities;   and  there  was  a  talk  among  lus  friends 

of  the  necessity  of  establishing  a  Professorship  of  the  Modem 

Langua^res  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh,  with  a  wish  that  he 

should  hll  the  chair.    The  idea  had  been  suggested  by  Mr.  (soOn  - 

after  Sir  John)  Sinclair,  of  Ulbster.     The  Lord  Chief  Baron 

3foatgouicry ;   Dr.  Robertson,  the  Historiographer  of  Scotland ; 

the  £arl  of  Dalhousie,  who  had  been  Mr.  Elphinston's  pupil  ^ 

Loid  ElphinstOD ;  and  others,  were  consulted  on  the  subject :  but 

k  fell  to  the  ground,  and  in  the  Aulnmn  of  177.^  he  returned  to 

London,  having  previously  given  a  Coiu^se  of  Lectures  on  the 

FgyiiA  Language,  first  at  Edinburgh,  and  then  in  the  Public* 

jbsll  of  the  University  of  Gksgow. — He  now  published  his  Systen^ 

of  Orthography,  uiKier  tlie  title  of '  Propriety  ascertained  in  h^ 

FEctnre  ;'  and  detennined  to  support  his  theory  by  practice,  to 

naikt  an  effort  to  change  the  whole  system  of  Etymology  fof 

that  of  Analogy,  to  set  Derivation  at  defiance,  and  create  a  revo# 

in  &voiir  of  Pronunciation ;   or,  in  his  own  words,  t^ 

Orthography  the^  Mirror  of  Orthoepy.    From  this  time,  fyt 

of  his  life,  whatever  he  published  or  wrote  was  com^ 

to  paper  in  lus  new  mode  of  spelling. — Mr.  Elphinston 

Quixote  in  w;hatever  he  judged  right :   in  religion,  in  vir^ 

CiMt,  in  benevolent  interferences,  the  force  of  custom  or  a  hos( 

of  foea  made  no  impression  upon  him  -,   the  only  question  with 

^m  was,  9hoM  it  he,  tr  should  it  not  be  ?  Such  a  man  might  be 

Soiled  in  an  attempt,  hut  was  not  likely  to  be  diverted  from  one 

m  winch  be  thpught  tight  was  to  be  supported  against  ^ong. 

Vov.  IIL  D  The 


J4  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [^1  jSC. 

Word  Tascla  are  examined  and  refuted,  and  a  more 
probable  one  proposed;  the  Coins  are  illustrated  in  a 

The  wnrst  that  can  be  said  of  his  perseverance  in  so  hopeless  a 
pursuit  is,  that  it  was  a  foible  by  which  he  injured  no  one  but 
himself  Painful  indeed  is  it  to  think  that  a  man  of  such  merit 
and  virtue  should,  br  a  well-mearit  undertaking^,  contract  means 
of  comfort,  already  but  too  naiTow :  but,  in  Mr.  Elplnnston's 
case,  this  pain  is  compensated  to  the  observer,  by  contemplat- 
ing the  rectitude  of  soul  and  perseverance  In  frugality  that  pi-e- 
sen*ed  his  mind  untainted  and  imbroken.  He  lived"  upon  the 
square  with  the  world  j  and,  supj)orted  by  conscience  and  tcm- 
])erance,  health  and  spirits  never  forsook  him  to  the  l;ist  day  of 
his  life.  In  his  sister  and  brother-in-law  he  had  real  friends :  but 
the  sincerity  of  Mr.  Strahan  in  his  opinion  of  Mr.  Elphinston's 
scheme,  and  the  spirit  of  the  latter,  who  defended  his  own 
judgment,  created  a  difllerence  which  at  one  time  wore  the 
appearance,  without  having  the  reality,    of  alienation,    as  was 

.  fiilly  proved.      Mr.  Strahan   died  in  the  year   17^5,    and  be- 
queathed a  hundred  pounds  a  year,  a  hundred  poimds  in  ready 
money,  and  20  guineas  for  moaning,  to  Mr.  Elphinston,  who 
expi-essed  Inmself  '  deeply  sensible  of  a  geneiosity,  though  not 
then  first  demonsti-ated,  never  before  fidly  known.'     His  sister 
survived  her  husband  about  a  month  ;   and  by  her  will  left  her 
brother  two  hundred  a  vear  more.     Noble  ^piiits  !    ve  have  now 
received  him  in  the  mansions  of  bliss,  where  your  generosity  is 
uncea«iingly  repaid  with  a  glorious  and  eternal  interest.     If  "the 
TOice  of  a  mortal  can  accompany  an  angel  through  the  everlast- 
hig  gates,  receive  with  his  hea\ only  the  earthly  tribute  of  one 
W'ho  now  wnfts  it  as  his  pen  passes  along  the  paper  that  records 
your  worth. — Mr.  Elphinston  was  no  solitary  Ix^ing :    a  more 
isodal  or  affectionate  heail  was  never  bestowed  on  man.     Bein^ 
now  easy  in  his  circumstances,  he  es]K)ii?ed  a  lady  who.  thoii^^h 
many  years  younger  than  himself,  had  the  discernment  to  appre- 
ciate the  merits  both  of  his  head  and  heart.    On  the  Gth  of  October 
1785,  Miss  Falcpnar,  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Jame««  Falconar, 
and  the  niece  of  IJishop  Falconar,  bestowed  her  hand  upon  him  j 
and  a  hap^iitti*  mairiage,  as  proxed  by  an  exjierienee  of  four  and 
twenty  yeai'S,   has  seldom  been  ceiebrdteil.  —  Soon  after  tluir  - 
marriage,  the  brother  of  Mr.  F^l]»hinston,  in  a  voyage  to  Indhi, 
wrote  a  letter  to  his  sis^^e**,  which  was  t<^  have  been  sent  by  a 
vcfsel  met  at  sea,    but  he  fini^hed  it  too  late;    the  vessel  was 
\iniler  weigh:   upon  this  he  consigned  the  letter  to  an  eniptv 
bnttle,  which  he  eoiked,  and  threw  overboard.     It  wtis  ]>iekeil 
vip,  nine  months  after  the  date  of  it.  In  some  lishej'inen,  on  the 
coast  of  Nc»rmandy,  near  Bayeux.     This  circumstance*,   ap»>a- 
reiitly  trivial,    broved  of  great  inij>ortance  in  the  life  of  Mr. 
F^phint^ton,  as  it  was  the  cause  of  a  ft-iendship  with  M.  l)e  Drlle-- 
•viHe,   the  Judge  of  the  AdinimUy  of  liaveux,    from  wh.ieh  he 
f^eceivcd  much  gi-atihcation.     Besides  tliis,  it  aj)[>eai-s  to  have 
■  utVordcd 


1  T^S.']  THE  EICMT£ENTH  CENTUKY.  35 

short  Commentary ;   and  the  various  uses  that  may 
be  made  of  them,  in  elucidating  tlie  Antiquities  of 

afforded  the  celebrated  St.  Pierre  some  arguments  in  favour*  of 
hw  visionary  system  respecting  the  tides. — In  the  year  1787*  he 
once  more  visited  Scotland,  whcix;  he  was  again  received  with 
aSbction  and  respect  -,  and,  after  a  short  stay,  returned  to  Eng- 
land, and  fixed  his  itsidence  at  Ihlington^  where  he  continued 
for  some  years,  cultivating  friendship  by  social  intercourse  and 
epistolary  cdrrespondence ;  and  where,  having  preserved  a  large 
t-vilk'ction  of  letters  dining  the  space  of  40  years,   he  amused 
himself  in  his  leisure  with  arranging  and  publishing  a  selectiou 
♦>f  them. — In  the  Spring  of  1792,  drawn  by  friendship,  he  re- 
nt*#ved  from  Islingtcm  to  Elstree,   in  flertfordshire,  where  his 
tiuie  uas  devoted  to  the  same  rational  enjoyments;   friendship,) 
•ninri rsation,   and  letters;    where  Old  Age  gradually  and  not 
imea>ily  acl\-anct>d  upon  him  ;   and  where,  reposing  on  the  affec- 
tioD,  :uid  supported  by  the  increasing  assiduity  of  an  amiable  and 
eicmjjlarj'  wife,  lie  lingered  cheerfully  on  the  verge  of  eternity, 
prepared,  if  ever  man  wa3,  to  obey  with  equal  clieerfulness  the 
summons  to  pass  it. — About  tiiree  years  ago  the  ctmvcnieiice  of 
being  nearer  town  induced  him  to  lake  a  house  at  Hammersmith, 
mhrre  he  continued  till  his  death,  which  took  place  on  the  Sth 
cf  October  1809,  in  the  88th  year  of  his  age.    Though  he*  may 
be  iaki  to  h:ive  possessed  luiinterrjpted  health,  yet,  a  few  weeks 
previous  to  lus  dissolution,  one  of  his  legs  swelled,  and  put  on 
an  appearance  that  excited  apprehension ;   but  this  was  totally 
rtin«)ved,  and  he  continued  well  and  happy  during  his  remaining 
daeys,  on  the  very  last  of  wliich  no  unusuid  R\'niptoms  were  ob- 
served to  create  alarm.      He  went  to  bed  rather  earlier  than 
QMial;    but  awoke  in  the  night,  and,  endeavouring  to  sit  .up, 
found  himself  too  feeble ;    on  wliich  Mrs.  Elphinston  called  in 
her  sistpr,    and  shortly  after  he  breathe<l  hLs  last,   witliout  a 
ttnjggl*r  or  a  pang.     He  was  buried  at  Kensint;ton :   the  same 
unvtearied  and  nexer-failing  attention  which  Mi*s.  Elphinston 
had  bestowed  upon  him  tor  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century,  con- 
tinued afVer  life ;   he  had  many  years  ago  i*atlier  hinted  than  ex- 
pTt'Ssed  a  wif!"!!  to  lier  that  his  remains  might  be  depositctl  tlieie; 
the  rpcollrction  was  fi)l!owed  by  a  ready  compliance,  and  he  was 
attended  thirher  by  a  number  of  fnrnds  who  loved  and  revered 
bi:n. — Mr  Elphinsion'h  Works  were  numerous  :   a  crilieul  inves- 
Ti:;<itii;n  of  tliem  would  lead  to  gieat  lenf!:ih  :  most  of  them  pos- 
Mr<  sttrliniT  merit;    which,   hv)wcver,   has  been  veiled  by  the 
orrbnj^^rapiiicsd  clothing  he  pei-severingly  gave  10  all  lie  wTOte. 
He  Tuas  a  gn^at  SchciLir  and  an  excellent  (iitic.     As  a  Poet,  his 
vfniSication  JMks  sometimes  flowing  ami  smooth,. at  others,  uti- 
hcLnTionious,  and  sacrificed  not  only  to  sense,  but  too  often  to 
TL\iue,  iD  which  he  allowed  no  licence.     A^  a  Frose  Writer,  he  » 
birl  early  habituHt(*d  his  pen  to  an  inverted  iiniingement,  which 
.lie  uuii^  into  almost  eveiy  subject  ht-  touched  upcui;   but  he 


S6  LITEIUEY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l  766^ 

this:  Idat^d^  and  many  Passages  of  the  Classics,  ate 
^inted  out    Two  Plates  are  prefixed,  wherein  all 

Vras  telddm  obscure ;  and  at  times  he  wr6t^  with  a  shoplicily  ^hidi 
shewed  that  he  had  the  choice  of  style ;  as  is  apparent  throughout 
bis  correspondence^  which  is,  unfortunately,  published  in  his 
own  analogical  orthograf^y. — But,  after  all,  it  is  as  a  man  and 
A  Christian  that  he  excelled ;  as  a  son,  a  brother,  a  husband,  and 
a  fether  to  many,  though  he  ne^-er  had  children  of  his  own,  as  a 
friend,  an  enlightened  patriot,  and  a  loyal  subject.  His  '  man- 
!ners  were  simple,  his  rectitude  undeviating.*  In  Religion,  he 
embraced  the  State  Establishment  to  its  fiill  extent.  His  piety, 
though  exemplary,  was  devoid  of  shew ;  the  sincerity  of  it  was 
self-evident :  but,  though  unobtiiisive,  it  became  impatient  on 
the  least  attempt  at  pro&neness ;  and  an  oath  he  could  not  en« 
dure.  On  such  occasions  he  never  fadled  boldly  to  correct  the 
-lice  whencesoever  it  proceeded.— Mr.  Elphinston  was  middle* 
lized  and  slender  in  his  person :  he  had  a  peculiar  coimtenanoe> 
Which  perhaps  would  have  been  cixisidered  an  ordinary  one,  but 
fbr  the  spirit,  and  intellectual  emanation  which  it  possessed. 
He  had  singularities,  some  of  which  were  undoubtedly  foibles. 
He  never  complied  with  &shion  in  the  alteration  of  his  clothes* 
In  a  letter  to  a  friend  in  1782>  he  says,  'Time  has  no  more, 
trhanged  my  heart  than  my  dress  ;*  and  he  might  have  said  it 
again  on  the  8th  of  October  1809.  The  colour  of  his  suit  of 
€K)thcSB  was  invariably,  except  when  in  mourning,  what  is  called 
k  drab ;  his  coat  was  made  in  the  foshion  tliat  reigned,  when  he 
t^tunied  from  France,  in  the  beginning  of  the  last  century,  wiA 
-flaps  and  buttons  to  the  pockets  and  sleeves,  and  without  a  cape: 
lie  alvi-ays  wore  a  powdered  bag- wig,  with  a  high  toupee ;  and 
tHilked  ivith  a  cocked  hat  and  an  amber-h^ed  cane;  his 
«hoe-buckles  had  seldom  been  changed,  and  were  always  of  the 
%aine  sice ;  and  he  never  put  on  boots.  It  must  be  observed^ 
however,  that  he  lately,  more  thon  once,  offered  to  make  any 
Change  Mrs.  Elphinston  might  deem  proper:  but  in  her  eyes  his 
▼iirtues  and  worth  had  so  sanctified  his  appearance,  that  she 
would  have  thought  the  alteration  a  sacrilege.  Mr.  Elphinston *» 
principal  foibles  originated,  some  in  virtue  itself,  and  others  in 
the  system  lie  had  eai^ly  laid  down  for  ])reserving  the  purity  of 
the  English  tongue.  As  an  instance  of  the  former,  when  any 
ladies  wei^  in  company  whose  sleeves  were  at  a  distance  from 
their  elbows,  or  whose  bosoms  were  at  all  exposed,  he  would 
fidget  fi'om  place  to  place,  look  askance,  with  a  slight  convul- 
sion of  his  left  eye,  and  never  rest  till  he  approached  some  of 
them,  and,  pointing  to  their  arms,  say,  "  Oh  yes,  indeed !  it  is 
▼qry  pretty,  but  it  betrays  more  fashion  than  modesty!*'  or  some 
similar  phrase;  after  which  he  became  very  good-humoured.  In 
respect  to  the  foible  Irom  the  other  source,  it  consisted  in  taking 
the  liberty  of  correcting  others  in  the  mispronunciation  of  theil- 
^ords ;  but,  for  from  meaning  to  hurt  or  ofiend^  it  wa^  eridevit 

that 


1766.2 


THE  IIQHTEENTH  CEMTU&T.  Jf . 


tbe  Coins  are  collected  together  in  their  respective 
Classes.  By  Samuel  Pegge^  A.M.  To  wnioh  i$ 
subjoined,  A  Dissertation  on  the  Seat  of  the  CorU 
ianij  addressed  to  Matthew  Duane^  esq.  F.  S.  A. 
andP.R.S." 

A  Third  Part  of  the  Reverend  Jonathan  Toup's 
^^  Emendationes  in  Suidam/'  Svo. 


that  his  intention  was  tp  oblige ;  and  if  it  was  not  always 
ceived  with  defereQce«  it  ought  at  least  always  to  have  been 
attributed  to  the  simplicitv  of  his  character,  never  to  ifopdlite* 
neasy  and  still  less  to  churlishness.— How  were  these  fpibles  oUi« 
cerated  by  the  genuine  kindness  of  lus  heart  soul  the  l^eiievplenc^ 
of  his  soul !  It  were  endless  to  relate  the  instances  of  them^ 
Oae  fihaU  suffice,  and  conclude  this  tribute  to  his  aa^mory,  whipl^ 
m^gfai  easily  be  swelled  to  double  its  bulk,  by  detailing  his  vir<» 
tnes,  sentiments,  and  opinionf. — He  had  a  friend,  who  Ips^  ^ 
viitiioiis,  amiable,  and  most  beloved  daughter. — Tbf^  grief  tb^ 
foch  a  loss  inflicts  is  not  to  be  soothed  by  the  condolen^ie  of  Ian* 
gauge:  the  wretched  man  fled  from  the  spot  where  his  happiness 
■id  received  the  blow :  he  fled  also  finom  society.  Mr.  £lpbi|H 
siOD,  who  understood  Nature,  assured  him  that  under  hi^  rcM^ 
he  shoold  find  a  room  where  he  might  grieve  undisturbed.  Thi# 
veal  friendship  was  accepted*  In  his  house  he  reml^ned  ftur 
vceks  left  entirely  to  the  impulses  of  his  own  feelings.  After  n 
vhik,  the  conversation  that  was  not  forced  was  courted  -,  and  % 
degree  of  relief  insinuated,  which  could  never  have  been  bestowed 
bv  active  condolence.  My  child  has  opened  her  arms  tp  reQeiv# 
bun ;  she  has  paid  her  fether's  dt^t  in  Heaven,  which  hp  QOu]4 
■ever  have  acquitted  on  earth !" 

The  following  uiscription  is  copied  from  a  miU'bk  sjs^  tf ected 
OQ  tbe  Eastern  wall^of  Kensington  church  : 

"Socred 

to  the  memory  of 

James  Elphinstok. 

His  mind  was  ingenuous, 

his  heart  was  afiectionate, 

his  manners,  though  polished,  were  simple, 

his  integrity  was  undeviating  i 

he  was  a  great  scholar, 

and  a  real  Christian. 

JoRTiN,  Franklin,  and  Johnson, 

were  in  the  nuinb^  of  his  friends. 

He  WM  bora  al  Edinburgh;  Nov.  25,  O.  S.  17^1.    He  died  at 

Hmmerainith*  Oct.  8, 1809,  and  his  remains  utte  deposited  near 

^     the  South  wall  of  the  Churdi*yard. 
Ingnte&ilfwnmbiEnce  of  bis  virtues  and  affection,  his  Widow 
faaa  cajoaed  this  tablet  to  be  engraven.'* 
Theve  it  a  soiaU  portrait  of  Mi*.  £lphinst<)n,  which  is  extrem^y 
likc^  cKiaved  by  CaldwalL 


38.  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF    '  ^lj66. 

^^  The  Great  Importance  of  a  Religious  Life  *,'* 
12mo.  Of  this  vakiable  little  Book  Mr.  Bowver 
afterwards  lived  to  pnnt  many  large  impressions. 

*  It  is  a  somewhat  singular  circumstance  that  the  real  Author 
of  thb  most  admirable  treatise  should  foi*  a  long  time  have  not  been 
publicly  known,  and  the  more  so,  as  it  is  plainly  pointed  out  in  the 
following  "Short  Character'  prefixed  to  some  modern  Editions: 
"It  may  add  weight,  perhaps,  to  the  reflexions  contained  in  the 
following  pages,  to  inform  the  Reader,  that  the  Author's  life  waa 
one  uniform  exemplar  of  those  precepts,  which,  with  so  generous 
a  zeal  and  such  an  elegant  and  affecting  simplicity  of  style,  he 
endeavours  to  recommend  to  general  practice.    He  left  others  to 
contend  for  modes  of  faith,    and  inflame  themselves  and  the 
world  with  endless  controversy :   it  was  the  wiser  purpose  of  his 
more  ennobled  aim  to  act  up  to  those  clear  i*ules  of  conduct 
which  Revelation  hath  graciously  presci'ibed.     He  possessed  by 
temper  every  moral  virtue,   by  religion  every  Christian  grace. 
He  had  a  humanity  that  melted  at  every  distress  5    a  charity 
which  not  only  thought  no  evil,  but  suspected  none.     He  exer-' 
cised  his  prof^ion  with  a  skill  and  integrity,  which  nothing 
could  equal  but  the  disinterested  motive  that  animated  his  la* 
bours,  or  the  amiable  modesty  which  accompanied  all  his  vir-> 
lues.     He  employed  his  industry,  not  to  gratify  his  own  desires ; 
no  man  indulged  himself  lessi  not  to  accumulate  useless  wealth; 
no  man  more  disdained  so  unworthy  a  pursuit :   it  was  for  the 
decent  advancement  of  his  family,  for  the  generous  assistance  of 
his  friends,  for  the  ready  relief  of  the  indigent.     Hou^  often  did' 
he  exert  his  distinguished  abilities,    yet  refuse  the  re\vard  of 
them,  in  defence  of  the  Widow,  the  Fatherless,  and  him  that  had 
none  to  help  him  f    In  a  word,  few  have  ever  passed  a  more  useful 
not  one  a  more  blameless  life;  and  his  whole  time  was  employed 
either  in  doing  good,  or  in  meditating  it.     He  died  on  the  6th 
day  of  April  1743,  and  lies  buried  under  the  cloister  of  Lincoln's 
Inn  chapel,      mem.  pat.  opt.  mer.  fil.  dig." — ^The  following 
Epitaph,  inscribed  on  a  stone  under  the  cloister  above  rcferret| 
t^s  will  clearly  point  out  the  Author  of  the  pious  peiforraance ; 

^'  Here  lies  the  body  of 
William  Mblmoth,  Esq. 
late  one  of  the  Senior  Bencliers 
of  this  Hon.  Society,  who  died 
AprU  the  6th,  1743,  in  the  77  th 
year  of  his  age.'* 
.     The  ''  Great  Importance  of  a  Religious  Life'*  had  \ycer\  so  conj^ 
moioly  attributed  to  John  Perceval,   the  first  Earl  of  Egmont^ 
particularly  by  Mr.  Walpole  in  his  "Catalogue,"  that,  in  1779,  1 
without  hesitation  ^scribed  it  to  that  Nobleman  in  the  "  Supple- 
ment to  Swift;"  an  error  which,  in  178^,  was  readily  retracted! 
— Let  Mr.  Melmoth's  name,  therefore,  be  handed  down  to  pos- 
f^rity  with  ^  l^onour  it  $0  eouneatly  deserves ;  and  let  the  Au- 
thor 


^7.^7-1  THE  EIGHTEENTH  C&NTURT*  §9 


1767. 

In  this  year  Mr.  Bowyer  was  appointed  to  print 
tlie   Rolls  of  Parliament  and  the  Journals  of  the 

ihor  of  the  **  Short  Characttr"  have  his  share  of  the  honour  due 
to  the  worthv  Son  of  a  worthy  Sire. 

'*  William  Mchooth,  csfi.  horn  in  166*6,  becatne  a  bencl^er  of 

L:r.c«)ln*s  Inn.  and  a  celebrated  ])leadcr.     Perhaps  few  persons 

h.we  fh^cr\od  more  of  posterity  than  tliis  most  excellent  man, 

wiio   made  his  profession  the  nxe;ins  of  doing  mankind  evei-y 

tinice  ihut  Religicm  could  dictate.     From  the  rich  Ko  received 

ihe  reward  of  his  skill ;  •  of  the  widow,  the  fatherless,  and  him 

tluit  lia£l  none  to  help  him,'  he  would  take  nothing.     Indeed, 

L;^  jri«.Hii  a  most  useftil  and  blameless  life.     *  His  whole  time 

wa^  eniplojed  in  doing  good  or  militating  it  j*   and  how  could 

it  more  ap|x?ar  than  in  the  excellent  Work  he  composed,  '  The 

tireAt  Importance  of  a  Religious  Life ;'  a  Work  which  had  gone 

through  many  large  editions,  and  of  which  42,000  copies  had 

Vv  n  noU  in  the  eighteen  years  preceding  1784,  and  still  continues 

to  M.*ll.    WTiat  niu.-t  Infidelity  think  of  this  ?    A  genuine  Work  of 

acknowledged  worth,  recouimending  Religion,  published  by  an 

anxhor,  who  >^*as  so  far  from  displaying  himself  as  such,  that  it 

hi^  been  but  lately  known  with  certainty  who  wTOte  the  Treatise, 

which  still  continues  to  have,  as  it  well  deserves,  an  extensive 

»le,     llow  different  is  this  from  the  tinsel  wickedness  we  see 

y  nt  forth  by  philo.^ophizing  individuals :  their  names  are  embla^ 

iontd,  their  praises  inflated ;  new  titles  make  new  editions,  with 

a!!  the  arts  and  tricks  of  their  partizans;   while  Religion  shews 

its  irnpartartce,  by  calling  for  the  modest,  the  nameless  author's 

work,  to  cimduct  the  Christian  to  his  God.    Go,   Infidel,  and 

^hi^h  !"     Nobits  Continuation  of  Granger,  vol,  lit,  p.  3^0. 

A  portrait  of  Mr.  Mel  moth,  by  Richardson,  is  prefixed  to  the 
fret  edition  of  "  The  (Jreat  Importance  of  a  Religious  Life." 
AfHiiher,  by  Schavionetti,  is  prefixed  to  "  Memoirs  of  a  late  emi- 
n;nt  .\d\ocate,  and  a  Member  of  the  Hon.  Society  of  Lincoln's 
Ino.  179G,**  a  small  octavo  of  72  pages,  of  which  38  consist 
iif  •: pi=tolary  correspondence.  The  Writer's  Father  is  the  subject 
<)f  these  Menioii-s;  and  we  learn  from  them  that,  "fix)m  early 
yoirth,  the  gcxxl  man  iwrfomied  the  painful  but  indispensable 
ihity  (if  commiming  \\\W\  his  own  heart,  with  the  severest  and 
nayiX.  inipaitial  scrutiny  j"  consulting  the  eminent  casuist  on 
the  suhjfct,  as  also  on  the  propriety  of  taking  the  oaths  to 
William  III.  In  order  to  the  exercising  his  talents  as  an  advocate 
in  Westminster  Hall :  that  he  wrote  an  anonymous  Letter  to 
Abp.  Tenison ;  and  others,  probably  with  his  name,  to  Daniel 
Defoe,  agahidt  the  immoralities  of  the  stage ;  but,  above  all, 
that  he  was  the  author  of  "The  Great  Importance  of  a  Religious 
life  ;**  beskfes  Forms  of  Occasional  Prayer ;  and  that,  on  the 
deaub  of  tir*  Yernoo^  he^  in  conjui^ictiou  with  y[f,  Pccre  Wil- 


40  LITB&A&T  ANECDOTEi  Of  [i7^7« 

« 

House  of  Lords.     He  was  principally  indebted  for 
this  appointment  to  his  noble  Friend  Hugh  Earl  of 

liamSy  and  under  an  order  of  the  Court  of  Chancery,  publiBhed 
his  indigested  Reports,  with  a  well*exprcssed  and  manly  Dedi* 
cation  to  Lord  Chancellor  King.  >le  died  of  the  stran|ury» 
which  he  endured  with  great  patience,  resignation,  and  rorti^ 
tude.  —  He  had,  once  an  intention  of  pnnting  his  own  "  Re* 
ports  )*'  and  a  short  time  before  his  death  advertised  them  at* 
the  end  of  those  of  hb'  coadjutor  Peere  Williains,  as  then 
actually  preparing  for  the  press.  Tliey  have,  however^  not 
,  Jet  made  their  appearance. — ^Thus  much  for  the  Father. 

Of  the  younger  Mr.  Melmoth  (who  has  been  briefly  noticed 
in  vol.  II.  p.  193),  a  further  account  shall  here  be  given.  He 
was  the  eldest  Son  of  his  Father's  second  wife,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Rolt,  esq.  of  Milton  Erneys,  co.  Bedford. — In  1756  he 
was  favoured  with  the  appointment  of  a  Commissioner  of 
|(ankrupt5>  by  Sir  John  Eardley  Wilmot,  at  that  time  one  of 
the  Commissioners  of  the  Great  Sealj  an  excellent  discemer 
and  rewarder  of  merit.  This  we  learn  from  the  Memoirs  (or 
farentalia  rather)  of  that  worthy  Judge,  lately  published  by  hit 
ion;  where  the  fQllowing  acknowledgment  is  preseiTed : 

"  My  Lord,  Ealing,  Dec.  6, 1756. 

'*  1  denied  mVself  the  satis&ction  of  waiting  upon  you  till  the 
term  was  ended,  in  the  hope  that  1  might  then  be  so  fortunate 
Its  to  find  you  at  home ;  but  bein^  disappointed  of  paying-  my 
respects  to  you  in  person  on  Saturcby  last,  I  beg  leave  to  retura 
you  my  tlianks  in  this  manner.  This  favour  is  so  much  the 
saore  valuable  to  me,  as  you  were  pleased  to  confer  it  before  X 
)iad  an  opportunity  of  making  any  application  for  that  purpoad-; 
and  I  entreat  your  Lordship  to  do  me  the  justness  to  bdievcA 
that  I  have  the  sentiments  of  it  which  so  singular  an  oUigatioa 
desen'es.  If  the  publick  do  not  speak  more  from  wliat  it  wishes 
"  than  what  it  knows,  I  shall  not  be  premature  if  1  beseech  your 
Lordship  to  continue  the  same  favourable  disposition  towardi 
me,  when  the  Great  Seal  shall  be  placed  in  a  single  hand  $  but 
whatever  may  be  the  event,  J  shall  ahva}'s  consider  myself  as 
liaving  the  honour  to  be,  my  Lord,    Yours,  &c.    W.  Melmoth,** 

Mr.  Melmoth  s  permission  to  publish  the  above  letter  was  thus 
)iandsomely  expressed  to  Mr.  Wilmot : 

''  Dear  Sir>  Bath,  July  21,  1796. 

'*  When  I  had  the  honour  of  vour  letter,  1  was  confined  tu  nif 
\)ed  by  an  indisposition^  and  still  am,  %\hich,  added  to  the  inlir<P 
'unities  of  great  old  age,  has  rendered  me  exceedingly  ^ble  both 
in  body  and  mind.  ********  l  lament  thw  total  depres* 
don  the  more,  as  }t  disables  me  to  be  of  the  smallest  senice 
to  you  in  the  pious  Memoirs  you  are  preparing  for  the  press » 
mna  which  I  have  reason  to  be  firmly  {lersuaded  will  be  a  tribute 
of  filial  affection  and  respect,  no  less  honourable  to  the  noble 
and  most  i^espectable  Lord  your  &ther,  than  to  liis  worthy  son. 
My  letter  from  Ealing,  dated  Dec.  6,  1756^  is  entirely  at  youip 
ponuni^d^  to  dispose  c^  it  in  the  ipanner  ycm  shall  thixik  proper, 

l»m« 


17^70  '^^^  ftt^RTSliKTH  CXNTURY.  41 

Marchmont;  and  his  gratitude  to  that  worthy  Peer 
is  testified  in  the  inscription  placed  in  Stationers* 
hall,  which  will  appear  at  the  end  of  these  Memoirs. 

1  un  just  risen  from  my  bed  to  scribble  these  imperfect  linesu 
md  am  too  weak  to  add  more  than  that  I  am,  with  (he  stiictest 
truth,  respect,  and  esteem,  dear  Sir,  Yom*,  &c.  W.  IVIblmoth.'* 

•  Mr.  Cole,  in  his  MSS.  styles  Mr.  Melmoth  ''  a  worthy  and 
tmiahlf  character — lived  some  time  at  Shrewsbury,  but  now 
(1771)  at  Bath,  where  he  married  his  second  wife,  an  Irish 
bdy.**  The  first  wife  was  Dorothy,  daughter  of  the  celebi'ated 
Dr.  King,   principal  of  Mary  hall,  Oxfoi-d  (see  vol.  U.  p.  607)  ; 

•  the  seoood  was  NIrs.  Ogle. — In  November  1/94,  a  ie;entlGman, 
who  well  knew  him,  says,  "  Mr.  Mehnoth  is  still  living  at 
Bath,  in  full  possession  of  his  faculties,  at  tlic  advanced  age 
of  S4 ;  and,  as  a  proof  of  it,  has  very  lately  favoitred  the  literary 
world  with  a  P&imphlet,  written  with  his  usual  classic  elegance^ 
beinig  a  >  indication  (and  a  most  successfid  ooe)  of  his  opinion 
respectii^  the  conduct  of  Pliny  towards  the  Christians,  in  an- 
swer to  an  attack  made  upon  it  by  the  learned  Mr.  Bryant.  It 
would  be  indelicate,  perhaps,  to  detail  particulai^  of  the  life  of 
toy  prii-ate  gentleman  still  in  being  3  for,  though  an  Author  may 
be  considered  as  a  public  character,  the  publick  have  nothing  to 
do  but  with  hisM'orks.  Suffice  it,  therefore,  to  remark,  in  general, 
that  he  i6  no  less  distinguished  for  intcgiity  of  lile»  than  for 
poGre  manners  and  elegant  taste.  I  will  add  the  simple  fact, 
that  he  is  the  eldest  sou  of  that  great  lawyer,  and  good  man, 
Wifliam  Bfelmoth,  esq.  bencher  of  Lincohi's  Inn,  who  died  in 
1743,  leaving  that  valuable  legacy  to  ]K>sterity,  *'The  Great  Im- 
portance of  a  Religious  Life  j*'  a  tract  which  has  gone  through 
5S7  editions,  most  of  them  reprinted  under  the  inspection  of  Mr. 
Melmoth,  and  of  wliich  (according  to  the  testimony  of  the 
Editor  of  the  Biographical  Anecdotes  of  Mr.  Bowycr)  above 
10(^000  copies  have  been  sold  since  the  Author*s  decease.  The 
Works  of  Mr.  Melmoth  are  in  every  body's  hands,  and  are  so 
1^  known  that  it  would  be  scarcely  necessary  to  give  a  list  of 
them,  were  it  not  that,  by  the  assumption  of  his  name,  some 
veiy  triding  performances  f  have  enjoyed  an  ephemeral  import-r 
lace  which  dkl  not  belong  to  them  or  their  author,  who  iuipu- 
(ieatly  enough  took  up  a  nearly  similar  name,  with  the  innocent 
view,  perhaps,  of  raising  the  price,  |M.*rhups,  rather  than  the 
reputation  of  his  Works.    See  Gent.  Mag.  col.  LXIV. 

Mr.  Melmoth  is  generally  allowed  to  have  been  one  of  the  most 
degamt  Writers  in  the  British  Nation,  He  fii-st  became  known 
io  the  literary  workl*  by  a  Translation  of  *'  The  Leltei-s  of  Fliny  tho 


CoQMiI ;  with  occasional  Remarks,  by  William  Melmoth.  Esq. 
1745/'8vQ&kSvo;  reprinted  1747*  and  1748,  and  frequently  since. 
«-Mr.  WtftoDf  in  a  Note  on  Pope*s  Works^  mentions  Melmoth' s 


eatdntany  puUiottkni  by  an  obscoie  Writer  assumed  the 
of  MnriMwrA. 


I 


49  I4TERARY  ANECDOTKfi  OF  ^  [iJ^T- 

The  want  of  sufficient  room  now  compelled  him, 
though  not  without  reluctance,  to  exchange  While 

Pliniff  as  one  of  the  few  works  that  are  better  than  the' original." 
And  Dr.  Birch,  in  his  Life  of  Tillotson,  p.  3(j^,  says,  **  One  of  our 
elcfpint  writers,  whose  Version  of  Pliny  has  shewn,  what  w.is  never 
l>eforc  imagined  possible,  tliat  translations  may  equal  tlie  force 
and  beauty  of  the  oiiginals,  has,  in  another  work  of  his  mixed 
the  highest  compliments  upon  the  Archbishop's  sentiments  with 
the  strongest  exceptions  to  his  style,  declaring,  that  he  seems  to 
have  no  soil  of  notion  of  rhetorical  numbers  ;    and  that  no 
man  had  ever  less  pretensions  to  genuine  oratory ;    that  one 
cannot   but  regret,    that  he,    who  abounds  with  sudi  noble 
sentiments,  should  want  the  art  of  setting  them  off  \^iih  all  the 
advantage  they  deserve;   that  the  subhmein  morals  should  not 
be  attended  with  a  suitable  elevation  of  language.    'Hie  truth 
however  is,    his  words  are  frequently  ill  chosen,    and  almost 
iJways  ill  placed;    his  periods  are  both  tedious  and  inharmo- 
nious,   as  his  metaphoi-s  are  generally  mean,    and  often  ridi- 
cirious." — His  next  work  w^^  an  agreeable  specimen  of  epistolary 
correspondence,  under  the  nanu*  of  "  Letters  of  the  late  SirThoma« 
Fitzosborne,  bart.  on  several  Subjects — absazti^  pignus  mitirititr, 
1T4S,*'  8vo.     A  second  volume  of  these  Letters  wi\s  published 
'in  1749;  and  in  the  same  jear  a  second  edition  of  both  volvune.5 
in  on^.     They  were  aftei*^'ards  ftequerrtly  rej^.rinted. — He  next 
published  **  Tl^  I.etfei-s   of  Marcus  Tullius  Cicero  to  sevend 
«f  his  Friends,   with  Kemarks,    1753,'*   3  vol**,    ttvo  ;    *' Oita, 
or  an  Essay  <m  Old  Age,   1773,"   8vo;   '*  Lrfclius,  or  an  Essay 
on  Friendship,   1777/*   i^vo;    *•  The  Translator  of  Pliny's  1>?r- 
lei-b  vindicatetl  from  the  Objections  of  Jacob  Bryant,  Esq.  to 
his  Kemarks  respecting  Trajan's  Pei^^ecution  of  the  Christians 
hi  Bilhynia,    1794,'*   8vo.— "  The  Postscri])t  to  this  excellent 
Tract   (it  'has  been  well  observwl)   is  wortliy  of  the  ]>erusal 
•7f  every  hot  Contro\ertist,    and  may  possibfy  be  a  lesson   to 
Bomc  of  that  description.     Polemical  writers  are  apt  to  cany 
on  the  debate  with  so  much  petulant  inten)perance,   that  the. 
<[uestion  seems  ultimately  to  be,  which  of  the  disputants  shaTI 
have  the  honour  of  the  last  word.    The  author  of  the  present 
Defence  disclaims  all  ambiticm  of  that  kind ;  and  no  rcplt/,  from 
Mhatevcr  hand  it  may  come,  shall  induce  him  to  advance  a  step 
farther  in  the  controversy.     It  was,'  indeed,  with  the  utmost  i-e- 
^:xct  that  he  was  constrainedy  by*a  very  ilnprovoked  attack,  to 
enter  into  it ;  and  he  could  not  but  consider  himself,  upon  that 
4Keiv«ion,  as  in  circumstances  in  several  i*espects  similar  to  those 
•rf  a  certain  veteran  Actor  of  antient  Romef,  who  having,  in  h'is 
ilecHning  years  retired  from  the  theatre,  and  being  comj)elled  by 
Oesar,  in  the  last  period  of  his  da\>j,  to  re-appear  upon  the  stage, 
acldresscd  the  audience  in  a  suitable  prologue,  which  concluded 
^ith  these  elegant  and  very  apposite  lines : 

t  LaberiiK,    Vide  Maepok.  Saturn.  H.  7. 


176;.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTU&V*  4^. 


Frjars,  where  he  was  bom,  and  had  resided  nearly 
fi;  years,  for  Red  Lion-passage,  Fltet-streeL  * ;  where 

Ut  hedera  serpens  vii-cs  arboreal  neeat, 
Itamc  vetustas  amplexa  annurum  enecat : 
Sepulchri  similia  nihil  nWi  nomcn  ictiueo/* 

Monthly  Reuicw,  N.  S.  vol.  A'^'.  p.  252  ; 
and  Gent.  Majj^.  vvl.  LXIV.  p.  630. 
In  DnUley's  Poems,  vol.  I.  p.  ^16',  edit,  ll&l,  is  a  Poem  by 
Mr.  McImoth>  intituled,  "Of  Active  and  Uetired  Life,  an  Epistle 
to  ik-nry  Coventiy,  Esq."   [Author  of  Philemon  to  llydas])es; 
sre  vf>l.  V.  p.  r>GS].     And  in  Pearch's  Poems,  xol.  II.  p.  144,  "  Tlie   • 
Tran>foruuition  of  L}con  and  Eiiphormiiis,"  p.  I-IIJ,  **A  Tale;" 
and,  p.  151,  "  Epistle  to  Sji])pho." — This  litenuy  \'eteiiin  closed 
Lis  Lunouiable  ciu-ecr  by  a  tribute  of  filial  piety  to  his  lather,  duly 
Dotictd  in  p. 30. — He  died  at  Bath,  Maich  14,  l/DD,  I'^t.  89 j  his 
wcmul  vvitc  s>ur\iving  him. — ^Take  the  tribute  paid  to  him  by 
the  AuthfjT  of  "  The  Pursuits  of  literature,"   Piut  IV.  p.  H\)z 
"  William  .Melmoth,   cfeq.    a   most  elegimt  and   distinguished 
writer  '  near  half  an  ag:(.»,  with  every  good  uun's  j)iaise.'     His 
tr.in<»lations  of  Cieero  and  Pliny  will  speak  for  him  ^^hile  Roman 
and  En^liab  eloquence  can  be  united.     Mr.  Melmoth  is  a  happy 
t3Limple  cif  the  mild  influence  of  learnini;  on  a  cultivated  muid ; 
1  Qicaii,  of  that  learning  which  is  declared  to  be  the  ollmait  of 
youth,  and  the  deli'^ht  and  consolation  of  declining  years.  ♦  AVho 
wrndd  not  en^y  this  'fortunate,  old  nian'  his  mo-t  fiuiahed  Trans- 
lation and  ComuMint  on  TuUv's  Cato  9   or  r.ither,  who  would 

w 

not  irjijk-e  in  the  i-efined  and  mellowed  j)le;b-ui»e.j  of  so  accora- 
pli*l.etl  a  jri*ntlcuian  and  so  liberal  a  .scholar  r* — Dr.  Johuson  spcakf 
UT%  >li*chtin^ly  of  Mr.  Melmoth,  whom,  in  some  small  dispute, 
Lc '*' icduL-«.d  to  whi5>tle;*  about  I7r>0  (BoswcU,  vol.  III.  \\*i^ii}. 

*  -\-"^  there  were  few  htejw  of  any  consequence  in  which  he  did 
not  conMilt  Mr.  Markland,  he  wTote  to  him  of  coiuse  on  this 
t\t\sx,  wliich  to  him  was  an  important  one.  **  Far  from  con^ 
u*nir.!n^  you,*'  .sa\s  Mr.  Mmkland,  **  in  what  you  have  done  at 
to  the  Printing-house,  I  agree  with  you  entirely,  pro\ided  you 
a^p-ee  witli  \ourse1f;  for,  if  a  man  (who  is  not  a  madman  or  an 
i(L(#t )  docj  not  know  at  our  time  of  life  what  is  proper  for  hitu 
t(i  do,  the  condititm  of  mortality  is  certainly  on  a  worse  footin^j; 
t*an  I*ro\i4lcnce  designed  it." 

From  excetoi\'e  auxiety  in  re<i)ect  to  this  to  him  ver\*  imjior^- 
tant  eiGjit  alii  late  period  of  life,  he  exiJi^venccd  a  slight  degree 
of  (nXdd}i>b,  which,  though  he  survived  it  more  tlian  ten  years^ 
afix-tcd  him  ff)r  the  remainder  of  Uis  (V-iys.  On  this  occasion  I 
rcrciTcd  the  following  kind  note  from  his  friend  Mr.  Markland : 

"June  7,  1767.  Sir,  I  hoi>e  you  will  pardon  the  liberty  I 
take  in  giving  you  this  trouble  op  account  of  Mr.  Dou'ycF's  late 
Ridden  illnt2»!i.  On  Tuca<lay  last  some  of  my  acquaintance  fix)m 
Darking  saw  him,  and  he  was  then  nuich  better;  bMt>  not  having 
beard  aay  thing  of  him  dincc,  I  am  in  pain  lest  his  complaint 
maj  have  returaecL    You  will  ivceive  this  on  Monday :    if  oi) 

Tuesday 


A4  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Ot  [l  jSj. 

he  styled  himself  "  Architectus  Verborvm.''  Over 
the  door  of  the  new  printing-offioe  he  placed  a  hust 

Tuesday  you  wiH  be  so  kind  as  to  g^ve  me  one  line  (directed  to 
Mr.  Markland,  at  Darking^  Surry)  vriih  the  news  that  he  conti- 
nues well ;  it  will  be  a  very  great  satisfaction  to,  Sir, 

Your  most  obedient  humble  servant,        Jer.  Markland." 

Bly  answer  produced  a  second  epistle :  "  June  9, 17^7.  Sir,  I 
received  your  letter  this  morning,  and  am  obliged  to  you  for 
your  prompt  payment,  a  day  sooner  than  I  expected.  I  shaU 
aend  this  evening  to  know  whether  I  cannot  ha\e  private  lodg- 
ings for  him^  with  very  good  quiet  people,  for  as  many  nights  as 
he  can  stay  here,  provided  lie  chooses,  or  it  be  thought  proper 
that  he  should  come  into  the  country,  the  air  of  which  I  cannot 
Ibrbear  thinking  would  be  of  service  to  him  -,  and  here  is  a  very 
skilful  and  judicious  apothecary,  who  can  make  up  any  medicines 
Ibr  him  if  he  brings  with  him  the  prescription.  I  know  he  would 
prefer  this  to  being  at  an  inn,  where  perhaps  he  may  thjpk  him* 
self  obliged  to  eat  or  drink  more  than  he  chooses.  I  did  not  writ<i 
to  him,  because  I  could  not  tell  whether  he  was  able  to  read,  or 
whether  it  would  be  agi^eeable  to  him :  but  I  will  not  fail  of  dainQ 
it  to-raoiTow,  when  I  have  heard  concerning  the  lodgings.  This 
25  an  accid'nt  which  1  as  little  o\))ecteJ  could  befall  him,  as  In* 
sanity  was  to  Mr.  Hall  [sec  vel.  IV.  pp.  336,  337].  1  am.  Sir, 
Your  most  obedient  humble  servant,        Jer.  Markland.** 

Mr.  Clarke  some  time  after  writes  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  "  Sept.  1 1, 
1767.  Dear  Sir,  I  should  be  unwilling  to  trouble  you  with  a 
fcttcr,  if  it  were  not  for  two  reasons,  to  give  you  an  opportunity 
of  receiving  a  little  money,  and  to  hear  how  you  go  on.  1 
thank  God,  I  get  ground  a  little^  though  the  weather  does  not 
ftvour  me.  I  move  with  more  ease,  and  rather  better  spirits. — 
Let  me  know  in  a  line  or  two  how  you  are.  Don't  be  discou- 
Ts^d :  a  neighbour  of  ours,  that  was  much  worse,  is  almost 
cpute  recovered.  Docs  my  Lord  Lyttelton  ever  intend  to  finish 
lits  Life  of  Henry  IL  ?  1  much  doubt  it,  as  half  is  yet  to  comc^ 
Is  it  in  the  press  ^  I  was  glad  that  I  got  tlie  stai*t  in  publishing, 
%ve  differ  so  much  about  the  l^xon  F.irliaments — ^it  m^ht  have 
been  rather  pert  to  have  said  what  I  have  said,  when  he  had 
given  a  sanction  to  the  other  opinion.  1  am,  dear  Sir,  your 
mnch  obliged  and  affectionate,  &c.  William  Clarke.** — Again^ 
♦*  Oct.  20.  I  think  you  should  inform  the  publick  of  your  n«v 
office  under  the  respectable  title  of  Bowyer  and  Co,  You  may 
prevent  many  people  fi*om  losing  their  time  by  calling  st  White 
rVyars — and  let  them  have  the  pleasure  of  seeing  the  ek^cance  of 
your  new  devices.  But  why  TuUy's  head }  Why  not  Scheffer't 
mnd  FmsCs,  primlFerborum  Architecti.  Enjoy  your  flights  a  little; 
k  is  being  yourself-^which>  I  hope,  you  are  nwre  and  mprp 
every  day.  I  like  this  buying  of  thermometei's  very  well  j  people 
never  think  of  weighing  what  is  not  in  the  scale.  It  is  a  siga 
of  havisg  spirits  to  weigh.  But  you  must  expect  to  find  your* 
sdf  chaogeabk^  like  the  weather.    In  our  best  health  we  have 

your 


^  7  ^7  -1      THB  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.         45 

%d  bis  favourite  Cicero;  under  whic^h  was  inscribedp 

^^  M.  T.  CICERO,   A  aUO  PRIMORDIA  PRELI,"* 

m  allusion  to  the  well-known  vety  early  and  valuable 
editions  of  Tully's  Offices. 

In  this  year  he  printiKl,  for  his  very  excellent 
friend  Mr.  Clarke,  ^^The  Connexion  of  the  Romany 
Saxon,  and  Enghsh  Coins  * ;   deducing  tlie  Anti- 


doudy  days :   in  the  evening  of  life,  as  the  days  shortca» 

tkey  are  ooorc  o^iercast,  the  shadows  lengthen,  and  the  light  is 

Ibk.     Though,  I  thank  God,  I  get  a  little  ground,  and  am  lest 

fctigucd  in  riding  than  I  was  in  summer — yet  iIk^  days  diflfer* 

some  hare  a  greater  mixture  of  clay  than  others — but  I  live  lA 

hopes  of  not  relapsing,  and  have  l^gun  to  take  my  medicinet 

i^aiii.— -I  lave  no  ol^ection  to  your  explication  of  the  symbols 

■poQ  Hadrian's  Coin,  but  that  I  meet  with  the  very  same  used 

far  difficjent  purposes.    Upon  the  coins  of  some  of  the  Empresses 

it  is  explained  by  the  legend,  as,  sideribiis  recepta,  and  implies 

their  cooMecratuM — in  others,  Hemity,     In  some  of  Hadrian"^ 

struck  the  came  year  with  this,  you  have  a  Figure  with  a  Cres^ 

cent,  and  a  Sun  above  it  in  the  light  hand — with  tlie  legend 

fioaia  dtUrna,  and  perhafis  this  might  express  the  same  thing 

•ithoat  the  legend ;  and  sometimes  a  Sun  in  one  hand,  and  a 

Moon  in  the  other,  but  all  the  same  impoit.  —  Have  you  made 

your  eaccursion  to  Darkin^  ?     I  was  in  ho|)ed  of  hearing  some 

sews  from  hence,  that  he  has  got  the  better  of  his  complaint^ 

tod  compffomised  liis  law-suit,  which  lie  has  certainly  seen 

»j(k  a  jaundiced  e)'e.    I  am,  dear  Sir,  your  much  obliged,  &c. 

William  CLAtxa.** 

*  In  the  Preface  to  this  Work,  Mr.  Clarke  thus  handsomeij 

icknowledges  the  assistance  he   received  from  Mr.  Bow)'er: 

**  Many  errata,  which  escaped  me  jn  examining  the  sheets  from 

the  press,  Mr.Bowver  has  done  me  the  favour  to  correct  j  and  if 

cChm  Kaie  passec!  him  imobserved,   he  may  well  be  excused, 

from  die  nature  of  this  work,   and  tiie  multiplicity  of  other 

business.     I  am  obliged  to  him  for  more  material  ohser^-ationa. 

M  lor  nnself,  I  shall  not  think  it  necessary  to  apologise  for  the 

kver  typographical  errors,  especially  at  such  a  distance  from 

the  press,  and  at  a  time  of  life  when  a  close  attention  to  very 

■unute  particulara  is  much  impaired.*'    And,  in  a  private  letttar^ 

he  say*,  '*  I  am  greatly  obliged  to  you  for  all  the  trouble  you 

fawe  tjiken ;  for  ever>'  hint,  caution,  alteration,  correction,  you 

have  suggested.    1  f>elieve  I  shall  adopt  them  all. — That  your. 

frftmd  the  hute  Speaker  (Onslow]  should  give  so  much  attention 

CD  these  dry  disqakitioos  is  more  than  I  could  have  imagined.    I 

his  favourite  sul^ect,  the  House  of  Commons,  eaM^ted 

sity."-*Again,  ''  i  thank  you  for  printing  this  work  so 

\  both  ss  to  the  types  and  paper:  it  will  make  it  look 

note  sigidficsat ;  and*  as  the  notes  are  large,  they  will 

in  SD  Isxss  %  tjope  without  difficulty.     But  I  am  still 

moie 


4^  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [iT^T* 

quities,  Customs,  and  Manners,  of  each  People,  to 
ilodern  Times ;  particularly  the  Origin  of  Feudal 
Tenures,  and  of  Parliaments;  illustrated  throughout 
with  Critical  and  Historical  Remarks  on  various 
Authors,  both  Sacred  and  Profane  *.  Bv  William 
Clarke,  A.M." — "The  appearance  of  this  Work 
from  the  press/*  Mr.  Clarke  says,  "  was  entirely- 
more  oblie^ed  to  yn\i  for  altcrinir,  or  correcting,  any  inaccuracies 
•in  tlje  lani»:uage,  which,  I  fancy,  you  have  done  in  several  plaiesj 
•though,  a-^  I  iiave  nothing  but  a  roiigli  copy  by  me,  I  hate 
not  bins;  but  memory  to  ascertain  it.  Pray  go  on,  and  use 
your  ovin  judgment.  I  ^^hould  have  read  it  over  with  that  xicw, 
but  could  not  find  an  appetite  sufficient  for  that  purpose." — 
!Some  of  Mr.  IJowycr's  notes  are  interspersed  with  the  Author's 
thro\ighout  the  Volume.  Part  of  the  Dii»sertation  on  the  Ro- 
man Sesterce  is  his  production  :  and  the  Index  (a  peculiarly 
•pcK)d  one,  and  on  which  he  not  a  little  prided  himself)  was 
cli'awn  uj)  entirely  V)y  lu'nu  •'  Of  all  your  talents,"  says  Mr. 
Clarke,  "you  are  a  «u)st  amazing  man  at  Indexes.  What  a  flag^ 
loo  do  yon  hang  out  at  the  stern  !  You  mu^it  cei-tainly  persuade 
people  that  the  book  (uerflows  with  matter,  which  (to  speak 
tlic  trutli)  is  but  thinly  sj>read.  But  1  know  all  this  is  fair  in 
trade  5  and  you  have  a  right  to  expect  that  the  publick  should 
pirchase  freely,  when  you  reduce  the  whole  book  into  an  epi- 
tome for  their  benefit;  1  shall  read  the  Index  with  pleasure.** — 
'The  scJicUng  of  the  presents  was  left  to  Mr.  Bouyer's  mana^- 
ment ;  on  which  occasion  Mr.  Clarke  writes,  **  I  like  all  that 
you  have  done  very  well ;  the  sooner  I  get  quit  of  all  this  parade 
the  better.  But  don't  say  u  word  to  any  body  of  what  presents 
I  have  made,  lest  by  taking  air  it  might  give  others  a  pretence 
for  being  offended.     /#pri/ 8,  17^7." 

*  The  title-page  in  sc\  era!  copies  is  only,  "  The  Connexion  of 
the  Roman,  Saxon,  and  Engli^h  Coins,  deduced  from  Observa- 
tioas  on  the  Saxon  Weights  and  Money  j"  the  title  as  abo^'C 
quoted  having  been  an  afier-thought. 

t  Mr.  Clarke,  May  4,  HOT,  speaks  thus  of  his  own  Book,  not' 
in  the  usual  style  of  Aurhois:  "  1  don't  think  that  I  shall  be  able 
to  got  you  oif  a  single  copy  of  the  Book.  I  sent  it  to  the  Dean, 
and  to  mv  next  Brother  llesidentiarv  in  the  Close:  who  returned 
it  with  ver\'  civil  compliments,  and  said,  they  had  read  the  l>e-» 
dicatiun  and  the  Preface,  but  were  no  judges  in  that  sort  i>f 
learning.  And,  as  1  don't  go  abroad,  1  see  nobody  but  very  in- 
timate acquaintance,  who  are  no  gieat  proficients  in  any  matters 
of  Antiquity  except  old  China.  I  question  whether  the  whole 
CoUily  of  Sussex  will  take  oif  ien  copies.  You  see  what  a  pur* 
chase  you  have  made ;  and  1  doubt  the  Booksellers  will  be  no 
friends  at  the  Lott(mi:  they  seem  to  look  at  yoii  with  an  evil  eye, 
and  had  rather  sell  anybody's  crjpy  than  yo»ur».'* 


17^7.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY,         4/ 


owing  to  the  discovery  made  by  tlie  late  Martin 
Folkes,  esq.  of  the  old  Saxon  pound  *." 

*  Mr.  Bow\-cr  s  zeal  for  bis  friend  drew  from  liim,  in  "  T\\t 
M.  Jaoaes's  Chronicle/'    a  sort  of  clwillcnge  lo.the  Reviewerfl, 
dated  Oct.  8.  17^7  ;   -inJ  ^^  it  contains  at  the  same  time  a  de- 
Itnce  of  anotlier  rts|wctable  Author,  the  RcikUt  will  exeuse  my 
ixbertin^  it  bore  at  Lirpe.     "  1  have  often  been  amazed  at  the 
fupkiTiirity  ibe  Dilical  Reviewers  iissume  over  the  Works  of  the 
LeATiied,    often  \vhen  they  misundei>>tand  them,    always  whcu 
lbi\  uiL-undei'stand  themselves.     We  have  an  instance  of  this 
in  tht-ir  account  of  Mr.Br)ant'8  Observations,  &c.  for  the  month 
'  of  July.     That  very  respectable  author  has  demonstrably  shewn 
that  the  Malta  where  St.  Paul  was  shipwrecked  was  not  the 
ILlta  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea  against  Afnca,  but  the  Melite  m 
the  lllvrian  Gulf  j    1,  because.  Acts  xxvii.  27f  it  b  said  to  have 
been  in  Adria..    Xow  the  name  of  the  Adriatic  Sea  was  not  at- 
tributed to  the  Sea  so  low  as  the  MediteiTanean,  but  was  appro- 
priated to  the  Sesi  within  the  Illyrian  Gulf.     This  is  sufficient  to 
Jec'ide  the  controversy.     But,  *2,  the  inhabitants  of  this  Island 
are  called  Burbftri,    a  character  that  ill  suited  those  of  Melita 
.\&icana,  who,  as  Tliu?ydides  observes,  were  of  Phcenieian  ori- 
pr.a1,  and  were  f:unous  for  all  sort:  of  artificers  and  linen  manu- 
lutiire ;   but  it  evcrv'  way  corresponded  with  the  Illyrian  IMelli- 
teans.  who,  by  Diodorous  Siciilus,  are  expressly  described  under 
thiit  title.     3,  St.  Paul  says,  they  were  to  be  shipwrecked  on  an 
i-lind  out  of  the  desjiined  courbC;    but  the  African  Malta  was 
dirrvtlv  in  their  *wav.     4,  Mr.  Bryant  observes,  motlern  traveller* 
n|n.»r!  of  the  African  M;dta,   that  it  harbou;*s  no  serpents  j   a 
bl^.A-iiiii^,  we  are  told,  bequeathed  to  the  T«iland  by  St.  Paul  at  his 
dopirnire.     If  this  be  tme,  says  he,  wh:it  Jiey  bring  as  a  test  of 
the  .V^-jile  liaving  been  on  this  Island,    is  a  proof  that  be 
nrwr  w.Ls  there.     As-  there  are  no  serpents  now  in  it,  my  con- 
clusion i=,  tliat  there  never  were  anvj    it  being  owing  not  to 
Sr.  PaulV  ^Tacc,  but  to  the  natui-c  of  the  Inland,  which  cannot 
p%c  ih-.m  shelter;  fn*  it  consists  of  a  soft  white  rock,  with  very 
lilfle  cai-th.     Wliat  Is.iac  Vossius  says  of  Galata,  is  true  of  tlie 
Afrif  ail  J^Itdta;  the  same  cause  jn'Oilucing  tlie  samv.  elVects.    This 
1*   «-K-nr ;    but  IMr.  Revicwei*  '  thinks  the  inference  is  not  quite 
t*»nclu.-»ivc.     Great  Britain  was  once  over-iun  with  wolves,  and 
put  of  it  with  wild  boars }  and  he  believes  it  would  be  as  impos- 
sible at  this  time  to  produce  a  Briti.sh  wolf,  or  wild  boar,  as  a 
Miilteaie  ri|>er  :*  Per'napfc  so ;   from  artiiieial  caa^es  tho?>e  aniurals 
h^i~e  been  extenuinated  out  of  Britain:  will  Mr.  Reviewer  there-/ 
fore  cimcltlde,  they  could  not  live  here  from  natural  causes,  upoii 
which  Mr.  Brjant'A  argument  is  fouiuKI  r     But  the  Reviewer 
priX:eeils,   '  Setting  aside  all  consideration  of  tiu  fact,  Wijpther 
Lihe  African]  Malta  does  or  doei>  not  priKJuee  serjHmts,  we  are 
sitroB^yof  opinion,  that  Mr.  Bryant's  sup])osirion,  that  it  did 
never  ppodace  them,  is  expivs-ly  confuiefl  by  the  words  of  the 
A'/osllti  ovrn  narrative,  supposing  [the  IIlyrii'»n]  Malta  to  be  the 

place 


48  LITERARV  AKECDOTE9  OF  [l  jGj^i 

The  following  inscription  was  written  by  Mr^ 
Bowyer,  as  an  introduction  to  one  of  the  many 
presents  which  he  made  of  this  Book : 

•*  TO  THE  ROYAL  SOaETY, 
WHOSE  COMPREHENSIVE  RESEARCHES  PENETfUTE 

place  where  he  landed.  Nay>  it  appears  as  if  npers  had  been 
▼ery  frequent  among  those  barbarians  [the  African  Maltese]. 
Had  it  b^n  otherwise,  how  did  they  know  that  the  animal  which 
listened  upon  St.  PauVs  hand  was  a  serpent }  how  were  they 
sensible  that  the  effect  of  a  serpent's  bite  was  to  make  the  party 
swell,  and  fall  down  suddenly  ?  and  why  wei^  they  surprized 
that  the  Apostle  received  no  Imrm  ?'  Snap,  says  the  argument. 
The  Reviewer  has  here  put  the  circumstance  of  the  cheat  upon 
himself,  and  his  riders  of  the  same  size.  He  has  transferred 
the  circumstance  of  the  Island's  not  producing  serpents  from 
the  African  Malta,  where,  for  that  reason,  Mr.  Bryant  contends 
St.  Paul  did  not  land,  to  the  lllyrian  Malta,  where,  for  that 
reason,  he  supposes  he  did  land.  Thus  the  absurdity  is  all  the 
Reviewer's  own.  I  know  not  personally  Mr.  Bryant,  or  the 
Reviewer  f ;  but  thoivght  it  a  piece  of  justice  to  vindicate  so 
masterly  a  writer  from  the  mis-representations  of  those  who 
with  so  ill  a  grace  hold  the  balance  of  literature.  I  fear  for  an* 
other  learned  Work  [Mr.  Clarke's],  which,  though  published,  I 
think,  this  half-year,  the  Reviewers  have  not  touched  yet ;  for 
prudential  reasons  no  doubt !" — Mr.  Bowyer  had  also  prepared 
the  following  article  for  a  similar  purpose :  '*  As  every  branch  of 
literature  must  go  through  several  digestions  before  it  turns  to 
nutriture,  so  Mr.  Clarke's  Book  on  Coins,  being  advanced  chiefly 
on  a  new  theory,  must  submit  to  an  examination  of  all  its  part«^ 
Let  us  try  how  it  will  stand  the  scrutiny,  and  trace  the  progress 
of  it  fitjm  its  first  rise,  llie  Laws  of  Howell  Dda,  having  been 
an  age  in  printing,  the  Preface  of  it  fell  to  this  learned  Writer's 
lot  to  draw  up,  in  which  he  found  occasion  to  enquire  into  the 
Talue  of  the  Saxon  pound,  which  Hickes  had  placed  at  lx  shil- 
lings t>  against  Camden,  Spelman,  Fleetwood,  who  had  valued 
it  at  XLViii  §.  Both  parties  thought  the  shilling  was  always  of 
the  same  value,  worth  five  pence.  But  it  is  plain,  from  the 
J^aws  of  Williamll,  that  it  was  sometimes  worth  four  pence  only. 
This  variation  solves  all  the  difficulty :  five  times  48  pence  and  four 
times  CO,  make  alike  ^48  j)cnce,  the  number  of  pence  retained 
in  tlie  pound  to  this  day.  Tlius  this  Author  had  the  satisfaction 
of  solving  a  difficulty  ^^liich  had  puzzled  all  the  Antiquaries 
before  him. — ^The  next  Roman  point  of  knowledge  the  Preface 

1"  Who,  it  since  appears,  wa«  Mr.  Guthrie.     JT.  M 

X  flhiert.  Epist.  p.  1 1 1.  Andr.  I'ountaincy  Epistle  pneffxed  tO  the  Dis* 
ICTtatiOD  of  the  Saxon  Coins,  p.  161. 

^  Remains,  &c.  p.  200.  8pehnan,  Gloss,  under  Libra.  Fleetwood's 
t'broii.  Pret.  c.  iii.      Lambard  and  VVilkin%,  in  their  Glossifies. 

a  Laws  of  VVUliam  1.  p.  2:? I,  cd.  Wilkins. 


'17  67-]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  49 

INTO  VNIVERSAL  NATVRE,   SCIENCE,   AND  ART^ 

THIS  HISTORY 
OF  THE  MINVTE  FRAGMENTS  OF  TIME, 

THE  FVTURE  RIVALS  OF  IT, 

FABRICATED  IN  BRASS,  SILVER,  GOLD, 

AMONG  THE  ROMANS,  SAXONS,  AND  ENGLISH; 

THE  FIRST  OF  WHOM  SOUGHT  THE  ADVANTAGE 

OF  GERMAN  ALLIANCES, 

THE  SECOND  OF  THEIR  LAWS, 

AND  TO  WHOM  THE  THIRD  NOW  OWE 

THEIR  BEST  OF  KINGS  i 

IS  PRESENTED, 

AS  A  MONVMENT  OF  HIS  DVTY  AND  GRATITVDE, 

BY  THEIR  MOST  OBLIGED  AND  OBEDIENT  SERVANT, 

W.  BOWYER* 

In  the  same  year  Mr.  Bowyer  completed  the  first 
and  second  Volumes  of  Lord  Lyttelton's  "  History+ 
of  the  Life  and  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Second, 
4to ;  which  had  been  at  least  ten  years  in  the  press. 

"  Remains  of  Japhet;  being  Historical  Enquiries 
into  the  Affinity  and  Origin  of  the  European  Lan- 

bad  occasion  to  mention  was  the  Chichester  Inscription,  found 
in  the  county  where  Mr.  Clarke  was  preferred.     He  produced  it 
ai  a  proof  that  Cogidubnus,  King  of  the  Regni,  was  made  a 
Citizen  of  Rome,  if  not  Claudius's  Lieutenant  in  Britain ;   from 
which  time  it  was  a  Roman  province,  and  governed,  as  all  the 
pro?inces  were,   by  the  Laws  of  their  Couqueroi-s.     The  late 
Dr.  Ward  made  some  objections  to  the  alleged  antiquity  of  this 
iibcription,   from  the  mention  in  it  of  domus  divina,  which 
he  thinks  was  a  piece  of  adulation  not  used  till  aftertimes.     See 
Ho(se]ey*8  Brit.  Rom  p.  338.     Mr.  Clarke  could  not  bear  to  see 
the  authority  of  his  favourite  inscription  taken  out  of  his  hands, 
iiid  removed  the  objection,   in  his  Connexion,  &c.   p.  187. — 
Here  1  should  have  taken  notice  of  another  circumstance,  which 
Wis  owing  to  Mr.  Chishull's  sagacity  in  supplying  one  of  the 
Lacuna  with  greater  accuracy  than  it  had  been  before,  by  Roger 
Gale»esq.  who  read  collegium  fabrorvm  et  qui  meo  a  sacrissunt, 
or  honorali  sunt,  for  which  Mr  Chishull  read  et  qui  in  eo  sodales 
nut,  as  I  got  it  engraved  for  the  Welsh  Laws  f .   This  by  the  way.*' 
*  This  Inscription  Mr.  Bowyer  had  intended  to  accompany 
with  a  motto;  which  he  omitted  in  consequence  of  the  following 
hint:  "The  most  proper  motto  I  should  think  for  many  reasons 
to  be  none  al  all.    These  researches  into  Nature  have  nothing 
to  do  with  the  subject  of  the  Book.     Virgil's  *  Tibi  res  anifmuc 
iaud'a,  et  artis,'   has  some  relation  to  them,   but  more  to  The 
Antiquarian  Society."    MS  Letter  from  Mr.  Marklmd, 
t  Of  which  see  more  particubrs  under  the  year  177  L 

X  FrtUce  to  the  Laws  of  Howell  Dda^  p,  xvi. 

Vol,  III.  E  g^^^h 


50  WTERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [iJ^J.t 

guages,  by  James  Parsons,  M.  D.  Member  of  the 
College  of  Physicians,  and  Fellow  of  the  Royal  and 
Antiquary  Societies  of  London ;  the  last  publica- 
tion of  an  old  and  esteemed  Friend,  for  whom  Mr. 
Bowyer  had  a  very  higjh  regard,  and  to  whose 
memoiy  I  am  happy  to  inscribe  a  Biographical 
Memoir,  related  on  his  own  authority,  and  that 
of  his  Friends  and  Family  *. 

A  second  Edition  ^  of  the  Third  Volume  of  "  The 
Roman  History,  from  the  Building  of  Rome  to  the 
Ruin  of  the  Commonweath.  By  Nathanael  Hooke. 
Illustrated  with  Maps  and  other  Plates." 

The  seventh,  eighth,  and  ninth  Volumes  of  the 
same  excellent  Work,  in  8vo. 

^^  The  Naturalists'  Journal,"  by  the  Hon.  Daine^ 
Barrington,  4to. 

"  Edge-Hill,  a  Poem,"  by  Mr.  Jago ;{:,  4to. 

*  See  Memoirs  of  Dr.  Parsons  in  vol.  V.  p.  472. 

t  "  This  Volume,  which  contains  Mr.  Hooke's  '  Roman  His- 
tory* to  the  end  of  the  Gallic  Wai^,  was  [first]  printe<l  under  the 
Author*s  inspection  before  his  last  illness."     See  vol.  II.  p.  606. 

X  Richard  Jago,  descended  from  a  family  of  Cornish  extrac- 
tion, was  the  sou  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Jago,  rector  of  Beaudeseit 
itt  Wai'wickshire.     He  m?.j  ned  Margaret,  the  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Parker,  gent,  of  Henley  in  Arden,  1711>  by  whom  he  had 
several  children.     Richard,  the  third  son,  was  bom  Oct.  1,  1715. 
He  received  a  good  classical  education  under  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cnimp- 
ton,  an  excellent  coimtry  school-master,  at  Solihull  in  Warwick- 
shire ^  where  he  formed  an  acquaintance  with  several  gentlemen 
who  were  his  schoolfellows  j   among  others  with  William  Shen- 
stone,  esq.  with  whom  he  corresponded  on  the  most  friendly 
terms  during  Hfe.     From  school  he  was  entered  of  University 
college,  Oxford  j  where  he  took  his  degree  of  M.  A.  July  9, 1738  5 
having  taken  orders  the  year  before,  and  sened  the  curacy  of 
Snittertield,    near  Stratford-upon-Avon.     In  1744,   he  manied 
Dorothea-Susannah  Fancourt,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John  Fan- 
court,  rector  of  Kimcote  j   and  for  several  years  after  his  mar- 
riage resided  at  Haibury,  to  which  vicarage  he  was  instituted  in 
174^>.      At  a  small,  distance  lay  Chesterton,   given  him  much 
about  the  same  time,  by  Lord  Willoughby  de  13roke;   the  two 
toffigther  amounting  to  about  100/.  a  year.     Before  his  removal 
JrSn  that  place,  he  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  amiable  corii- 
panion,   who  died  in  1751.      In  1754,   Lord  Clare,   afterward. 
Earl  Nugent,  who  had  a  great  regard  for  him,  by  his  interest 
with  Dr.  Madox,  bishop  of  Worcester,  procured  him  the  vica* 
carage  of  Snitterfield  near  Warwick^  where  he  bad  fonoerly  beei^ 

curate^ 


Ijfi?-]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.       ,  §1 

.     "  Partridge-Booting^    an  Eclc^e/*  by  Francis 
Fawke«  *y  M.  A.  4to. 

curate,  worth  about  140^  a  year;  whither  he  removed,  and 
where  be  resided  for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  In  1759,  be 
muried  a  second  wife,  Margaret,  the  daughter  of  James  Under- 
wood, esq.  €)i  Rudgely  in  Stafibrdshire,  who  survivecl  him.  Mr. 
Jagu  was  presented,  in  1771>  by  Lord  Willoughby  de  Broke»  to 
the  rectory  of  Kimcote,  then  worth  near  300/.  a  year,  and  re* 
signed  the  vicarage  of  Harbury.  During  the  latter  part  of  his 
life,  as  the  infirmities  of  age  came  upon  him,  be  seldom  went 
firom  home.  He  amused  himself  at  his  leisure  in  improving  the 
rectory* house,  and  ornamenting  his  grounds,  wiiich  were  agree* 
ably  situated,  and  had  many  natural  beauties.  Mr.  Jago,  in  hi3 
pej^on,  was  about  the  middle  stature ;  in  his  manner,  like  most 
pef)|ile  of  sensibility,  he  appeared  reserved  amongst  strangers ; 
among:* t  his  friends  he  was  fi'ce  and  easy  -,  and  his  conversation 
spiightly  and  entertaining.  In  domestic  life,  he  was  the  aSfec^ 
liooate  husband,  the  tender  parent,  the  kind  master,  the  hospi- 
Uble  neighbour,  and  sincere  friend ;  and,  both  by  his  doctrine  and 
example,  a  faithful  minister  of  the  parish  over  which  he  presided. 
Afier  a  short  illness,  he  died  May  S,  17S1,  aged  65 ;  and  was 
buried,  according  to  his  desire,  in  a  vault  which  he  had  made  for 
hi»  ^mily  in  SnitterHeld  church.  He  had  children  only  by  his  first 
wife;  three  sons,  who  died  before  him,  and  four  daughtei*s.  On 
a  flat  )»tonc  in  Snittei'field  church,  in  the  nave^  is  this  inscription: 
"  To  the  memorv  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Jago,  A.M. 

m 

Rector  of  Kimcote  in  Leicestershire, 
and  Vicar  of  this  place  upwai-ds  of  20  years. 
He  departed  this  Hfc  May  8,  1781,  aged  65." 

Mr.  Jago  was  the  author  of  seveml  Poems  in  ''  Dodsley*8  Col- 
lection i"  and  of  '*  The  Blackbirds,**  a  beautiful  elegy  in  *'  The 
Adventurer,"  respectfiilly  noticed  by  Dr.  Johnson,  in  his  Life  of 
Mr.  Webt.  His  separate  publications  are,  V  A  Sermon  on  the 
Cause  of  Inopenitence,  1755,*'  8vo;  '*  Edge-Hill,  a  Poem,  1767," 
4to  (for  which  he  obtained  a  large  subscription) ;  "  Labour  and 
Genius,  or  the  Mill-stream  and  the  Cascade,  176S,**  4to;  '*  Poems 
Moral  and  Descriptive ;  prepared  for  the  Pi^ess,  and  compared 
b^f  the  Author  before  his  Death.  To  which  is  added,  some  Ac- 
count of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Mr.  Jago,  17B4/'  8vo. 

^  This  ingenious  Poet,  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  had  his  school 
^iatf«qiinn  at  Lecds,  under  the  care  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Cookson, 
▼kar  of  that  parish,  from  whence  he  was  transplanted  to  Jesus 
College,  Cambridge,  where  he  took  the  degrees  in  Arts.  Enter- 
ing early  into  holy  orders,  he  settled  first  at  Bramham  in  York- 
shire* near  the  eli^;ant  seat  of  that  name  (Mr.  Lane's),  which 
he  celebrated  in  verse,  in  1745,  in  a  quarto  pamphlet,  ipiony- 
^aous.  ffm  first  poetical  publications  were,  Gawen  Douglas's 
"  Detcriptkin  of  May  and  Winter  modernized.**  Removing 
aftcrwaixk  to  the  curacy  of  Croydon  in  Surrey,  he  recommended 
koBflclf  to  die  notice  of  Archbishop  Hening,  llicu  resident  tliere 

R  2  on 


52  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [l^Sj.  ^ 

^'  Critica  Hebraea,  or,  a  Hebrew-English  Dic- 
tionary without  Points,  in  which  the  several  De- 
rivatives are  reduced  to  their  original  Roots,  their 
specific  Significations  from  thence  illustrated,  and 
exemplified  by  Passages  cited  at  length  from  Scrip- 
ture, the  several  Versions  of  which  are  occasionally 
corrected.  The  whole  supplying  the  Place  of  a 
Commentary  on  the  Words  and  more  difficult  Pas- 
sives in  the  Sacred  Writings.  By  JuUus  Bate  *, 
M.  A.  Rector  of  Sutton  in  Sussex,"  4to. 

on  account  of  his  health,  to  whom  (besides  otlicr  pieces)  he 
addressed  an  Ode  on  his  reco\ery,  in  1754,  printed  in  Mr.  Dod- 
sley's  Collection.  In  consequence,  his  Grace  collated  him,  in 
1755,  to  the  vicarage  of  Orpington  with  St.  Mary  Cray,  in  Kent; 
and  Mr.  Fawkes  lamented  his  Patron's  death,  in  1757,  in  a  pa- 
thetic Elegy  styled  Aurelius,  first  printed  with  his  Grace's 
'*  Seven  Sermons,"  in  1763.  Ho  mamed  about  the  same  time 
Miss  PuiTier  of  Leeds.  In  April  1774,  by  the  late  Dr.  Plump- 
tre's  favour,  he  exchanged  his  vicarage  for  the  rectoiy  of  Hayes. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  chai)lains  to  the  Princess  Dowager  of 
•  Wales.  He  published  a  volume  of  Poems  by  subscription,  in 
8vo,  1761;  the  "  Poetical  Calendar,  1763,"  and '*  Poetical  Ma- 
gazine,  1764,"  in  conjunction  with  Mr.Woty;  ''Partridge- 
shooting,  an  Eclogue,  to  the  Honourable  Charles  Yorke,  1767,'* 
4to ;  and  a  *'  Faniily  Bible,"  with  Notes,  a  compilation,  which 
was  printed  in  60  weekly  Numbers,  4to,  of  which  the  first  ap- 
peared July  25,  I76I.  But  his  peat  strength  lay  in  translation,  • 
in  which,  since  Pope,  few  have  equalled  him.  Witness  his 
fragments  of  Menander  (in  liij*  Poems) ;  his  '*  Works  of  Ana- 
creon,  Sappho,  Bion,  Moschus,  and  Musacus,  12mo,  1760  3  his 
Idylliums  of  Theocritus,"  by  subscription,  8vo,  1767;  and  his 
Argonautics  of  Apollonius  Rhodius,"  by  subvscription  also  (a 
posthumous  jmblicalion,  completed  by  the  Kev.  Henry  Meen,  B.  D. 
some  time  fellow  of  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge,  now  rector  of 
St.  Nicholas  Coleabbey,  London),  8vo,  I7SO.  Mr.  Fawkes  died 
August  26,  1777. — Mr.  Meen,  in  the  Preface  to  Apollonius  Rho- 
dius, speaks  too  modestly  of  his  own  share  in  the  work;  having 
written  all  the  notes,  and  some  of  the  tmnslations.  He  is  also  the 
translator  of  **  Coluthus  L^copolitus"  in  Dr.  Andei-son's  edition 
of  **  Translations ;"  in  which  C.  stood  for  Coadjutor,  who  was 
Mr.  Meen;  w  ho  has  since  also  distinguished  himself  by  *'  Remarks 
on  the  Cassandra  of  Lycophron,  ISO^,"  8vo. 

*  This  respectable  Divine,  well  known  to  the  learned  world 
for  hb  many  excellent  Tracts  in  explanation  and  defence  of  the 
Hebrew  Scriptures,  was  a  younger  son  of  the  Rev.  Riehard  Bate 
by  Elizab«eth  Stanhope,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Michael  Stanhope  j 
whose  memories  the  son  has  thus  preserved  in  Chilham  church : 

"Richard  Bate,  M. A. 
Vicar  of  Chilham^  and  Rector  of  W^arehom^ 

died 


1767-] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  5^ 


'^  Tracts  and  Tables  in  several  Arts  and  Sciences^ 
bjr  Mr.  Ferguson^"*  the  celebrated  Astronomer^  8vo* 

6kd  March  4,  1736,  aged  63-, 

in  well-grounded  hopes  of  a  joyful  resurrection 

(through  the  merits  of  Christ) 

at  the  last  great  day. 

Whose  character 

let  that  day  shew. 

He  had  issue  by 

Elizabeth  daughter  of /^*^  ^^""^  ^^^^'  Stanhope  and 
juizaoein,  oaugnier  oi  ^         Catherine  Musgrave 

(besides  Richard^  Charles,  and  Susan,  who  died  yoiuig)^ 
James  "i  rDeptfbrd; 

John      > Rectors  of<  VVarehom,  his  successor; 
Julius   J  LSutton,  in  Sussex  > 

C>tharin^  *,  married  to  Richard,  son  of  the  Hon.  Col.  Toplady  ^ 

Elizabeth ; 
Richard  1  Officers  C  Army  1  died  at  Carthagena  -, 
Elias      J   in  the  1  Navy  J  died  Captain  of  the  Mermaid; 

Edward  died  a  Captain  in  the  Land  service ; 

Alary  married  to  Capt.  Lloyd  of  the  Royal  Dragoons ; 

Ckaries  Conmiissary  of  Marines  in  the  last  war  for  thii  county.** 

On  another  stone  is  the  following  inscription : 

''  Here  rests  all  that  was  mortal  of 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Bate, 

relict  of  the  Reverend  Richard  Bate^ 

a  woman  of  unaffected  piety 

>and  exemplary  virtue, 

in  the  constant  discharge  of  her  duty  towards  God, 

and  in  the  several  relations  of 

a  daughter,  a  wife,  and  a  mother^ 

few  equalled, 

none  surpassed  her. 

She  was  honourably  descended  5 

and,  by  means  of  her  alliance  to 

the  Ulustrious  family  of  Stanhope, 

she  had  the  merit  to  obtain 

for  her  husband  and  childrei^ 

twelve  several  employments 

in  Church  and  State. 

She  died  Julie  the  9th,  1751, 

in  the  75th  year  of  her  age. 

In  Matris  memoriam  meritb  dilectse  hoc  marmor  poni  curavit 

fiL  nat.  min.  prs  csteris  immeritb  dilectus/' 

Julius  Bate  was  bom  about  the  year  171 1 ',  and  matricidated 
«t  St.  John's  coOege,  Cambridge ;  B.  A.  17S0 ;  M.  A.  1742.  He 
W9i3  aninCimate  friend  of  the  celebrated  Hutcliinson  (as  we  leani 

I  Cifttia  Toplady  wu  buried  (in  tbc  same  pave)  May  16,  1770. 


54  LmEftARY.  AKi:cDOTKS  OF  [1767. 

**The  Evidenced  of  Christianity  deduced  frdm 
Facts^   and  the  Testimony  of  Sense,    throughout 

ttom  Spearman*s  Life  of  that  remarkable  Author)  ;  by  whose 
recommendation  he  obtained,  in  1735,  from  Charles  Duke  of 
Somerset,  a  presentation  to  the  rectory  of  Sutton  in  Sussex,  near 
bis  Grace's  seat  at  Petworth.  He  was  also  some  time  chaplain 
to  William  earl  of  Harrington. — Mr.  Bate  attended  Hutchinson  in 
his  last  illness  (1737)i  and  was  by  him  in  a  most  striking  manner 
recommended  to  the  protection  of  an  intimate  friend,  *'  with  a 
strict  chai^ge  not  to  suffer  his  labours  to  become  useless  by  neglect.'* 
It  having  been  reported  tliat  Hutchinson  had  recanted  the  pub- 
lication of  his  Writings  to  Dr.  Mead  a  little  before  his  death ;  that 
circumstance  was  flatly  contradicted  by  a  letter  from  Mr.  Rate, 
dated  Arundel,  Jem,  90, 1759  ^  and  printed  in  S^K^arman's  Life  of 
Hutchinson,  p.xiii.— One  short  passage  from  it  1  am  tempted  to 
transcribe :  "  I  was  with  Mr.  Hutchinson  all  the  illness  that 
robbed  us  of  that  invaluable  life,  and  am  positix  e  Dr.  iVlcad  was 
never  with  him  bat  when  I  was  by,  and  it  was  but  a  few  hotirs 
day  or  night  that  I  was  from  him.  Mr.  Hutchinson  had  not 
been  long  Ul,  when  he  took  a  disgust  to  Dr.  Mead,  and  forbac} 
his  &rther  attendance ;  which  the  Doctor  much  wondered  at, 
and  86emdd  greatly  to  resent.  Lucas,  myself,  and  somebody 
else,  I  forget  who,  were  standing  by  the  bed -side  one  day,  when 
Dr.  Mead  came  in,  and  I  believe  it  was  the  last  time  he  was  up 
stairs.  '  Mr.  Hutchinson,'  says  the  Doctor,  among  other  things, 
'  I  cannot  help  looking  upon  you  as  one  of  the  old  Prophets, 
with  his  Disciples  standing  about  him  with  concern  and  atten- 
tion in  their  faces,  catching  up  the  golden  words  as  they  drop,' 
or  to  that  effect.  —  *  Doctor,'  says  Mr.  Hutchinson,  '  if  I  am  a 
Pi'ophet,  what  are  yoti  ?  —  I  have  given  you  such  evidence ;  — 
look  to  it  before  it  is  too  late'."  —  This  learned  Writer  died 
at  Arundel,  Apnl  7,  1771. — His  Evangehcal  principles  of  Reli- 
gion shone  with  a  steady  lustre,  not  only  in  his  writings,  but  in 
his  life.  Disinterested,  and  disdaining  the  mean  arts  of  ambi- 
tion, his  preferment  in  the  Church  was  always  small.  As  a 
Christian  and  a  Friend,  humble  and  pious,  tender,  affectionate, 
and  feithful  5  as  a  Writer,  warm,  strenuous,  and  undaunted  in 
asserting  the  truth. — His  publications  were,  1.  **  The  K\aminer 
examined,  &c.  (against  Calcott)  j  with  some  Observations  upon 
the  Hebrew  Grammar,  1739.'*  2.  '*An  Essay  towards  explaining 
the  Third  Chapter  of  Genesis,  in  Answer  to  Mr.  Warburton, 
1741,"  8vo.  [In  the  Preface  to  the  Divme  Legation,  1740,  **  one 
Julius  Bate"  is  accused,  *•  in  conjunction  with  one  Romaine,  of 
betraying  conversation,  and  writing  fictitious  letters  (see  vol.  V. 
p.  670)].  3.  '*The  Philosophical  Principles  of  Moses  assei-ted 
ftnd  defended,  from  the  Misrepresentationsof  Mr.  David  Jennings, 
1744,"  8vo.  4.  "  Remarks  upon  Mr.  Warburton's  Remarks, 
shewing,  that  the  Antients  knew  there  was  a  Future  Sta4e,  and 
that  the  Jews  were  not  under  an  equal  Pi'ovidence,  1745,"  8vo. 

5.  "  The 


I7ff7.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  5$ 


ill  Ages  of  the  Church,  to  the  present  Time.    In  a 
Series  of  Discourses^  preached  for  the  Lecture  founded 

« 

5.  "  The  Futh  of  the  Antient  Jews  in  the  Law  of  Moses^  and  ikt 
Endence  of  the  Types,  vindicated  in  a  Letter  to  Dr.  Stebbing^ 
1747,**  8vo.     6.  "Proposals  for  printing  Hutchinson's  Works^ 
1748."     7.  "A  Defence  of  Mr.  Hutchinson's  Plan,  &c.  1748.- 
8.  *'An  Hebrew  Grammar,  formed  on  the  Usage  of  Words  by 
the  inspired  Writers,  1750,"  8vo.    9.  "  The  Use  and  Intent  of 
IVi^ibecy  and  Hbtory  of  the  Fall  cleared,  1750,*'  8vo.    [This  was 
oocasioiied  by  Middkton's  Examination  of  Sherlock].     10.  "A 
Ddence  of  IVlr.  Hntchinson's  Tenets  against  Jk^rington,  1751.** 
11.    •*  The  Scripture  Meaning  of  Eloim  and  Berith,    1751." 
1%.  "  Micah,  ▼.  2,  and  Mattl)cw,  ii.  6,  reconciled,  with  some  Re- 
marks on  Dr.Hunt^s  Latin  Writings."   13.  "  The  Blessing  of  Judah 
hy  Jacob  considered ;  and  the  Mrs,  of  Daniel's  Weeks  ascertained^ 
in  two  Disseitations,  1753,*'   8vo.     14.  ''An  Enquiry  into  the 
occasional  Similitudes,  &c.  in  the  Old  and  New  Testament,"  &c.  no 
date  [1754  circa] .    15.  "  ITie  Integrity  of  the  Hebrew  Text,  and 
■any  P^Msages  of  Scripture  vindicated  from  the  Objections  and 
Misconstructions  of  Mr.  Kennicott,  1755,"  8vo.    16.  ''A  Reply  to 
Dr.  Sharp's  Review  and  Defence  of  his  Dissertations  on  the  Scrip- 
ture Meaning  of  Berith.    With  an  Appendix  in  Answer  to  the 
Doctor's  Discourse  on  Cherubim,  Parti.  1755.    A  Second  Part 
of  the  Reply  to  Dr.  Sharp.     With  an  Ap[)endix  in  Answer  to 
the  Doctor's  Discourse  on  Cherubim,  1756,"   8vo.     17.  '*  Re- 
marks upon  Dr.  Benson's  Sermon  on  the  Gospel  Method  of  Jus- 
tification,  1758,"  8vo.      18.  "  Critica  Hebi-sea,   or  a  Hebrew* 
£iigiish  Dictionary  without  Points,  &c.  1767,"  4to.    On  this  work 
m  very  sen^iible  Reviewer  remarks,  "  We  have  here  a  very  con^i* 
derable  body  of  Hutchinsonian  divinity,  philosophy,  and  criticism. 
Mr.  Bate  has  been  long  distinguished  as  one  of  the  most  redoubt- 
mbk:  champions  of  that  sect ;   and  this  present  Work  will,  if  we 
nnstake  not,  be  regiirded  as  his  greatest  effort  to  serve  and 
guaiDtain  that  clause : — a  cause  which,  nevertheless,  we  cannot 
but  look  U{M)n  as  being  now  in  a  very  declining  way,  notwith- 
tftanding  tlie  many  loads  of  learned   lumber  that  have  been 
brought  as  props  and  buttresses  to  support  it. — In  his  Prefeice, 
Mr.  Bate  warmly  attacks  the  *  hydra  of  pointing,*  as  he  terms  it/ 
fie  commends  the  courage  of  Capellus,   who  ventured  to  en- 
counter this  monster,  and  vanquished  it,  as  he  says,  together 
with  Its  renowned  advocate,  Buxtorf" — .^fter  pointing  out  some 
of  Mr.  Bate's  eccentric  arguments,    the  Reviewer  concludes, 
"  Such  is  the  mild  and  sweet  temper  of  this  learned  Commentator, 
and  such  the  modest  manner  in  which  he  illustrates  the  Sacred 
Scriptures  of  the  Old  Testament !     Yet,  making  due  allowance 
fcr  those  peculiarities  which  may  be  merely  constitutional  in  the 
good  man^ — his  Work  will  doubtless  be  u^jcful,  accorditig  to  its 
piam,  and  to  the  principles  on  which  he  proceeds.    The  followers 

of 


5^  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [I767. 

by  the  Hon.  Robert  Boyle,  Esq.  in  the  Parish-church 
of  St.  James,  Westminster,  in  the  Years  1766,  1767, 

of  Mr.  Hutchinson's  s^'stem  will  not  fail  to  pronounce  it  a  Chef 
dceuvre;  while  the  Rationalists  will  consign  it  to  a  peaceful 
place  on  the  same  undusted  shelf>  on  which  the  great  Calasio 
reposes^  undisturbed^  in  the  friendly  arms  of  the  Reverend  Mr. 
William  Romaine."  Monthly  Review,  vol.  XXXV L  pp.  355—361. 
'19.  ''A  new  and  literal  Translation  from  the  original  Hebrew  of 
the  Pentateuch  of  Mose«,  and  of  the  Historical  Books  of  the  Old 
Testament,  to  the  End  of  the  Second  Book  of  Kings ;  with  Notes 
Critical  and  Explanatory.  By  the  late  Reverend  and  learned 
Julius  Bate,  1773,"  4to. 

James  Bate,  the  eldest  brother,  was  bom  about  1703  ',  B.  A. 
of  Corpus  Christi  college,  Cambndge,  17^2 ;  M.  A.  of  St.  John's 
1727.  He  published,  1.  An  Address  to  his  Parishioners  on  Oc- 
casion of  the  Rebellion  in  1745.  2.  "  Infidelity  scourged,  or 
Christianity  vindicated  against  vhubb,  and  the  Autlior  of  Chris- 
tianity not  founded  on  Argument.  By  James  Bate,  M.  A.  Rector 
and  Lecturer  of  St.  Paul's  Deptfoixl,  forinerly  Fellow  of  St.  John's, 
Cambridge,  and  chaplain  to  Horace  Walpole,  his  Majesty's  Am- 
bassador at  Paris,  1746,"  8vo.  3.  "  An  Essay  towards  a  Rationale 
of  the  literal  Doctrine  of  Original  Sm ;  a  Vindication  of  God's 
Wisdom,  Goodness,  and  Justice  ;  in  permitting  the  Fall  of 
Adam,  and  the  subsequent  Corruption  of  our  Human  Nature, 
1762  (occasioned  by  some  of  Dr.  Middleton's  Writings),"  8vo. 
4.  ''A  Rationale  of  the  literal  Doctrine  of  Original  Sin,  &c. 
(the  former  Tract  much  enliuged).  By  James  Bate,  Rector 
of  Deptford,  formerly  Fellow  of  St  John's,  and  Fellow  Elect  of 
^Corpus  Christi  College  in  Cambridge,  17^^,"  8vo;  dedicated  "  To 
my  Two  Sons,  Richard  Bate,  a  merchant  in  the  East  Indies  -,  and 
James  Bate,  a  stationer  in  Birchin  lane  f."  In  the  Preface  he  la- 
ments "  that  it  was  his  hard  fate  in  his  younger  years,  to  serve  one 
of  our  Ambassadors  as  his  chaplain  at  a  foreign  court ;."  He 
published  several  single  Sermons.  1.  **  The  Advantages  of  a 
National  Observance  of  Divine  and  Human  Laws,  an  Assize  Sermon 
at  Maidstone,  March  1 3,  1 733-4."  2.  "  The  Practice  of  Religion 
and  Virtue  the  only  sure  Foundation  of  Friendship,  preached  at 
St.  Paul's  Deptford,  before  a  select  Number  of  Gentlemen  who 
5tyle  themselves  the  Order  of  Ubiquitarians,  1738."  3.  "The 
Faith  and  Practice  of  a  Christian  the  only  true  Foundation  of 
rational  Liberty,  preached  before  the  Ubiquitarians,  1740."  4.  An- 
other Sermon  before  the  same  Society,  1740.  5,  6.  '*  Two  Ser- 
mons preached  at  St.  Paul's  Deptford  on  Psalm  cxii.  3,  4*  1742." 
7.  "  Human  Learning  highly  useful  to  the  Cause  of  true  Religion; 
preached  at  Canterbury,  Sept.  13,  17«'^2,  at  the  annual  Meeting  of 
the  Gentlemen  educated  at  Canterbury  School,  1753."     8.  **  The 


t  Who  died  Oct.  4,  1809.     See  Gent.  Ma^.  vol.  LXXIX.  p.  989. 
X  Horace  Walpole,  ambassador  at  Paris.    See  above. 


prac* 


1767 -1  THE  EICirrEBKni  CENTURT.  £7 

1768;  wherein  is  shewn,  that,  upon  the  whole,  this 
is  not  a  decaying,  but  a  growing  Evidence,  1769." 
By  Wilham  Worthington  ♦,  D.  D.  8vo. 

practical  Use  of  public  Judenicnts ;  a  Fatt  Sermon  at  St.  Vmts 
JkjuSorA,  1756."  He  diefTin  1775 ;  as  appears  by,  "  The  Bald. 
■KM  and  Freedom  uf  Apostolical  Evidence  recommended  to  the 
Imitation  of  Ministers.  At  the  Death  of  the  Reverend  ani 
leanied  James  Bale,  M.A.  late  Rector  uf  St.  Paul's  Deptford. 
By  Colin  Mylne,  D.  D.  1T75." 

*  Dr.  William  Wortliington  was  bom  in  Merionethsbirc,  in 
1703,  and  educated  at  Oswestrj  school,  from  whtnoe  he  came 
Hccdk^,  Osford;  where  he  made  gi«at  proficiency  ia 
I^m  Collfgc  he  returned  to  Oswestrv,  and  became 
I  that  cchool.  He  took  the  •Icgrcc  of  M.A.  at  Cam- 
bri^e  in  174? ;  was  afterwards  incorporated  at  Jesus  college^ 
OxI&d,  July  3, 1758;  and  proceededB,  and  D. D.  July  10,  in  that 
year.  He  ivas  early  taken  notice  of  by  that  great  encnurager  ot 
learning,  Bp.  Hare,  ihenBishopof  St.  Asaph,  nho  preiented  him 
fiist  to  the  vicarage  ot  IJanyblodwell,  in  ilie  county  of  Salofv 
afterwards  removed  htm  In  Llanrh^vader  in  Denbighshire ; 
wbere  be  lived  muck  beloved,  and  died,  Oct.  6,  1778.  much 
hioented.  As  he  could  never  be  prevailed  upon  to  take  t\m 
livings,  Bp.  Hare  g-.ive  him  a  stall  at  St.  Asaph,  and  a  sinecure, 
"to  enable  him,"  he  said,  "to*upporl  liia  charities; "  fbr  chari- 
t^le  he  was  in  an  eminent  degree.  Aft<>i'\v'ards  Abp  Drummond 
(to  whom  he  had  Ix'en  chapbin  for  seioral  years)  presented  him 
to  a  stall  in  the  cathedral  of  York.  The-^e  were  all  his  prefer- 
ments. He  was  a  studious  man ;  anil  wiote  several  books,  of 
'  which  the  princi|)al  are  the  follot^ing:  1.  "An  Eiisay  on  (he 
Scheme  and  Conduit,  Proceciui-e  and  Ivslcnt,  of  Man's  Redenip< 
tiou ;  designed  for  the  Honour  and  lllnairation  of  Christianity. 
To  which  is  annexed,  a  Dissertation  on  the  Design  and  Argu< 
mentation  of  the  Book  of  Job,  1743  '  Svo.  2.  "The  Historical 
Sense  of  the  Mosaic  Account  of  llie  Fiill  proied  and  vindicated, 
1750."  Svo.  3.  "  Instructions  concerning  Conlirmation,  17 . . ." 
Svo.  4.  "  The  Use,  Value,  and  Impi-oiement  of  Various  Read- 
ings shewn  and  illustrated,  in  a  Si-rnion  [ireached  before  tlie 
University  of  Oxford,  at  St.  Mary's,  on  Sunday,  Oct.  IK,  1761, 
Oxford,  1764."  Svo,  5.  "A  ni»qui.~ilinn  concerning  the  Lord'a 
Supper,  in  order  to  ascertain  ihc  right  Notion  of  it,  I766." 
Svo.  6.  "A  Sermon  preached  in  the  Parish  Cliurch  of  Christ- 
Church,  London,  on  Thun«lay,  April  the  31st,  176^;  being 
the  Time  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  of  the  t^hildren  educated 
in  the  Charity-schools  in  and  about  the  Citien  of  London  and 
We»tniin>ter,  1768."'  4to.  7.  "  Vmions  at  Boyle's  Lectures, 
1767."'  8vo.  S.  "  TheScripture  Theory  of  the  Earth,  throughout 
all  its  Revolutions,  and  all  the  Periods  of  its  Kxistence,  fit>m  the 
Cnatiun  to  the  lina)  Ilenovatioii  of  all  Tiling ;  being  a  Sequel 
to  the  Fflfcf  on  Retleniptioii;  and  an  lUustJ-ation  of  the  Pria- 

ciplea 


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5j  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [iT^T* 

Mr.  Toup's  "  Epistola  Critica  ad  celeberrimum 
virum  Guhelmum  Episcopum  Glocestiienseih  *^'* 
8vo. 

ciples  on  wliich  it  is  ^tten,  1773,"  8vo.  9.  "Irenicumj  or, 
the  Importance  of  Unity  in  the  Church  of  Christ  confiidered ; 
^nd  appUed  towards  the  Healing  of  our  unhappy  Differences  aad 
Divisions,  1775."  10.  *'An  impartial  Enquiry  into  the  Case 
of  the  Gospel  Demoniacks ;  with  an  Appendix,  consisting  of  an 
Essay  on  Scripture  Denionology,  1777-"  8vo.  This  last  was  a 
warm  attack  on  the  opinion  held  out  by  a  respectable  Dissent- 
ing Divine,,  the  Rev.  Hugh  Farmer,  in  his  '^  Essay  on  the  Demo- 
niacks, 1775,'*  8vo;  and,  having  produced  a  spirited  reply, 
1778,  Dr.  Worthington  prepared  for  the  press  (what  by  the  ex- 
press directions  of  his  will  was  given  to  the  publick  after  his 
death)  '*  A  further  Enquiry  into  the  Case  of  the  Gospel  Demoni- 
acks, occasioned  by  Mr.  Farmer's  Letters  on  the  Subject,  1779." 
Svp. 

*  To  what  has  been  said  on  Mr.  Toup  and  the  Bishop  ef 
.Gloucester  in  vol.  II.  p.  339,  may  be  added  the  following  extracts: 

"  The  profound  Greek  Literature  seems  to  liave  taken  refu^ 
in  the  farthest  nook  of  the  West.  Toups  (wo  pieces  on  Suidss 
m*e  considerable  in  their  way.  He  is  certainly  well  skilled  in 
the  Greek  tongue,  and  possesses,  besides,  a  particle  or  two,  dis- 
cerped  from  Bentley's  vS?,  which  I  regard  as  the  soul,  or  to  mm^ 
us  we  may  say,  of  the  critical  world.  With  all  this,  he  is  a  piece 
of  a  Coxcomb,  as,  I  know  not  how,  all  the  modern  Greeks, 
I  think,  ai*e.  He  treats  his  neighbour  Heai/i,  of  Exeter,  with 
sovereign  contempt,  calling  him  indeed  doctissimuSf  as  occasiop 
serves,  but  withal,  laborwawtimtts ;  a  term,  as  I  suppose,  in  this 
lively  Greek's  mouth,  of  opprobiious  import.  In  short,  what 
by  his  real  talents  in  his  way,  and  the  superior  airs  he  gives 
himself,  1  expect  that,  in  after-times,  some  admiring  Dutch 
Critic,  half  asleep  and  all  a-gape,  will  quote  him  by  the  style 
and  title  of  Toupius  o  'aoiw,  that  highest  and  most  crowning 
appellation  to  which  critical  ambition  knows  to  aspire.  This 
corrector  of  Suidas  and  Kuster  promises,  it  seems,  a  new  edi- 
tion of  Longinus.  I  wish  he  had  chosen  some  better  and  more 
useful  book.  The  Moral  Tracts  of  Plutarch,  for  instance,  are 
many  of  them  incomparable  j  but  so  wretchedly  printed,  and  aa 
corrupt  e\en  in  the  best  editions,  that  they  ai*e  not  to  be  read 
without  nmch  trouble.  From  Toupius,  I  descend  by  a  grada- 
tion of  many  steps,  to  Jer.  Markland  (see  vol.  11.  p.  96, 
vol.  IV.  p.  269)."  Mr.  Ilurd  to  the  Dp,  of  Gloucester,  Feb.  24, 
1764. — **  What  you  say  of  Toup,  is  undoubtedly  true.  But 
Learning  is  so  shamefully  neglected  by  our  Church  Grandeef , 
that  I  thought  it  useful  to  recommend  it  to  their  patronage 
wherever  it  was  found.  Wherever  Nature  has  sown  her  cox- 
comb-seeds, whether  at  Court  or  in  the  Country,  they  will 
spiing  up;    and  the  man  in  the  worlds  and  the  man  out  of 

the 


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THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURT.  £$ 


^'  An  Essay  towards  an  Improvement  in  the  Cure' 
ef  those  Diseases,  which  are  the  Cause  of  Fevers, 
by  Thomas  Kirkland*,  Surgeon,"  8vo.     This  litt^ 

tht  world,  who  was  born  with  them^  will  be  coxcombs  alike^ 
though  coxcombs  of  very  different  species.  However,  tl\is 
madm  is  verified  in  allj  which  I  think  I  once  laid  down  to  yoUp. 

in  Applying  it  to 5   that  Nature  never  yet  put  one  gram  qf 

froft/irde  or  generosity  into  the  composition  of  a  coxcomb,** 

Bp.  H'arhurton  to  Mr.Hurci,  July  8,  1766. 
•  Thomas  Kirkland,  M.  D.  honorary  member  of  the  Medical 
Society  of  Eflinbui^,  died,  at  Ashby-de-la-Zouch,  Jan.  17, 1798, 
ti  the  are  of  77»  after  about  two  months'  illness,  ciuiing  which 
there  speared  at  times  fiattcring  hopes  of  convalescence ;    but». 
being  worn  out,  he  departed,  having  endured  his  last  sufferings 
inth  the  patience  and  fortitude  of  a  Chi'istian  and  Philosopher. 
His  funeral  was  obsei-ved,  on  the  2^d,  with  the  respect  due  to 
hb  merit. — His  whole  life  had  been  employed  in  the  most  im* 
remitting  attention  to  the  study  and  practice  of  the  duties  of 
Ids  profession ;   and  his  gcniu^  shone  most  conspicuously  in  the 
science  and  practice  of  the  various  jreirts  of  Medical-Suigeiy, 
irfierein  he  had  few  equals,  none  superior.     His  difierent  publi- 
cation<,  on  many  of  the  most  material  branches  of  the  science, 
of  the  most  melancholy  and  dangerous  tendency  to  the  patient^ 
and  the  unrivalled  practical  success  of  his  doctrines  in  every  jiart 
of  iliic  country,  have  immortalized  his  fame,  and  rendered  everjf 
attempt  at  eulogium  unnecessary  and  vain. — His  publications 
were,    1.  *' A  Treatise  on  Gangitnes,  in  which  the  Cases  that 
require  the  Use  of  the  Rirk,  and  those  in  which  it  is  pei*nicious 
(unless  joined  with  proper  correctives),   are  ascertained;    and 
the  Objections  to  its  Eflicacy  in  the  Cuie  of  Gangrenes  consir 
dered,   1754,"  8vo.     f2.  •*  An  Essay  on  the  Methods  of  suppress- 
in«r  Haemorrhage  from  divided  Arterii^s,  1768,"  8vo,     3.  "  An 
t-^ty  towards  an  Improvement  in  the  Cure  of  those  Diseases 
which  are  the  Cause  of  Fevers,  1767,"   Hvo.     4.  "A  Reply  to 
Mr.  Maxwell's   Answer   to   Mr.  Kirkland's  Essay  on   Fevew, 
wherein  the  Utility  and  Practice  of  suppressing  them  is  farther 
exemplitii*d,  vindicated,  and  enforced,  1769,"  8vo.     5.  *'Obser- 
▼auons  upon  .Mr.  Pott's  General  Ren\a!ks  on  Frarttn-es,  1770,'* 
8vo.     6.  *' Appendix  to  the  Observations  ui>on  Mr.  Pott's  General 
Remarks  on  Fi-actures,  1771,"  8vo.     7.  "  A  Treatise  on  Child- 
bed Fevers,  and  on  the  Method  of  preventing  them,  &c.  1774,'* 
Svo.     8.  ''.Animadversions  on  a  late  Treatise  on  thti  Kink  Cough, 
1774,"  .Svo.     9.  "  Thoughts  on  Amputation ;    being  a  Supple- 
ment to  the  Letters  on  Compound  Fractures,  and  a  Comment  on 
Dr.  BilguerV  Book  on  this  0|M?ration;  to  which  is  added,  a  short 
Es^y  <»o  the  Use  of  Opium  in  Mortification,  &c.  1/80,"   Svo. 
10.  ''.An  Inquiry  into  the  present  State  of  Medical  ^urfireiy,  in- 
da-ling  the  Analogy  betwixt  external  and  internal  Disordera, 
aud  tlic  Inseparability  of  these  Brdiichcs  of  the  same  Profession*  * 


60  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [IT^T* 

I 

Tract  is  well  written,  and  deseires  the  attention  of 
those  whose  studies  peculiarly  qualify  them  to  judge 
of  its  merit. 

"  Poems  and  Translations  by  [Ashley  Cowper  *, 
esq.]  the  Author  of  the  Progress  of  Physick/'  8vo. 

Tol.I.  1783,  8vo;  vol.11.  1786,  8vo.  It  is  hoped  that  a  thirtl 
Tolume  of  this  work,  which  he  had  nearly,  if  not  wholly,  finished 
before  his  last  illness,  will  be  given  to  the  world  by  some  of  his 
successors  in  the  profession,  the  publick  having  testified  their 
approbation  and  high  opuiion  of  the  former  parts,  in  the  science 
and  practice  they  treat  of.  11.  "A  G)mmentary  on  Apoplectic 
and  Paralytic  Affections,  and  on  the  Diseases  connected  with 
the  Subject,  1794,**  8vo.  12.  *' Observations  on  the  Use  of 
6ponge  after  Amp\itations,**  London  Medical  Observations, 
vol. VI I.  13.  "  Observations  on  the  Use  and  Abuse  of  Mercury 
in  the  Cure  of  the  Syphilis  j  in  a  Letter  to  Samuel  Foart  SimnSons, 
M.D.  F.  R.  S." — The  following  tribute  to  his  memory  may  for 
the  present  supply  the  place  of  an  epitaph : 

"Accept,  respected  and  lamented  Shade, 
These  artless  lines,  yet  fraught  with  love  for  thee, 
While  Mcm'ry  holds  her  seat  in  this  frail  fi*ame. 
What  tho*  thy  healing  power  (which  oft  has  &natch*d 
A  &ther,  mother,  or  relation  dear. 
From  dreaded  dissolution  -, — and  which  oft 
The  fever  raging  with  increasing  heat 
Timely  assua^'d)  is  now  no  more  -y  yet  still 
Thy  worth,  dear  man  !   remains  fresh  in  the  breast 
Of  ev*ry  feeling  and  afflicted  soul  : 
But  far  more  in  the  minds  of  those  to  whom 
Thy  bounteous  care  extended :  they,  indeed, 
In$pir*d  by  gratitude,  and  pleasing  thought. 
Of  thy  good  deeds,  will  gladly  speak  thy  praise. 
Long  didst  thou  shine  'midst  thy  contemporaries 
With  just  and  envy'd  glory  j  till,  at  last. 
Stern  Death,  sure  end  of  all  the  human  race, 
Remov'd  thee  hence,  and  sent  thee  to  receive 
The  blessings  of  a  Merciful  Redeemer !" 

*  This  gentleman,  a  barrister-at-law,  was  the  third  and 
youngest  son  of  Spencer  Cowper,  esq.  (diief  justice  of  Chester  in 
1717,  and  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas)  and 
nephew  to  the  first  Eurl  Cowper.  He  was  for  many  years  Qerk 
of  the  Parliaments.  The  "  Progress  of  Physick,*'  the  principal 
Poem  in  the  above-mentioned  volume  (which  was  dedicated  to 
his  first-cousin,  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Dr.  Spencer  Cowper,  Dean  of 
Durham)  was  first  published  in  1744.  tie  was  also  Editor  of 
"The  Norfolk  Miscellany,  1744,**  2  vols.  Svo.  In  Dodsley*s 
Fourth  Volume  are  some  *'  Verses  written  in  his  Coke  upon 
Zitiletonj'  by  his  sister  Judith,  who  had  a  striking  taste  for 

poetry. 


1768.] 


THE  EIOHTEENTH  CENTURY.  6l 


1768. 


•  Early  in  this  year  Mr.  Bowyer  received  from 
New  England  the  following  polite  acknowledge- 
ment of  his  abihties  and  his  bounty  *  : 

"  Sir,  Cambridge,  Dec.  1767. 

"  The  President  and  Fellows  of  Harvard  Collie 
in  Cambridge  beg  leave  to  return  you  their  grateful 
acknowledgements  for  the  valuable  donation  you 
have  been  pleased  to  make  to  their  library,  through 
the  hands  of  their  most  worthy  friend  and  generous 
benefactor^  Thomas  Hollis-f-,  esq. 

poetry,  and  who  married  Colonel  Madan,  and  transmitted  her 
poetical  taste  and  devotional  spirit  to  a  daughter.  Under  the 
auspices  of  Mr.  Ashley  Cowper,  his  nephew  Mr.  William  Cowper, 
the  very  admirable  Poet,  was  appointed,  in  17(>4,  to  the  office 
vf  Reading  Clerk,  and  Clerk  to  the  Committees^  in  the  House  of 
Lords }  an  employment  both  of  profit  and  of  responsibility ; 
which  his  natural  diffidence^  and  dread  of  reading  in  public, 
fioon  induced  him  to  relinquish.  He  was  afterwards  appointed 
Clerk  of  the  Journals ;  but  had  not  sufficient  self-confidence  to 
ntake  (as,  from  a  particular  circumstance,  it  was  necessary  for 
Idna  to  do)  one  public  appearance  at  the  Bar  of  the  House. 

*  This  Letter  was  copied  by  Archdeacon  Bluckbume^  in  his 
'-  Memoirs  of  Mr.  Hollb,"  p.  805. 

t  Thomas  HoUis^  of  Corscombe^  in  the  county  of  Dorset^  esq. 

was  bom  in  London,  April  14,  1720.    This  nominal  birth-day 

Mr.  Hollis  ever  afterwards,   without  regard  to  the  change  of 

ht\]e,  continued  to  observe.     His  great-giundfather  Thomas,  of 

Kocberbam  in  Yorkshue,  a  whitesmith  by  tragic,  and  Baptist  by 

pnsuasion,  settled  in  London  during  the  Civil  Wars,  and  died 

Ibere,  in  1718,  aged  84,  leaving  three  sons,  Thomas,  Nathaniel^ 

.  and  John.    Of  these  the  eldest,  Thomas,  a  conaiiknible  mercliant, 

is  chiefly  memorable  for  his  benefactions  to  \c\v-Kng]and,  par- 

ticolBriy  to  Harvard  college  in  CamWidgc  (where  he  founded  a 

profieisorBbip,  scholarships,  &c.)  to  the  amount  of  near  5000/.  in 

which  his  brothers  were  joint  contiibutors,  without  any  nstriction 

in  regard  to  religious  sects.    Thomas,  the  only  mm  of  Nathaniel,  • 

died  is  1735  (three  yeai's  before  his  father),  Ica\  ing^onc  son,  the 

sulgeot  of  this  note,  and  of  coiurse  the  heir  to  his  fatlier,  and  aUo 

to  his  great-uncle  Thomas,  who  died  in  1730.     His  mother  was 

the  dn^iter  of  Mr.  Scott,  of  Wolverhampton,  in  whose  family 

Mr.  H<mls  was  nurtured  in  liis  infancy.    The  above  accc^unt  will 

rectify  a  miitakr  which  has  prevailed,  of  his  being  a  descendant 

of  DeDal  Lord  HoUet^  though  his  grand&ther  used  to  say,  Ibcy 

wet* 


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^^  We  have  not  been  strangers  to  your  character 
as  a  learned  Editor^  a  character  by  no  means  com* 

were  of  one  family>  which  separated  in  the  tune*of  Henry  VIII. 
He  was  educated  at  the  free-school  of  Newport  in  Shropshire^ 
till  he  was  ahoiit  eiglit  or  nine  years  of  age  (probably),  by  a 
Mr.  or  a  Dr.  Ijee ;  and  afterwards  at  St.  Alban's,  by  Mr^  Wood. 
In  his  13th  or  14th  jcar  he  was  sent  to  Amsterdam,  to  learn 
the  Dutch  and  French  languages,  writing,  accompts,  &c.}  stayed 
there  about  fifteen  months ;  and  then  returned  to  London  to  his 
&ther,  with  whom  he  continued  till  his  deaths  in  1/35.  After 
this  he  was  some  \ears  in  the  house  of  his  cousin  Timothy 
Hollis^  esq.  His  guardian  was  Mr.  John  HoUistcr,  then  trea* 
surer  of  Guy's  Hospital ;  who,  to  give  him  a  libeial  education, 
suitable  to  the  ample  fortune  he  was  to  inherit,  put  him  under 
the  tuition  of  Professor  Ward,  whose  picture,  to  preserve  bis 
memory,  Mr.  Hollis  prcfented  to  ihr*  British  Museum ;  and,  in 
honour  of  his  tat  her  and  guardian,  he  caased  to  be  inscribed 
round  a  valuable  diiimond  ring,  Mnemosy)wn  Patris  Tutorisque, 

•  From  Dr.  Jeremiah  Hunt,  Dr.  Foster,  and  other  eminent  per- 
sons, he  imbibed  that  ardent  love  of  libeity,  and  freedom  of 
sentiment,  which  .«trongIy  marked  his  character.  He  professed 
himself  a  Dissenter.  In  1739-40  he  went  to  chambers  in 
Lincoln  s-inn,  being  admitted  as  a  law-student  5  but  does  not 
appear  to  have  studied  the  law  as  a  profession,  though  he  re- 

•  sided  there  till  July  19,  1748,  when  he  set  out  on  his  travels 
for  the  first  time,  and  passed  through  Holland,  Austrian  and 
French  Netherlands,  part  of  France,  Switzerland,  Savoy,  and 
part  of  Italy,  and  returned  through  Provence,  Brittany,  &c.  to 

•  Paris.  His  fellow  traveller  was  Thomas  Brand,  esq.  of  The  Hyde, 
in  Essex,  his  particular  fiicnd  and  future  heir.  His  second  tour, 
which  commenced  July  Id,  1750,  was  through  Holland  to  Embden, 
Bremen,  Hamburgh,  the  principal  cities  on  the  North  and  East 
side  of  Germany,  the  rest  of  Italy,  Sicily  and  Malta,  Lorrain,  &c. 

.  The  journals  of  both  his  tours  aie  preserved,  and  would  be  a 
valuable  acquisition  to  the  publick.  On  his  return  home,  find- 
ing he  could  not  obtain  a  seat  in  Parliament  in  the  disinterested 
maimer  he  wished,  without  the  smallest  appearance  of  bribeiy, 
he  began  his  collection  of  books  and  medals,  '*  for  the  purpose 
of  illustrating  and  upholding  hberty,  pi*escrving  the  memory  of 
its  champions,  to  render  tyranny  and  its  abettors  odious;  to 
extend  science  and  art,  to  keep  alive  the  honour  and  estimatioa 
of  their  pati'ons  and  protectors,  and  to  make  the  whole  ^  useful 
as  possible;  abhorring  all  monopoly;  and,  if  such  should  be  the 
fitness  of  things,  to  projiagate  the  same  benevolent  spirit  to  pos- 
terity." Among  Mr.  Hollis's  noble  benefactions  to  foreign 
libraries,  none  is  more  remarkable  than  that  of  two  large  col- 
lections of  valuable  books  to  the  public  library  of  Berne,  which 
were  presented  anonymously,  as  by  *'  an  Englishman,  a  lover  of 
liberty,  iiis  country,  and  its  excellent  constitution^  as  restored 

at 


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THS  EIOBTEEMTH  CENTURY.  63 


mon  in  the  present  age;    and  the  very  accurate 
editions  of  many  learned  authors,  which  have  come 

tt  the  happy  Resolution/*    Smt2crland,  Geneva,  Venice,  Leyden» 
Sweden,  Russia^  &c.  shared  his  fevours.      His  benefactions  to 
Hanard  college  commenced  in  1758,  and  were  continued  every 
ftucceeding  year,  to  the  amount  in  all  of  1400/.    Dr.  Jonathan 
MayheWy  pastor  of  the  West-church  in  Boston,  was  his  confi- 
dentiai  friend  and  correspondent,    and  partook  largely  of  his 
steem  and  beneficence.     But  his  liberahty  to  individuals,   as 
ikD  as  to  public  societies,  cannot  here  be  specified.     Mr.  Hollis   » 
purchased  at  Mr.  Charles  Stanhope's  sale,   June  3,  1760,    an 
original  of  Milton  when  a  boy,  painted  by  Cornelius  Jansen.     A 
fire  happening  at  his  lodgings  in  Bedford-street,  Jan.  23,  1761> 
be  calmly  waliced  out,  taking  the  picture  only  in  hb  hand.    The 
file,  however,  was  happily  got  under  without  any  loss.     A  new    » 
edition  of  Toland's  Life  of  Milton  was  published  under  his  care 
and  direction,  in  1761.    He  presented,  Oct.  29,  1761,  an  origi- 
nal portrait  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  painted  by  Zeeman,  1726,  to 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge.    All  the  Tracts  that  were  published 
against  the  Jesuits  he  collected  in  1762,  and  sent  to  the  public 
library  of  Zurich,  having  been  slighted,  as  he  thought,  by  the 
Curators  of  the  British  Museum.      In  April  1763,   Mr.  Hollis  • 
ga«e  the  publick  a  new  and  accurate  edition  of  Algernon 
Sydney's  IHscourses  on  Government,   on  which  the  pains  and 
expence  he  bestowed  ire  almost  incredible.      His  patronising 
this  edition,  and  other  works  of  the  same  kind,  procured  him, 
and  DO  wonder,    the  name  and  reputation  of  a  Republican. 
•*  Roma  Antica,**  by  the  Abbate  Venuti,  though  a  posthumous 
work,   owed  its  birth  to  Mr.  Hollis.     ln*1763  his  friend  Count 
Algarotti  published  his  "  Saggio  sopra  1' Acadcmia  de  Francia  che 
^  in  Rcnna,**  with  a  Dedication  to  Mr.  Hollis,  to  his  gi'cat  sur- 
prize, as,  when  he  could,  he  ahva}'s  declined  such  comj)Iimcnts. 
The  noble  library,  philosophical  apparatus,  &c.  of  Harvard  col- 
lege, being  consumed  by  lire,  Jan.  24,  176 1,  Mr.  Holii:^  imme- 
dktely  subscribed  200Z.  towards  repairing  the  loss.     In  this  year 
■  Mr.  lake's  two  Treatises  on  Government,  and  in  the  next  his 
Letters  on  Toleration,  were  published  scjiaratcly,    under  the 
aufepices  of  Mr.  Hollis.     In  June  he  presented  some  Kgyptian 
Autiquities,  anonymously^  to  Count  Ciylus  at  Paris.     I^r.  Wallis's 
Latin  Grammar  of  the  Englbh  Tongue  was  reprinted  at  Mr. 
HoUis's  desire,    to  promote  the  knowledge  of  our  lan^iage 
among  foreigners.     The  elegant  preface  prefixed  waii  written,   . 
as  has  been  already  said,  vol.  II.  p.4  17>   by  Mr.  Bov^yer,  who 
was  ever  desirous  of  forwarding  Mr.  HoUis's  public-spirited  in- 
tentions.   A  fine  collection  of  books,  intended  by  Mr.  Hollis  for 
Harvard  college,    being  burnt,  with   his  bookbinder's  house, 
Juie  6,    he  iminediately  began  collect  in*;  **  a   finer  parcel." 
One  of  hb  presents  this  year  being  consigned  to  the  public 
BxmjB  "ifiutty/'  at  Bermuda;  c^n  2>r.  .'^iavhew's  replying  WyjlI 

\\e 


$9  IITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [1768^ 

rich  treasure  of  sacred  learning,  and  of  more  in- 
trinsic value  than  many  huge  volumes  of  the  Com* 
nentators. 

"  We  are  greatly  obliged  to  you  for  the  favourable 
sentiments  you  have  been  pleased  so  elegantly  to 
•Kpress  of  our  Seminary,  in  the  blank  leaf  of  the 
New  Testament  * ;  and  we  hope  it  will  prove  a  pow- 
erful stimulus  to  our  youth,  more  and  more  to  de- 
Serve  so  good  a  character; 

**  This  Society  is  as  yet  but  in  its  infant  state ; 
but  we  trust  that,  by  the  generosity  of  the  Bene* 
factors  whom  the  Divine  Providence  is  raising  up 
to  us,  and  by  the  smiles  of  Heaven  upon  our  en- 
deavours to  form  the  youth  here  to  knowledge  and 
virtue,  it  will  every  day  more  effectually  answer  the 
important  ends  of  its  foundation.  We  are,  with  great 
respect,  your  most  obliged,  and  humble  servants  (at 
the  direction  and  desire  of  the  Corporation  of  Har-^ 
vard  College),  Edw.  Holyoke,  President. 

"  Sir,  inclosed  you  have  our  vote  of  thanks  for   J 
your  valuable  present. 

*'  At  a  meeting  of  the  President  and  Fellows  of 
Harvard  College,  Dec.  10,  1767. 
Present,  Mr.  Elliot, 

.  The  President,  Mr.  Cooper, 

Mr.  Appelton,  Mr.  Danforth, 

Mr.  w  inthorp,  Mr.  Treasurer." 

*^  Vote  IV.  That  the  thanks  of  this  Corporation 
be  given  to  Mr.  William  Bowyer  of  London, 
for  several  valuable  Books  sent  to  Harvard  Col*- 

*  I  should  have  been  glad  to  have  annexed  the  inscription, 
if  a  copy  of  it  had  been  preserved.  Mr.  Bowyer  had  a  happy 
turn  for  that  species  of  writing.  One  specimen  has  been  given 
in  vol.  II.  p.  444  3  a  second  in  the  present  volume,  p. 49.  rA 
third  I  recollect,  which  vva^  prefixed  to  another  book  presented 
tp  Harvai^  College : 

HAS  ERA8MI  BPISTOLAS, 
CAXTBROBVMaVS  LITBRATVRAE  FEB  BVROPAM  INSTAVRATORTlIf 

COLLBOIO  HARVARUBNSI, 

FELICIBVS  AVSPICIIS  NASCENTI^ 

DONAT  0VLIBLMVS'B0WYBR» 

TYrOGRAPHUI  L0NDINBNS18. 


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«  ^ 


TBB  EIGHTESMTH  CEMTUKT.  Sj 


1768.]     . 

lege ;  particularly  his  late  curious  Edition  of  tha 
Greek  Testament,  with  learned  Notes. 
A  true  Copy,  extr.  de  Lib.  vii.  p.  I75. 

P^  Edw.  Holtoke^  Pi^deDtt.  : 

In  the  same  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed^ 
*'  Remarks  and  Dissertations  on  Virgil,  with  8om# 
odier  Classical  Observations.      By  the  late  Mvp 
Holdsworth  *.     Published,  with  several  Notes  and 

•  "  Edrudus  Holdsworth*  fil.  Rev.  Thorns^  rectorif  de  North 
Sconehana,  com.  Southampton,  h  Coll.  B.  Mar.  Magd.  Semicom* 
miiDariiis>  A.B.  SSoJunii,  1708;  A.M.lSoAprilis^lTll;  deinde 
Bchtt;   consdentise  ei^,  anno  IT14,  juramenta  Regi  Geoi^o 
neoMmoa  pnntaiv,  Soc^tate  exutus^  inter  per^rinos,  Robert! 
Atkins,  boronetti,  aliorumque  curam  habuit     Obiit  in  dc»no 
Bsnmis  Digby,  apud  ColehiU>  in  comitatu  Warwic.  30^  DeG^m* 
bris,  1746  {   et  sepultus  in  ecclesik  4  Januarii>  1746-7.**    Raw« 
inun's  Oxford  Writers  -,  MS.  in  the  Bodleian  library.  No.  1675. 
Mr.  Edward  Holdsworth  (author  of  the  "  Muscipiila/'  a  poem 
vkich  is  esteemed  a  master-piece  in  its  kind,  written  with  the 
parity  of  Viigil,  whom  the  author  so  perfectly  understood,  and, 
villi  the  pleasantry  of  Lucian),  after  having  imbibed  his  truly* 
rhsriml  taste  at  Winchester  school,  was  elected  demy  of  Mag« 
dalen  collie,  Oxford,  in  July  1705 ;  took  his  degree  of  M.  A« 
April  IS,  1711 ;  became  a  College  tutor,  and  had  a  considerable 
aumber  of  popik.    In  January  1715,  when,  according  to  the^ 
Qftler  of  succession  at  that  time  observed,  he  was  the  next  to  be 
cbcHcn  into  a  fellowship,  he  resigned  his  demyship,  and  left  the 
Colkge,  being  determined  against  taking  the  oaths  to  the  new 
Government.    From  that  period  he  was  employed,  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  in  travelling  with  yoxmg  noblemen  and  gendemea 
as  tutor.    In  1741,  he  was  at  Rome  with  Mr. Pitt;  and  again 
m  1744  with  Mr.  Drake  and  Mr.  Townson.    See  "  Letters  from 
e  yoang  Punter,"  vol  I.  pp.  58,  140.    He  died,  of  a  fever,  at 
Lnd  Digby*s  house,  at  Coleshill  in  Warwickshire,  Dec.  30, 1747. 
Of  faim  Mr.  Spence  speaks  in  "  Polymetis,*'  p.  174,  as  one  who 
undemtood  Virgil  in  a  more  masterly  manner  thsin  any  person. 
W  ever  knew.    See  also  pp.  932  and  276. — ^He  was  the  author   . 
«f  a  DisertatioQ,  intitufed  '<  Pharsalia  and  Philippi,  or  the  two 
li  in  Virgil's  Geoigics  attempted  to  be  explained,  and  re^ 
'  to  History,  1741,**  4to ;  and  of  "  Remarks  and  Disser- 
OD  Viigil)  with  some  other  Qassical  Observations,  pub* 
Uicd  wUh  levend  Notes  and  additional  Remarks  by  Mr.  Spence^ 
1768,"  4io.    In  the  fifth  volume  of  Dodsley*s  Miscellanies  is  ik 
nry  good  Umnktioo  of  the  ''  Muscipula,"  1737,  by  Dr.  Joha 
Boldly;  andy  anKMQg  the  Pbems  ci  Dr.  Cobden,  1757»  4to,  is 
innilwT  tnmtlation  3  h$  made  so  early  as  171S,  introduced  by 
%  FodkalS^lrtK  ciUfaiting  much  fnendship  at  leasts  if  not 

f  9  good^ 


(J8  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [ijfiS, 

mdditional  Remarks,  by  Mr.  Spence  (of  whom,  see 
vol.  IL  p.  373)/*  4to. 

good  poetry  5   and  in  a  note  upon  bis  ''  Strena  ad  Reverendunl 
Tirum  Doctorem  Lavington>  Episcopum  nominatum/'  the  good 
Archdeacon  thus  laments  the  death  of  Mr.  Holdsworth  r  **  How 
frail  are  the  bope^*>how  confused  and  uncertain  the  lots  of 
manljund!    Whilst  I  am  writing  this>  and  congratulating  the 
fortune  and  dignity  of  one  old  school-fellow  and  friend,  bod 
BewSj  alas !   has  been  brought  me,  which  afflicts  me  with  the 
greatest  sorrow;    that  Mr.  Holdsworth^    my  other  quondam 
school-fellow,  and  most  delightful  friend  throughout  lUs  whole 
life,  is  lately  dead  3 

"  ........i.....  Qualem  ncque  candidiorem 

Terra  tulit,  neque  cui  me  sit  devinctior  alter — 
for  we  were  playfellows  when  boys,  and  likewise  mutually  inter- 
mixed our  joys  and  sorrows,  being  chamber-fellows  for  six  years 
together: 

O  once  with  me  by  Wickham*s  bounty  bred, 
Lodg*d  in  one  chamber,  with  one  manchet  fed ! 
He  was  of  a  natural  disposition  so  ingenuous,  that  if  ever  any 
person  was,  he  seemed  to  be  bom  without  vices.  A  pleasant 
companion,  and  a  man  of  probity,  because  he  could  scarcely  be 
otherwise.  It  is  indeed  to  be  lamented  that  he  fell  into  one 
error,  by  which  he  became  lost  to  his  Country  long  before  he 
died.  As  his  life  incited  all  to  the  practice  of  virtue  and  piety  ; 
to  his  death  more  admonishes  us  veteran  fellow-soldiers,  now 
reduced  to  a  small  niunber,  to  embrace  one  another  the  more" 
closely;  for,  the  more  contracted  the  rays  are,  so  much  the 
more  they  ought  to  warm." — -The  one  error  (on  which  Dr.  Cob- 
den  more  particularly  dwelt  in  the  Poetic^  Epistle)  was  his  de- 
clining to  take  the  oaths.  This  error,  however,  did  not  render 
him  entirely  ^5^  to  his  Country ;  since,  in  h'ls  capacity  of  travel- 
ling tutor,  he  cultivated  the  minds  of  several  young  gentlemen, 
hot  oply  with  all  polite  literature,  but  formed  their  manners  by 
the  strictest  rules  of  morality,  and  incited  them,  by  liis  own  ex- 
ample as  well  as  precepts,  to  the  practice  of  virtue  and  piety. 

At  Gopsal  in  Leicestershire,  the  seat  of  the  laie  Charles  J ennens» 
esq.  in  the  centre  of  a  beautiful  Ionic  temple,  raised  on  a  gentle 
eminence,  built  in  memory  of  the  celebrated  Illustrator  of  Virgil, 
Mr.  Edward  Holdsworth,  is  a  capital  figure  of  ReBgion,  by 
Roubilliac,  holding  in  one  hand  the  Book  of  Life,  and  in  the 
other  the  Cross.  The  writing  in  the  Book,  which  is  unfolded, 
is  now  illegible;  but  round  the  frieze  is  an  inscription,  in  Greek' 
capitals,  translated  thus :  '*  Thanks  be  to  Gcxi,  who  giveth  us 
the  victory  through  our  Lord  J^esus  Christ.**  1  Cor.  xv.  57.— 
Beneath  is  a  cenotaph,  by  Mr.  Heyward,  topped  with  a  vase, 
executed  in  fine  statuary  marble.  On  one  side,  in  relief,  is  a 
figure  of  Genius,  pensively  reclining.  Virgil's  tomb  is  repre- 
sented on  another  side  5  and  on  a  thkd  side  is  VirgU*s  bust,  with* 
'  V  .  variouf 


l;^.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CBNTUET.  6$ 

'^Femejr,    an  Epistle  to  M.  de  Voltaire.     By 
George  Keate^  Esq.'  4to. 

nrioos  beautiful  fragments  of  Antiquity.  On  th^  cenotaph  Is 
the  SaXknnng  inscription^  supposed. to  have  been  wriltsn  by 
ly^iinifiowr^t  pstTon  Mr.  Jeuneus : 

**  In  memoriam  viri  int^errimi 

EOWARDI   HOLDSWORTH  : 

de  quo,  si  magna  loqui  videar, 

quod  Maronem  ibelictssim^  Juvenis  imitatus, 

pari  felicitate  Senior  illustravit,  defendit ; 

quod  i^es  Magdalenas, 

quas  ingenio,  eruditione,  virtutibus  Alumnus  oma\'erat, 

Doctrinft  ac  Peritill  Arcbitectonici» 

ab  iisdem  ^dibus  im5  et  ^  Fatria        ( 

per  temporum  iniquitatem  extorriSi 

ekganter  instaurandas  ciuravit. 

Hex:  mult5  m^jus : 

quod  Adolescentes  pro  virili  suis  artibus 

imbuit  et  maribus, 

contra  degeneris  svi  vitia, 

privata  simx^  et  publica^ 

aon  minus  exemplo,  quam  monitis  munivit 

lllud  verb  long^  maximum, 

qnod  mundum  Deo  natus  vidt^ 

^piod,  Dei  mandato  obtemperans, 

h  greniio  Alms  Matris  exivit 

nescius  quo  esset  iturus ; 

sed  enim  civitatem  habentem  r&t  ^fuXut^, 

eujns  Arcbiteetus  est  Deus^ 

Fide  ver^  Abramica^ 

verfe  E^'angelicftv 

fretus  expectavit, 

Hec  ni  ^or 

quicquid  contra  oblatrent  Fseudo-politici> 

hec  consensu  bonorum  omnium, 

opinionibus  quantumvis  diversorum, 

summa  saplentia." 

[if  hmi  of  Mr,  Holdflworth  here,'] 

**£.  HoLOtwotTH,  nalus  1684,  mortuus  174€. 

Inacriptionem  prsstolatus  usque  ad  1764. 

Miraris  fbrsan,  Lector,  nee  immeritd, 

fauDc  omni  laude  dignissimum  virum 

sine  saxo  et  sine  nomine  corpus 

jamdiujacuisse! 

Verm  iste  Regulus,  qui  Eloquium  pollicebatur, 

dam  per  plures  annos 

OnUionilnis  vel  Oratiunculis, 

eC  Versibus  Satyrioo-Politicis, 

acribendis^  dicejuiif^  eti^ndisj 

auo 


70  UTBEA&Y  ANICDOTES  Of  [l769. 

*^  Labour  and  Genius,  or  the  Mill-stream  and  the 
Cascade,  a  Fable,  written  in  the  Year  17ff8,  and 
inscribed  to  the  late  William  Shenstone,  Esq.  By 
Richard  JagO,  M.  A/*  4to. 

•  The  Second  Edition  of  Dr.  Maclaine*s  Translation 
of  Mosheim's  "  Ecclesiastical  History,**  5  vols.  8vo. 

**  Considerations  on  the  present  State  of  the  Con- 
troversy between  the  Protestants  and  Papists  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland ;  particularly  on  tne  Question, 
how  far  the  latter  are  entitled  to  a  Toleration  upon 
Protestant  Principles.  Being  the  Substance  of  two 
Discourses  deliv^^  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Archdea- 
conry  of  Cleveland,  in  the  Years  1765  and  lj66* 
By  Francis  Blackbume,  M.A.  Archdeacon  of  Cleve- 
land," 8vo. 

•  The  First  Volume  of  the  "  Medical  Transac- 
tions, published  by  the  College  of  Physicians  in 
London,'*  8vo.  Of  this  very  valuable  and  scien- 
tific publication  Sir  George  Baker  *  and  Dr.  Heber^ 

si^o  deniqiie  suipsius  Elogio 

inanem  sibi  gloriam  aucupatur* 

Famas  interim  melioris  oblitus, 

amicis  quam  dederat  fidem  fefellit. 

Quod  Genius  ditt  solicitatus  negavit, 

promisit  enim«  nee  tamen  prnstitic, 

id  demum  impar  quidem  conatui, 

sedindignata 

prsstat  AmiciUa.** 

See  two  slight  sketches  of  this  handsome  cenotaph  in  the 

"  History  of  Leicestemhiw,"  vol.  IV.  Plate  CXXXIX. 

•  *  This  very  learned  and  eminent  physician  was  the  descen- 
dant of  a  ^atmily  originally  settled  in  Somersetshire,  and  after- 
wards in  Devonshire.  His  father,  George  Baker,  M.A.  was 
born  at  West  Alvington^  and  educated  at  Eton  -,  afterwards 
became  school-master  and  vicar  of  Modbury;  and  died  in 
1743,  being  then  Arclideacon  and  Registrar  of  Totness.  His 
son  George  was  bom  in  17SS  i  educated  at  Eton ;  and  was 
entered  a  scholar  of  King's  college,  Cambridge,  on  the  day 
that  Bentley  was  buried;    so  that  when  the  golden  tree  of 

classic  learning  had  lost  one  branch,  another  shot  out  in  its 
place.  He  became  B. A.  1745 ;  M.A.  1749;  M.D.  17&0;  and 
was  a  fellow  of  the  Royal  and  Antiquanau  Societies,  Physician 
in  Ordinary  to  the  King,  and  Physician  to  the  Queen.  He  was 
^re^ted  a  Baronet,  Aug.  96,  177t»  i  and  was  also,  in  1797*  Pre- 
sident  of  the  College  of  Physicians  in  London ;  and  for  many 
jemra  one  of  the  first  in  his  prof^^iou*    He  died  June  15,  1809, 


17*8.] 


THE  XIGHTEEKTH  CENTURY.  71 


den  *  were  considered  as  the  principal  conductors ; 
and,   with  the  assistance  of  several  other  learned 


in  bis  88th  year»  after  having  passed  a  long  life  without  any  of 
those  infirmities  from  which  he  had  relieved  thousands  in  tht 
CMirse  of  his  practice  $  and  died  so  easily^  and  apparently  so  free 
frooi  paioy  that  the  remarkable  words  of  Cicero  may  be  said  of 
him,  Non  iUi /kit  vita  erepta,  sed  mors  donata. -  ''He  was  not 
deprived  of  life,  but  presented  with  death/*  V\euy  says  Bishop 
Bobfiuet,  on  the  death  of  a  great  man,  R*a  fOM  Im  oti  la  vie,  fnm 
Id  a  foui  cm  present  de  la  mort, — No  man,  perhaps,  ever  foUowsd 
tbe  career  of  Physick,  and  the  elegant  paths  of  the  Greek  or 
Koman  Muses,  for  the  space  of  se\eral  years,  with  more  success 
than  Sir  George  Baker ;  tbe  proo&  of  which  may  be  seen  in  his 
pufohahed  and  unpiblished  works,  -the  splendour  of  his  fDrUme* 
ths  esteem,  respect,  and  admiration  of  his  contemporaries.  If 
any  of  his  learned  friends,  such  as  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  or  Mr. 
Henry  Dampier,  could  command  leisure  enough  to  write  his  Life 
from  the  time  that  he  left  his  fether*s  house  in  Devonshire  to  go 
to  Eton  school,  doivn  to  his  latest  breath,  his  vutues  and  attain- 
Bients  might  be  set  forth  in  their  proper  colours,  and  blazoned 
as  tliey  deserve. — He  formerly  practised  at  Stamford,  co.  Lincoln^ 
te\-eTal  years. — He  published  several  Essays  on  Medicine,  which 
were  coUected  into  one  volume,  8vo.  intituled,  **  Opuscula 
Mi:dica.** 

*  Dr.  WiUiam  Heberden,  educated  in  the  grammar-school 
in  St.  Saviour's  church-yard,  was  many  years  feUow  of  St. 
John's  college,  Cambridge,  where  he  was  admitted  in  December 
17^4,  being  then  only  15  years  of  age.  He  proceeded  B.  A. 
1728  ;  M.  A.  1732 ;  M.  D.  1739 ;  and  practised  physick  at  Cam* 
bridge  till  about  the  year  1750,  when  he  removed  to  London  i 
and  continued  a  considerable  time  before  his  matchless  talents 
were  discovered ;  so  long  that^  almost  weary  with  solicitude,  he 
was  on  the  point  of  returning  to  end  his  days  at  Cambridge. 
But,  happily  for  the  world  and  for  his  own  fame,  he  steadily 
persevered,  and  soon  shone  forth  in  fiill  lustre.  To  this  worthy 
Physician  the  widow  of  the  celebrated  Dr.  Conyers  Middle* 
ton  bequeathed  her  husband's  MSS.  from  which  Dr.  Heberden« 
in  \76\»  obliged  the  learned  world  with  a  curious  tracts 
intituledt  "  Dissertatio  de  servili  Medicorum  conditione  Ap- 
pendixt'*  &c. ;  with  a  short  but  ekgant  Advertisement.  In 
J763  an  Edition  of  the  <*  Supplices  Mulieres*'  of  Euripides^ 
with  the  Notes  of  Mr.  Markland,  was  printed  entirely  at 
the  expence  of  Dr.  Heberden  ^  and,  in  1768,  the  same  very 
lemied  Commentator  presented  his  notes  on  the  two  Iphi- 
geniB,  **  Doctissimo,  et  quod  long^  prsestantius  est,  huma* 
ntwimo  viro  Williehno  Heberden,  M.  D.  arbitratu  ^us  vel 
eremaiMle,  vd  in  publicum  emittendse  post  obitum  scriptoris,** 
lie.  He  wrote  the  Epitaph  in  Dorking  church  on  Mr.  Mark- 
land,  who  had  bequeathed  to  him  all  his  books  and  papers. 


J9  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l7<58» 

and  respectable  inembers  of  the  College,  a  second 
volume  was  published^  and  a  small  portion  of  a  third. 

One  of  these,  a  copy"  of  Miirs  Greek  Testament  in  folio, 
the  mamn  fiDed  with  notes,  was  kindly  lent  by  Dr.  Heberden, 
^  with  that  liberal  attention  to  promote  the  cause  of  Virtue 
and  Religion,  which  was  one  of  his  many  well-known  excel* 
lences/'  to  the  PubUsher  of  the  third  edition  of  Mr.  Bdwyer*a 
*•  Ccmjectures  on  the  New  Testament,  1782,"  4to.  To  Dr. 
Heberden  Mr.  Bowyer  also  bequeathed  his  "  little  cabinet  of 
eoins,  a  few  books  specifically,  and  any  others  which  the  Doctor 
might  choose  to  accept.**  Dr.  Heberden*s  other  publications 
were,  ^'ANTIOHPIAKA,  an  Essay  on  Mithridatium  and  Theriaca, 
1745,*'  SvOj  in  the  Medical  Transactions  of  London,  vc^.  I. 
Bemarks  on  the  Pump-water  of  London ;  Observations  on  the 
Ascarides ;  Account  of  the  remarkably  good  Efiects  of  common 
Salt  in  an  extraordinary  Case  of  Worms ;  Observations  on  Nyc« 
talopia;  On  the  Chicken-pox;  Account  of  the  epidemical  Cold  in 
June  and  July,'  1767 ,  Queries  on  Medical  Subjects.  In  toL  If. 
Observations  on  the  Hectic  Fever  (Gent.  Mag.  XLII.  182)  j  Re- 

'  marks  on  the  Pulse  (ibid.  183) ;  soipe  Account  of  the  Aiiffina 
Pectoris ;  Of  the  noxiousEffects  of  some  Fungi ;  Queries  on  Memcal 

r  Subjects.    In  vol.  III.  fiirther  Account  of  the  Angina  Pectoris ; 

t  Method  of  preparing  the  Ginseng  Root  in  China;  on  damp  Lineii 
(Gent.  Mag.  XLIll.  32) . — ^From  a  thorough  conviction  of  its  public 
utility.  Dr.  Heberden  was  one  of  the  earliest  subscribers  to  the 
Royal  Humane  Society;  and  in  1778  was  elected  Vice-president  at 
that  excellent  institution. — In  a  "  Letter  to  Lord  Kenyon,  relative 
to  some  Conduct  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of  London**  (given 
to  friends,  but  not  sold),  in  which  that  learned  Body  has  received 
a  thimdering  Philippic,  the  character  of  this  truly  respectable 
Veteran  is  thus  ably  delineated  by  Dr.  Wells :  "  Many  of  our 
Physicians  have,  no  doubt,  received  little  injury  from  the  causes 
of  the  corruption  of  character  to  which  they  have  been  exposed ; 
and  some  few  may  have  escaped  their  influence  altogether.  One 
of  these  few.  Dr.  William  Heberden,  I  must  conclude  to  have 
been  well  known  to  your  Lordship,  ^om  the  eulogy  which  you 
pronounced  upon  him  during  the  trial  of  Dr.  Stanger*8  cause. 
He  was  probably,  indeed,  the  only  Physician  with  whom  you 
were  intimately  acquainted  3  and,  hence,  from  the  natui  al  error 
of  attributing  to  a  whole  species  the  property  of  its  only  indi- 
vidual you  have  seen,  you  might  imagine  that  he  possessed  his 
many  virtues  in  common  with  the  rest  of  his  class.  But  Dr. 
Heberden,  my  Lord,  stands,  in  a  manner,  alone  in  his  profes* 
sion.  No  other  person,  I  believe,  either  in  this  or  any  other 
country,  has  ever  exercised  the  art  of  Medicine  with  the  same 
jnity,  or  has  contributed  so  much  to  raise  it  in  the  estimation 
o^mnkind.  A  contemplation  of  his  excellence,  therefore,  can 
little  help  towards  obtaining  a  just*  notion  of  the  general 
worth  of  Physicians.    In  speaking  of  a  mok-hill,  we  would  not 

employ 


I7€8.]  tHE  SIGHTEl^KTH  CENTURY.  73 

Mr.  Markland's  excellent  Edition  of  the  ^^  Two 
Iphigeniae**  of  £uripides^  8vo. 

employ  terms  that  had  relation  to  the  Immensity  of  a  mountain. 
Wfre  I,  my  Lord,  possessed  of  talents  adequate  to  the  undertak* 
ing,  I  should  here  endeavour  to  describe  at  full  length  tne  cha* 
rMter  of  that  illustrious  man.    In  this  attempt,  1  should  tirat 
tank  his  various  and  extensive  learning,  his  modesty  in  the  use 
ef  it,  and  lua  philosophical  distrust  of  human  opinion  in  science^ 
iMwever  sanctioned  by  time,  or  the  authority  of  great  names. 
I  should  then  exhibit  him  in  the  exercise  of  his  profession, 
without  envy  or  jealousy ;  too  proud  to  court  employment,  yet 
undervaluing  hb  services  after  they  were  performed ;  imwearied^ 
even  when  a  veteran  in  his  art,  in  ascertaining  the  minutest 
ocumstances  of  the  sick,  who  placed  themselves  under  his 
cue,  taking  nothing  in  their  situation  for  granted  that  might  be 
knned  fay  enquiry,    and  trusting  nothing  of  importance  that 
concerned  them  to  his  memory.    To  demonstrate  his  gieatness 
of  mind,    I  should  next  mention  his  repeatedly  declining  to 
aecept  those  offices  of  honour  and  profit  at  the  British  Court, 
whidi  are  regarded  by  other  Physicians  as  objects  of  their  highest 
ambitioo,  and  are  therefore  sought  by  them  with  the  utmost 
aKidnity.      I  should  afterwards  take  notice  of  his  simjile  yet 
dignified  manners,  his  piety  to  God,  hfs  love  for  his  country, 
and  his  exemplary  discharge  of  the  duties  of  all  the  private 
relations  in  which  he  stood  to  society ;   and  I  should  conclude 
by  observing,  that  his  whole  life  had  been  ivgulatcd  by  the  most 
exquisite  prudence,   by  means  of  which  his  other  virtues  were 
jcndered  more  conspicuous  and  useful,  and,  whatever  failings 
he  mi^ht  as  a  human  being  possess,  wei-e  either  shaded,  or  alto- 
gether concealed.    After  my  description  was  finished,  I  should 
think  it  proper  to  say,  that  I  had  never  been  acquainted  with 
Dr.  Heberden,  and  consequently  could  neither  be  dazzled  by  the 
splendour  of  his  virtues,  from  approaching  him  too  nearly,  nor 
influenced  in  mv  opinion  concerning  them  by  benefits  he  had 
already  conferred  upon  me;  and  that  standing «  as  he  does,  upon 
the  veige  of  this  state  of  existence,  ready  to  wing  his  flight  to 
another  of  glory,  his  ear  must  now  be  closed  to  the  voice  of 
iittety,  had  he  ever  listened  to  that  S}Ten,  or  were  I  base  enough 
to  solicit  her  aid,  in  the  foolish  expectation  of  receiving  from  him 
some  future  reward.*' — Dr.  Heberden  died  in  Pall  .Mall,  in  his  9lst  • 
year,  Biay  17«  1801,  being  at  that  time  senior  fellow  of  the  College  ' 
of  Physicians. — He  married,  Jan.  19,  17^t  Mary,  eldest  daugh* 
ter  of  William  WoUaston,  e>q.  by  whom  he  had  five  sons  and  three 
dauefateTB.    Of  the  sons,  1.  William,  died  an  infimt ;  ^.Another 
Wiuam  is  now  M. D.  physician  to  the  King,  and  desenedly  high 
ia  his  proibKion;  3.  ueoi^ge,  died  1786,  set.  IG*,   4.  Charles,  of 
St.  John's  coD^e,  Cambric!^,  died  in  May  171>0,  est.  *^t.    Of 
the  danghten,  Mary,  the  eldest,  is  married  to  the  Rev.  George 
itojm,  fcabeadary  of  Ely;  the  other  two  died  young. — ^Thomas 

Hcbcr- 


74  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [iT^S* 

:  "A  Letter  to  David  Garrick,  Esq*  concerning  a 
Glossary  to  the  Plays  of  Shakspeare  on  a  morp 
extensive  Plan  than  has  hitherto  appeared.  To 
which  is  annexed  a  Specimen.**  By  Richard  Wari- 
ner*,  Esq.  8vo. 

Hcberden,  M.  D.  (physician  at  Maderia)  was  brother  to  the  Iat« 
Dr.  William  Hebcrden.  —  In  the  letters  of  Bp.  Warburton  Df. 
Heberden  is  fi^uently  mentioned  with  that  respect  which  he  dO 
•  well  deserved.  May  ^5, 1 763,  the  Bishop  says,  "  Of  my  wife  I  can 
tell  you  better  news :  after  long  languishing  under  the  hands  of 
a  Bath  physician,  and  a  resolution  to  go  to  the  Spa  in  Germany 
this  summer  (a  resolution  so  fixed,  that  a  house  was  hired  there 
for  her),  I  thought  It  proper,  till  the  season  came,  that  she 
should  go  to  Ix)ndon,  to  be  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  Heberden  and 
Dr.  Letlierland,  the  two  1)est  physicians  in  Europe  in  my  opi- 
nion. She  went,  continued  there  six  weeks,  and  is  returned 
almost  perfectly  recovered,  by  observing  a  course  of  physick 
under  their  direction.  And  the  Spa  journey  is  changed,  by 
their  advice,  for  the  waters  of  Tunbrido;e,  whither  she  proposes 
to  go  the  latter  end  of  June."  —  Again,  3f arch  31,  1768,  "The 
College  of  Physicians  have  lately  set  up  a  kind  of  Physical  7Van<- 
action,  in  which  I  read  with  much  pleasure  a  Discourse  of  Dr. 
Heberden,  on  common  or  drinking  water  j  Tor  it  has  relieved 
me  from  an  apprehension  that  our  water,  which  runs  oi^r  a 
lime-stone,  and  has,  on  boiling,  a  large  sediment  of  white  sand, 
was  bad  for  gravelly  complaints.** — Dr.  Heberden  was  at  all  times 
ready  to  communicate  literary  information,  as  I  have  frequently 
experienced;  of  which  the  following  short  billet  (amongst  many 
others)  is  a  proof:  '*  Pall  Mall,  <17  Jan.  1780.  Dr.  Heberden 
presents  his  compliments  to  Mr.  Nichols.  Dr.  Kippis,  in  hi.s  life 
of  Mr.  Bowyer,  says,  that  he  stood  for  a  fellowship,  and  was  re- 
jected. Now  an  inspection  has  been  lately  made  of  the  Registef 
both  of  the  College  and  of  the  University  j  and  fi'om  them  it  is 
certain,  that  Mr.  Bowyer  never  took  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts,  and  consequently  was  incapable  of  being  a  candidate.— 
Dr.  Hebcrden  has  several  days  intended  to  call  upon  Mr.  Nichols, 
and  acquaint  him  with  tliis  3  but,  having  been  hitherto  hindered^ 
he  sends  this  intelligence  by  post.*'  See  fuither  proofs  of  his 
attention,  vol.  IV.  pp.  «74.  287.  309. 

*  This  worthy  man  was  the  younger  son  of  a  banker,  who  (like 
the  Upholsterer  in  the  Tatler,  N»  155,  the  original  of  Murphy *s 
Quidnunc)  always  wore  black  leather  garters  buckled  under  the 
knee,  a  custom  most  religiously  observed  by  o\ir  Author,  who  in 
no  other  instance  affected  singularity.  [**  It  may  l^  observed, 
that  the  portrait  of  Mr.  Adam  Drummond  the  banker  is  re- 
presented with  the  same  peculiavity.  —  "A  leather  garter  is 
called  a  decent  ornament  in  the  Spectator,  No.  596.  I  Imve 
lately  read  the  Tatler  and  Spectator  over  cai*efully;    and  the 

varia- 


17«S.J 


TME  EIGBTEBKra  CENTURV.  JS 


A  Specimen  of  an  intended  publication  by  a 
learned  Dutchman,   Henry  Hoogeveen  *,   on  the 

norntions  in  drees  then  and  now  are  remarkable.     In  this 
instance,   one  can  hardly  help  smiling  to  hear  the  Spectator 
cn^y  mentioning  a  mode  as  decent  which  now  would  be 
tboogfat  below  the  notice  of  any  body  a  d^ree   above    a 
drill-seijeant.**     T,  F.]     He  was  bred  to  the  law,  and  for  some 
tkat  hid  chambers  in  lincolnVInn ;    but,    being  possessed 
cf  an  ample  fortune,   resided  chiefly  at  a  good  old  house  at 
Wbodfixd  Green  in  Essex,  where  he  maintained  a  botanical 
niden,  and  was  very  successful  in  the  cultivation  of  rare  exotics. 
Thml  he  was  a  botanist  of  no  common  skill  and  experience,  ap- 
pears by  Ins  Dttle  tract,  intituled,  *'  Plantae  Woodfbrdienses, 
1771>**  Svo;  and  hb  taste  for  polite  literature  appears  from  the 
nbove-meotioned  "  Letter  to  Mr,  Garrick.'*    Indeed  he  had  been 
iong  making  collections  for  a  new  Edition  of  Shakspeare ;  but, 
Mr.  Steevens*s  advertisement  of  his  design  to  engage  in  the 
task  on  a  di£&rent  plan,  he  desisted  from  the  pursuit  of 
;  and  was  afterwards  the  IVanslator  of  all  the  Comedies 
of  Plantus  which  the  late  Mr.  Thornton  did  not  live  to  finbh.    In 
bis  youth  he  had  been  remarkably  fond  of  dancing ;   nor  till  his 
rage  for  that  diversion  subsided,  did  he  convert  the  laigest  room 
in  haa  house  into  a  library.    To  the  last  hour  of  his  Hie,  how- 
ever,   he  was  employed  on  the  Glossary  already  mentioned ; 
which,  since  the  appearance  of  seveial  critical  editions  of  our 
gnml  Dnunatic  Writer^s  Plays,  may  be  r^;arded  as  a  wotic  of 
iupererogation.    At  his  death,  which  happened  on  the  1 1th  of 
April  1775,  he  bequeathed  to  Wadham  College,  Oxford,  where 
Ik  received  his  education,  a  very  valuable  collection  of  prints 
and  books,  chiefly  of  natural  history,  botany,  and  English  poetry; 
and  foonded  a  botanical  ^xlubition ;  and,  if  1  am  not  misin* 
foraed,  he  left  to  the  same  Societv  a  small  annual  stipend  to 
PYaiiitMn  a  botanical  lecture.^-In  Woodford  church-yard,  under 
an  altar-tomb,  covered  with  a  grey-marble  slab,  on  the  Noith 
tUk.  of  the  chancel,  is  thus  inscribed : 

•'  Here  lieth  interred 

the  body  of 

RiCRARn  Warner,  Esquire, 

of  Woodford  Row, 

in  this  county, 

•on  of  John  Warner,  Esquire, 

of  the  Gty  of  London, 

banker, 

who  departed  this  life 

April  the  xith,  mocolxxv,  aged  lxiv  years.** 

*  This  celebrated  Philoluger  was  bom  at  Leyden,  in  the 
latter  end  of  January  1712.  Hb  patents  were  poor,  but  of 
great  probity ;  and,  had  it  not  been  for  a  very  laudable  ambi- 
in  hif  &iher  to  make  liis  son  a  sdiolai-,  the  obscurity  of  a 

mcclia* 


J6  UTERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [iJiJSt 

subject  of  Greel^  Particles ;  and  which  was  published 
in  the  following  year,  under  the  title  of  "  Doctrinlt 

mechanical  trade  would  probably  have  concealed  Kb  powen 
through  life.  At  ten  years  of  age  he  was  sent  to  school  -,  but» 
for  a  considerable  time,  gav(;  not  the  slightest  proof  of  talentji 
for  literature,  so  completely  depressed  was  he  by  the  wanton 
tyi'anny  of  a  severe  master.  When  at  length  he  was  removed 
into  another  class,  and  was  under  a  milder  teacher,  his  powers 
began  to  expand,  and  took  the  lead  among  those  of  his  standing, 
instead  of  holding  an  inferior  place.  So  early  as  at  fifteen,  he 
b^an  the  task  of  teachinc:  others,  to  alleviate  the  expences  of 
his  parents,  being  now  higiily  qualitied  for  such  an  undertaking^. 
He  was  employed  in  teaching  the  inferior  classes  of  the  school 
to  wliich  ho  still  belonged.  While  he  was  yet  employed  in  his 
studies,  he  lost  his  father ;  but  this  misfortime  rather  redoubled 
his  efiforts  than  subdued  his  spirit.  In  1732,  before  he  had  ex* 
ceeded  his  twentieth  year,  he  obtained  the  appointment  of  co- 
rector  (or  under-master)  of  Gorcum.  Within  nine  months  the 
Magistrates  of  the  city  of  Woerden  gave  him  an  appointment 
there,  which  induced  him  tq  think  of  matrimony.  He  married 
in  March  1733,  and  began  the  ^are  of  this  school  in  May  the 
same  year.  By  his  wife,  who  died  in  173S,  he  had  three  sons 
and  two  daughtei*s.  In  the  siime  year,  he  was  solicited  by  the 
Magistrates  of  Culembourg  to  undertake  the  care  of  their  school, 
to  which,  wjth  much  reluctance  in  leaving  his  former  situation:, 
he  at  length  consented.  Here  he  took  a  second  wife,  who  pro- 
duced him  eight  children  j  and  here,  not\vithstanding  solicita* 
tions  from  other  places,  he  continued  for  several  years.  At 
length,  mucl^  fatigued  by  incessant  attention  to  a  great  number 
of  scholars,  he  went,  in  1745,  to  Breda,  on  a  more  liberal  ap- 
pointment. The  very  next  year,  Breda  being  harassed  by  a 
French  invasion,  Hoogeveen  was  obliged  to  send  his  collection  of 
books  to  Leyden,  and  literary  pursuits  were  at  a  stand.  He  re- 
mained, however,  sixteen  years  at  Breda,  and  had  determined 
there  to  end  his  days,  but  Providence  decided  otherwise.  The 
malice  and  turbulence  of  a  person  who  had  taken  up  some  un- 
reasonable cause  of  offence  against  him,  inclined  him  to  leave 
Breda.  His  inteption  being  known,  he  was  liberally  invited  to 
Dort,  whither  he  transferred  his  residence  in  1761.  From  this 
place,  after  living  there  three  years,  he  was  in  a  manner  forced 
away  by  the  importunity  and  liberality  of  the  city  of  Delft.  On 
his  first  arrival  there,  he  encountered  some  difiiculties  from 
calumny  and  malice ;  but  he  weathered  the  storm,  and  remained 
there  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  peace  and  honour.  He  died 
about  Nov.  1,  1794,  leaving  some  surviving  children  by  both 
his  marriages. — His  works  are,  1.  An  edition  of  "Vigerus  de 
Idlotismis  languse  (vr»ca&/*  published  at  Leyden  in  1743,  and 
several  times  re-published.  His  improvements  to  this  work  am 
of  the  highest  value.  2.  "An  Inaugural  S|)cech  at  Culembourg,** 

in 


1758.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  77 

Purticularum  Linguae  Graecae*,''  in  two  large  quarto 
volumes. 

in  1738.  3.  An  Alcaic  Ode  to  the  People  of  Culembourg,  *'  De 
Imindatione  felicitcr  av-erruncatA."  4.  "  An  Klc^iac  Poem,"  in 
(kfence  of  Poets,  against  Plato;  and  several  other  occasional 
pieces,  few  of  which  are  publl^^hed.  5.  "  Doctiina  Particiilanim 
Lingihg  Gnecx/*  ^  \-0l3.  4to,  1769.  This  great  Work,  the  foiui- 
<jAtion  of  h\s  well-earned  fame,  is  executed  with  a  prodigioua 
abunclaLoce  of  learning,  and  lias  been  approved  and  received 
CiiTGughout  Europe.  He  followed  Devarius  professedly  to  a  cer- 
taiii  point,  but  went  far  beyond  him  in  copiousness  and  sagacity. 
A  very  useful  Aimdgement  of  this  Work,  the  only  fault  of  which  is 
its  too  ^eat  prolixity,  Avas  published  at  De<»sau,  in  the  year  17H2» 
by  Scblitz.  A  posthumous  work  of  Mr.  Hoogeveen,  intitulod, 
"Dictlonarium  Analogicum Grsecum,"  was  printing  at  the  Uni- 
TorsitT-press  in  Cambridge,  accompanied  with  the  Life  of  the 
Aathur  by  one  of  his  sons,  who  succeeded  him  as  rector  of  the 
school  at  Delft ;  but  tliis  last-mentioned  Work  1  have  not  had 
xn  opportunity  of  examining. 

*  To  this  Work  Mr.  Clarke  alludes  in  the  following  kind  letter, 
dated  jlpril  20,  1768 :  "  I  want  to  know  a  little  what  b  become 
of  you  :   I  begin  to  be  afraid^  that  some  of  the  ftdls  from  your 
hi^rse  have  fallen  upon  your  .spirits,  you  have  been  so  long  silent. 
For  my  part,  I  ride,  and  rub  on  3   keeping  myself  in  as  much 
composure  as  possible,  and  looking  uiK)n  a  tine  day  and  a  soft 
air  as  one  of  Uie  greatest  enjoyments.     We  have  indeed  the  ad** 
vantaire  of  you  in  t!ie  countrj- — no  popular  humcanes,  no  Wilkes 
and  Libert}',  to  disturb  us.    1  suppose  you  have  lain  snug  out  of 
the  reach  of  these  tumults,  and  meddle  with  no  controversies  but 
rhoac  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Letters.     And  have  you  decided 
betwixt  the  two  Hebrew  Cnticks,  the  Archbishop,  and  the  Bishop 
of  Oxford,  which  of  them  is  right  in  translating  nnnji;  or,  are 
you  not  wining  to  allow  a  SufTragan  to  dispute  the  Primacy  at  all  ? 
Dr.  Hebeidcn  is  very  good  in  being  a  i)atron  to  the  Dutchman's 
P^tfticleii  i  but  sure  you  don*t  beliei-e  (if  1  may  judge  by  the  yt 
tpecimen  you  sent  me)  above  one  half  that  he  has  said.     In- 
dulging reveries  even  in  Learning  is  a  dangerous  thing  j  it)r  if 
vou  once  make  any  branch  of  it  ridiculous,  it  dies  away  insen* 
sifalv  under  your  hands,  there  is  no  supporting  it. — I  live  de- 
iized  Mr.Trevigar,  who  talks  of  being  in  town  next  week,  to 
call  upoo  you,  and  pay  my  bill. — I  wrote  to  him  to  find  you  at 
your  new  Tjfpographeum  in  Fleet-street,  that  he  might  nOt  go  .a 
itqi  out  of  his  w2Ly,  fbi*  he  is  always  more  in  a  huny  than  even 
the  Sinter  of  the'  Two  Mansions  X,  when  the  f'otes  arc  in  the 
wag,    1  suppose  the  Lords'  Journals  go  on  peaceably  and  regu-* 
ttdy  dpriug  the  neoess  of  Parliament,   though  you  ai'e  in  the 
huvb  of  so  uuiny  correctors,  with  each  of  them  a  tribunititn 
oter  the  press.    I  am  fbr  altering  the  constitution  a  little^ 


1  3ir.  Btfwyvr  hid  at  that  tint  a  houst  alio  b  Great  Kirby-«treet. 

for 


78  LITfiRARY  AJIECDOTES  OF  [ijSB^ 

The  State  of  "  Holton-school/  in  Suffolk,  for 
the  benevolent  Stephen  White  *,  its  Founder,  8vo, 

17^9. 

In  thig  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed, 

'^Antiquities,  Historical,  and  Monumental,  6^ 
the  County  of  Cornwall ;  consisting  of  severat 
Essays  on  the  first  Inhabitants,  Druid-Superstitioii, 
Customs,  and  Remains  of  the  most  Remote  Anti- 
quity in  Britain,  and  the  British  Isles,  exemplified- 
and  proved  by  Monuments  now  extant  in  Cornwall 
and  the  Scilly  Islands;  with  a  Vocabulary  of  the 
Cornu-British  Language,  by  William  Borlase, 
LL.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Rector  of  Ludgvan,  Cornwall  ^. 
The  Second  Edition  revised,  with  several  Addi- 
tions by  the  Author  :};,*'  folio. 

^^  Imitations  of  Juvenal  and  Persius,  by  Thomas 
Nevile§,  M.A."  8vo. 

for  the  sake  of  convenience^  and  making  jou  sole  Dictator;  who 
am*  dear  Sir,    Yoiirmost  afiectionate,  ac.    William  Claike.** 

"  I  hope  Mr.  Markland  has  compromised  all  matters  with  his 
Roses,  and  will  for  the  futiu^  keep  to  j^een  Besses  motto— iio<a 
sine  spind.** 

*  Of  whom,  sec  vol.  TI.  p.  585. 

t  Of  whom,  .see  vol.  V.  p.  291. -^No  greater  proof  of  Dr.  Bor- 
]ase*s  merit  need  be  given,  than  that  he  lived  to  see  a  second  - 
edition  of  his  Cornish  Antiquities,  and  almost  of  his  Natural 
History.    Few  ever  treated  such  subjects  so  well,  and  so  much 
at  large ;  none  was  so  favourably  received.  * 

X  "  Some  of  the  mistakes  and  errprs  I  must  take  wholly  upon 
myvelf.  The  literal  errors  of  the  press,  the  Printer  and  I  must 
take  betwixt  us."  Author* s  Preface, — "  1  cannot  take  leave  oC 
mj  Printers  without  expressing  my  very  great  satisfaction  at  the 
pains  they  have  taken  to  save  rac  trouble  in  correcting  the 
proof-sheets,  and  for  their  sfingular  attention  to  the  beauty  and 
perfection  of  the  book."    MS  Letter. 

§  The  Satires  of  Juvenal  in  this  little  volume,  are  the  Yllth, 
the  Xlllth,  and  the  XIV th,  which,  with  Five  of  the  Satires  o£ 
Persius,  *'  completed  Mr.  Nevile's  design  of  familiarizln|;  to  the 
young  Reader  the  Roman  »Satire,  consistently  with  his  morer 
immediate  aim  of  delihcating  present  manners.'* — The  XlVth* 
Satire  of  Juvenal  was  published  separate^,  ia4to,  1769.— Sect 
vol.  U.  p.  306. 

-♦The 


>  7^9*1  TRS  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURT.  79 

•*  The  Ptiesent  State  of  the  Nation  ;**  and  *'  Senti- 
ments of  an  English  Freeholder/*  two  popular  pam- 
phletSy  published  anonymously,  but  well  known  at 
the  time  to  be  by  Mr,  Burke  *,  8vo. 

^  **  Th!S  eminent  Statesman  smd  profound  Critic  died,  at  his 
•eat  near  Beaconsfield,  after  a  long  and  painful  illness,  June  9» 
•  1 797.  Mb  end  was  suited  to  the  simple  greatness  of  mind  which 
We  dlisplaved  through  Hie,  every  way  unafiected,  without  Ic^-ity, 
vidMiuC  ostentation,  full  of  natural  grace  and  dignity.  He  ap* 
peooed  neither  to  wish  nor  to  dread,  but  patiently  and  placidqr 
to  await  the  appointed  hour  of  his  dissolution.  He  had  been 
_  to  some  Essays  of  Addison,  in  which  he  ever  took 
It ;  he  had  recommended  himself  in  many  affectionate  mes* 
_  to  the  remembrance  of  those  absent  friends  whom  he  had 
Dcrer  c<msed  to  love ;  he  had  conversed  some  time,  with  his  ac- 
customed force  of  thought  and  expression,  on  the  awful  situa« 
ttOQ  of  his  country,  for  the  welfare  of  which  his  heart  was  inte- 
rested to  the  last  beat ;  he  had  given,  with  steady  composure, 
soaie  private  direction  in  contemplation  of  his  approaching 
death ;  when,  as  his  attendants  were  conveying  him  to  his  bed^ 
b/e  sunk  down,  and,  after  a  short  stru^lc,  passed  quietly,  and 
vfcithout  a  groan,  to  eternal  rest  in  that  mercy,  which,  as  he  had 
pjkal  declared,  he  had  long  sought  with  unfeigned  humiliation,. 
and  to  which  he  looked  with  a  trembling  hope.  Of  his  talents 
ai^  acquirements  in  general,  it  is  unnecessary  to  speak :  they 
were  k>ng  the  gk>ry  of  his  countiy,  and  the  admiration  of 
Eorope;  they  might  have  been  (had  it  so  consbted  with  the 
inscrutable  counsels  of  Divine  Providence)  the  salvation  of  both. 
If  not  the  most  accomplished  orator,  yet  the  most  eloquent  man 
of  bia  age  ^  perhaps  second  to  none  in  any  age :  he  had  still 
nore  wisdom  than  eloquence.  ■  He  diligently  collected  from  the 
wiie  of  all  times ;  but  what  he  had  so  obtained  he  enriched  from 
the  vast  treasury  of  his  own  observation;  and  his  intellect,  active, 
vigorotis,  comprehensive,  trained  in  the  discipline  of  true  philo^ 
sophj,  to  whatever  subject  he  applied  it,  pcueti'ated  at  once 
ihroagfa  the  surface  into  the  essential  forms  of  things.  With  a 
fuxy  ftii^uiarly  vivid,  he  lea^t  of  all  men  in  his  time  indulged 
in  spleodkl  theories.*^  With  more  ample  materials  of  eveiy  kind 
thaa  any  of  his  contemporaries,  he  was  the  least  confident  in  his 
own  skill  to  innovate.  A  Statesman  of  the  most  enlarged  viewsj, 
in  all  his  policy  he  was  strictly  practical ;  and  in  his  practice  he 
alwm  regarded  with  holy  re^-etence  the  institutions  and  manners 
denied  fro«n  our  ancestors.  It  seemed  as  i  f  he  had  been  endowed 
wicksqch  tranitceodant  powers,  and  informed  with  suchextcnsiva 
kaowledgie*  only  to  bear  the  more  striking  testimony,  in  these 
dm  of  rash  pr^umptkm,  how  much  the  greatest  mind  is  sinelj 
itmor  to  Ihe  accumulated  efforts  of  innumerable  minds  in  "Oit 
hog  flow  of  oeniuiries.  His  private  conversation  had  the  same 
iBiCtam  Widi  U*  public  sloquence.  He  sometimes  adorned  and 
•  '  digni- 


80  LITERARV  ANECDOTES  O*  [l  7^^« 

Dr.  Taylor's  ''  Elements  of  Ciyil  Law,**  4to- 

Agnified  it  ipiith  philosophy;  but  he  never  lost  the  charm  of  na« 
tural  ease.  Tliere  was  no  subject  so  trivial  which  he  did  noj; 
transiently  illuminate  with  the  brilliancy  of  his  imagination.  In 
writing,  in  speuking,  in  the  senate,  or  round  the  table,  it  was 
easy  to  trace  the  operations  of  the  same  genius.  To  the  Prote- 
stant religion,  as  by  law  established,  he  was  attached  from  sin<« 
cere  convictitih ;  nor  was  his  a  barren  belief  without  influence 
on  his  moral  conduct.  He  was  rigid  in  the  system  of  duties  by 
which  he  regulated  his  own  actions;  liberal  in  construing 
those  of  all  other  men ;  warm,  but  placable ;  resenting  more 
the  oSences  committed  against  those  who  were  dear  to  him^ 
than  against  himself ;  vehement  and  indignant  only  where  he 
thought  public  justice  insulted,  or  the  public  safety  betrayed ; 
compassionate  to  private  distress,  lenient  even  to  suffering  guilt. 

•  As  a  friend,  he  was  perhaps  too  psirtial  to'  those  whom  he  cs-  . 
teemed;  over-rating  every  little  mefit^  overlooking  all  their  de- 
fects ;  indefatigable  in  serving  them,  straining  in  their  favour 
whatever  influence  he  possessed,  and,  for  their  sakes  more  than 
for  his  own,  regi*etting  tliat,  during  so  long  a  political  life,  he  haif 
fto  seldom  borne  any  share  in  power,  which  he  considered  onljf 
as  an  instrument  of  more  diffusive  good.  In  his  domestic  rela- 
tions he  was  worthy  (and  more  than  worthy  he  could  not  be)  of 
the  eminent  felicity  which  for  many  years  he  enjoyed  ;  an  hus- 
band of  exemphuy  tenderness  and  fidelity ;  a  fether  fond  to  ex* 
cess;  tlie  most  affectionate  of  brothers;  the  kindest  master;  and, 
on  his  part,  he  has  been  often  heard  to  declare,  that,  in  the 
most  anxious  moments  of  his  public  life,  eveiy  care  vanished 
when  he  entered  his  own  roof.  One,  who  long  and  intimately 
knew  him,  to  di\ert  his  own  sorrow,  has  paid  this  very  inade- 
quate tribute  to  his  memory.  Nothing  which  relates  to  such  a 
man  can  be  uninteresting  or  uniustructive  to  the  publick,  ti> 
whom  he  truly  belonged.  Few,  indeed,  whom  the  Divine  good- 
ness has  lai-gely  gifted,  are  capable  of  profiting  by  the  imitation 
of  liis  genius  and  learning ;  but  all  mankind  may  grow  better  by 
the  study  of  his  virtues." — The  following  addional  article  b  trans- 
lated from  the  French  of  M.  Le  Peltier,  "  On  Sunday  the  9th  of 
July,  1797^  died  at  his  house  at  Beaconsfiekl,  with  that  simple 
dignity,  that  unostentatious  magnanimity,  so  consonant  to  'the 
tenour  of  his  life  and  actions,  the  Right  Hon.  £dm<lnd  Btu*ke. 
Tliere  never  was  a  more  beautiful  alliance  between  virtue  and 
talents.  All  his  conceptions  were  grand,  all  his  sentiments 
generous.  The  great  leading  trait  of  his  character,  and  what 
gave  it  all  its  energy  and  its  colour,  was  that  strong  hatred  of 
¥ice,  which  ih  no  other  than  the  passionate  love  of  virtue.  It 
iM^athes  in  all  his  writings,  it  was  the  guide  of  all  his  actions. 

.  But  even  the  force  of  his  eloquence  was  insulEcient  to  transfuse 
it  into  the  weak  and  pei  vei'se  minds  of  his  confbmporan^ 
This  caused  all  tho  mi^scries  of  Euiope  -,   this  rendejxd  of  na 


17  69.^ 


rat  BlGltTfiENTl!  C^KTUlir*  Si 


Baker 


The  Microscope  made  easy.     By  Mr.  Henry 


**  An  Enquiry  into  the  present  State  of  the  Sep* 
taagi&t  Version.     By  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Owen-f-.*^ 

"  Letters  to  a  Lady,  by  Mr.  Pope,**  printed  for 
the  first  time ;[:. 

'^  An  Essay  on  the  Original  Genius  of  Homer. 
By  Robert  Wood  ^,  Esq."    Of  this  Hterary  curiosity 


towards  h«r  salv'ation  the  sublimest  talents,  the  greatest 
and  rarest  virtues^  that  the  beneficence  of  Providence  ever  con» 
centrated  in  a  single  character  for  the  benefit  of  mankind.    But 
Mr.  Burke  was  too  superior  to  the  age  in  which  he  lived.    His 
prophetic  genius  only  astonished  the  nation  which  it  ought  to 
ioLve  governed.** — Mr.  Fox  said  of  Mr.  Burke^  and  in  saying  it  • 
the  whole  House  wept,  *'  that,  if  all  the  information  from  men 
aixid  books  were  put  in  one  scale,  and  the  information  he  had 
acquired  from  hiis  Honourable  JViend  in  the  other,  the  latter 
i^roukl  greatly  preponderate." — Mr. Wansey,  in  his  "Journal  of  • 
«n  Excursion  to  the  United  States  of  North  America,   in  the 
Smnmer  of  1794,*'  p.  170,  says:    "Commend  me,  however,  to 
honest  Andrew  MaiTel,  dining  on  his  cold  shoulder  of  mutton^ 
sweetened  \^ith  tlic  enjoyment  of  an  independent  mind,  rather 
than  to  honest  Edmund  Burke,   ruminating  (but  not  in  trope    • 
and  figure)  over  one  thouscuid  two  hundred  pounds  per  annum  (mt 
iff  the  civii  list,  vcith  two  thousand  fioe  hundred  pounds  per  annum 
mare  out  of  the  four  and  a  half  per  cents,   accepted  by  him  in 
^tfLmce  of  a  law  (passed  at  his  own  particular  vistigationj  against  • 
such  enormous  pensions  being  ever  granted  without  the  previ« 
Ous  consent  of  F^liament,  and  for  procuring  which  his  country 
once  honoured,  respected,  and  loved  him.    Heu  quantum  mutatu$ 
ab  illor — From  the  pre&ce  to  the  last  publication  of  Mr.  Burke,  • 
it  appears,  that  he  had,  from  his  Majesty  and  his  Ministers,  the 
offer  of  a  peerage  and  an  affluent  income.    "  But  from  the  death 
of  his  son  (except  on  his  part  to  w^ithdraw  his  claims)  no  men* 
lion  was  made  of  the  first  and  highest  reward,  which,  for  the 
«ike  of  thb  son  alone,  had  ever  been  a  transient  object  of  hit 
ambiiion.** — Mr.  Burke's  Works  were  collected  in  four  voliunes 
4to,  and  eight  volumes  8vo,  1803.    And  a  fifth  (][uarto  volume 
has  lately  been  announced  for  publication. 
♦  Of  whom,  see  vol.  V.  p.  ^71. 

t  Sec  vol.  II.  p.  433.  —  In  the  church-yard  at  Edmonton  a  ' 
tomb-stone  is  thus  inscribed :  **  On  the  1 5th  of  October  1795, 
ia  the  80thyear  of  his  age,  ceased  to  be  mortal,  Dr.  Henry  Owen^ 
mafljyean  .vicar  of  this  parish.     Manet  post  Funera  J'^irtus.** 
'    t  these  Letters,  twelve  in  number,  were  written  about  ITS^ 
or  I723»  »nd  were  supposed  to  liave  been  addressed  to  Mrs. 
Hirtha  Blount.    Mr.  James  Dodsley  possessed'  the  oi-iinnals. 
•     I  This  gentleman,  who  at  that  time  was  Under-secretary-c^ 
elite,  hMd  in  the  earlier  part  of  life  visited  the  scenes  which 
Vol.  III.  G  Homer 


82  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OP  [17^9* 

no  more  than  sIsven  copies  were  taken  off;   one  of 
which  having,   by  the  Author's  permission,    been 

Homer  has  so  beautifully  described ;  where  it  is  not  surprizing 
that  he  caught  what  he  calls  **the  species  of  enthusiasm  which 

.  belongs  to  such  a  journey,  performed  in  such  society,  where. 
Homer  being  my  g^de,  and  Bouverie  and  Dawkins  my  fellow- 
travellers,  the  beauties  of  the  first  of  Poets  were  enjoyed  in  the 
company  of  the  best  of  friends.  Had  I  been  so  fortunate,*'  he 
adds,  ''as  to  have  enjoyed  their  assistance  in  arranging  and 
preparing  for  the  publick  the  substance  of  our  many  friendly 
iionversations  on  this  subject,  I  should  be  less  anxious  about  the 
fate  of  the  following  work.  But  whatiever  my  success  may  be  in 
an  attempt  to  contribute  to  the  amusement  of  a  vacant  hour,  I 
am  happy  to  think,  that  though  1  should  fail  to  answer  the  ex- 
pectations of  public  curiosity,  I  am  sure  to  satibfy  the  demands 
of  private  friendship  -,  and  that^  acting  as  the  only  survivor  and 
trustee  for  the  literary  concerns  of  my  late  fellow-travellers,  I 
am,  to  the  best  of  my  judgment,  cairjing  into  execution  the 
purpose  of  men  for  whose  memory  I  shall  ever  retain  the  greatest 
veneration ;  and  though  1  may  do  injustice  to  those  honest  feel- 
ings which  urge  me  to  this  pious  task,  by  mixing  an  air  of  com- 
Eliment  in  an  act  of  duty,  yet  I  must  not  disown  a  private,  per- 
aps  an  idle  consolation,  which,  if  it  be  vanity  to  indulge,  it 
would  be  ingratitude  to  suppress,  viz.  that  as  long  as  my  im|)er- 
fect  descriptions  shall  preserve  from  oblivion  the  present  state  of 
the  Tro^de,  and  the  remains  of  Balbeck  and  Palmyra,  so  long 
will  it  be  known  that  Dawkins  and  Bouverie  were  my  friends.*' 
Mr.  Wood  had  drawn  up  a  great  part  of  this  Essay  in  the  life- 
time of  Mr.  Dawkins,  who  wished  it  to  be  made  public.  "  But,**, 
Bays  Mr. Wood,  "while  I  was  preparing  it  for  the  press,  I 
liad  the  honour  of  being  called  to  a  station,  which  for  some 
years  fixed  my  whole  attention  upon  objects  of  so  very  different 
^  nature,  that  it  became  necessary  to  lay  Homer  abide,  and  to 
reserve  the  further  consideration  of  my  subject  for  a  time  of 

•  more  leisure.  However,  in  the  course  of  that  active  period,  the 
duties  of  my  situation  engaged  me  in  an  occasional  attendance 
upon  a  Nobleman  [the  late  Earl  Granville],  who,   though  he 

})resided  at  his  Mf\jehty's  Councils,  reserved  some  moments  for 
iterary  amusement.  His  Lordship  was  so  partial  to  this  subject, 
that  I  seldom  had  the  honoiu*  of  receiving  his  commands  on 
business,  that  he  did  not  lead  the  conversation  to  Greece  and 
t  Homer.  Being  directed  to  wait  upon  his  Lordship  a,  few  days 
before  he  died,  with  the  Preliminaiy  Articles  of  the  Treaty  of 
"Paris,  1  found  him  so  languid,  that  I  proposed  pobtponing  my 
business  for  another  time  j  but  he  insisted  that  1  should  stay, 
saying  f  it  could  not  prolong  his  life,  to  neglect  his  dutyj'  and, 
repeating  a  passage  out  of  Sarpedon's  speech,  dwelt  with  parti- 
cular emphasis  on  a  line  which  recalled  to  his  mind  the  distia- 
guifihing  part  he  had  taken  in  public  afluirs : 


fetaioed  by  Mr.  Bowyer,  he  shewed  it  to  Mr.  Clarke; 
wliich  produced  the  two  Letters  printed  below  *. 

^il  trrvoTy  tl  fxtf  yap  ^riXtftov  vipl  rivit  fuywrlii^      ^ 

Aitl  i^i  piXXoi/biiy  wyin^  r  oiQaf strut  re" 
'B^o^\  OTTE  KEN  AYTOS  ENI  npaTOISI  MAXOIMHN^ 

OvTi  xi  <rt  fiXXoifiAt  f^x^*  *'  Kvhcivfi^xil* 

Mv^uBi^  «(  «/x  rn  (^vyiif  fi^ro)fy  ti^  v?r»Xi;^ai^ 

Could  all  our  care  elude  the  gloomy  gfave. 
Which  claims  no  less  the  fearful  than  the  brave^ 
For  lust  of  fame,  I  should  not  vainly  dare 
In  fighting  fields,  nor  urge  thy  soul  to  war* 
But  since,  alas !    ignoble  age  must  come^ 
IMsease,  and  death's  inexorable  doom  ;^., 
The  life  which  others  pay  let  us  bestow. 
And  give  to  Fame  what  we  to  Nature  owei 

Pope's  Homer,  U.  xii.  387* 

Hts  Lordship  then  repeated  the  last  word  several  times,  with  a 
calm  and  determined  resignation ;  and,  after  a  serious  pause  of 
some  minutes,  he  desired  to  hear  the  Treaty  read ;  to  which  he 
listened  with  great  attention  -,  and  recovered  spirits  enough  to 
declare  the  approbation  of  a  dying  Statesman  (I  use  his  own 
m-ords)  on  the  most  glorious  war,  and  most  honourable  peace, 
this  country  ever  saw.** — Lord  Granville  died  Jan.  2,  1763  j  and 
the  Treaty  of  Peace  was  signed  at  Ptu-is,  on  the  lOth  of  the 
next  month. 

♦  I.  Mr.  Clarke  to  Mr.  Bow YER. 
"  Dear  Sir,  Nov,  18,  1769, 

"  1  thank  you  for  the  sight  of  this  curiosity.  It  is  like  an 
Oriental  Novel,  wild  and  entertaining.  The  Author  is  certainly 
a  man  of  genius  and  diligence,  and  is  possessed  of  a  spirit  of 
enthusiasm,  very  proper  for  his  subject,  and  agreeable  to  his 
mders.  But  then  such  a  .passion  for  Paradoxes,  as  does  not 
agree  so  well  with  us  old  folks ;  it  cools  our  appetites  rather 
too  much,  who  are  ^\illing  to  read  not  only  for  amusement, 
but  use.  What  signifies  tilting  against  some  of  the  best  esta- 
blbbed  parts  of  antient  Hist  or)',  unless  you  were  armed  for  the 
purpuse,  with  considerable  evidence  to  support  it  ?  The  Intro- 
duction of  Letters  among  the  Greeks  is  a  fact  well  attested :  and 
he  who  can  believe  that  all  Homer  was  for  many  ages  preserved 
only  by  memoiy,  must  believe  that  the  memory  of  so  remarkable 
a  hd  was  easily  transmitted  by  the  same  conveyance.    Nor  do  I 

any  thing  proved  in  this  whole  Dissertation,  but  that  Homer 

an  Asiatic.    The  verse  you  quote  from  the  Iliad  is  a  strong 

preRunpUon  that  Homer  was  no  stranger  to  alphabetical  writ* 

uig.    It  does  not  appear  to  me  that  Syria,   tlie  Island  Homer 

mcDtioQS,  was  the  Syros  near  Delos,  but  perhaps  some  unknown 

o  2  island^ 


t4  TiitfiRARlr  ANECDOTES  ot  {ijSg. 

Amon^t  other  curiosities  in  my  small  Library 
at  Canonbuiy  is  the  copy  which  Mr.  Bowyer  kept^ 

island^  far  enough  from  Ddos^  *Of)vy»dK  xadvr^fv }  from  wtienca 
the  Sun  in  the  Winter  Solstice  was  returmng.  There  is  no 
IDaking  any  sense  of  the  Tpoir»l  iiiXmi*  any  other  way :  nc»r  can 
KftOvVip^n  signify  ^mi  by  Delos.  Remarks  upon  Mr.  Pope*« 
Trinslation  was  a  matter  of  no  great  moment.  He  does  not 
alter  the  situation  -,  but  decorates  the  place  with  more  verdure, 
perhaps^  or  beauty  than  they  deserved.  If  he  places  the  &U  of  • 
the  Scamander  into  the  .£gean  Sea^  instead  of  the  Hellespont, 
ft  is  no  more  than,  I  think,  all  the  old  maps  had  done  before 

>  him.    It  is  certain  that  Homer*s  is  what  falls  into  the  Helles* 

Knt  ?  As  to  the  defence  of  Homer*s  Pharos^  I  leave  that  to 
r.  Bryant.  To  think  that  all  the  Delta  was  an  acquisition  td  • 
the  Egyptian  coast  between  Homer's  dme  and  Alexander's,  ia 
beyond  my  imagination.  Was  nothing  of  that  kind  done  before 
the  Israelites  were  in  Egypt  ?  and  afrer  that,  before  Homer  was 
born?  His  compMson  between  the  Patiiarchal,  Heroic,  and 
Bedoititt  manners  is  &r  from  being  exact.  There  was  no  unna- 
tural separation  between  the  sexes  in  the  Patriarchal  times. 
The  Patriarchs  travelled  from  Euphrates  through  all  Palestine 
down  to  Egypt,  without  meeting  any  difficulties  in  their  way, 
and  had  a  social  intercoune  with  many  of  the  inhabitants. 
There  were  msmy  cities  formerly  upon  the  Western  side  of 

>  Arabia  Deserta.    The  ruins  of  one  of  them,  called  Maccacce, 
are  (if  we  believe  the  Arabs,  whose  veracity  Mr.  Wood  does  not 

guestion)  greater  than  those  at  Palmyra,  and  were  not  yet  \isited 
y  any  European.  But  enough  of  this,  especiaDy  by  candle* 
light.  I  have  scarce  had  a  leisure  hour  since  I  received  this 
favour,  and  so  was  forced  to  run  it  over  very  cursorily.  That 
•  Tr6as  and  Phrygia  were,  in  Homer^s  time,  different  kingdoms, 
snay  be  easily  believed,  since  he  placed  no  less  than  eight  Princi- 
palities in  Thessaly  only.  I  am.  Sir,  your  much  obliged,  and 
affectionate,  &c.  W.  C. — You  are  desired  to  put  this  speck  and 
apan  new  Ballad  into  the  St.  James's  or  General  Evening  Post." 

2.  Mr.  Wood  to  Mr.  Bowyer. 
'^DBAaSiR,         Stanhope-street,  Thursday  night,  [1769-1 
*'  I  find  your  obliging  letter  on  my  table  returning  from 
office  i  I  shall  call  on  you  some  day  to  thank  you  for  it :  in  the 
tnean  time  accept  my  acknowledgments  for  yourself  and  your 
friend  *.     I  like  his  manly  freedom,  especially  as  I  see  he  speaks 
as  he  thinks.    If  my  little  farrago  of  Classical  Conjectures  sees 
^e  light,  I  shall  profit  of  his  animadversions.    Upon  the  whole^ 
I  thimL  he  is  very  fisur ;  and  if  he  is  not  more  attached  to  his  old 
opinions  than  I  am  to  my  new  ones,  we  shall  meet  in  a  point  $ 
iiay,  I  shaU  go  more  than  half-way  towards  him,  if  it  is  Mr. 
Marklandj  for,  however  disposed  1  may  be  to  think  for  myself, 
I  am  not  deaf  to  respectable  authority.     I  am,  in  great  haste, 
but  with  no  less  truth,  your  humble  servant.        Rod.  Wooi>/' 

•  WhoM  name  Mr.  Bowyer  bad  not  $hm  commuaicati^. 

enricbed 


176&-3 


THE  EIGHTEXNTH  CENTURT.  8S 


enriched  by  a  few  of  his  own  notes*;  and^  what  may 
be  more  curious  to  those  who  have  had  the  mortifi* 
cation  of  decyphering  my  miserably  bad  hand-writr 
ing,  the  margin  contains  every  addition  and  variation 
made  afterwards  by  Mr.  Wood-f-,  fairly  transcribed, 
juhente  Bowyero^  *^  mamji  pueri  met  Johannis  Ni* 
cAals." — Mr.  Wood  did  hot  live  to  lay  the  Work 
himself  before  the  publick :{:.  ^ 


•  One  of  these  is  worth  inserting  here :  "  Homer/*  says  Mr, 
Wood,  "  has  been  highly  extolled  for  liis  knowledge  of  M^icine 
amd  AjKatomy,  particularly  the  latter;  and  his  insight  into  ths 
•txucture  of  the  human  body  has  been  considered  so  nice,  that 
be  has  beeD  imagined  by  some  to  have  wounded  his  hearers  witli 
too  much  science.*'  On  this  passage  Mr.  Bowver^s  note  stands 
•  thus :  "  Mr.  Poi)e«  as  he  read  over  every  book  he  could  think  of 
Chat  could  give  him  any  light  into  the  life  of  Homer,  had  gotteii 
an  old  Latin  Edition  of  Diodofus  Siculus,  wherein  be  found 
Homer  was  said  to  be  medicus.  At  which  he  was  oveijoyed,  and 
thought  he  should  communicate  a  great  discovery.  But,  be-* 
hM,  when  he  consulted  another  edition,  he  found  the  true 
reading  was  meadicus.  This  I  had  from  hia  own  mouth,  at 
Twickenham.'* 

t  This  elegant  Scholar  had  long  before  established  hb  repu* 
tatioQ  as  an  Author,  by  ''The  Ruins  of  Balbec,  otherwise  Helio* 
poUs»  in  CcBlosyria,**  a  superb  volume  in  folio,  which  he  pub« 
liihed  in  1757;  on  which  it  was  well  observed,  that,  ''CHT  all 
the  Antiquities  that  have  been  communicated  to  the  world ;   of 
all  the  remains  of  antient  monuments  brought  from  the  East, 
none  can  be  compared  with  the  ruins  of  Palmyra  and  of  Balbec^ 
poc  only  on  account  of  their  stupendous  magnificence,  but  for 
the  extraordinary  diligence  of  those  gentlemen  who  have  fa* 
Toured  the  publick  with  this  view  of  them>  and  th^  accuracy, 
and  elegance  of  the  designs.    We  are  authorized  in  saying  thus. 
much,  oy  the  unanimous  consent  of  all  the  Literati  in  £uropc« 
•  But  it  is  with  |)eculiar  pleasure  we  observe  such  a  work  as  this 
produced  at  a  time  when  War  seemed  to  have  engrossed  the  at- 
tention of  mankind.    The  drawn  sword  has  not  yet  frightened 
the  Muxa  ftom  their  seat :  they  hava  more  dangerous  enemies 
in  the  Chinese  and  Goths,  than  in  the  sons  of  Mars.    Such  spc- 
eimeas  of  Architecture  as  have  already  been  communicated  to 
Ihe  poblick  by  the  learned  and  ingenious  Editor  of  the  Ruin3 
of  Balbec,  with  others  which  are  expected  of  Athens,  &c.  will, 
we  hope,  improve  tlie  taste  of  our  countrymen^  and  expel  the 
fittlenesa  and  ugfiness  of  the  Chinese,  and  the  barbarity  of  the 
GothK,  that  we  mav  se^  no  more  useless  and  expensive  trifles  ^ 
po  moie  ^taoigcon  wstead  of  summer-houses/* 

MonthUf  Review,  vol,  XVIIL  p,  59. 

X  Whoae  Improved  thoughts  were  posthumously  published  )n 
177^4  uiriqr  the  title  of  <«  An  Essay  on  the  original  Genius  and 

VTriVin^ 


6ff  tlXERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [  1 7 ^9  • 

^^  Fables  For  Grown  Gendemen  for  the  Year  1 770  T 
published  anonymously  by  John  Hall-Stevenson  *, 
6sq.  This  was  a  second  Part  of  an  ingenious,  but 
Whimsical^  Work  originally  published  in  1761. 

Writings  of  Homer:  with  a  comparative  View  of  the  antient. 
and  present  State  of  the  Troade.  Illustrated  ^H•ith  Engravings. 
By  the  late  Robert  Wood,  Esti.  Author  of  the  Descriptions  of 
Palmyra  and  Balbec."  The  able  Critick  ah'eady  quoted  remarkf?, 
*'It  is  well  known,  and  Fontaine  has  made  a  pleasant  use  of  the 
rtory,  that  .^schines  took  a  journey  to  Troy,  to  read  Homer  • 
on  the  scene  of  his  immortal  Iliad.  The  same  enthusiasm  led 
Mr.  Wood  and  his  companions,  Messrs.  Dawkins  and  Bou\erie, 
to  the  banks  of  the  Scamander ;  a  pursuit  which  may  possibly 
lippear  fentastic  to  those  who  never  felt  the  powerful  influences 
which  the  veneration  of  antienl  genius  leaves  upon  select  minds, 
^hat  veneration  is  respectable  always,  because  almost  always  fii- 
Vourable  to  the  interest  of  letters.  Every  new  votary  may  product 
some  illustration  or  discovery,  which  accidental  advantages,  of 
the  ardour  of  investigation,  or,  possibly,  a  congeniality  of  soul, 
tnay  strike  out.  Mr.  Wood  had  many  acquired  advantages  ;  he 
had,  rtioreover,  taste,  sensibility,  and  enthusiasm.  His  reputation 
lirith  respect  to  those  kinds  of  erudition,  so  amply  displayed  in  the 
ruins  of  Palmyra  and  of  Balbec,  as  well  as  in  the  present  Essay, 
Vill  invite  the  attention  of  persons  of  that  turn.  His  finer  sen- 
timents will  ttoder  his  memory  dear  to  those  whom  Nature  has 
'  fiivoured  with  the  happiness  of  loving  and  enjoring  the  Muses.** 
'Monthly  Review,  vol.LlII.  p. 369. — Mr.  Wood  died  in  1771,  and 
was  buried  at  Putney  in  Surrey ;  where  a  very  superb  monument 
of  white  marble,  in  the  West  part  of  the  new  burial-ground,  is 
thus  inscribed : 

'^To  the  beloved  Memoiy  of  Robert  Wood, 

a  man  of  supreme  benevolence, 

who  was  born  at  the  Castle  of  Riverstown, 

near  Trim,  in  the  county  of  Meath  ; 

and  died  Sept.  9,  1771*  in  the  55th  year  of  his  age : 

and  of  Thomas  Wood,*  his  son, 

who  died  August  25,  177€,  in  his  ninth  year. 

Akn,  their  once  happy  .wife  and  mother, 

now  dedicates  this  melancholy  and  inadequate  memorial 

of  her  affection  and  grief. 
The  beautiful  Edition  of  Balbec  and  Palmyra,  illustrated  by  the 
classic  Pen  of  Robert  Wood,  supplies  a  nobler  and  more  lasting 
Monument,  and  wiU  survive  those  august  Remains.'* 
Arms :  Azure,  a  tree  proper,  torn  up  by  the  roots ;  impaling, 
PSarty  per  fess.  Argent  and  Azui*e,  a  star  of  eight  points  5  Crest, 
a  demy  savage,  bn  his  right  shoulder  a  club. 

*  "  This  Gentleman  was  a  native  of  the  county  of  York,  where 
}ie  inherited  a  considerable  paternal  estate,  of  wliich  Skelton 
Castle^  near  Gisborough^  was  the  &mily  seat.    He  was  born  in 

1718, 


^770-2  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.         ^7 

1770. 

In  this  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed, 

**  Miscellanea  Sacra ;  or,  a  new  Method  of  consi*!- 
dering  so  much  of  the  History  of  the  Apostles,  as 
!»  contained  in  Scripture ;  in  an  Abstract  of  their 
History,   an  Abstract  of  that  Abstract,    and  Four 

1718,  and  died  in  March  1785.    Where  he  was  instructed  with 
I  he  first  rudiments  of  learning  we  have  no  information;   but  it 
is  weU  known  that  he  completed  his  (^sical  education  at  JesuA 
College,  in  the  Uni%'crsity  of  Cambridge.    Here  it  has  been  gene^ 
mlly  supposed  that  the  friendship  commenced  between  him  and 
Blr.  Sterne,  who  was  of  the  same  College,  which  continued  with* 
out   interruption   while  they  were  both  spared  to  enjoy  it  j 
though,    as  they  were  both  educated  in  Yorksliire,    it  is  not 
imfirobable  that  their  acquaintance  might  have  commenced  at 
m  inore  early  period.      Mr.  Hall  afterwards  made  the  tour  of 
Europe ;   and  that  he  had  made  it  witli  the  best  effect,  was  evx- 
ilent  in  his  conversations  upon  the  subjects  connected  with  it. 
He  was  an  excellent  classic  scholar,   and  perfectly  acquainted 
with  the  beUes  lettres  of  Europe.     He  could  engage  in  the  grave 
discussions  of  criticism  and  literature  with  supenor  ))Ower,  while 
Ke  was  qualified  to  enliven  geneial  society  with  the  smile  of 
Horace,  the  laughter  of  Cervantes^  or  he  could  sit  in  Fontaine^s  . 
easy  chair  and  unbosom  his  humour  to  his  chosen  friends 
When  he  resided  in  London,  he  lived  as  other  men  of  the  world 
do,  who6e  philosophy  partakes  more  of  £picurus  than  the  Porch; 
and  ii>  the  Countiy,  when  Skelton  Castle  was  without  company^ 
and  he  was  threatened  with  the  spleen,  to  which  he  was  occasi* 
onaUy  liable,  li*3  had  recourse  to  a  very  fine  library  and  a  playful 
Muse.     That  he  was  a  man  of  a  singular  genius  and  a  peculiar 
ca:^t  of  thought,   must  be  acknowledged  by  all  wlio  read  his 
Works ;  that,  while  he  caught  the  ridicule  of  life,  he  felt  for  its 
misfortunes,  will  be  equally  evident  to  those  who  read  the  page 
that  contains  the  Epitaph  on  Zachary  Moore.    And  nothing 
surely  can  be  wanting  «to  confirm  the  latter  opinion,  when  we 
ha«e  added,    that  he  was  ihe  Eugenius  of  Mr.  Sterne.** — His 
Writinpi  were  ccdlected,  in  thi'ee  volumes  octavo,  under  the  title 
of  "  The  Works  of  John  Hall-Stevenson,  Esq.  containing.  Crazy 
Tales,   Fables  for  Grown  Gentlemen,   Lyric  Epistles,   P^torsd 
C-ordial,   Pastoral  Puke,   Macarony  Fables,  Lyiic  Consolations, 
Moral  Talcs,  Monkish  Epitaphs,  &c.  &c.  &c.  corrected  and  en- 
larged.   With  several  original  Poems,  now  first  printed,   and 
explanatory  Notes.  1795  ^"  in  the  Pi'eface  to  which  we  are  told, 
that  "  The  Works  of  the  Author  of  '  Crazy  Talcs'  are  too  well 
known,  and  have  been  too  long  before  the  Publick,  to  need  any 
nyommendatlon.    They  have  passed  the  Fiery  Ordeal  of  Exami- 
nation;  and,  whatever  opinion  may  have  been  formed  of  them, 
viieUier  umog  from  pr^udioe^  firom  judgment,  from  friendship, 

or 


IBl  jmterarV  ANECDOTES  or  t^770- 

^tical  Essays,^  by  John  Lord  Viscount  Barring- 
ton  ♦ ;  revised  for  the  press  by  his  Son,  the  present 
learned  and  venerable  Bishop  of  Durham  (who  was 
then  Bishop  of  LandafF),  in  3  volumes,  8vo. 

A  volume  of  **  Sermons  on  several  Occasions,  by 
the  Rev.  Thomas  Ashton  -f-,  D.  D/'  8vo, 

or  from  caprice^  that  opinion  is  not  likely  to  be  altered  by  any 
ihlng  which  can  be  ofiered  by  an  anonyniout  Editor.— The 
Author,  whose  genius  partook  of  Pripi^  wit  and  La  Fontaine*.^ 
case  and  spirit,  died,  leaving  his -performances  to  the  mercy  of 
Bccident ;  many  of  them  litue  known ;  and  some  difficult  to  be 
obtsdned.  The  fete  of  fugitive  pieces,  after  the  course  of  a  few 
years^  has  been  a  subject  frequently  and  feelingly  lamented  by 
those  who  have  wished  to  save  from  destruction  the  works  of 
itminent  authors.  -  Ali^eady  had  the  veil  of  oblivion  begun  to 
shade  several  of  the  perf|)rmance8  contained  in  the  present  volumes. 
In  a  short  time,  what  has  now  been  obtained  with  difficulty 
would  have  been  impossible  to  procure  on  any  terms  whatever. 
Soon  after  the  present  edition  was  projected,  an  application  was 
made  to  the  worthy  representative  of  the  Author's  femily,  John 
Wharton^  esq.  of  Skelton  Castle,  Yorkshire,  member  of  parlia- 
ment for  Beverley,  who,  with  the  utmost  liberality  and  polite- 
ness, presented  the  publisher  with  corrected  copies  of  the  greater 
part  of  these  Works,  together  with  several  original  pieces  of  his 
^tindfether,  which  now  first  appear  in  public.  These  add  very 
much  to  the  value  of  the  work,  and  demand  the  grated  ac- 
knowledgment of  the  Publisher.  It  may  be  thought,  by  some 
over-delicate  persons,  that  an  apology  would  hi're  not  be  ill 
placed  for  some  of  the  performances  now  re-published }  but  this 
the  £ditor  declines,  as  he  jconcurs  in  opinion  with  his  Author> 
^o  has  already  observed,  that,  'Outcries  agsdnst  writings, 
imposed  veith  no  worse  intention  than  to  promote  g;ood- 
humour  and  cheerfulness,  by  fighting  against  the  tadium  vita^ 
5¥ere  reserved  for  an  age  of  refined  hypocrisy.  Tliere  ought  to 
be  a  great  distinction  between  obscenity  evidently  designed  to 
inflame  the  passions,  and  a  ludicrous  liberty  whkh  is  necessary 
to  shew  the  true  ridicule  of  hypocritical  characters }  which  can 
give  ofience  to  none  but  such  as  are  afraid  of  every  thing  that, 
has  a  tendency  to  unmasking.*-— T)ie  most  prominent  features  of 
the  Life  of  Mr,  Hall^  the  Author  of  these  Poems^  lune  the  F^viit 
themselves." 

.«  See  the  Essays  and  Illustrations  in  vol.  VI.  No.  XIV.  p.  4444 
f  Dr.  Thomas. Ashton  was  educated  at  Eton  j  and  was  electc4 
from  thence  to  King's  college,  Cambridge,  in  1733.  He  was 
probably  the  person  to  whom  Mr.  Horace  Walpole  addressed  hia 
Epistle  from  Florence,  in  1740,  under  the  title  of  ^'  Thomaia 
Ashton,  Esq.  Tutor  to  the  Earl  of  Plymouth  (see  Dodsley*s  Poems, 
vol.  III.  p.  75)*  He  was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Aldinghadi 
JA  lAPtnwhire  ill  IT » *  j  wbi<?b  he  resigped  in  Miirch  174»  1  and 


J770.1 


IWE  MGIITEENTH  CEKTUKT.  8j 


Peter  Osbeck^s  ^*  Voyage  ,to  China  and  the  East 
Indies,"    traoslated  from  the  German^    by  John 


succeeded  by  his  brother,  John  Ashton^  M.  A.  fellow  of  Tri- 
Yiity  college,  Cambridge.    May  S>  1749.  he  was  presented  by  the 
Pnnnst  and  Fellows  of  Eton  to  the  rectory  of  Sturminster  Mar- 
shall ia  Doraetshire.     He  was  then  M.  A.  and  had  been  chosen  a 
fblloMT  of  Eton  m  December  1745.    In  1759  he  was  conate<I  to  the 
rectory  of  St.  Botolph,  Bishopsgate ;  in  1759  took  the  degree  of 
D.  D. ;  on  the  lOth  of  December,  1760,  he  married  MissAmyand; 
mnd  in  May  17^2  was  elected  preacher  at  Lincoln's- 1  nn^  which 
he  resigned  in  17^4.    Dr.  Ashton  died  March  I,  1775,  at  the  age 
of  59,  after  hanng  for  some  years  survived  a  severe  attack  of  the 
palsy.      Hb  Discourses,    admirable  as  they  are  in  themselves* 
were  rendered  still  more  so  by  the  excellence  of  his  delivery. 
Hence  be  was  frequently  prevailed  on  to  preach  on  public  and 
popular  occasions.     He  printed  a  Sermon  on  the  Rebellion  ia 
1745>  4to ;  and  a  Thanksgiving  Sennon  on  the  Close  of  it  ia 
1746,  4to.    In  1756  he  preached  before  the  Governors  of  the 
Middlesex  Hospital,  at  St.  Anne's,  Westminster ;   a  Commence* 
ment  Sermon  at  Cambridge  in  1759 ;   a  Sermon  at  the  annual 
Meeting  of  the  Charity  Schools  in  1760;   one  before  the  House 
of  House  of  Commons,  on  the  30th  of  Januaiy,  17G2  -,  and  a 
Spital  Sermon  at  St.  firide*s  on  the  Easter  Wednesday  in  that 
year.    All  these^  with  several  others  preached  at  Eton,  Uncoln^s 
Inn,  Bishopsgate,  &c.  were  collected  by  himself  in  the  volume 
above  mentioned,  which  is  closed  by  a  ''Concio  ad  Gerum  habita 
Cantabrigis  in  Templo  Beata;  Manse,  1759«  pro  gradu  Doctora* 
tts  in  Sacri  TheologifiL.**    His  other  publications  were,  I.  ''^ 
IXsBertation  on  S  Peter  i.  19,  1750,"  8vo.     5.   In  1754  the 
{uDons  Methodist  Jones  preached  a  Sermon  at  Bishopsgate 
Church }    which  being  offensi\'e  to  Dr.  Asbton,    he  preached 
agaiast  it;  and  some  altercation  happening  between  the  two 
Drrines,  some  pamphlets  were  published  on  the  occasion ;  and 
ooe  intituled  "  A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Jones,  intended 
as  a  rational  and  candid  Answer  to  his  Sennon  preached  at  St. 
BoColph,  BishopegBte,"  4to,   was  probably  by  Dr.  Ashton.— . 
3.  '*  An  Extract  fi^  the  Case  of  the  Obligation  of  the  Electors 
of  Eton  College  to  supply  all  Vacancies  in  tliat  Society  with 
those  vriM>  are  or  have  been  Fellows  of  King*8  College,  Cambridge, 
•0  long  as  persons  properly  qualified  are  to  be  had  ^vithin  that 
dacripcioii.  I^iOndon,  1771  >"  4to;  proving  that  Aliens  have  no 
Right  at  all  to  Eton  Fellowshiiis,  either  by  the  Foundation^ 
Statmsi^  or  Archbishop  Laud's  determination  In  1636.    Tliis  is 
furtlKr  ffoved  in,  4.  "A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  M.[Moren]  on 
the  QuestioQ  of  Meeting  Aliens  into  the  \-acant  Places  in  Eton 
CeUega    By  the  Author  of  the  Extract,  ]771>**  4to.     5.  <'A 
hsnMid  Letter  to  Dr.  M." — ^The  three  last  were  soon  after  re- 
pobislKd,  nnder  the  title  of  ''The  Election  of  Aliens  into  the 
Vtcaocka  in  Eton  College  an  unwarrantable  Practice.   To  which 
tie  novadded^  Two  Letters  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Morcll^  in  which 


go  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l770. 

I 

Reinhbld  Forster  * ;    t  vols.  8vo.  —  Osbeck  was  a 
Swede>  rector  of  Hasloef  and  Woxtorf,  Member  of 

tht  Cavils  of  a  Writer  in  the  General  Evening  Post,  and  others, 
are  considered  and  refuted.    Part  I.    By  a  late  Fellow  of  King's 
Collie,  Cambridge.  London,  1771/'  4to.    The  second  Pait  was 
never  published.  —  The  Father  of  Dr.  Ashton  was  usher  of  the 
Gi^ammar-school  at  Lancaster,  not  worth  more  than  S^U.  a  year 
certain,  for  near  fifty  years.    He  had  a  small  estate  with  his  wife> 
which  he  sold  to  educate  his  children;   two  eons,  and  as  many 
daughters;    all,  1  believe,  now  deceased. — John,  the  Rector  of 
Aldinghain,  was  esteemed  by  some,  who  knew  both  brothers,  of 
superior  abilities  to  the  Doctor;    but  he  never  published  any 
thing  but  a  Visitacion  Sermon,  at  the  request  of  Dr.  Keen,  then 
Bishop  of  Chester. — ^A  fme  mrzzotinto  portrait  of  J)r.  Ashtou, 
scraped  by  Spilsbury,  from  a  i)iiinting  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,  is 
prefixed  to  his  Sermons,  with  this  moito,  **  Insto  praepositis, 
oblitus  praiteritorum."  —  His  son,  Thomas  Ashton,  esq.  of  the 
Middle  Temple,  died  at  Bristol,  Dec.  8,  1781,  aged  19. 
,       *  This  celebrated  Navigator  was  horn  at  Dirschau,  in  West 
Prussia,  in  the  month  of  October   17^9  ;   and  was  formerly  a 
Protestant  clergyman  at  Dantzig,  whence  he  went  to  Rus>ia, 
and  thence  to  England,  where  he  pursued  his  fevourite  study. 
Natural  History,  of  which  he  was  Pi  ofessor  hi  the  University  of 
Halle  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  a  member  of  the  Academy  of 
Sciences  at  Berlin.     He  was  elected  F.A.S.  17^7;    and,  at  the 
,   same  time,  F.  R.  S.     in  the  "Archajologia,"  vol.  II.  p.  277,  are 
his  **  Observations  on  some  Tartarian  Antiquities  found  in  Si- 
beria ;*'    in  vol.  III.  p.  159,    "Observations  on   the  Parthian 
Epoch,    as  foimd  on  a  Coin  in  the  Imperial  Cabinet  at  Vi- 
enna,"   published  by  Froelich.      Upon  Mr.  Banks  and  I>i\  So-* 
lander  declining  the  second  voyage  with  Capt.  Cook,  1772,  on 
account  of  the  want  of  some  proper  accommodation,  the  Board 
of  Admiralty,    at  the  short  'warning  of  ten   days,    engaged 
'  ,  Dr.  Foi-stcr  and  his  son  George,    who  drew  up  an  account 
of  a  Voyage  round  the  World,  in  his  Britannic  Majesty's  Sloop 
Resolution,  commanded  by  Capt.  Cook,  during  the  )eai's  1772, 
1773,  1774,  1775,  published  in  2  vols.  4to,  1777;   translated 
into  German,  Berlin,  1778,   2  vols.  4to.      Mr.  Forster' having 
here  said  that  Mr.  Arnold's  watch  was  unfortunately  siopt,  Mr. 
Wales,  the  Asti*onomer  of  the  Voyage,  to  whose  custody  it  waa 
committed,  felt  himself  chargc»d  with  having  wilfully  stopfied  it ; 
and  Mr.  Forster  not  immediately  issuing  out,  by  way  of  erratum^ 
a  declaration  that  the  word  teas  slipt  in  by  mistake,  Mr.  Wales 
published,  1778,  some  warm  "  Remarks"  on  the  Voyage;  which 
,   were  answered  with  no  less  waimth  in  a  *'  Reply  to  those  Re- 
marks," the  same  year,  by  Mr.  Forster,  jun.  who,  the  same  year, 
addi-essed  **  A  Letter  to  the  Earl  of  Sandwich,*'  to  prove  that  he 
and  Ids  Father  were  not  rewarded  sufficiently,  nor  agreeably  to 
contract^  for  accompanying  Capt.  Cook  in  this  voyage  j   which 
i  serves 


177<>-1  THE  EIGHTEBNTH  CENTURY.  91 

die  Acrademy  of  Stockholm,  and  of  the  Society  of 
Upsal ;  and  Chaplain  to  a  Swedish  Elast-Indiaman.? 


bot  to  confirm  our  general  observation,  that  ForeignerB,  • 
howfever  glad  to  court,  even  to  servility,  the  patronage  of  £ng* 
land,  rarelj  make  those  returns  which  the  liberality  and  candour 
of  Engtishmen  demand,  especially  if  we  consider  the  bad  impres- 
flOQ»  too  many  of  them  take  tlie  oppoilunity  of  making  on  the 
religious  and  moral  sentiments  of  Englishmen.     If  we  wanted  * 
any  other  specimens  of  foreign  discontent  with  us,  we  may  read 
tae  Junior  Mr.  Forster's  philosophical,  and  picturcaque  Tour 
through  En^and  and  France,  1797-    On  his  return  from  his 
voyage  round  the  world,  he  resided  at  London^  till  he  was  at 
length  iniited  to  Halle,  where,  for  18  years,  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Pliilosophical  and  Medical  Faculties. — Dr.  Forster  pub- 
fished,    "  An  introduction  to   Mineralogy ;    or,    An  accmate 
Ckseification  of  Fossils  and  Minerals,  &c.  London,  17C>S,**  8vo. 
•*  Nota  S|)edcs  Insectorum,  1771/*  8vo.     *' An  easy  Method  of 
«ming  and  classing  Mineral  Substances ;  containing  plain  and 
cft»y  Instructions  for  any  Pei:son  to  examine  tlie  Products  of  his 
own  Lands,  or  such  as  are  obvious  in  Excursions  or  Travels  in 
Foreign  Countries,  without  having  a  complete  Chemical  Appa* 
ntus.     To  wliich  is  added,  a  Series  of  ExperimenU  on  the  Fluor 
^paUisas,  or  Sparry  Fluor.     Abstracted  from  the  Memoirs  of  the 
Royal  Swedish  Academy  of  Sciences  for  the  Year  1771/*  8vo, 
177*i.     "A  Catalogue  of  the  Animals  of  North  America,  1771/' 
8»o.     "  Account  of  Quadrupeds  and  Birds  fn)m  Hud::on's  Bay,** 
Hiil.  Trans.  LXII.  370,  38^.      "Account  of  Fishes  sent  from 
Hudson's  Bay,'*   lb.  LXIII.  149.     *'  Specimen  of  the  Natural 
History  of  the  Volga,"  LVII.  312.     "  Account  of  a  new  Map  of 
the  Volga.'   LVIil.  21i.      "  Management  of  Carp  in  Polish 
I^uttia/*  LXI.  310.     "Account  of  Roots  used  by  the  Indians 
Hudson s  Bay  to  dye  Porcupines*  Quills,  LXII.  54.     "  Flora 
Septcntrionalis  -,  or,  a  Catalogue  of  the  Plants  of  North 
Aaierica,  1771/'  8vo,  printed  in  Bossu's  "  Travels  through  North 
America,  illustrated  with  Notes,  i*elative,   chicily,   to  Natui-al 
History,  1771/*   8vo,  2  vols.     Also,  in  1771,  a  translation  of 
Bougaioiille'd  "  Voyage  round  the  VV^orld,**  with  additional  ob« 
fcnations,  and  the  chart  impmved.     Translation  of  "  Osbeck*s 
Voyage  to  China  and  the  East  Indies,  1771/*  8vo,  2  vols. ;   of 
•  Kaima  "  Voyage  to  North  Ameiica,  Vol.  1.  Warrington,  1770, 
1772,  1773,  London,  1771."     Translation  of  B:uon  ReideseFg 
"Trmveb  into  Sicily,    and  that  Part  of  Italy  formerly  called 
Ibgna  Graeda,  and  a  Tour  through  £g>'pt,  1773/'  8vo,  dedi* 
cated  to  Thomas  Falconer,  of  Chester,  esq.  Mr.  Pennant's  brother- 
in-law.     "  Cbaractcres  Genenmi  Plantarum,  quas  in  itinere  ad 
losolia  Maris  Australis  coUegeriint,  &c.  1776,"  4to,   the  first 
ipecimen  of  the  naturai  productions  of  those  remote  countries  in 
the  South  Seas  which  Dr.  Fo^^ter  and  his  Son  were  sent  out  with 
C^  Cook,  at  the  national  expence^  to  collect  and  describe.    U 

coalauM 


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Joannis  Serrani  *,  et  Praecationes  ejusdem  Gr^Pco- 
Latinse.  Appendicis  loco  accessere  Henrici  Stephani, 
dtque  Graecorum  quorundam  Lyricorum  Poemata 
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quondam  Divi  Joannis  Cantab.  Alumnus  ;*'  12mo. 

contains  75  new  genera  of  plants.  *'  Liber  singulans  de  Byssn 
antiquonnn^  quo,  ex  Egyptia  Lingua,  res  vestiaiia  antiquorum^ 
iropriaiis  in  8.  codice  Hebrsporuni  occurrens,  explicatur.  Ad- 
ditae  ad  calcem  mantiss®  Egyptiacae  V.  on  Zaphath-Paaneah, 
Abrech,  Ark,  Cherub,  the  Topaz.  1776/*  8vo.  *'  Observations 
made  during  a  Voyage  round  the  VVoHd,  on  Physical  Geography, 
•Natural  History,  and  Ethic  Philosophy,  1778,"  4to;  translated 
into  French,  as  a  fifth  volume  to  Cook*s  Voyages,  Paris,  1778, 
4to.  In  17B0  Dr.  Forster  published  a  Translation,  from  the 
German,  of  "  Cheniical  Observations  and  Experiments  on  Air 
and  Fire,  by  Charles-WiUiam  Schcele,  Member  of  the  Rcfysk 
•Academy  at  Stockholm ;  with  a  prefatoiy  Introduction  by  Tor- 
bern  Bei^man :  to  which  are  added.  Notes  by  Hichard  Kirwan, 
•Esq.  and  a  Letter  to  him  fiom  Dr.  Priestley,'*  8vo.  He  pub- 
lished at  Halle,  1/81,  in  Latin  and  German,  Illustrations  of 
'Natural  History,  with  15  plates,  in  smiU  fol'o,  cr.graved  at  the 
joint  exjKjnce  of  Sir  Joseph  Banks,  Mr.  Loten,  a  Dutch  East- 
India  Governor,  «nd  Mr.  Pennant,  with  the  additicHi  of  a  Dis- 
sertation on  the  Climnie,  Winds,  and  Soiloi'Iniiia,  and  another 
on  the  Bird  of  Paj*adise  and  the  rhoenix  (Pennant's  Literary  Life, 

.  p.lO).  In  1766  he  jnibiishrd,  in  Gorman,  translated  into  Eng- 
lish the  same  year,  **  A  History  of  the  Discoveries  and  Voyages 
made  in  the  North,  illustrated  with  new  and  original  Maps,*^  4tO| 
an  useful  compilation,  without  much  original  matter.  — He  waa 
employed  likewise,  when  in  Eingland,  in  the  Critical  Review ; 
and  as  an  1  instructor  in  the  Natural  History  department  of  the 
Academy  at  Warrington ;  and  wrote  various  detached  Papers, 
on  diffei-ent  subjects,  which  have  been  inserted  in  Foreign  Jour- 
nals, and  in  thif  Transact  ions  of  learned  Academies.— >*  He  died 
at  Halle  in  Germany,  aged  70,  Dec.  16,  1798. — His  son,  Geoige 
Forster,  who  went  round  the  world  with  Capt.  Cook,  and  was 
afterwards  Professor  of  Natural  History  at  Cassel,  died  at  FariSi 
at  the  age  of  39,  on  the  13th  of  February  1793. 

*  Of  this  Author,  Duport,  in  his  Greek  version  of  the  I^Bslros» 
speaks  with  the  highest  respect  5  acknowledging,  "  that,  in  his 
opinion,  he  exceeds  all  other  persons  in  works  of  this  kind^ 
unless,  it  is  added,  his  printer  aad  publisher,  H.  Stephens,  Qiay 
possibly  be  excepted.** 

,  t  This  leanied  and  pious  Divine  was  educated  at  the  Charter- 
bouse,  and  thence  entered  at  St.  John*8  CoHege,  Cambiidge  ;| 
n-here  he  proceeded  B.A.  1739.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in 
the  Moravian  Church,  and  offered  himself  a  candidate  for  prig's 

^firden  in  the  Chuich  of  EngVaud \  \>\xX|  «a  Wsa  Biaho]^  wished  to 


*77^-l  ^*E  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURT.  g$ 

"Conspectus  novae  edition  is  Historicorumreterum 
Latiuorum  qui  extant  omuium^  ita  disponendae^  ut^ 

•eC  aside  his  first  orders,  Mr.  Okely  thought  he  could  not  receire 
priflM*s  order?  on  such  terais,  and  thui^fore  continued^  through 
ah,  to  officiate  in  the  Brethi-en's  cougi-egations,—'^  Though 
thus  Hmiterl/*  a  C'on'espondent  observes,  *•  he  was  a  man  of  a 
Catholic  and  Christian  spu'it  -,  of  much  learning  and  great  piety: 
but  his  coD%'ersatiun  was  easy  and  cheerful,   and  his  temper 
Woe«f>lent  and  cordial.    Though  he  moved  in  a  narrow  circle^ 
almoat  unknown  to  fame,    yet  )ic  was  usefully  employed,  re- 
ipecced  where  known,  and  a  valuable  <Thristian  guide  and  fiiend. 
He  esteemed  and  cultivated  the  religion  of  the  heart.    The  wri* 
tings  of  William  Law  were  highly  regiirded  by  him.    He  was  well 
ftned  in  the  old  German  divinity;  and  collected  and  translated 
die  life  of  Jacob  Behmen,  and  the  Visions  of  Hiel  and  Engle* 
brccht.     Of  the  value  of  the^e,  difiPerent  readers  will  form  dif* 
firent  judgments ;  Mr.  Okely  only  claiuied  for  himself,  what  he 
permitted  to  others,  the  hberty  of  opinion.    So  far  as  we  can 
know  the  heart  of  man,  I  am  cei  tain  that  all  his  various  labours 
|irocceded  from  sincere  piety  and  benevolence.    Who  then  shall 
cut  at  him  the  stone  of  ccmdemnation  ?   In  the  course  of  his 
ife  he  sufferetl  heavy  afflictions,  which  he  supported  with  un- 
common patience,    llie  bitter  draught  did  not  sour  his  temper^ 
or  diigust  him  with  life.     Few  b'^tter  men  ever  lived,  who  more 
eooKientiousIy  and  foithfully  fullilled  the  station  in  wliich  Pro- 
ndenoe  has  placed  them.    The  sphere  of  his  usefulness  w^  not 
hige ;  yet  few  coiUd  converse  with  him  and  not  be  improved  by 
Itt  genuine  piety,   his  imassuming  modojity,   and  his  cheerful 
ind  pkasing  conversation. — Perhaps  I  should  not  be  doing  jus* 
tioe,  in  this  small  sketch  of  his  character,  was  1  to  omit  men« 
tkiiiiii^»  that  he  was  a  great  advocate  for  the  doctrine  of  Uni- 
venal  JEtestitution,  believing  the  tioie  would  come,  in  the  ages 
of  ^es»  when  all  intelligent  crcatui'cs  would  be  happy.     It  may 
be  hud  to  determine  on  a  subject  which  involves  so  much  and 
extends  so  &r ;  I  will  oiUy  observe,  that  his  zeal  was  tempered 
viUi  miklness,  and  conducted  with  wisdom ;  and  this  sentiment 
kid  DO  ill  efibct  on  his  mind.     He  embraced  it  with  sincerity, 
and  iMeTuily  eni|doyed  it.** — Mr.  Okely  (chough  wichout  his  name) 
m  an  oocasi(^al  Correspondent  ia  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 
—  He  died  at  Bedford,   in  his  76th  year.  May  9,  1794.  — He 
tnnslated,  &om  the  High  Dutch,  '*  Twenty-one  I>lscQurses,  or 
IKsseftatioiis,  upon  the  Augsbiu*^  Conft^ssion,  which  is  also  the 
*s  Confession  of  Faith,  delivered  by  the  Ordinary  of  the 
Ts  Churches,  befbre  the  Seminary.    To  which  is  prefixed^ 
1  SynoiBcsl  Writing  relating  to  the  same  Subject  /*  which  was 
pahlisbed  by  Mr.  Gambold,  in  1754,  8vo.     Mr.  Okel/s  other 
Works  are,  1.  '*  Fuilmorum  aliquot  Davidis  Metaphrasis  Gneca/ 
1770*  19IIIO,  51.  "The  Nature  and  \ccessi<y  of  the  New  Creature 
in  Quift*  stated  and  described,  according  to  the  Heart's  Experience 
and  tme  Practice ;  b/ JpJbjjna  if/ounora  de  Mellari ;  trans\aXed 

from 


94  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OT  [}770. 

pro  ordine  temporum,  et  rerum  serie,  integrum  cor- 
pus componat  Historiae  Sacrae  et  Orientalis,  Fabulosae 
et  Heroicae,  Graecae  et  Romanae,  ab  orbe  condito^ 
ad  excidium  Imperii  Occidentalis  et  initia  Regni 
Italici.  Cum  singulorum  Scriptorum  Historia  lite- 
raria,  et  Annotatiouibus  Philologicis  Anglic^  con- 
scriptis;  adjectisNummis,  Tabulisque  Chronologicis 
ct  Geographicis,"  4to. — ^This  comprehensive  plan^ 
in  which,  from  its  magnitude,  no  bookseller  dared 
venture  to  engage,  was  projected  by  the  very  learned 
Mr.  [afterwards  Dr.]  Last  Apthorp  *. 

from  the  German,  1772/'  8vo.  3.  ''The  Divine  Visions  of  John 
Englebrecht,  a  Luthei'an  ProtestUnt,  whom  God  sent  from  the 
Dead  to  be  a  Preacher  of  Repentance  and  Faith  to  the  Christian 
World.  To  the  whole  is  prefixed,  the  Translator's  Prefatory  Ad- 
dress, &c.  and  a  preliminary  View  of  the  Author's  Life  and  Writ- 
Ings.  Translated  from  the  original  German,  17S1,"  2  vols.  8vo. 
4.  "  A  faithful  Narrative  of  God's  gracious  Dealings  with  Hiel. 
Now  first  carefully  selected  >  Englished  fi-om  the  High  Dutch, 
l7Sl,"  8vo.  5.  *'A  Display  of  God's  Wondei-s,  done  upon  the 
Person,  an<l  appeaiins;  in  the  Life  and  Divine  Ex]jeriences,  of 
John  Englcbrccht  of  Brunswic:  being  an  Epistle  in  Verse,  com- 
posed upon  his  Name's  Day,  June  24,  l/GS.  Tnuislated  from 
the  original  German,  17BI,"  8vo.  G.  **  The  indispensable  Ne- 
cessity of  Faith,  in  order  to  the  pleasing  God ;  being  the  Substance 
of  a  Discourse  preacheil  at  Eydon  in  Northamptonshire,  1781," 
Svo.  On  this  latter  work  the  Monthly  Reviewers  observe,  "An 
amiable  spirit  of  unaffected  piety  breathes  through  this  plain  and 
evangelical  Discourse.  We  love  and  esteem  the  worthy  and  in- 
genious Author,  though  the  justice  of  criticism  hath  constrained 
us  to  speak  with  little  ceremony  of  some  of  h'ls  German  masters." 
*  This  eminent  and  respectable  Divine  was  the  son  of  a  mer- 
chant at  Boston  in  NewEngland.  Having  been  sent  to  this  country 
to  complete  his  studies,  he  was  entered  as  a  student  of  Jesus  Col- 
lege, Cambridge ;  took  the  degiee  of  B.  A.  in  1755  ;  and  pro- 
ceeded M.  A.  in  1758.  He  obtained  the  Chancellor's  Prize  Medal 
jfbr  eminence  in  classical  learning  in  1/55;  and  the  Members' 
tiatin  Dissertation  Prizes,  as  Middle  Bac'nelor  in  1756,  and  at 
Senior  Bachelor  in  1757.  He  was  also  elected  a  Fellow  of  his 
College ;  so  that  his  Academical  Honours  were  complete  before 
he  undertook  the  office  of  a  Missionary  to  America;  where,  at 
Cambridge,  he  founded  and  built  a  church,  and  married  a  lady 
^f  the  countn%  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eliakim  Hutchinson, 
esq.  —  Dr.  Burnaby  (the  present  truly  venerable  Archdeacon 
4}f  Leicester),  in  his  Travels,  speaks  of  Dr.  Apthorp  as  a  very 
amiable  young  man,  of  shining  ])arts,  great  learning,  pure  and 
en^ging  manners.    He,  however,  met  with  so  much  oftposition 

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1 77 1  -3  THE  EIGRTEBNTH  CENTURY.  95 

1771. 

On  the  14th  of  January,  1771,  Mr.  Bowyer  be- 
came a  second  time  a  widower^    by  the  death  of 

firam  the  Congregationists  in  America  as  obliged  him  to  quit  his 
Cluirch  there.  Whilst  resident  in  New  Enj^land,  he  wrote  aeve- 
nl  tzacts  against  the  Bostouian  Independent  Sectaries;  and,  oa 
\m  return  to  England^  under  the  immediate  sanction  of  Abp« 
Seeker,  he  engaged  in  a  controversy  wiih  Dr.  May  hew,  an  Ame- 
rican  clergyman,  upon  the  subject  of  sending  Bishops  to  that 
country;  and  published,  in  ]7(>4,  without  hi-s  name,  ''An  An* 
6««r  to  Dr.  Mayliew's  Observations  on  the  Character  and  Coxv* 
duct  of  the  Society  for  Propagating  tlie  Gospel  in  Foreign 
Puts  i**  and  in  1765,  "  A  Review  of  Dr.  MciyUcw*s  Remarks  on 
tJK  Answer  to  the  Obser\*atrons  on  the  Character  and  Conduct 
id  the  Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  in  Foreign  P^uts* 
By  East  Apthoqi,  M.A/'  —  Of  Mr.  Apthorp's  candour  in  this 
I^phlet  the  following  specimen  is  worth  presei*ving.  After 
citing  Hooker*s  noted  observation  on  the  Anabaptists,  he  adds^ 
from  himaclf,  a  general  remai'k  on  the  difference  of  behaviour, 
in  common  and  social  life,  between  the  members  of  the  £sta- 

IUished  Church  and  some  of  oiu*  Sectaries.  **  The  people  of  our 
cummunion,**  sa}s  Mr.  Apthorp,  **  sue  generally  frank,  open, 
md  sincere ;  they  detest  hypocrisy  and  affectation ;  they  tliink 
ir  themselves,  and  speak  what  they  think ;  and  in  their  actions 
ire  social,  generous,  and  free.  There  is  likewise  among  them 
t  politeness  and  elegance,  which  to  a  censorious  eye  may  look 
worklly  and  voluptuous.  These  things  may  be  aggravated,  by  4 
|k»iw  and  formal  persons,  into  a  total  want  of  seiiousness. 
God  forbid !  that,  by  expression  or  example^  I  should  seein  to 
oountenance  levity  or  licentiousness  in  any ;  to  which,  I  fear, 
wt  are  ail  too  much  inclined ;  and  it  were  well,  if  our  accusers 
woald  abate  something  of  their  stitfuess,  and  our  own  people  of 
their  freedom  of  behaviour,  and  meet  their  Di;3senting  brethren 
Uf  way.  To  express  my  impartial  judgment,  if  the  one  excel 
ii  the  relif^iouMt  the  other  no  lesb  excel  in  the  social  virtues, 
«;hich  never  ought  to  be  se]>aniled ;  and  I  most  heartily  wish, 
that  the  reproaches  of  our  friends  in  that  communion  may  ani-> 
Bate  our  zjcsiX  to  adorn  our  own ;  and  that  we  may  henceforth 
quit  eiery  emulation,  but  that  of  e\celUn>;  in  \irtue,  piety,  and 
benevolence."  —  This  character  of  the  Di:»senters  seems  to  be 
dinwn  rather  from  those  of  tiie  last  than  those  of  tlie  present 
Ige  s  though,  f[)r  aught  we  know,  it  may  bear  a  nearer  likeness 
to  the  yeW" England  Dissenters  of  our  own  time.** 

In  1765  he  was  collated  by  Archbishop  Seeker  to  the  vicarage 
of  CiO|iloa  I  where  he  eng^iged  for  bis  curate  the  Rev.  John  South'^ 

*  Tbi4  (vfitlemiui  refined  th(>  curac}*  in  favour  of  the  Rev.  Thomtt 
lHlttltocb«  wba  oitfTlrd  his  ouly  dau^^hter,  and  is  now  the  mtich-re<pected 
iMiwof  Wortnlay,  Herts.  Mr.  Smith  M/a«  aftenvarda  reotor  of  Brtedou 
ifeW.0RCsUfftfeife^  Mad  died  Mt  Bjib,  Nqy.S4,  I90ii,  stU  78. 


§6  tWERAItY  AKECDOTt:!^  Of  {}77ti 

his  wife,  at  the  age  of  70.    Mr.  Clarke,  who  had 
endeavoured  to  administer  consolation  to  him  on 


(who  held  a  rectory  in  the  neighbourhood,  but  for  his  health 
aided  in  Croydon. — ^The  preferment  of  Croydon  was  particularljr 
acceptable  to  Mr.  Apthorp,  as  he  soon  found  in  that  neighbour* 
hood  a  most  valuable  and  pleasing  society ;  to  the  agreeableness 
df  which,  he  was  himself  a  princi|)al  contributor.  His  sbter, 
the  first  wife  of  Mr.  Alderman  Trecothick>  was  resident  in  the 
neighbouring  village  of  Addington;  and  in  June  1770,  Mr.  Tre-> 
cothick  having  been  elected  to  the  higli  office  of  Lord  Mayor 
of  London  for  the  remainder  of  the  year,  on  the  death  of  Bfr. 
Beckfbrd,  Mr.  Apthorp  accepted  the  office  of  Civic  ChapUdn  ; 
mnd  had  an  opportunity  of  delineating  the  public  character  of 
his  brother-in-law,  in  a  Sermon  preached  at  GuildhaU  chapd» 
Sept.  29,  1770,  on  the  Election  of  a  I^rd  Mayor. — In  this  year 
be  projected  the  great  ^nd  comprehensive  scheme  of  pubUciiioB 
noticed  above ;  which  did  not  meet  with  sufficient  encourage* 
vent  to  induce  him  to  pursue  it. — From  that  time  he  continued 
Aligently  to  pursue  the  duties  of  a  parish  priest,  very  much  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  inhabitants  of  Croydon,  by  whom  1i^  was 
Tery  justly  revered,  and  who  demonstrated  that  regard  for  him, 
after  he  had  lost  his  sight,  by  a  noble  present  of  nearly  2000/. — 
In  1777  he  published  A  Fut  Sermon  on  the  unhappy  Differences 
between  this  Country  and  her  American  Colonies ;  dedicated  b^ 
the  Author  to  his  Parishioners  of  Croydon,  for  whote  Use  it 
was  written  (but,  it  is  believed,  not  preached). — In  Febinaiy 
177s,  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Sclater,  he  was  collated,  by  Abp.  Com«^ 
milis,  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Mary  le  Bow,  in  the  City  of  London, 
with  the  rectories  of  St.  Fancras  Soper-lane  and  AUh^iUows 
Honey-lane  annexed.-^Early  in  that  year,  he  published  *'  Letteis 
cm  the  Prevalence  of  Christianity,  before  its  Civil  Establishment  7 
with  Observations  on  a  late  History  of  the  Decline  of  the  Roman 
Empire.  By  East  Apthorp,  M.  A.  Vicar  of  Crovdou,"  8vo.  This 
Book  of  Letter^,  four  in  number,  is  dedicated  to  the  Rev.  Arch* 
deacon  Backhouse,  D.  D.  to  whom  it  is  said  these  four  Letters 
were  originally  written  at  the  Arclideacon*s  desire.  "  Let.  I.  A 
View  of  the  Controversy  concerning  the  Truth  of  the  Christian 
Keligion.  Origin  of  Deism.  Let.  fl.  On  the  Study  of  Histoiy  j 
in  the  Remarks,  a  methodized  Catalogue  of  Historians.  Let.  II I.^ 
Characteristics  of  the  past  and  present  Times.  Let.  IV.  Establish- 
tnent  of  Paganism. — ^Almost  immediately  after  this  publication,  the 
Archbishop  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  D.D. ;  and  appointed 
bim  to  preach  the  Lecture  founded  in  Bow  church  by  the  Hon. 
Robert  Boyle,  *'  on  the  Prevalence  of  Christianity.**  [See  p.  99.} 
In  the  same  year  he  published  **The  Excellency  of  the  Litany  of 
the  Church  of  England  3  a  Sermon  at  the  Church  of  St.  Mary 
Ic  Bow,  on  St.  Mark's  day,  1778,  pursuant  to  the  Will  of 
Mr.  John  Hutchins,  Citizen  of  London.  To  which  is  annexed^ 
an  Account  of  a  Catechetical  Lecture  revived  in  that  Church. 
By  East  Apthorp,  D.D.  Vicar  of  Croydon^  and  SLectorof  St.  Mary 

k 


1771.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURT*  QJ 


«  similar  occasion  near  forty  years  before,   again 
addressed  him  with  tenderness  on  this  event : 

**  DEAR  SIR,  Jan.  18,  1771. 

**  I  find,  by  the  last  papers,  that  you  have  lost 
poor  Mrs,  Bowyer.     It  is  very  happy  for  her  that 

ht  Bow."  —  He  preached  before  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Governors 
of  the  Qty  Hospitals  in  Easter  Week  1780 ;   in  the  same  year» 
at  St.  Full's,  the  Annual  Commemoration  Sermon  on  the  Fire  of 
London. — ln.l7Sl  he  published  ''A  Sermon  preached  in  Lambeth 
Qiapel,  at  the  Consecration  of  Dr.  Samuel  HaUifax,  Lord  Bishop 
of  Gloucester,  October  ^8,  1781."— On  the  28th  of  Januaiy 
I7M9    be  had  the  misfortune  to  lose  his  wif^*;  after  having 
had  eig^t  children  j  one  of  whom  died  an  infant.    The  survivors 
vne,  the  Rev.  Frederick  Apthorp,  M.  A.  (who  is  a  prebendary 
of  Lincoln,  vicar  of  Bicker,  co.  Lincoln,  rector  of  Gumley  in 
LeiDestershire,  and  vicar  of  Famdon  with  Balderton,  Notts) :  and 
MX dau^ters,  1.  Frances ;   2.  Griselda;  3.  Elizabeth;   4.  Anne« 
Biarried  to  Dr.  Cory,  master  of  Emanuel  college ;   5.  Harriet, 
Bttnried  to  the  Rev.  Samuel  Butler,  D.  D.  of  St.  John*s,  Cdtnbridge» 
the  learned  Editorof  iGschylus,who  is  master  of  Shrewsbury  school, 
and  vicar  of  Kenilworth  in  Warwickshire ;   6.  Susanna. 
•   Id  I7S6  Dr.  Apthorp  published  "  Discourses  on  the  Prophecies, 
Rad  at  the  Chapel  of  Lincoln*s  Inn,  at  the  Lecture  founded  by  the 
R%fat  Reverend  William  Warburton,  late  Lord  Bishop  of  Glou- 
eester,"  2  vols.  8vo.  The  Dedication  of  which,  "  to  Lord  Mansfield, 
Sir  John  Eardly  Wilmot,  and  Sir  John  Skynner,  Trustees  of  the 
Xeccnre,  is  dated  Nov.  27,  1785.—  March  6,  1787,  Dr.  Apthorf^ 
urned,  secondly,  Anne,  the  daughter  of  John  Crich,  esq.  of 
Tkurlow  in  Suffolk,  and  sister  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Crich,  rector  of 
Thoriow  and  of  Mildenhall,   Suffolk ;    by  whom  he  has  one 
duster,  Sarah.    In  1790  he  was  collated  to  a  prebend  in  the 
Citbedral  of  St.  P^ul,  vacant  by  the  death  of  Dr.  Hind  -,    was 
encouraged  with  hopes  of  still  higher  preferment,  and  ha^  the 
ofler  of  the  bbhoprick  of  Kildare ;  but  was  advised,  on  account 
of  his  health,  to  renounce  it.  —  In  1793,  on  the  death  of  Dr. 
Cbriitoplier  Wilson,   bishop  of  Bristol,   Dr.  Apthorp  obtained 
Crooi  E^hop  Porteus,   on  the  recommendation  of  Abp.  Moore, 
file  valuable  prebend  of  Finsbury;  for  which  he  relinquished  all 
hii  other  preferments.    He  wishe^l  to  have  retained  Croydon,  but 
tiie  Archbishop  would  not  consent.     After  this  he  retired  wholly 
to  Ckmbridgej  where  he  still  continues  to  reside,  in  tolerable 
bodth  $    and,   having  been  couched  by  Mr.  Ware,    has  in  a 

recovered  his  sight.  —  Dr.  Stephen  Apthorp,   late 


•  A  grave-ttone  in  Croydon  church  is  thus  inscribed  : 

"  C.  Bw  Apthorp,  mged  8  months  12  days,  died  9  October  1766, 
Calhenne  Hutchinson  died  January  32,  1777y 

In  the  24th  year  of  her  age. 
Apthorp,  bom  March  2,  1741;  died  January  28,  1762.'* 
Vol.  in.  H  of 


$%  LITERAHY  ANECDOTM  OF  [l77t* 

she  wa9  reliered  from  the  severe  trial  she  had  un« 
'dergone  so  long.    In  that  weak  and  painful  state^ 

of  Eton  College,  and  rector  of  Worplesdon  in  Surrey  1774 
(who  died  in  1790),  iveb  related  to  him.  (See  Mr.  Cuie*s 
Biographical  Notices^  Ko.  5^62,  p. 71,  Brit.  Mus.)— The  re- 
served rent  of  the  prebend  of  Finsbury  in  1553  was  onlf 
9d/.  134.  A(L  In  1745ji  wlven  Dr.  Wilson  obtained  that  prebend, 
the  ^Qtal  was  805  Z.    By  the  improvements,  Bp.  Wilson  received 

£*  I  his  Ufe-.time  more  than  50,000/. ;  and  charged  this  estate,  in 
ifi  will,  with  legacies  to  the  ai^ount  of  50,000^  mure ;  which,  on 
the  autkoiiW  of  his  executors,  has  proved  ample^  and  left  a  lai^ 
residue. — The  net  divi;>ion  of  the  prebend  at  Christmas  1797» 
flifter  9fi  d^uctiojEvsA  ^^>  to  the  Corporation  of  London,  3646/. ; 
to  the  heir^  of  Bp.jVilson,^  *243ll.  ^  to  £h*.  Apthorp,  the  pfesent 
Prebendaiy ,  1215/.  (See  Mr.  Henry  EUlis's  Histor}'  of  Shoi-editch, 
p.  250}  where  thi?  detail  of  the  improvements  is  g;iven  from  the 
most  authentic  docun^nts.)  —  Having  submitted  the  preceding 
article  to  my  kind  and  respectable  friend  Dr.  Caldir,  after  return* 
iog  it  with  some  corrections^  be  adds,  "  f  wish  you  may  ])ick 
out  a^  ^Iba^f'  woith  notice  for  your  account  of  thb  very  learned 
and  worthy  man,  whose  instructive  conversation  wai»  a  great 
enjoyment  to  me  during  the  years  that  I  lived  in  his  parish ; 
but  soon  ^teir  my  very  pleasing  acc^uaintance  with  the  Doct6r 
(which  compienced  in  17S9)  bis  sight  began  to  fail  him ;  and, 
not  k>ag  before  he  left  Croydon  it  became  so  imperftict  that  he 
seldom  went  out  without  Mrs.  A|)t]ioi'p.  He  told  me,  with  re- 
gret, '  there  was  an  end  of  all  his  studies.*  With  wonderful  fk- 
cility  he  preached  extempore,  when  he  could  no  longer  read-  bis 
Sermons  -,  and  more  to  the  satisfaction  of  a  numerous  audience ; 
^be  rather  as,  by  not  stooping,  as  he  was  wont  to  do,  he  was 
better  he^rd.  After  his  settlement  at  Cambridge,  we  heard, 
with  ^at  pleasure,  that  he  recovered  his  sight  very  considerably. 

•  I  subjou:>  a  firiendly  paper  which  I  received  from  him,  aikl 
which  I  transcribe  for  your  use,  from  the  original  in  y&  hand- 
writing, at  my  desire,  when  f  was  one  of  h]»  parishioneTB  at 
Croydon»  which  place  he  and  I  left  much  about  the  same  ttee. 

•  —-It  is  a  correct  account  of  aU  the  Sermons  preached  at  the 
Lecttu^e  founded  by  the  Hon.  Robert  Boyle,  esq.  ever  sine*  t^ 
Collection  of  them,  in  3  4ols.  fhlio,  published  in  173^,  whieh 
includes  all  the  Defences  of  Natural  and  Repealed  ReligiiKi 
preached  at  that  Lecture  from  the  year  1691  to  the  year  173S : 
A.  D.  1742,  Dr.  Biscoe  printed,  in  t  vols.  8vo,  '  The  HisCor^r  of 
the  Acts  of  the  Apostles,  confirmed  from  other  AuthoiB.'  1748, 
Dr.  Twells  published  2  vols.  8vo,  containing  his  Sermona  at 
Boyle*s,  and  likewise  his  Sermons  at  Lady  Moyer's  Leetttva» 
1744.  Dr.  Joseph  Roper*s  XI  Sermons  are  in  MSS.  in  the  Library 
of  Sion  CoUege.  1750,  Dr.  Henry  Stebbing,  sen.  publbhed  the 
Substance  of  his  Sermons  at  this  Lecture,  in  1  voL  8vo.  1753, 
Dr.  John  Jortin  published  the  Substance  of  his  Lectures,  in  the 
first  va^ume  of  his '  Remarks  on  Ecclesiastical  Ifistofy .  1754>  Dr. 
Thomas  Newton  published  bi»  *  DiMertationt  on  the  Brophacfca." 


1771'^ 


tM  £lGHT££Kt&  C£NTUR¥,  §§ 


Bone  of  her  fritods  could  wish  her  to  continue  any 
ionget*.  And  I  hope,  as  you  ihu^t  have  expected 
ttifii  ewent,  that  you  wrll  receive  this  parting  sum- 
mons with  due  submission.  Losing  a  companion 
that  we  have  been  long  used  to,  must,  at  our  time 
of  life,  be  a  mournful  circumstance.  But,  as  you 
must  part  at  last,  your  connexions  with  the  world 
are  much  lessened  by  her  going  first.  You  have 
nothing  now  to  do  but  to  make  a  provision  for 
your  son ;  and  keep  as  much  in  business  only  a^ 
waves  to  amuse  you,  throwing  off  the  great  weight 
of  it  into  other  hands.  It  is  a  very  desirable  thmg 
to  have  the  world  sit  easy  upon  us  when  we  are 
going  to  leave  it.*' 

Very  soon  after  this  event,  he  printed  a  specimen 
of  "  ApoIIonii  Sophisiae  Lexicon  Homericum/'  for 
M.  de  Villoison  of  Paris,  on  a  plan  which  was  not 
fat  itk  execution  in  this  country  (though  the  Lexi- 

17^»  Dr.  Heathcote  published  two  Sermons  in  4ta.     1769,  Dr. 

William  Worthington  published  two  voliunes  in  8vo.     1772^  Dr. 

Heniy  Owen  printed  two  volumes  in  8vo,  on  '  The  Miracles.* 

1783,  Mr.  Jaines  Williamson  printed,  in  a  small  volume  in  SvOg 

'Aa  Aliment  fbr  the  Christian  Religion,  drawn  from  a  Com* 

puiK>n  of  Revelation  with  the  Natural  Operations  of  the  Humao 

JGnd.*  —  In  the  preceding  list^  it  is  obvious  to  remark,  that  no 

aeiition  is  made  that  the  Communicator  of  it  was  himself  a 

.pRscher  at  ^yle*8  Lecture,  from  17S1  to  17B5  inclusive,  though 

hii  Difioounes  were  not  published. — It  seems  difficult  to  deter* 

mine  with  certainty  whether  the  Contents  of  the  Letters  on  the 

hcvalence  of  Chnstianity  were  originally  written  as  Letten, 

aad  afterwards  fiishioned  into  Sermons ;  or  whether  they  were 

fint  SennoDS  intended  for  Boyle*s  Lecture^  and  then  published 

ia  dfte  form  of  Letters/' 

•  Boyk*8  Lecture,  it  may  be  here  observed,  is  a  course  of  Eight 
Scmions^  preached  andually,  by  a  codicil  annexed  to  Mr.  Boyle's 
wffl  in  1691 ;  the  design,  '*  to  prove  the  truth  of  the  Christian 
BLefigion  agahast  Infidels,  without  descending  to  any  controversies 
mtuoogiti  Christians;  and  to  answer  new  difficulties,  scruples,*'  &c. 
He  anaipird  the  rent  of  hb  house  in  Crooked-lane  Ibr  the  support 
of  tiie  Lecture  to  some  learned  Divine  within  the  Bilb  of  Mortar 
fity,  to  be  elected,  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three  years,  by  Arch* 
bishop  TepusoA  aiid  others.  The  fiind  proving  precarious,  the 
nifiiifj  was  iD-paid;  to  remedy  which,  the  said  Archbishop  pro- 
cured a  ycteljr  st^iend  of  50/.  per  annum  for  ever,  to  Jbe  paid 
^pmmutljt  cwged  on  a  fisLrm  in  the  parish  of  Brill,  in  the  county 
of  Jfacks.  See.  further  on  this  Lecture  in  the  Essays  and  U!lo%» 
txwat9^r4».YJ.  No.  XV. 

Hi  COtL 


100  LITSRA&T  ANJ&CDOHeS  Of  [^771^ 

con  appeared  afterwards  at  Parisj  ia  S  vols.  4to*, 
1773)'  I  shall  preserve  below  the  substance  of  a 
letter  *{*  which  accompanied  the  MS.     It  was  not 

*  Some  copies  of  this  work  are  printed  in  folio  pages  of  two 
different  sizes. 

t  '*  Vigilantissimo  rei  Typographicae  Praefecto,  salutem  pluri- 
mam  dicit  d'Ansse  de  Villoison.  Antequam^  doctissime  Typo- 
ffraphe,  ad  hoc  opus  te  accingas,  panels  te  monitum  volo,  qui- 
bus  instructus  faciliori  simul  et  rapidiori  proveharis  cursu.  Pri« 
mtun,  te  supplex  oro  atque  obtestor^  nt  quantiim  poteiis  adhi- 
beas  celeritatem^  preesertim  in  h£Lc  prim^  parte ;  nee  priito  in- 
termit tas  opusy  qukm  totmn  ad  finem  perductum  omnibusque 
numeris  absolutum  fuerit.  Accuratam  enim  industriam  et  per- 
spicacem  solertiam  tibi  non  commendo,  ex  e^  scilicet  gente  ori- 
undo^  quae  in  Uteris  Graecis,  ut  in  aliis  omnibus,  non  habitat, 
sed  regnat.  Non  enim  obtusa  ade^  ^erimus  pcctora,  ut  Oxonil 
et  Theatri  Shekloniani  famam  non  audiverimus.  Nam,  ut  ait 
Pbeta,  'Quae  regio  in  terns  res/ri  non  plena laboris?*  Ne  te, 
quaeso,  terreant  mesoiim  litteraruni  ductus,  qui  fbrtasse  prim^ 
&cie  intricatiores  videri  possint,  sed  sunt  facillimi,  cum  ubique 
semper  iidem,  eodemque  pix)rstis  modo  depicti  appareant,  ut  qui 
unius  duntaxat  paginae  lectionem  calluerit,  is  omnes  alias  sine' 
morft  et  inoflfenso  pede  perciirrat.  Spondeo  reliquas  partes  quae 
JBubsequentur  multb  nitidius  et  scitius  exaratum  iri:  interim 
banc  pro  tuH  humanitatc  excusatam  habeas.  Nota  diligenter> 
quidquid  in  versione  LatinSL  lineol^  inferius  supposit^  distingui- 
tur,  id  locum  esse  versum  Honiericum ;  ac  proinde  ita  typis 
edendum,  ut  extet  separatum,  k  filo  orationi^}  abruptum,  noMun- 
que  inchoet  versum,  qui  baud  scio  annon  variis  vaiioque  modo 
efibrmatis  typis,  seu  etiam  Uteris  quas  vocant  Italicis  imprimeu* 
dus  sit : .  quod  ultimum  tuae  permitto  elegantiae,  et  huic  quft 
polles  sagacitati  ac  peritiae.  . . .  Cum  solam  versus  finem  afiferat 
ApoUonius  nostri  Lexici  author,  huic  versui  lineolam  praeposui^ 

quae  in  editione  quoque  retinenda  est Cum  ad  me  emen* 

danda  mittentur  quae  prima  ex  praelis  gementibus  exibunt  sped- 
mina,  simul  et  sequatur  meum,  quod  habeo  unicum  apographum^ 
ad  cigus  normam  ea  exigere  possim.  Alterum  quoque  eorum- 
dem  speciminum  exemplar  apud  vos  remaneat,  ne  forte  ventis 
et  mari  infido  ludibria  debeat  pars  mei  operis.  Ultima  emendabo 
specimina :  in  prioribus  omnem  diligentiam  adhibebit,  oui  haec 
cura  incumbit,  quem  oro  atque  imploro  ut  omnem  naevum  ex- 
cutiat,  imo  etsi  quae  fort^  transvolans  calamus  omisit,  aut  prae 
celeritate  aberrans  mal^  dedit  puncta  accentusque,  ea  restituat 
pro  suk  eruditione.  Quaelibet  pagina  non  pluribus  quam  sex  et 
▼iginti  constet  versibus.  Titulum  operis  et  praefationem  ultimo 
loco  mittam.  lis  literarum  typis  iltendum  est  qui  in  luculentis- 
simo  Robinsoni  Hesiodo  adhibiti  sunt :  idem  inspiciattir  cuhui 
tetemus  editionis  et  nitor.  Hacc  habui,  doctissime  typographe^ 
de  quibus  te  certiorem  facerem :  nihil  aliud  mihi  restat,  nisi  ut 
toam  opem  implorem  in  celeritate  prsstandft,  sinceroque  obtes- 
ier  anmo  gukn  laetus  sim  qudd  tapi  doctorum  typographonim 


177^-1  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CEKTURT.  101 

intended  for  Mr.  Bowyer,  though,  not  being  directed 
to  any  particular  person,  it  was  dehvered  to  him  on 
the  Oxford  Printer  s  declining  the  work. 

"  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Mancliester,  by 
John  Whitaker  *,  B.  D.,^  4to. 

crnia  superbiat  hsdc,  qiiantulacumque  sit,  nostra  opella,  cui 
pnuld  immutatum  accomniocbibo  Ovidii  versum:  P^e,  ^immI 
inTidco,  sine  me  liber  ibis  in  urbefai ;  in  urbem  scilicet,  quae 
orbis  eniditi  compendium  reipublicse  literariae  caput  merito  dici' 
potest.  Vale^  et  mihi  meisqiie  laboribus  lave.  Dabam  Lutetise 
Puisiorum>  sexto  Febni^i  die,  anno  reparats  salutis  1771." 

*  The  following  note  is  given  in  the  words  of  an  intelligent 
Correspondent,  whose  productions  as  an  Antiquary,  a  Poet,  and 
a  Divine,  have  long  been  stamped  with  public  approbation  : 

<'  This  very  learned  Antiquary   was  bom    at   Manchester, 
about  1735,  went  early  to  Oxford ;  where  he  was  elected  fellow 
of  Corpus  Christi  College ;   and  where  he  discovered,  in  a  verjr 
•hort  time,  those  fine  originalities,  those  peculiarities  of  mind, 
which  afterwards  so  strongly  marked  him  as  an  author  and  a«  a 
man.     He  took  the  degree  of  M.  A.  1759  -,  and  proceeded  B.  D. 
1767.      His  uncommon  vigour  of  intellect  at  once  displayed 
itseUr  among  his  acquaintance ;   but,  whilst  his  animated  con- 
versation drew  many  around  him,  a  few  were  repelled  from  the 
circle  by  his  impatience  of  contradiction  (a  failing  which  almost 
ever  accompanies  powers  like  his),   and  by  the  consciousness, 
it  should  seem,  of  their  own  inferiority.    The  character  of  his 
gtnius,    however,    was  soon  decided  in  literary  composition* 
•  In  1771,  Mr.  Whitaker  published  the  first  volume  of  his  "  History 
oi  Majichester,**  in  4to;  a  work  which,  for  acuteness  of  research, 
bold  imagination,  independent  sentiment,  and  correct  informa- 
tion, has  scarcely  its  parallel  in  the  Literature  of  this  country. 
Nor  does  its  c6mpo6ition  less  merit  our  applause,  whether  we 
have  respect  to  the  arrangement  of  the  materials,  the  style,  or 
the  language.    In  some  passages  there  is  "  supreme  elegance  ;*' 
in  others,  a  magnificence  of  thought,  a  force  of  expression,  a 
grlow  of  diction,  truly  astonishing.    The  introduction  of  Chris*   • 
Ciamitj  into  this  island,  in  particular,  is  uncommonly  beautiful. 
With  r^Anl  to  the  general  subject  of  the  ^^  Manchester,*'  Mr. 
Whisker  was  the  first  writer  who  could  so  light  up  the  region 
of  Antiquarianism  as  to  dissipate  its  obscurity,  even  to  the  eyes 
of  ordiiiary  nwctatora ;    his  *'  Manchester**  being  perhaps  tlie  • 
book  in  which  the  truth  of  our  Island  Hbtory  has  been  best 
dncklated  by  the  hand  of  a  master.    It  is  rather  singular  that 
this  Work  was,  in  the  order  of  merit  as  well  as  time,  the  first  of 
Mr.  Whitaker^s  publications.     In  proportion  as  our  Author  ad- 
^mneed  in  life,  his  imagination  seems,  by  a  strange  inversion  of 
wh«t  is  characteristic  of  our  nature,  to  have  gained  an  ascen* 
^aory  over  his  judCTnent ;  and  we  shall  perceive  more  of  £incy 
apii  of  passkm,  of  conjecture  and  hypothesis,  ia  some  of  his     * 


103  MTXKART  AVBCDOTXS  OW  [i77l^ 

Four  Volumes,    in  8vo,    of  "  Sermons  by  Dr, 
^ortia  ;'*  inscribed^  by  his  son^  Rogers  Jortin,  esq. 

subsequent  productions,  than  just  opinion,  or  deliberate  intes- 
.  ligation.    Mr.  Whitaker*5  *'  Genuine  History  of  the  Britons  as^ 
•erted/*  an  tjctavo  volume,  published  in  177^»  may  be  accepted 
as  a  sequel  to  "  Manchester.*'     It  conuins  a  complete  refiitatioA 
of  *'  the  unhappy  Macpherson  j**  whose  *'  Inticxiuction  to  tbtt 
History  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland**  is  full  uf  palpable  mistake^ 
and  misrepresentations.    In  1773  we  hnd  Mr.  Whitaker  the  mor* 
Ding  preach'er  of  Berkeley  Chapel ;   to  which  office  he  had  been 
appointed,  in  November,  by  a  Mr.  Hughes ;  but  in  lets  than  twQ 
months  was  removed  fh)m  tli^t  situation.    This  gave  occasioa 
to  '' The  Case  between  Mr.  Whitaker  and  Mr.  Hughes,  relative 
to  the  Mc^ming-Preachership  of  Berkeley  Chapel/*    in  which 
Mr.  Whitaker  relates  some  remarkable  particulsurs,  and  declares 
himself  "  unalterably  determined  to  carry  t^e  matter  into  West- 
minster-hall.**   And  we  may  be  assured,  that  he  used  his  utmost 
«fibrts  to  bring  his  determination  into  action.    But  the  fervour 
of  his  resentment  threw  him  off  his  guard ;  and  he  exfiressed 
himself  so  indiscreetly,  that  his  <'  Case**  was  considered  as  a  libel 
by  the  Court  of  King's  Bench.    During  his  residence  in  London, 
he  had  an  opportunity  of  conversixig  with  several  of  our  most 
oelebrated  Writers  -,   among  whom  were  the  Author  of  "  Tha 
lUmbler/*  and  the  Historian  of  the  Roman  Empire.    It  doef 
not  appear,  indeed,  that  Johnson  was  much  attached  to  Whita-> 
ker.     Equally  strong  in  understanding,    equally  tenacious  of 
opinicm,  and  equally  impassioned  in  conversation,  it  is  not  pro- 
bable that  they  should  amicably  coalesce  on  all  occasions.    In  the 
Ossianic  controversy  they  were  decidedly  hostile.    Wjth  Gibboa 
Iftr,  Whitaker  was  well  acquainted ;    aind  the  MS.  of  the  first 
^ume  of  "  The  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire*'  wbi| 
submitted  to  Mr.  Whitaker's  inspection.     But  what  was  his  sur- 
[nrize,  when,  as  he  read  the  same  volume  in  print,  that  chapter 
which  has  been  so  obnoxious  to  the  Christian  worid  waa  thea 
first  introduced  to  his  notice !    That  chapter  Gibbon  had  8up*> 
pressed  in  the  MS. ;  over-awed  by  Mr.  Whitaker's  high  character, 
and  afiraid  of  his  censure.    And,  in  &ct,  that  the  feeble  Deist 
should  have  shrunk  from  his  indignant  eye,  may  well  be  codk 
ceivcd,  when  we  see  his  Christian  principle  and  his  manly  spMit 
uniting  in  the  rejection  of  a  living  of  considerable  value,  which 
y^faa  at  this  time  offered  him  by  an  Unitarian  Patron !   He  spurne4 
at  the  temptation,  and  pitied  the  seducer !    On  this  subject  Afr. 
Polwhele  addressed  to  Mr.  Whitaker  a  Sonnet ;  for  which  sea 
*'  Sketches  in  Vene;"  second  edition. — Of  his  integrity,  bow^ 
aver,  some  mecompence  was  now  at  hand ;  and,  about  the  yeaj? 
1778,^  he  fiucoeeded,  as  fellow  of  Corpus  Christi  CoU^,  to  JJbe 
fect^QVy  of  Ruan-Lanyhome,  one  of  the  most  vi^uab.le  Uv^igs  u^ 
the  gift  of  that  College  -,  and  into  Cornwall  he  went,  to  resida 
upon  his  rectory.    There,  it  might  have  been  expected,  tba|L 
uptirement  snd  lapxm  woydd  greatly  fiivoiir  |he  pursuits  of  lita- 

ryUqre; 


1771.] 


THE  EIGRTSSNTH  CENTURV«  14$ 


to  the  Parishioners  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the  Eaet^  at 
whose  request  they  were  published. 

rature ;  and  that,  though  "  the  Converser**  (to  use  an  expression 
of  Mr.  Whitaker)  had  cfisappeared^  the  Authot  would  break  forth 
with  new  energies.  But  Ruan-Lanjhorne  was,  for  several  years, 
no  tranquil  seat  of  the  Muses.  'Iliat  pleasant  seclusion  was  now 
the  scene  of  content;  but  of  contest  which  (in  the  opinion  of  thd 
Writer  of  this  Memoir)  was  absolutely  unavoidable.  Mr.  Whi- 
taker had  proposed  a  tithe-composition  with  his  parishioners^ 
bv  no  noeans  unreasonable.  This  they  refused  to  pay :  but  Mr. 
Whitaker  was  steady  to  his  purpose.  A  rupture  ensued  between 
the  parties ;  the  tithes  were  demanded  in  kind  -,  disputes  arose 
upon  disputes ;  animosities  were  kindled ;  and  litigations  took 
place.  That  Mr.  Whitaker  was  6nally  victorious,  afforded  plea* 
tore  to  the  friends  of  the  Rector,  and  to  the  friends  of  justice 
and  truth  -,  yet  it  was  long  before  harmony  was  restored  to 
Ruan*Lanyhome.  That  his  literary  schemes  hfld  been  so  sadly 
intemipted,  was  the  subject  of  general  r^ret.  But  the  consci- 
entious Pastor  looked  vidth  a  deeper  concern  to  the  spiritual 
welfare  of  his  parishioners.  He  s%w  with  sorrow  their  aversion 
to  his  preaching;  their  indifference  to  his  instructions;  their 
repugnance  to  his  authority;  and  ''he  laboured  moi*e  abundantly  :** 
tiU,  after  a  few  years,  he  had  the  satisfiaiction  to  perceive  a  visibU 
alteration  in  the  behaviour  of  the  principal  parishioners  -,  and  a 
mutual  good  understanding  was  established  between  the  Pastor 
and  his  flock.  His  cordial,  his  &miliar  manner,  indeed,  was 
ahra^'s  pleasing  to  those  whotn  prejudice  had  not  armed  against 
him;  and,  in  proportion  as  they  became  acquainted  with  his 
kind  disposition,  the  transitoriness  of  his  resentments,  anci^ 
after  injiBies,  his  promptness  to  forgave,  and  anxious  wish  to  be 
fbrgiTen ;  thev  endeavoured  more  and  more  to  cultivate  his 
friendship,  and  at  length  lo%'ed  and  revered  him  as  their  fiUher. 
Nothing  can  more  fiilly  display  the  warmth  of  his  afiections,  his 
zod  as  a  minister  of  Christ,  or  his  impassioned  style  of  elo<}uenoe, 
tkan  those  ''  Sermons**  which  he  published  in  1763 ;  after  having 
preached  them  to  his  par'iShioners,  we  doubt  not  with  a  voice  and 
manner  to  penetrate  the  conscience,  and  strike  conviction  into 
iSbe  soul,  to  awaken  the  tears  of  penitence,  and  elevate  the  hopes 
of  the  Christian  to  the  abodes  of  immortality.  They  are  intituled 
'*  Sermons  ttpon^Death,  Judgment,  Heaven,  and  Hell.** — ^That 
he  should  have  published  so  httle  in  the  line  of  his  profession^ 
s^  perhaps,  to  be  regretted ;  though  his  "  Origin  of  Arianism"  . 
be  a  huge  volume,  it  is  a  controversial  tract,  full  of  erudition 
and  ingenious  anzumentation.  We  have  read  no  other  work  of 
Mr.  Whitaker  in  Divinity,  except  '<  The  Real  Origin  of  Govern* 
(eapankfed  into  a  considerable  Treatise,  from  a  Sermon 
he  had  preached  before  Bp.  Buller,  at  his  Lordship's  pri- 
visitation),  and  "  The  Introduction  to  Fluideirs  Bible.** 
Tfaas  lu0  heeA  much  admired  as  a  masterly  piece  of  eloquence. 
la  the  mean  time,  the  Antiquary  was  not  at  rest.    His  ''  Mary 


104  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l  77 1  • 

^^  Critical  Observations  on  the  Buildings  and  Im* 
provements  of  London,"  with  a  Caricature  Print  of 

Queen  of  Scots,"  published  in  1787»  in  three  octavo  volumes  f 
his  "Course  of  Hannibal  over  the  Alps,  defended,  1794/'  2  vobk 
8vo}  "The  RealOr^n  of  Government,  1795,"  S\o,  a  very  sin- 
gular pamphlet ;  "  The  Origin  of  Arianism ;"  his  **  Antient  Ca- 
thedral of  Cornwall  j"  his  '*  Supplement  to  Mr.  Polwhele's  Anti- 
quities of  Cornwall;"  his  "London,"  and  his  "Oxford"  (both  as 
yet  in  MS.)  furnish  good  evidence  of  an  imagination  continually 
occupied  in  piu^uils  which  kindled  up  its  brightest  flame,  though 
not  always  of  that  judgment,  discretion,  or  candour,  which,  if 
human  characters  had  been  ever  perfect,  we  should  have  expected 
from  a  Whitaker.  In  criticism,  however  (where,  writing  anony- 
mously, he  would  probably  have  written  as  temper  or  caprice 
suggested),  we  And  him,  for  the  most  part,  candid  and  good- 
natured  ;  not  sparing  of  censure,  nor  yet  lavish  of  applause } 
and  affording  us,  in  numerous  instances,  the  most  agi-eeable 
proofe  of  genuine  benevolence.  Even  in  the  instance  of  Gibbon, 
where  he  has  been  thought  severe  beyond  all  former  example^ 
we  have  a  large  mixture  of  the  sweet  with  bitterness.  It  was 
the  critique  on  Gibbon  that  contributed  greatly  to  the  reputation 
of  "  The  English  Review,"  in  which  Mr.  Whitaker  was  also  the 
author  of  many  other  valuable  articles.  To  his  pen,  also,  "  The 
British  Critick"  and  "  The  Antijacobin  Review"  were  indebted 
for  various  pieces  of  criticism.  But  the  strength  of  his  princi- 
ples is  nowhere  more  apparent  than  in  those  articles  where  he 
comes  forward,  armed  with  the  panoply  of  Truth,  in  defence  of 
our  Gvil  and  Ecclesiastical  Constitution.  It  was  there  he  struck 
his  adversaries  with  consternation,  and  we  beheld  the  host  of 
Jacobins  shrinking  away  fi*om  before  his  face,  and  creeping  into 
their  caverns  of  darkness.  But  we  are  here,  perhaps,  betrayed 
into  expressions  too  violent  for  plain  prose,  which  reminds  us  of 
another  part  of  our  friend's  literary  charatter — we  mean  his 
poetical  genius.  That  he  contributed  some  fine  pieces  of  poetry 
to  "  The  Cornwall  and  Devon  Poets,"  is  well  known.  These 
ifirere  published  in  two  small  octavo  volumes;  and  the  Editor  has 
in  his  possession  a  sufficient  quantity  of  good  verse,  by  Mr. 
tVhitaker,  to  fill  forty  or  fifty  pages  of  a  third  volume,  now  in 
contemplation.  We  have  thus  (with  rapid  glances,  i^nd  in  a 
inanner  too  desultory  to  be  perifectly  satisfactory  to  ourselves) 
reviewed  the  productions  of  our  old  and  valued  friend;  and 
hailed  him  in  the  several  departments  of  the  Historian,  the 
Theologist,  the  Critick,  the  Politician,  and  the  Poet,  Versati- 
fity,  like  Whitakers,  is,  in  truth,  of  rare  occurrence.  But  still 
more  rare  is  the  splendour  of  original  genius,  exhibited  in  walks 
so  various  Not  that  Mr.  Whitaker  was  equally  happy  in  them 
aU.  His  characteristic  traits  as  a  writer  were,  acute  dibcern- 
ment,  and  a  velocity  of  ideas  which  acquired  new  force  in  com- 
posjtion,  and  a  jjower  of  combining  images  in  a  manner  pecu- 
£arJy  striking,  and  of  flinging  on  e\erj  lo^\e  oC  dvbcusslun  the 


l.*]  THS  EIGRTEJBimi  CfiVTtJRY.  10$ 

Duke  of  Cumberland's  Statue  in  Cavendish* 
ire,  4to  and  8vo* 

igcst  illustration.  \^th  little  scruple^  therefore,  we  hazaxd 
pinion,  that  though  his  chief  excellence  be  reco^ized  la 
luarian  research,  he  would  have  risen  to  high  eminence  as 
?t»  had  he  cultivated  in  early  youth  the  favour  of  the  Muses. 
lis,  however,  as  it  may,  there  are  none  who  will  deem  us 
^▼agant  in  pronouncing,  that  Mr.  Whitaker  was  a  *'  great** 
ay  character.  That  he  was  "  good'*  as  well  as  great,  would 
■iently  appear  in  the  recollection  of  any  period  of  his  lifes 
her  we  saw  him  abandoning  preferment  from  principle,  and 
ri  biin  "  reasoning  of  righteousness  and  judgment  to  come** 
;  a  Gibbon  trembled;  or  whether^  amongst  his  paiishionera, 
itnesfted  his  unaffected  earnestness  of  preaching,  his  humili^ 
ooversing  with  the  poorest  cottagers,  his  sincerity  in  assist- 
them  with  advice,  his  tenderness  in  offering  them  consols- 

and  his  charity  in  relieving  their  distresses,  it  is  true^  to 
uune  ¥i-annth  of  temper,  together  with  the  sense  of  good  in< 
ons,  we  must  attribute  an  irritability  at  times  destructiTe 
jcial  comfort,  an  impetuousness  that  brooked  not  opposi- 
,  and  bore  down  all  before  it.    This  predpitation  was  in 

also  to  be  traced  to  his  ignorance  of  the  world ;  to  his* 
lUcity  in  beheving  others  like  himself — ^precisely  what  th^ 
Kd  to  be ;  and,  on  the  detection  of  his  error,  his  anger  at 
mulation  or  hypocrisy.  But  his  general  good  humour,  his 
otality,  and  his  convivial  pleasantry,  were  surely  enough  to 
e  for  those  sudden  bursts  of  passion,  those  flashes  which 
■yed  his  ''human  frailty^"  but  still  argued  genius.     And 

who  knew  how  "  fearfully  and  wonder^iy  he  was  made,** 
d  bear  from  a  Whitaker  what  they  could  not  so  well  have 
«ted  in  another.    In  his  family,  Mr.  A^'hitaker  was  uniformly  • 
Isr :  nor  did  he  sufier,  at  any  time,  his  literary  cares  to  trench 
ih  domestic  duties.    The  kiss  of  such  a  man  must  be  deemed, 

were,  a  chasm  both  in  public  and  private  life.  But,  for  the 
r,  we  may  truly  say,  that  if  ever  wife  had  cause  to  lament  the 
I  and  fiiithful  husband,  or  children  (two  daughters)  the  af- 
onate  parent,  or  servants  the  indulgent  master,  the  family  at 
n-Lanyhome  must  feel  their  loss  irreparable.  Such  was  the 
orian  of  Manchester  abd  the  Rector  of  Ruan-Lanyhorne,  of 
m  we  have  given  a  very  hasty  sketch ;  we  hope,  however,  a 

and  impartial  one.    That  he  should  have  lived  to  the  age  of 

it  rather  to  be  wondered;  for,  strong  as  was  his  I>odily 
ititution,  his  mind,  ever  active  and  restless,  must  have  worn 

(we  should  have  presumed)  even  that  athletic  frame,  long 
ire  the  period  assigned  to  man*s  existence.    Amidst  his  ardent 

inde&tigable  researches  into  the  Antiquities  of  London,  his 
nda  detected  the  first  symptoms  of  bodily  decay.  His  journey 
Londoo,  his  vast  exertions  there  in  procuring  information^ 

energetic  and  various  conversation  with  literary  characteis, 
i^r  OD  a  debility,  wbicb  k^  little  regarded  till  it  aikatned 


100  umuRy  wAKSCDOTES  <Hr  [1771* 

^^  A  Disquisition  on  Medicines  that  dissolve  the 
Stone ;  in  which  Dr.  Chittick's  Secret  is  considered 
and  discovered ;  in  two  Parts ;  the  second  Part  now 
first  published,  and  the  first*  considerably  improved  1 
by  Alexander  Blackrie-|-,"  8vo. 

A  new  edition  of  the  Orations  of  '^  Demosthen^* 
by  Baron  Mounteney  |;^  8vo. 

him  in  a  stroke  of  paralysis.  From  this  he  never  recovered  to 
such  a  degree,  as  to  be  able  to  resume,  with  any  good  effect,  hii 
studies  or  occupations.  But  for  the  last  year  his  decline  was 
gradual;  and  it  was  such  as  we  contemplated  with  pleasure; 
aince  we  saw  him  sensible  of  his  approaching  dissolution,  yet 
invariably  suppoited  with  the  Mth  of  a  Christian.  His  indeed 
was  the  resignation,  the  cheerfulness  becoming  a  primitive  dis>- 
ciple  of  that  Jesus  in  whose  mercies  he  reposed,  and  to  whom 
only  he  looked  for  acceptance.  And  he  who  would  derive  com« 
fort  from  the  prospect  of  death  should  keep  in  view  our  vene- 
rable friend,  when,  at  that  awftd  hour  which  assured  us  of  hii 
happiness,  at  peace  with  himself,  his  fellow-creatures,  and  his 
God,  he  sank  as  into  quiet  slumber,  without  a  trouble  or  a  pain, 
ftnd  with  a  smile  on  his  countenance  expired,  on  the  SOth  of 
October  1806,  at  his  rectory  of  Ruan^LAnyhorne,  Cornwall 

GtKt.  Mag.  vol.  LXXVm.  p  1086. 

*  OriginaDy  published  in  1766. 

t  Apothecary  at  Bromley  in  Ke^it    He  died  May  29, 1771. 

X  Of  whom,  see  vol.  II.  p.  192.  His  intimacy  with  Sir  EdU 
ward  Walpole  at  college,  and  his  excellent  Dedication  of  theM 
Orations  to  Sir  Robert,  together  with  his  strict  honcMir  aoi 
gre«t  abilities,  raised  hun,  in  1741,  to  the  honourable  office  of 
Baron  of  the  Exchequer  in  Irdand ;  which  he  filled  with  audi 
Beputation.  The  following  elegant  verses  were  addressed  to  hiai 
on  his  poetfeal  talents,  by  the  late  P^ul  Jodrell,  esq.  at  that 
time  solicitor  general  to  Ff^derick  Prince  of  Wales : 

**  To  a  Barrister  [afterwards  promoted  to  the  Bench]. 

"  To  love  and  verse  young  Ovid*s  tender  mind 
The  Muse  inspired,  as  Nature  had  incUn'd. 
In  vain  his  sire,  his  fortune  to  hoprove. 
To  learn  his  country's  laws  the  stnpling  drove , 
He  studied  nothing  still  but  verse  and  love. 
Nat\u%,  to  you  more  eminently  kind. 
The  wide  extremes  of  law  and  verse  have  join'd ; 
Alike  in  both  you  happily  succeed. 
Resistless  when  you  sing,  or  when  you  plead. 
By  the  same  force  of  two  commanding  arts. 
Men  gain  estates,  and  women  lose  their  hearts. 
Whene'er  the  venerable  coif  shall  spread 
•  Its  sable  honours  o*er  thy  learned  head ; 
The  Muse,  expressive  of  thy  other  praise, 
Aroimd  the  silk  sh^l  wreathe  the  sacred  bays.*' 

The 


} 


1771.3  TQB  EIAimESKni  CENTURV.  107 

,    The  fourth  Edition,    corrected,   of  "  Cicero  de 
Ontore,**  with  the  Commentary  of  Bp.  Pearce  *. 

*  Dr.  Zacbary  Pearce,  born  in  1690,  was  the  son  of  a  distiller 
in  High  Holbom.  He  married. Miss  Adams  (the  daughter  of 
monktr  distiller  in  the  saraie  neighbourhood,  with  a  considerable 
ftNrtune)  who  lived  with  him  5^  years  in  the  highest  degi*ee  of 
eooniibial  happiness.  The  fiftieth  year  of  their  union  they  cele- 
Inted  as  a  year  of  jubilee ;  on  which  occasion  they  invited  all 
(kir  firieods,  and  were  thus  complimented  by  a  friend ; 
"  No  more  let  Calumny  complsun 
That  U)inen  binds  jn  cmcl  cliain. 

And  makes  his  sul^ects  slaves : 
Supported  by  the  GcmkI  an:l  WisCi 
Her  keenest  slander  he  defies. 
Her  utmost  malice  braves. 
To-day — he  triumphs  o  er  his  foes. 
And  to  the  world  a  Paur  he  shows, 

Tho'  long  his  subjects — free : 
Who  happy  in  his  bands  appear. 
And  joyful  call  the  Fiftieth  Year 
A  Year  of  Jubilee." 
He  had  his  education  in  Westminster  school,  where  he  w«| 
fstioguished  by  his  merit,  and  elected  one  of  the  King's  Scho- 
hn.    In  17 10,  when  he  was  twenty  years  old,  he  was  elected  to 
Trinity'  college,  Cambridge.     In   1716  he  published  the  first 
Edition  of  his  ''Cicero  de Oratore  ;**  and,  at  the  desire  of  a  ftieitd, 
^1  iockilj  dedicated  it  to  Lord  Chief  Justice  Parker  (afterwards  Earl 
tj  4f  M^uoclefifi^d),  to  whom  he  was  a  stranger.    This  incident  laid 
il  Ike  foundation  of  his  future  fortune ;  for  Lord  Macclesfield  soon 
after  recommended  him  to  Dr.  Bentleyt  Master  of  Trinity,  to  be 
^ttcVe  one  of  the  Fellows ;   and  the  Doctor  consented  to  it,  Gg| 
ihk  Goadition,  that  his  L(»rdship  would  promise  to  unmake  hiai 
■gaio  as  soon  as  it  lay  in  his  power  to  give  him  a  living.     ["  It 
is  a   melancholy  consideration^    howcxer,    that  a  yoimg  maa 
from  the  foundation  of  Westminster,  who  could  publish  l\illy*s 
OflF-ces,   must  have  a  patron,  to  ask  the  Mabter  of  Trinity  (him* 
srif  the  first  of  scholars  in  the  same  line)  that  he  may  be  a  Fellow. 
Mr.  Pearce  was  rcmarkabW  lucky  in  the  choice  of  the  two  Authorsf 
^  published,  as  their  eligance  and  nierit  contributed  greatly  to 
i  feme  of  their  Editor."    T.  f.]— In  1717,  Mr.  Pearce,  beinK 


being 

n  M.  A.  was  ordained,  at  the  age  of  27 ;   having  taken  time 

enough,  ea  he  thought,  to  attain  a  suflUcicnt  knowledge  of  the 

OBcred  office.    Id  1718  Lord  Parker  was  appointed  Chancellor, 

and  iiiviled  Mr.  Pearce  to  Ijpre  with  him  in  his  house  as  a  chap- 

Un.      In  1719  he  was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  Staplefoid 

Abbots,  in  Essex ;  and  in  17%  to  tl^at  of  St.  Bartholomew,  be* 

hind  the  Royal  Exchange,  then  worth  400/.  per  annum.    In  1 723 

cKe  Lord  CinveUor  presented  him  to  St.  Martinis  in  the  Fields* 

1^  Ma^csly,  ivho  was  then  at  Hanover,  was  applied  to  in  {^\out 

/  CU9U0  Mod  L^n^nvtSp 


108  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l771« 

A  new  Edition  of  the  "Clavis  Homerica/*  with  ' 
the  Corrections   of  Dr.  Samuel  Patrick^     Editor 

of  Dr.  Gaget,  who  was  there  along  with  hun ;   and  the  Doctor  ^ 
actually  kissed  hands  upon  the  occasion;  but  the  Chancellor^  ^ 
upon  the  King's  return,  disputed  the  point,  and  carried  it  in,  \ 
fevour  of  Mr.  Pearce.     In  1724  the  d^ee  of  Doctor  of  Divinitf. 
was  conferred  on  him  by  Archbishop  Wake.    The  same  year  he 
dedicated  to  his  patron,  the  £arl  of  Macclesfield  (who  the  next  ' 
year  resigned  the  Great  Seal)  his  edition  of  *'  Longinus  de  Sub« 
limitate/*    with  a  new  Latin  Version  and  Notes,  which  hai^  ' 
passed  through  four  editions.     Dr.  Pearce  was  also  fortunate  iai  ' 
the  good  graces  of  Lady  Sundon  >  upon  whose  recommendatioii. 
of  him  to  the  Queen,  he  was  designed  for  a  Deanry,  and  was" 
frequently  honoured  with   her  Majesty's  conversation   in  the' 
drawing-room.     After  several  disappointments,   the  Deanry  of 
Winchester  becoming  vacant.  Dr.  Pearce  was  appointed  Dean  in" 
1739     As  soon  as  it  was  known  that  the  Doctor  was  to  be  Dean 
of  Winchester,  his  friend  Mr.  Pulteney  came  to  congratulate  him 
on  the  occasion  -,  and,  among  other  things  which  he  then  saidj^ 
one  was,  **  Dr.  Pearce,  though  you  may  think  that  others,  besides 
Sir  Robeit,  have  contributed  to  give  you  this  dignity,  yet  you  may ' 
depend  upon  it  that  he  is  all  in  all,  and  that  you  owe  it  entirely  ta 
his  good-will  towards  you :  and  therefore,  as  I  am  now  so  engs^ed 
in  opposition  to  him,  it  may  happen  that  some  who  are  of  our  - 
party  may,  if  there  should  be  any  opposition  for  members  of  ^  < 
parliament  at  Winchester,  prevail  upon  me  to  desire  you  to  act ' 
there  in  assistance  of  some  friend  of  ours  j  and  Sir  Robert,  at  the    ^ 
same  time,  may  ask  your  assistance  in  the  election,  for  a  frieniL  ' 
of  his  own,  against  one  whom  we  recoilimend :  I  tell  you«  there-   li 
fore,  before-hand,  that  if  you  comply  with  my  request,  rather  « 
than  Sir  Robert's,  to  whom  you  are  so  very  much  obliged,  I    > 
shall  have  the  worse  opinion  of  you."  — His  friends  now  began    ^ 
to  think  of  him  for  the  episcopal  dignity,  but  the  Dean's  Ian-    9 
guage  rather  declined  it.     However,  after  several  difficulties  had    • 
been  started  and  removefl,  he  consented  to  accept  the  Bishoprick 
of  Bangor,  and  promised  I-ord  Hardvvicke  to  "  do  it  with  a  good 
grace."     He  accordingly  made  proper  acknowledgments  of  the . 
Royal  goodness,     and  was    consecrated    February  21,   1748, 
Upon  the  declining;  state  of  health  of  Dr.  Wilcocks,  Bbhop  of 
Rochester,  the  Bishop  of  Bangor  was  several  times  applied  to 
by  Archbishop  HeiTiiig  to  accept  of  Rochester  and  the  Deanry 
of  Westminster,  in  exchange  for  Bangor  j  but  the  Bishop  then 
signified  his  desire  to  obtain  leave  to  resign,  and  retire  to  a  pri- 
vate life.     His  Lordship,  however,  ofOn  being  pressed,  suffered 
himself  to  be  prevailed  upon: — "  My  Lord,"  said  he  to  the  Duke 
of  Newcastle,  /'  your  Grace  offers  these  dignities  to  me  in  so 
generous  and  friendly  a  manner,  that  I  promise  jou  to  accept 
tliem.'*     Upon  the  death  of  Bishop  Wilcocks,   Wwas  accom*- 
jns^Iy  promoted  to  the  see  of  Rochtster  and  Deanry  of  West- 
miiister,  in  1  To6.    Bishop  ^betVoc\!L  ^ed  \a  \1[^\ ,  ^ocAVat^^^o^ 


1771-3  THE  SIGHTBENTH  CENTUEY.  lOfl 

of  an  improved  Edition  of   Ainsworth's  Dictio- 
Buy,  lee  vol.  V.  p.  250. 

his  interest  for  getting  the  Bishop  of  Rochester  appointed 
_^j  •-=—  in  the  diocese  of  London;  but  he  had  determined 


to  be  Bishop  of  London,  or  Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  lu 
He  jcar  1763,  being  seventy- three  years  old,  and  finding  himself 
Iw  fit  for  the  business  of  his  stations  as  Bishop  and  D^in,  he 
isfiinned  his  friend  Lord  Bath  of  his  intention  to  resign  both, 
mi  live  in  a  retired  manner  upon  his  private  fortune.  Hia 
Loiddiip  undertook  to  acquaint  his  Majesty,  who  named  a  day 
mhI  iKMir,  when  the  Bishop  was  admitted  alone  into  the  closet« 
He  told  the  King»  that  he  wished  to  have  some  interval  between 
fkt  fiitigues  of  business  and  eternity,  and  desired  his  Majesty  to 
coMuk  proper  persons  about  the  propriety  and  legality  of  his 
mignation.  In  about  two  months  the  King  informed  him, 
that  Lord  Mansfield  saw  no  objection,  and  that  Lord  Northing- 
lOB,  who  had  entertained  some  doubts,  on  further  consideration, 
'Ihoii^t  that  the  request  might  be  complied  with.  Unfortu- 
Bitely  for  the  Bishop,  Lord  fi^th  applied  for  Bishop  Newton  to 
nooeed.  Thb  alarmed  the  Ministry,  who  thought  that  no  dig- 
■itiei  should  be  obtained  but  through  their  hands.  They,  there* 
fore,  opposed  the  resignation,  and  his  Majesty  was  informed  that 
tte  Bishops  disliked  the  de<%ign.  The  King  sent  to  him  again, 
and  at  a  third  audience  told  him,  that  he  must  think  no  more  of 
itngning.  The  Bishop  replied,  "  Sir,  I  am  all  duty  and  sub- 
anmon ;"  and  then  retired.  In  I768  he  obtained  leave  {for  dif- 
fatnt  reasons,  probably,  from  tliose  above  mentioned)  to  resign 
tte  Deanry.  [**  It  was  singular  enough  in  Bishop  Pearce,  be- 
Close  the  Bishoprick  was  troublesome  and  interrupted  his  stu- 
dios, to  resign  the  Deamy,  which  did  neither.  He  would  have 
done  more  to  the  purpose,  when  he  tried  to  get  rid  of  this 
Idndrance,  if  he  could  have  got  rid  of  old  age,  which  is  the  most 
troobkaome  obstacle.  The  Bishop  had  probably  in  his  life- time 
the  faU  quantity  of  fsaae  that  he  deserved  as  a  writer.  Dr. 
B«keley»  bishop  of  Clo}'ne,  pressed  much  for  leave  to  resign  -, 
but  I  always  understood  that  the  difliculty  was  how  to  dispose  of 
\k  right  of  acting  as  a  I^ird  of  Parliament.  But  it  seems  that 
kk  this  case  Lord  Mansfield,  and  even  Lord  Northington,  saw 
DO  difficulty,  or  got  over  it.  Among  the  Papists  thei'e  is  no 
ififficulty^  their  Bisho})s  are  not  Lords  of  Parliament  5  and  when 
they  have. a  mind  to  resign,  the  Pope  translates  them  to  a 
Bbhoprick  in  partibus  injidelium,  which  senses  to  preserve  title 
md  rank.  Whether  this  was  done  in  the  case  of  Bishop  Huet  I 
do  not  stay  to  examine^  1  think  he  always  writes  himself  Ancien 
Eveque  d'Avranches.  We  have  had  several  resignations  of 
Bishopricks  in  Ireland  and  England.  Whether  any  of  them 
iince  Popery  was  abolished,  I  cannot  say  f ;   but'  tlie  question 

t  Mild  Cofvdisle,  biihop  of  Exeter,  was  deprived  of  his  bishoprick 
Vir  QMeo  him  I  and  after  hier  death  refused  to  accept  it  a^in,  but  lived 
phvatdjt  at  tae  age  of  9U— The  funeral  of  another  depnveU  Bishop,  in 


f 


1  to  LTTEKAnr  ANECDOTES  Of  [l  J  J  t^ 


and  Political,"  3  vols.  8vo. 


Dialogue^^ 


iJ' 


deserve*  dkquiaitkm;*    T,  R  —  Qct.  23, 1773^  he  lost  Kis  htOf  f 
mad,  after  some  monthsof  lingerng  daeagr,  he  died  at  little  Esd* 
ing,  Jvuie  %9, 1774.    Being  asked  one  day  how  he  could  live  willva 
ID  little  iMtrimetit  ?  '*  1  live/*  aaid  he, "  upon  the  recotledion  of  atti 
innoeeat  and  well-speDt  life,  which  is  my  only  sdsleBanee."    IMIl 
chuitaUe  addition  to  the  peniions  of  the  chaplain  aAd  poo»  widi^wif 
iftBromky  Ceikg»  wiU  long  be  remembered  to  hw  honlnir.  Soettg 
after  his  wife's  death,  he  gave  to  them  50001.  (M  South-Sed  anfr, 
imities.  lie  left  legacies  to  the  amount  of  ld»>000<w  ter  WestminAtet 
Hospital,  Soeiety  for  propagating  the  (lospel.  Poor  of  Esiling,  R(^ 
Chester,  and  Bangor  -,  and  his  valuable  library  to  the  College  at 
Westminster.    There  is  a  portrait  of  him  in  Brorale}  CoUege  cha- 
pel, with  <me  of  Bp.  Warner,  the  founder  -,  a  mezzotinto  portrait' 
of  him,  when  Bbfaop  of  Bangor,  '*  J.  Hudison  pmx,  1754.  J.  Faber 
fecit  i*  an  engravii^  of  him  is  prefixed  to  his  Works;  and  a  tint 
bust  in  white  marble,  esteemed  a  striking  likeness,  is  plaeed  om 
his  monument  in  Westminster  Abbey,  wMch  is  thus  inacribedt ' 

"  M.  S. 

viri  admodum  Reverend! 

Zacharia  Pbarck,  S.T.  p. 

Episcopi  Roffensis, 

hujusque  £cclesi<e  Coliegiatae 

necnon  Honoratissimi  Ordinis  de  Bcdneo  Decani. 

Pueritifii  in  Schollk  Westnionasterieusi  bene  act£L>  .- 

uberiorem  scientiae  fructum 

apud  Cantabrigieases  coUegit. 

Qunntus  ind^  et  Criticus  prodiit,  et  Theologus» 

testantur  scripta  ipsius  jamdudum  edita,  ^ 

Testabuntur  et  max  edenda.  ^^ 

Secers(^s,  tandem,  ac  otii  impeiis^  cupidus^  .  ^ 

Q\ib  sacris  Uteris  elucidandis  vacaret, 

decanatum  hunc  abdicavit,  ' 

episcopatum,  insuper,  mod6  licuisset, 

abdicaturiis, 

^)soIUto,  demtinl,  quod  praecipub  in  votis  erat, 

in  Sacrosancta  Evangelia,  ct  Acta  Apostolorum, 

limatissimo  Commcntario, 

I&56,  it  thus  described  in  Strype*8  Memorials,  %'oI.  |/l.  p.  305 :  <<  Df .  ^\ 
•ometime  Bishop  of  Worcester,  was  buried  v^ith  doe  respect,  Aug^.  13,  afc 
Clerkenwell,  with  a  Sermon  preached  by  Dr.  f^arpsB^Id.  He  was  yai 
into  bit  coffin  like  a  Bishop,  with  the  mitM  and  (HhMT  panifficaUhus,  Rlr 
funeral  wat  illuminated  with  two  whi^fllranehes,  two'  dozen  of  sltafll  • 
torches,  and  four  ^at  tapers."  His  efflffes,  in  ponii/icalitmy  was  plaecdl 
over  his  tomb,  and  is  engraved  in  Malcolm's  Loudlniutan  Redivivum^ 
voLIli.  p.  818.    The  inscription  was, 

"  Content  hoc  marmor  Doctorem  nomine  Uhuny 
Qui  bene  tam  re\it  praesulis  officium }  ^^^ 
Iforibut,  inj^nio,  vits  pietate  vigebat,- 
Lsuditus  cuactif  y  cultus  et  cloquio, 
A.D.  1556,  dieAu^.U.'* 

ft]ai« 


ini-j  "tHE  SlOHTJSftMTH  CENTURY^  111 

•  The  lart  volume  of  "  The  History  of  the  Life 
tod  Reign  of  King  Henry  the  Second^  by  Georga 
Lord  Lyttelton/'  4to.* 

k  laboribus  requievit 
XXIX  Jiinii,  A.D.  MDCCLxxiv.  »tat.  lxxxit.** 

BnlMi|i  Fnrce  spent  the  part  of  the  year  he  did  not  reside  st 

■tomlejr  in  his  paternal  house  at  Ealing,  where  he  was  well 

nqweted.    On  the  East  wall  of  the  North  aile  of  the  church  at 

lifing,  OD  a  neat  monument  of  white  marble,  is  this  inscription 

Id  tba  OM^mory  of  his  Lordship's  father : 

"  To  the  memory  of  Thomas  Pearcb  of  Little  Ealing,  esq. 

who  lieth  buried  in  the  middle  aile  of  this  Church. 

During  forty  years  he  was  a  constant 

inhabitant  of  this  parish, 

to  which  he  retired  from  business. 

He  died  on  August  14,  1753,  aged  85  yeafs, 

hftTing  the  character  (which  he  well  deserved)  of 

an  honest  man  and  a  sincere  Christian.** 

And  at  bottom,  Ermine  in  chief,  3  bees,  a  lion  rampant  Gules. 

The  Bishop^s  other  Works  are,  L  Two  Papers  in  *'  The  Spec- 
tator,"  No.  57^,  on  (Quacks ;    and  No.  633,  on  Eloquence. 

2.  The  Letter  signed  Ned  Mum  in  "The  Guardian,"  No.  121. 

3.  No.  114  in  ''The  Pree-Thinker."  4.  ''An  Account  of 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  l7Wr  5.  Epistola  duae,  ad  P.  V, 
Phyfessorem  Amstelodamensem  de  editione  Novi  Testament!  a 
Bentleio,  17«1,"  4to  (reprinted,  with  the  ''Commentary,"  in 
1777).  6.  "A  Letter  to  the  Qerffy  of  the  Church  of  Eng* 
land,  on  occasion  of  the  Bishop  of  Rochester's  Commitment 
to  the  Tower,  17^,"  of  which  two  editions  were  printed, 
and  a  TranaibLtion  into  Prench.  7.  "  The  Miracles  of  Jesus 
rindicated,"  U^  and  17^.  8.  "  A  Review  of  the  Text  of 
9filton,  17S8."  9.  "Cicero  de  Officiis,  1745,"  which  has  been 
twk?e  reprinted.  10.  **  Two  Letters  against  Dr.  Middleton," 
third  edition,  1752.  11.  "A  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  Hunt,  He- 
bfrw  IVofessor  at  Oxford,"  containing  a  curious  account  rela- 
tive to  the  publbhing  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  Chronolog}',  1754. 
K.  "  Nine  Sermons  on  public  Occasions,  one  on  Self- murder, 
and  a  Concio  ad  Clerum."  13.  "  A  Commentary,  with  Notes, 
en  the  Four  Evangelists,  and  the  Acts  of  the  Ajnwtles ;  together 
with  a  new  Translation  of  St.  Paul's  tirbt  Epbtle  to  the  Corin« 
(Mans,  with  a  Paraphrase  and  Notes/'  2  vols.  4to,  published 
(1777)  after  his  death,  by  his  chaplain  and  executor,  Mr.  Derby*, 
who  had  married  the  Bishop's  niece.  Four  volumes  of  Bishop 
lbnt:e*s  Sermons  were  allfeublished  by  Mr.  Derby  f  in  1778. 

*  See  the  Essays  and  lUtStrations  in  vol.  VI.  No.  XVI. 

t  Mm  DiefhTB  M«  A.  rector  of  Southfleet  and  Lon^eld  in  Kent ;  and 
one  of  the  ais  Jkaben  in  Canterbury  Cathedral.  He  died  Oct.  6,  1778 ; 
9t^  fift  digrs  mtfthi^  date  of  bis  Dedication  to  the  Biahoj/B  Sermons. 

"The 


113  I.tT£RARY  AN£CD0TS5  OF  [l77l* 

"  The  Duty,    Circumstances,    and   Benefits  of 
Baptism/'  by  Thomas  Barker  *,  esq.  8 vo. 

*  The  father  of  this  gentleman  was  the  descendant  of  an  an-  | 
tient  and  respectable  family  at  Lyndon  in  Rutlandshire ;  of  which 
finequent  notices  may  be  seen  in  the  Memoirs  of  the  pious  and 
learned  William  Whist  on.     His  father  was  remarkable  for  a  cri«*    ■ 
tkal  knowledge  of  languages,  paiticularly  the  Hebrew ;  and  hit  l 
mother  was  Mr.  Whiston's  daughter. — Mr.  Barker  was  a  remark-   . 
able  instance  of  abstemiousness,   having  totally  refrained  irora 
animal  food  -,   not  through  prejudice  of  any  kind,  or  from  an 
idea  that  such  a  regimen  was  conducive  to  longevity,  as  some 
cf  the  newspapers  improperly  stated,  but  from  a  peculiarity  of 
constitution  which  discovered  itself  in  his  infancy.    Till  within 
a  few  years  of  his  death  he  enjoyed  uncommon  health  and  spirits^ 
but  was  distinguished  more  than  by  any  other  cii'cumstance,  by 
his  exemplary  conduct  in  all  respects  through  the  whole  of  a  long 
life. — He  died  in  his  88th  year,  at  his  house  at  Lyndon,  Dec.  29, 
1809.  —  He  was  author  of  several  tracts  on  religious  and  phi- 
losophical subjects ',  particularly  one  on  the  Discoveries  concem-n 
ing  Comets,  1757,  which  contains  a  Table  of  the  Parabola,  much 
talued  by  competent  judges,  and  re-printed  by  Sir  Hany  Engle* 
field,  in  his  excellent  Treatise  on  the  same  subject  3   but  he  was    , 
most  known  as  an  assiduous  and  accurate  observer. in  Meteo« 
rology ;    and  his  annual  journals  on  this  subject  were  many   ^ 
years  published  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions.  —  He  wrotOr  1 
also,   1.  "An  Acoiunt  of  a  Mete<ir  seen  in  Rutland,  resembling    ; 
a  Water-spout"  (Phil.  Trans.  1756,  p.  248.)      2.  *' Account  of    ■ 
the  Discoveries  concerning  Comets,    with  the  Way  to  find   \ 
their  Orbits,    and  some  Improvements   in  constructing  their 
Places,  with  Tables,  1757,"  4to.     3.  "On  the  Return  of  the    J 
Comet  expected  in  1757  or  1758"  (Phil.  Trans.  1769,  p.  347).    * 
4.  "  On  the  Mutation  of  the  Stais"  (ib.  1761,  p.  498).     5.  "Ac-    ' 
count  of  a  remarkable  Halo,   May  20,  1737"   (ib.  1762,  p.  3).    \ 
6.  '^Observations  on  the  Quantities  of  Rain  ^len  at  Lyndon    ' 
for  several  Years  5   with  Observations  for  deteimining  the  Lati-    ' 
tude  of  Stamford"  (ib.  1771,  pp.221,  227).      7.  "The  Duty^    \ 
Circumstance,  and  Benefits  of  Baptism,  determined  by  Evidence,. 
1771,"  8vo.     8.  "The  Messiah  ;  being  the  Prophecies  concern- 
ing him  methodized,  with  their  Accomplishment,  1780,'*  8vo*. 
9.  "  The  Nature  and  Circumstances  of  the  Demoniacks  in  the 
Crospel  stated,  methodized,  and  considered,  in  the  several  Par* 
ticulars,  1780,'*  8vo. — Mr.  Barker's  philosophical  Treatises  re- 
dound highly  to  his  credit  -,    and,    in  liis  theological  pieces, 
though  his  sentiments,  on  i»oine  occ|p|pns,  are  not  in  congruity 
to  the  Orthodox  or  Calvin istical  tenets,  the  firmness  of  his  fiuth^' 
the  integrity  of  his  heart,  and  his  honest  desire  to  promote  the 

^interests  of  genuine  Chiistianity,  aiv  very  apparent. — When  Mr. 
William  Harrod  (the  industrious  Historian  of  SMMord,  Mans- 

fieldj  and  Market  Harborough)  projected  a  Re-pKication  and 

Con« 


^773-3  THS  £IGIlt££KTH  CENTURT*  11$ 

1772. 

In  this  year  appeared  a  new  Edition^  consider^ 
ibly  enlarged,  of  Mr.  Bowyer's  "  Conjectures  on  the 
New  Testament,  collected  from  various  Authors, 
is  well  in  regard  to  Words  as  Pointing :  with  the 
Reasons  on  which  both  are  founded.  JSst  enim  ceu 
Commentatnolus  Sermo  recti  scriptus  ac  recti  dis^ 
titwtus.  HiERONYM.  AD  Hedibiam." — At  the  con- 
clusion of  the  Preface,  Mr.  Bowyer  thus  patheti- 
cally describes  the  disorders  which  had  been  for 
some  years  undermining  his  constitution :  *^  It  is 
time  for  me  to  withdraw  my  disabled  hand^  and 
to  ask  pardon  of  those  learned  Friends  whose  col* 
lections  I  have  purloined.  That  is  the  least  injury 
I  have  done  them  :  I  have  so  unconscionably  used 
the  liberty  indulged  me  by  one  *  of  them,  that  to 

Gontinuation  of  Wright's  "Hbtory  and  Antiquities  of  Rutland,** 
in  1788,  Mr.  Barker  was  one  of  his  kindest  Patrons;  and,  though 
the  Work  viva  discontinued,  after  the  appearance  of  Two  Niun- 
hew,  from  want  of  proper  cncoimigement,  the  History  of  the 
Arish  of  Lyndon,  by  Mr.  Barker,  was  one  of  the  few  parts  that 
vere  given  to  the  pubhck. 

♦    Mr.  Markland,  whose  notes  (by  liis  own  direction)  were 
dkdnguished  by  the  letter  R.    To  Mr.  Clarke,  Dr.  Owen,  and 
y  other  respectable  names,  he  acknowledged  his  obligations 
that  useful  Collection ;   of  which  a  third  edition,  still  much 
considerably  improved,  was  published  in  quarto,  178^,  by 
__  Editor  of  these  Anecdotes,   with  the  following  apologetic 
Adrvrtisemcnt :  'Mt  is  in  full  compliance  with  the  wbhes  of  the 
anginal  Collector  of  these  Conjectures,  that  a  new  and  enlarged 
Uition  is  now  submitted  to  the  publick.     After  having  been 
tfy  honoured  with  the  approbation  of  the  Learned  on 
Continent  as  well  as  in  thb  Kingdom,  Mr.  Bowser  consi-^ 
It  as  a  duty  incumbent  on  him  to  revise  his  former  labours. 
With  this  view  he  had  prepared  a  copy  for  the  press,  which  is 
Ae  grtNind-work  of  the  present  volume ;    and  has  since  been 
conudcnUy  augmented  by  the  liberty  of  transcribing  from  the 
tmrgka  of  Mr.  Markland's  Greek  Testament  such  new  observa- 
Ikms  «i  were  suitable  to  the  plan-     For  this  invaluable  acquis!- 
tioo  the  Reader  is  indebted  to  that  liberal  attention  to  promote 
tlie  cawe  of  Virtue  and  Religion,  which  is  one  of  the  many 
nelt-kfioini  exgellences  of  Dr.  Hebcrden. — Conscious  of  the  in* 
^itffoaUnemSjUs  own  abilities,  the  present  Editor  would  not 
fesve  pttaaaSnio  venture  on  a  task  of  such  importance,  as  weW 
m  ditBcultf,  if  be  bad  DOt  been  encouraged  throughout  by  the 
T0L.IU.  I  uur^ 


1 14  LITEIIARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l  77 J# 

him  I  can  make  no  apology;  except  that  I  need 
one  to  my  readers^  for  not  making  greater  use  of 
that  indulgence.  My  imperfections  they  will  im- 
pute  to  age,  and  the  consequent  infirmities  of  it. 
Torpid  with  the  palsy  ♦,  and  only  quickened  by  a 
painful  vicissitude  of  the  stone,  I  feel  the  worst 
tide  of  humanity :  they  will  have  the  pleasure  of 

unremitted  labours  and  friendship  of  Dr.  Owen ;  whose  regard 
for  the  memory  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  and  distinguished  zeal  for  the  in- 
terests of  Sacred  Literature,  have  prompted  him  not  only  to  enrich 
the  Volume  with  a  considerable  number  of  new  Notes,  but  aba 
kindly  and  attentively  to  superintend  the  correction  of  the  whole. 
-—  Independent  of  the  honour  such  communications  have  con* 
ferred,  it  would  be  unjust  if  the  Editor  did  not  also  here  acknow- 
ledge how  greatly  he  is  indebted  for  the  many  valuable  notes  he 
has  received  from  the  Honourable  and  Right  Reverend  Dr.  Bar- 
rington.  Lord  Bishop  of  Landaff  [now  of  Durham] ;  fiom  Sir  Joha 
David  MichaeUs,  the  learned  Professor  at  Goettingen ;  from  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Stephen  Weston,  of  Exeter  College,  Oxford  5  irom  the 
Rev.  Mr.  [now  Dr.]  Isaac  Gosset ;  and  some  other  excellent 
Friends,  whose  names,  as  they  occur  less  frequently,  it  will  be 
unnecessary  here  to  enumemte. — '  In  conjectural  criticism  great 
liberties  have  been  taken  with  the  Sacred  Text,*  as  one  of  my 
Contributors  [Bp.  Barrington]  observes,  *  both  by  Antients  and 
Modeiiis ;  yet  surely  bounds  must  somewhei'e  be  set  to  wliat  an 
eminent  writer  calls  the  frolic  of  conjecture.  On  any  other  ground^ 
one  is  at  a  loss  what  to  believe  or  what  to  practise.  Reasons  au- 
thorized by  MSS.  or  early  Versions  appear  to  be  the  only  solid 
foundations  on  which  alterations  may  be  safely  built :  and  where 
a  Critic  proposes  a  conjecture  unsupported  by  either,  it  seems 
necessaiy  to  apprize  the  world,  that  he  does  it  on  a  presumption 
that  ftiture  discoveries  may  give  a  sanction  to  his  emendation/ 
—  Upon  tliis  principle  the  following  Conjectures  were  chiefly 
raised  -,  and  in  this  li^ht  only  do  they  presiune  to  claim  the  Rea- 
der's notice  or  regard.  J.  Nichols." 

*  A  shoit  extract  from  a  friendly  letter  received  by  Mr. 
Bowyer  on  this  occasion  from  the  learned  and  Reverend.  Dr. 
John  Strachey  (since  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk)  may  not  be 
unacceptable:  "  Mr.  Nichols  has  transmitted  to  me  your 
'  Conjectures  on  the  New  Testament  •/  for  which  very  oblk;- 
ing  and  acceptable  proof  of  your  regard,  I  beg  leave  to  ofer 
you  my  sincerest  thanks.  I  should  have  been  happy  not  ta 
Lave  had  the  melancholy  descripticms  which  you  give  of  your 
health,  in  your  Preface,  so  frequency  confirmed  by  the  accounts 
I  have  received  in  Red  Lion  Passage.  I  hope  you  will  excuse 
my  presuming  to  wound  your  eruditas  aures  with  barbarous 
Latin^  and  permit  me  to  apply  to  you  what  was  said  of  (1  think) 
Bp.  Hall : — Cui  nihil  inest  acre  neque  acerbum,  prdkr  stranguria 
takuUque  crucioiuf/* 


n 


177s.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  115 

exercising  the  better  side,  even  of  forgiving,  which 
approaches  nearest  to  Divinity." 

With  a  copy  of  this  Book  the  following  concilia- 
tory letter  was  sent  to  Bishop  Warburton*,  who  had 
censured  a  passage  in  the  former  edition : 

'^  MY  LORD,  February  1772. 

*'  I  beg  your  acceptance  of  these  Conjectures  on 
the  N.  1:  drawn  up  under  all  the  imperfections  of 
nature ;  which  your  Lordship  will  perceive  by  the 
incorrectness.  These  both  you  and  I  must  over- 
look, as  being  the  will  of  the  Supreme  Being.  But 
may  I  hope  you  will  acquit  me  for  differing  from 

^u  in  some  points  where  I  fell  under  your  censure? 
may  be  allowed  to  offer  my  reasons  with  de- 
cency and  good  manners,  I  will  take  care  to  ofiend 
no  more  with  the  liberty  of  prophesying^;  and  am, 
my  Lord,  your  Lordship's  most  dutiful  and  obliged 
bumble  servant,  William  Bowyer.'* 

"  Fitz-Stephen's  Description  of  the  City  of  Lon-  . 
don,  newly  translated  from  the  Latin  Original; 
with  a  necessary  Commentary.  A  Dissertation  on 
the  Author,  ascertaining  the  exact  year  of  the  Pro- 
duction^ is  prefixed ;  and  to  the  whole  is  subjoined, 
A  correct  Edition  of  the  Original,  with  the  various 
Readings,  and  some  useful  Annotations.  By  an 
Antiquary:};,"  4to. 

*  A  copy  of  the  Work  was  at  the  same  time  sent  to  another 
learned  Friend ;  who  returned  the  following  answer : 

"  Dear  Sir,  Lincoln*s  Inn,  Jem.  13,  1772. 

"  I  thank  you  for  your  very  kind,  and,  I  dare  say,  valuable 
Oomfeciure$  on  the  New  Testament ;  though  I  have  not  had  tune, 
mm  yet,  to  look  further  into  them  than  to  the  passages  to  which 
jou  refier  me  in  your  note  of  the  1 1th.  The  Author  of  the  Letter 
io  Dr.  Leland  cannot  certainly  take  ofience  at  your  citation  from 
lliin  ;  and  I  see  no  reason  to  suppose  that  the  other  person,  you 
oientjon,  will  be  oflended  at  what  you  say  in  p.  27  of  the  Pre« 
fiicc,  and  Acts  xvii.  18.  I  think  you  do  well  to  intend  sending 
Idm  your  Book.  Once  more  1  bt^g  you  to  accept  my  b&>t  thanks 
apd  boit  wishes ;  and  am,  dear  Sir, 

Your  much  obliged  humble  sen^ant,  R.  Hurd.** 

t  See  Div.  L^.  b.  vi.  §  6.  vol.  V.  p.  304.  ed.  1765. 

^  It  k  now  no  secret,  that  this  learned  Antiquary  was  the  late 
wnerdble  Dr.  Samuel  P^ge,  to  whose  literary  labours  the  learned 
WQcld  had  before  very  mquently  been  obl%ed  >  and  to  whose 

'  2  unvmei 


lis  LITERARY  ANECDOrtS  or  [l772* 

^'  Fumifugium;  or,  the  Inconvenience  of  the  Air 
and  Smoke  of  London,  dissipated;  together  with 
some  Remedies  humbly  proposed,  by  J.  E[velyn]*, 

unvaried  friendship  to  Mr.  Bowyer  the  Author  of  these  Anecdotes  • 
(who  liad  himself  also  very  many  obligations  to  Dr.  Pegge)  is 
happy  to  inscribe  this  note. 

*  John  Evelyn,  esq,  the*  great  ornament  of  his  family,  and 
indeed  of  his  country,  was  bom  in  Wotton  in  Surrey,  Oct.  31, 
1620.     He  was  educated  at  the  School  at  Lewes,  under  the  care 
of  his  gi*andmother  Stansfield,  where  he  acknowledges,  in  his 
own  Memoirs,   that  he  was  too  much  hldulged,    and  did  not 
IBake  so  good  use  of  his  time  as  he  ought  to  have  done ;   for 
this,  however,  he  made  ample  amends  by  his  future  diligence. 
In  April  1637  he  was  entered  of  the  Middle  Temple,  though 
then  at  School;    and  in  the  following  month  was  admitted  a 
Fellow  Commoner  of  Baliol  College,  Oxford,  of  which  Dr.  Park- 
hurst  was  Master.    He  was  placed  under  the  tuition  of  Mr.  Brad- 
shaw  (marked  by  him  as  nomen  invisum !)  son  of  the  rector  of 
Ockhmn,  and  relation  of  the  Regicide.  Whibt  he  was  at  College, 
Nathaniel  Canopius  came  thither,  being  sent  into  England  by 
the  feunous  Patriarch  Cyril.     He  was  the  first  who  introduced 
coffee,  not  before  heard  of  here,  nor  made  a  common  entertain- 
ment till  many  years  after,  sack  and  tobacco  being  before  the 
common  liquor  and  drug.      From  hence  he  removed,    about 
three  years  after,  to  the  Middle  Temple.     In  1641  he  went  into 
Holland,  and  was  admitted  a  volunteer  in  the  company  of  Cap- 
tain Apsley  commanding  some  English  troops  there.  ■    In  the 
end  of  that  year,    or  in  1642,  he  returned  to  England,  went 
to  the  King  at  Brentford,  where  he  rode  a  volunteer  in  Prince 
Hupert's  troop  j   but  the  King  going  to  Gloucester,  and  leaving 
Surrey  quite  c|)en  to  the  Parliament's  forces,  and  his  being  m 
arms  not  being  known,  he  obtained  the  King's  licence  to  travel, 
and  in  that  year  set  out  to  make  the  tour  of  Europe,  and  did 
not  return  till  1651.     He  went  first  to  Holland  and  Flanders, 
and  then  to  France  and  Italy,  and  has  left  a  large  and  minute 
account  of  all  that  he  found  worthy  of  observation  in  his  travels; 
and  nothing  seems  to  have  escaped  him.    At  Padvia  he  purchased 
the  rare  Tables  of  Veins  and  Nerves  of  Dr.  John  Athclsteinui 
Leonsenas ;   and  caused  him  to  prepare  a  third,  of  the  Lungs^ 
Liver,  and  Nervi  sextipar  with  the  gastric  veins,  which  hie  sent 
into  England,  being  the  first  that  had  been  seen  here,  and  which 
he  afterwards  presented  to  the  Royal  Society.    At  Paris,  in  1647* 
he  maiTied  Mary  the  daughter  and  at  length  heir  of  Sir  Richard 
Brown,  then  the  King's  Ambassador  in  FVance.     By  this  match 
he  became  possessed  of  Sayes  Court,  in  Deptford,  in  Kent,  at 
that  time  a  retirement  perfectly  suited  to  his  studious  and  con-* 
templative  mind,  though,  from  subsequent  alterations,  and  the 
great  influx  of  public  and  private  business,  it  would  be  now  little 
adapted  to  the  habits  of  a  studious  man.     In  166^,  when  the 
Royal  Society  was  estj^blisbed^  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  fiHt 

FeQowf 


1772-1  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  II7 

to  his  Sacred  Majestic,  and  to  the  Parliament  now 
assembled  ;  pubUshed  by  his  Majesty's  Command, 
1661  ;'*  proposing  the  removal  of  such  Trades  as 
required  great  fires  five  or  six  miles  out  of  London, 
towards  Greenwich ;  also  of  Slaughter-houses  and 
Chandlers;     and   to  plant  fragrant  nurseries  and 

Erdens  in  the  low  grounds  near  the  City. — ^The 
me-trees  in  St.  James's-park  were  planted  in  con- 
sequence of  this  suggestion. 

"  Miscellaneous  Poems,    consisting  of  Originals 
and  Translations  by  Vincent  Bourne  *,"  M.  A,  for- 

Fellows  and  Council    He  was  a  constant  attendant,  and  was  a 
considerable  bene&ctor  to  it  -,   as,  besides  his  various  communi- 
cations, he  gave  them  the  curious  Tables  of  Veins,  &c.  men* 
tiooed   above,    and  proctircd  of  the  Lord  Henry  Howard  the 
Arundel  Library  for  the  Society.    Of  the  same  Nobleman,  whose 
gnnd&ther,  Thomas  Earl  of  Arundel,  had  been  the  collector  of 
these  curiosities,  he  likewise  obtained  the  Arundel  Marbles  for 
the  University  of  Oxford,  who  thereupon  presented  him  with  the 
d^ree  of  LL.  D.  in  1660.     In  1664,  on  the  breaking-out  of  the 
Dutch  war,  he  was  appointed  a  Commissioner  for  the  care  of  the 
Sick  and  Wounded.    On  the  erection  of  a  Board  of  Trade,  he 
was  named  one  of  the  Members.    On  the  accession  of  James  II. 
he  was  made,  in  December  1685,  one  of  the  Commissioners  for 
executing  the  office  of  Lord  Privy  Seal,  in  the  absence  of  Henry 
Earl  of  Clarendon,  then  Loi-d  Lieutenant  of  Ireland ;  but  held  it 
only  tiU  March  1686.     After  the  Revolution,  he  had  the  place  of 
Treasurer  of  Greenwich  Hospital.    Having  succeeded  his  brother 
George  in  the  Wotton  estate,  he  made  that  the  place  of  his  future 
rcbtdence,  and  died  there  Feb.  27>  1705-6,  in  the  86th  year  of 
his  age.    Of  his  numerous  publications,  amounting  to  no  less 
than  26,  a  full  account  is  given  in  Aubrey,  vol.  IV.  p.  119,  &c. 
in  the  Biographia  Bntannica,  and  in  Dr.  Hunter*s  new  Edition    • 
of  the  most  celebrated  of  them«  his  "  Silva,*'  published  in  1776. 
[Dr.  Hunter,    an  eminent  physician  in  York,   has  made  this 
book  still  more  valuable,  by  adding  to  it  the  observations  of 
later  writers.    He  has  prefixed  to  it  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Evelyn^ 
drawn  and  engraved  by  the  celebrated  Bartolozzi,  in  his  best 
manner.] — Mr.  Evelyn*s  '^  Treatise  of  Medals,"  which  is  highly 
•poken  of,  was  published  in  1697>  when  he  was  77  years  (k 
age. — See  an  admirable  letter  of  his,  two  years  later,  in  the 
**  Epistolary  Correspondence  of  Archbishop  Nicolson,*'   vol.  I. 
y^  137. — His  last  work,  **^  Discourse  of  Sallets,"  was  printed 
in  1699^  and  dedicated  to  Lord  Cliancellor  Somers. — He  etched 
at  Paris,  1649»  five  views  of  places  which  he  had  drawn  on  the 
tpoC  between  Rome  and  Naples,  with  a  frontispiece.    Manning 
and  Bray's  History  of  Surrey,  vol.  II.  p.  15^. 

**This  amiable  writer*s  classical  taste  was  equalled  by  the 
podnesi  of  his  heart.    From  coaacientious  motives  he  was  \i\- 

duc%i 


Il8  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l??^^* 

merly  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  and 
Usher  of  Westminster-School,"  4to. 

"De  Ratione  et  Usu  Interpungendi ;  an  Essay 
on  Punctuation,  by  James  Burrow  *,  Esq.  F.  R.  S. 
and  F.  S-  A."  4to. 

duced  to  refuse  a  very  valuable  ecclesiastical  preferment  offered 
him  in  the  most  liberal  manner  by  a  noble  Duke.  In  a  letter  to 
his  wife,  written  not  long  before  his  deaths  he  says,  "  There  is 
one  thing  which  I  have  often  heard  myself  charged  with,  and 
that  is  my  neglect  of  entering  into  holy  orders,  and  a  due  pre- 
paration for  that  sacred  office.  Though  I  think  myself  in  strict- 
ness answerable  to  none  but  God  and  my  own  conscience ;  yet, 
for  the  satisfaction  of  the  person  that  is  dearest  to  me,  I  own 
and  declare,  that  the  importance  of  so  great  charge,  joined  with 
a  mistrust  of  my  own  sufficiency,  made  me  fearful  of  undertak- 
ing it :  if  I  have  not  in  that  capacity  assisted  in  the  salvation  of 
souls,  1  have  not  been  the  means  of  losing  any :  if  I  liave  not 
brought  reputation  to  the  function  by  any  merit  of  mine,  I  have 
the  comfort  of  this  reflection,  I  have  given  no  scandal  to  it  by 
xny  meanness  and  unworthiness.  It  has  been  my  sincere  desire, 
though  not  my  happiness,  to  be  as  useful  in  my  little  sphere  of 
life  as  possible :  my  own  inclinations  would  have  led  me  to  a  more 
likely  way  of  being  serviceable,  if  I  might  have  pursued  them ; 
however,  as  the  method  of  education  I  have  been  brought  up  in 
was,  I  am  satisfied,  very  kindly  intended,  I  have  nothing  to  find 
fiault  with,  but  a  wrong  choice,  and  the  not  knowing  these  dis* 
abilities  I  have  since  been  truly  conscious  of:  those  difficulties  I 
have  endeavoured  to  get  over,  but  found  them  insuperable.  It 
has  been  the  knowledge  of  those  discouragements,  that  has 
given  me  the  greatest  uneasiness  I  have  ever  met  with :  that  has 
been  the  chief  subject  of  my  sleeping  as  well  as  my  waking 
thoughts,  a  fear  of  reproach  and  contempt."  Mr.  Bourne  died 
December  2,  1747. 

*  This  gentleman  (afterwards  Sir  James  Burrow)  was  elected 
F.  A.  S.  1751 ;  and  was  also  F.  R.  S.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  West, 
in  1772,  he  was  prevailed  on  to  fill  the  President's  chair  at  the 
Royal  Society  tiU  the  anniversary  election,  when  he  resigned  it 
to  Sir  John  Pringle ;  and  on  the  10th  of  August,  1773,  when 
the  Society  presented  an  Address  to  his  Majesty,  he  received  the 
honour  of  knighthood.  He  published  two  volumes  of  "  Reports,*' 
1766,  two  others  in  I771  and  1776 ;  and  a  volume  of  Decisions 
of  the  Court  of  King's  Bench,  upon  Settlement  Cases,  from  1732 
to  1772  (to  which  was  subjoined  "An  Essay  on  Pimctuation"), 
in  thi-ee  parts,  4to,  1708,  1772,  1776.  The  "  Essay"  was  also 
printed  separately,  in  4to,  1773.  He  published,  without  his 
name,  "A  few  Anecdotes  and  Observations  relating  to  Oliver 
Cromwell  and  his  Family,  seiTing  to  rectify'  several  Errors  con- 
cerning him,  published  by  Nicol.  Comn.  Papadopoli  in  his  His- 
toria  Gymnasii  Patavini,  1763,"  4to.— He  died  Nov.  5,  178«,  at 

hi3 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.         hlQ 


Two  Editions  of  «  The  Select  Works  of  Cowley/* 
with  Notes  by  Dr.  Hurd,  8vo. 

Two  Editions  of  the  same  excellent  Author's 
'*  Lectures  at  Lincoln*s  Inn"  (a  third  in  I77S,  and 
a  fourth  in  I776),  8vo, 

"  The  Principles  of  Penal  Law,"  by  William 
Eden  *,  esq,  8vo, 

liis  seat  at  Scarborough  Castle,  Surrey,  at  the  age  of  81. — Aa 
ckgant  whole-length  portmt  of  Su*  James  Bunt>w  was  engraved, 
after  Devis,  by  Basire,  in  1780.  He  had  held  the  office  of  Master 
of  the  Crown-office  fi-om  17^4  till  his  death. 

*  This  learned  Author  is  descended  from  the  antient' family 
of  Eden,  of  West  Auckland,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  to  whom 
the  Baronetage  was  granted  by  Charles  II.  in  176^.    Sir  Robert 
Eden,  his  Lordship*s  father,  died  June  25,  1755,  having  married 
^lary,  daughter  of  William  Davison,  of  Breamish,  in  Durham,  esq. 
Haying  been  educated  at  Eton,  where  he  formed  an  intimacy 
with  the  Earl  of  Carlisle  and  other  men  of  rank,  he  went  to 
Chnst  Ch^^ch,  Oxford,  and  thence  to  the  Middle  Temple,  where 
be  was  called  to  the  ^E^,  in  1769.    But  he  made  little  progress 
in  the  lucrative  parts  of  this  profession;  and  seems  to  have  early 
turned  kis  ambition  to  politicks.    Hence  he  obtained  a  seat  in 
Parliament;  and  in  1771  was  appointed  Auditor,  and  one  of  the 
Directors  of  the  Royal  Hospital  at  Greenwich.   In  1772  he  became 
Under  Secretary  of  State,   and  retained  that  employment  till 
177d.    In  1776  he  was  made  one  of  the  Lords  Commissioners 
of  Trade  and  Plantations,  and  continued  at  that  Board  till  its 
<hities  and  powers  were  transferred  to  a  Committee  of  the  Privy 
Council,  in  1783.    In  1778  he  was  named  by  his  Mi^esty  one  of 
the  Commissioners  for  the  purpose  of  restoring  Peace  in  North 
America.    In  1782  he  was  appointed  Chief  Secretary  in  Ireland, 
in  the  Yice-royalty  of  Frederick  earl  of  Carlisle,  and  ser^'ed  in 
that  situation  till  April  14,  1782.     In  April  1783,  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  Vice-treasurers  of  Ireland,  which  office  he 
resigned  in  the  banning  of  the  year  follovring.     In  December 
1730,  he  was  sworn  of  his  Majesty*s  Privy  Council  in  Ireland ; 
and  in  April  1783  of  his  Majesty's  Privy  Council  in  England.    In 
I>ecember  1785  he  was  named  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister 
Plenipotentiary  to  the  Court  of  Versailles,  for  the  purpose  of 
concluding  a  Treaty  of  Commerce  between  Great  Britain  and 
France;  which  was  accomplished  on  the  26th  of  September  1780. 
On  the  15th  of  Januaty  1787>  he  signed^  with  the  Comte  de  Ver- 
jgennes,  a  farther  Commercial  Convention :  and  on  theSlstof 
August,  in  the  same  year,  he  concluded  and  signed  with  the 
-l^imte  de  Montmorin,  a  Convention  f()r  ])revcnting  all  Disputes 
between  the  Subjects  of  their  resiiective  Sovereigns  in  the  East 
fndies.    In  t)ie  months  of  October  and  November  following,  in 

con- 


'120  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [^TJ^' 

"  The  Tragedy  of  King  Lear^  as  lately  published, 
vindicated  from  the  Abuse  of  the  Critical  Reviewers, 
and  the  wonderful  Genius  and  Abilities  of  those 
Gentlemen  for  Criticism  set  forth,  celebrated,  and 
extolled.     By  the  Editor  *  of  King  Lear,**  8vo. 

concurrence  with  the  Duke  of  Dorset^  he  negotiated  and  signed 
the  Declarations  which  were  exchanged  between  the  Courts  of 
Londoa  and  Versailles^  relative  to  the  Revolution  which  then 
took  place  in  th^  United  Provinces.  In  January  1786  he  was 
appointed  one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Committee  of  the  Council  for 
Trade  and  Foreign  Plantations.  Iq  March  1788^  h^  went  as 
Ambassador  Extraordinary  and  Plenipotentiary  to  the  Court  of 
Spain.  In  October  1789  he  was  promoted  to  the  dignity  of  the 
Irish  Peerage,  and  in  1793  to  the  English  Peerage  ^  and  in  the 
following  month  he  was  appointed  Ambassador  Extraordinaty 
and  Plenipotentiary  to  the  States  General  of  the  United  Pro- 
vinces.^— His  Lordship  married,  Sept.  26, 1776,  Eleanor,  youngest 
daughter  of  the  late  Right  Hon.  Sir  Gilbert  Elliot,  bart.  of  Minto 
(and  sister  to  the  present  Lord  Minto),  by  whom  he  has  a  very 
large  &mily.  He  is  a  man  of  literature,  a  constant  debater  in 
Pkrliament,  of  manners  well  adapted  for  diplomacy,  and  of  great 
industry  and  detailed  information.  About  1776,  he  published 
Four  Letters  to  Lord  Carlisle  on  Finance,  which  obtained  him 
some  credit ;  .  and  U  supposed  to  have  written  some  political 
pamphlets. 

*  Charles  Jennens^  esq.  of  Gopsal  in  Leicestershire ;  for  whom 
Mr.  Bowyer  printed  afterwards^  on  the  model  of  his  Lear,  the 
Tragedies  of  "  Hamlet,"  1772 ;  ^'Othello"  and  "  Macbeth,"  1773, 
He  would  have  proceeded  further,  but  Death  prevented  him. 
The  Tragedy  of  "Julius  C«sar,'*  which  was  in  lus  life-time  piit 
to  the  press,  was  published  in  1774.  He  had  a  very  noble  li- 
brary, and  a  large  collection  of  pictures,  both  in  Great  Ormond- 
street  and  at  Gopsal,  described  in  "  London  and  its  Environs,*' 
vol.  V.  p.  76 — 97;  and  in  the  Connoisseur,  8vo  j  and  his  house  at 
Qopsal  )n  Young's  Tour. — 1  have  the  less  occasion  to  enlai'ge  on 
his  character,  as  it  has  been  very  strongly  delineated  by  a  gentle- 
man who  knew  him  well.  I  scarcely  need  add,  that  this  wste 
the  late  George  Steevens,  esq. ;  and,  as  the  attack,  though  severe, 
was  on  Vanity,  not  on  Vice,  I  do  not  hesitate  to  ietain  the 
article  in  the  present  Edition,  resei-ving  to  myself  the  right  of 
subjoining  to  it  some  proper  antidotes. 

*'  In  his  yoitth  he  was  so  remarkable  for  the  number  of  his  ser- 
vants, the  splendour  of  his  equipages,  and  the  profusion  of  hb  table, 
that  from  this  excess  of  pomp  he  acquired  the  title  of  Solyman 
the  Magnificent.  He  is  said  to  have  composed  the  wonls  for  some 
pf  HandcFs  Oratorios,  and  particularly  those  for  "  The  Messiah  j" 
fin  easy  task,  as  it  is  only  a  selection  from  Scripture  verses.  Not 
long  before  his  death  he  imprudently  thiii^t  his  head  into  a  nest 

of 


1773-]      THE  EIGHTEENTH  CEKTURY.         1«1 

Mr.  Whitaker's  ^  Genuine  Histoiy  of  the  Britons 
assarted/'  against  Mr.  Macphersc^^  Svq. 

of  hom^a,  by  an  edition  of  Shakspeare,  which  he  began,  b^. 

publishing  "  King  Lear,"  in  8vo.    The  chief  error  of  Mr.  Jen- 

Dens*s  life  consisted  in  his  pexpetual  association  with  a  set  of 

men  every  way  inferior  to  himself.    By  these  means  he  lost  att 

opportunities  of  improvement,  but  gained  what  he  preferred  ti> 

the  highest  gratifications  of  wisdom — flattery  in  exoesji.     H^ 

generally  took  care  to  patronise  such  tradesmen  and  such  artistp 

as  few  other  persons  would  employ.    Hence  his  shelves  were 

crowded  with  the  lumber  of  RussePs  needy  shop^  and  his  wallf 

discoloured  by  the  refuse  of  Haympji's  miserable  pencil.     Ha 

wrote,  or  caused  to  be  wi'itten  by  some  of  his  numerous  parasite^ 

a  pamplilet  against  Dr.  Johnson  and  Mr.  Steevens,  the  editors  of 

Shakspeare,  whom  he  suspected  ^perhaps  justly  enough*J  of  have 

ing  turned  liis  commentatorial  talents   into  ridic,ule.      This 

doughty  performance  he  is  said  to  have  had  read  aloud  to  him 

every  day  for  at  least  a  month  after  its  publication,  while  he 

himself  kept  a  constant  eye  on  the  newspapers,  that  he  migl4 

receive  the  earliest  intelligence  of  the  moment  at  which  these 

gentlemen  should  have  hanged  or  drowned  themselves  in  conse^ 

quence  of  his  attack  on  their  abilities  and  characters.     But^ 

alas !  while  they  were  only  laughing,  he,  poor  man,  was  so  much 

hurt  by  the  playful  severity  they  had  exerted,  that  he  rarely  met 

with  a  forlorn  object  in  the  street,  but  he  was  ready  to  ask  what 

unsuccessful  work  of  literature  had  reduced  him  to  such  wretch^ 

ednes?^  being  unwiUing  to  admit  that  any  thing 

■  ■  could  have  subdued  nature 

To  such  a  lowness,  but  his  unkind  criticks. 
In  short>  his  companions  having  continually  intercepted  every 
approach  of  unwelcome  truth  to  his  ears,  he  was  confounded 
when  it  reached  him  through  the  pen  of  an  opponent ;  and  he 
0aw  himself  publicly  represented  as  the  only  Editor  to  whom  the 
scenes  of  Shs&speare  had  not  even  the  most  inconsiderable  obliga- 
tion.  He  might  indeed  with  equal  prudence  have  enlisted  his  age 
nnder  the  banners  of  Venus,  where  it  would  have  appeajred  to 
as  much  advantage  as  in  the  service  of  Literature. — That  the  two 
Criticks  already  mentioned  may  escape  the  accusation  of  having^ 
disturbed  an  unoffending  old  man  in  his  harmless  amusement^ 
it  is  necessary  we  should  add,  that  hostilities  were  commenced  by 
himself,  he  having,  in  his  Preface  and  Notes  to  King  Lear,  chaiged 
all  his  predecessors,  by  implication  at  least,  with  negligence  and 
infidelity.  —  A  pleasant  circumstance,  however,  relative  to  hia 
mode  of  collation,  ought  not  to  be  forgotten.    An  eminent  svir-r 
geon  called  at  his  house  one  evening,  and  found  him,  before  % 
long  table,  on  which  all  the  various  editions  of  his  Author  were 
kept  open  by  the  weight  of  wooden  bars.     He  himself  was  hob- 

•  See,  in  particular,  a  trimminj  article,  yi\k\Q\i  fathers  itself,  '"*  the 
Critical  lUview,  voj.  XXXIV.  p.  475,  vpl.  XXXV,  p,  230. 

bliue 


lit  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l77«» 

^^  Sermons  on  different  Subjects.  By  the  late 
Rev.  John  Jortin,  D.  D.  Archdeacon  of  Lincoln^ 
Rector  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the  East,  and  Vicar  of 
Kensington.   Volumes  V.  VI.  and  VI I."  8vo.    . 

bling  from  one  book  to  another  with  as  much  labour  as  Gulliver 
moved  to  and  fro  before  the  keys  of  the  Brobdingnagian  harpsi- 
chord sixty  feet  in  length.    The  obstinacy  of  Mr.  Jennens  was 
leqnal  to  his  vanity.    What  he  had  once  asserted^  though  mani- 
festly false,  he  would  always  maintain.    Being  in  possesion  of  a 
portrait  by  Q^melius  Janscn,   he  advertised  it  as  the  head  of 
tShakspeare  -,   and  though  it  was  found  to  be  dated  in  1610^  be- 
fore Jansen  was  in  England^  our  Critick  not  only  disdained  to 
retract  his  fii-st  position,  but  wrote  letters  in  the  newspapers  to 
compliment  himself  on  the  ownership  of  such  an  undoubted 
original  of  his  favourite  Bard.     So  enamoured  (as  has  been  be-  . 
fore  obsQj'ved)  was  our  Magnifico  of  pomp,  that  if  his  transit 
•were  only  from  t^at  Ormond-street,  Bloomsbury,   where  he 
resided,  to  Mr.  Bowycr*s,  in  Red  Lion-passage,  Fleet-street,  he 
always  travelled  with  four  horses,  and  sometimes  with  as  many 
servants  behind  his  carriage.      In  his  progress  up  the  paved 
court,   a  footman  usually  preceded  him,  to  kick  oyster-sheila 
and  other  impediments  out  of  his  way.    He  changed  his  Pub- 
lishers more  than  once,  having  persuaded  himself  that  the  ill 
success  of  his  projected  Edition  of  our  great  Dramatic  Poet 
was  in  some  measure  owing  to  their  machinations,  in  conjunc- 
tion with  those  of  tlw  Booksellers.    The  important  sinecure  of  • 
▼ending  his  Works  he  at  last  conferred  on  the  truly  honest 
Master  Owen  of  the  Mineral  Water  Warehouse  at  Temple  Bar  j 
who  deserved  a  more  ci^ditable  occupation  than  that  of  exposing 
to  sale  what  n?)  man  would  purchase.     To  his  first  ftinter, 
Mr.  Richardson,  as  often  as  he  disappointed  him  of  a  proof,  he 
ivould  displaiy  all  the  insolence  of  conscious  wealth ;   and  on  his 
domesticks  he  occasionally  poured  out  a  turbulence  of  rage  that 
was  not  over- delicate  in  its  choice  of  expressions.    The  fiite  of 
his  critical  imdei'takings  may  convey  a  useful  lesson  to  those 
who  commence  Authors  in  their  dotage.     It  may  likewise  teach 
the  '  golden  fool*  (as  Shakspeare  calls  the  man  of  greater  opu- 
lence than  learning)  that  though  the  praise  of  a  few  sycophcmts 
is  an  easy  purchase,  the  world  at  large  will  never  sell  its  appro- 
bation, were  thei-e,  as  Jugurtha  said,  any  merchant  rich  enough 
to  buy  it.     }jet  us,  however,  do  justice  to  Mr.  Jennens*s  merits 
where  we  are  lucky  enough  to  find  them.     He  was  profuselj 
liberal  to  those  who  in  his  opinion  deserved  liberality.      The 
indigent  Nonjuror  and  Nonconfonnist  never  solicited  i-elief  in 
vain      At  his  countiy  seat,  as  well  as  at  his  house  in  town,  he 
chiefly  lived  in  intimacy  with  these  discontented  members  of  the 
coinmonweahh,   and  to  a  lower  order  of  the  same  beings  his 
Tiumificence  was  in  general  confined.      The  Reviewers  indeed 
plight  iiave  made  their  fortunes  out  of  his  purse,  could  they 

havQ 


177 8-]  THE  EI6HTEEKTH  CENTURY.  123 

A  new  Edition  of  Dawson's  "  Lexicon  .Novi  Tes- 
tamenti/  8vo. 

\a\e  been  bribed  to  applaud  his  editorial  abilities^  prefer  Hsjn 
■ttn  to  Haffaplle,  and  support  his  assertion  relative  to  Comdiut 
Janaen^  by  setting  both  chronology  and  probability  at  •<lefiance.** 
.    I  shall  DOW  subjoin  a  remark  which  I  received  on  this  note 
ttrj  soon  after  its  publication,  by  an  anonymous  but  judicioui 
Correspondent,  who  flavoured  me  with  several  other  corrections 
aod  additions :   "  There  is  one  account  in  your  Publication  1 
cuinot  read  without  great  distaste  and  dissatisfaction ;  and  that 
is  what  you  say  of  that  ever  to  be  respected  man  the  late  Mr. 
Jmnens  of  Gopsal.     He  certainly  deserved  to  be  painted  in  in- 
finiteiy  better  colours  than  you  have  given  him.    What,  shall  a 
nan's  inclination  to  publish  a  book  in  a  way  peculiar  to  his  own 
taste,  because  it  displeases  some  otlier  people,  cancel  the  merits 
of  a  most  exemplary  life,  of  ten  thousand  good  actions,  and 
cause  only  a  set  of  inoffensive  follies  to  be  exposed  to  the  public 
view,  froin  which,  or  some  others  of  a  kind  equally  ridiculous, 
perhaps  no  man  b  free  ?     1  knew  him  not,  nor  was  I  known  to    ' 
Vim ;  but,  as  a  neighbouring  gentleman,  I  was  perpetually  hear- 
Wg  of  his  good  actions.     His  charity  and  benevolence  were  not» 
as  yon  represent,    limited  and  confined,    but  were  pure  and 
boundless ;   as  extensive,  as  that  noble  Religion,  which  he  sin« 
cerely  believed  and  practised,    prescribes  to  its  most  attached 
votaries.     In  short,  Sir,  i  should  not  think  I  exalted  his  charac- 
ter too  much,  or  dishonoured  your  worthy  ft'iends,  were  1  to 
OTe  it  as  my  opinion,  that  the  Cliristian  school  has  not  pro« 
2uced  in  this  present  century  three  more  deser\'ing  disciples 
than  Jennens,  Marklandi  and  Bow}'cr.     fP'.  B,  B'* 
.    This  worthy  gentleman,  let  me  add,  was  as  benevolent  as  he 
WIS  rich.    The  establishment  of  his  houshold,  both  in  town  and 
eonntry,  were  on  &  scale  of  hospitable  magnificence.    He  was, 
from  education  and  principle,  a  Nonjuror  j  and  many  worthy 
men  of  the  same  turn  of  mind  were  fed  and  protected  by  his 
•  boonty.      His  writing  the  unfortunate  Pre&ce  to  Lear,  how* 
ever,  was  literally  ''  thrusting  himself  into  a  nest  of  hornets."* 
Among  these  was  Mr.  Steevens,  who  played  off  his  artillery 
against  Mr.  Jennens  both  in  Reviews  and  Newspapers.      One 
Letter    of   hts^    in   particular,     in   the   Public  Advertiser   of 
Jan.  ^9  1771  >  called  forth  an  answer  in  the  same  Paper,  of 
Feb.  H ;  in  which  the  Writer  says,  **  I  assert  that  Mr.  Jennens 
is  a  man  of  abilities  -,  is  conversant  in  the  Polite  Arts ;   that  he 
mdcTBtands  Musick,  Poetry,  and  Painting :   I  appeal  to  the  Ca- 
takigue  isi  hb  Hctures,  which  bear  all  the  living  testimony  that 
Pictures  can  bear  of  original  and  intrinsic  merit.     His  taste  in 
Mosick  is  still  less  disputable — the  compilation  of  the  Messiah 
fam  been  ever  attributed  to  him.    Handel  generally  consulted 
him  i  and  to  the  time  of  his  death  lived  with  him  in  the  strictest 
intimacy  and  regard.    Respecting  his  knowledge  in  Poetry,  the 
testimony  of  Mr.  HoldswortU  piust  principally  be  rcfcrre<l  to. 


1*4  LUERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l  77*- 

^^  Confiisiou  worse  coufounded ;   Rout  on  Rout ; 
or.  The  Bishop  of  Gloucester] 's  Commentary  on 

This  ingenious  Author  left  to  Mr.  Jennens  his  most  valuable 
Notes  on  Virgil^  which  were  lately  published,  and  received  with 
the  fullest  approbation.  Were  Handel  or  Holdsworth  men  so 
mean  or  despicable,  as  to  ofier  incense  at  the  shrine  of  Ignorance  ? 
If  Adulation  was  the  idol  of  Mr.  Jennens*s  heart,  is  it  likely  he 
would  have  sought  for  it  ftt)m  the  bluntness  of  the  one,  or  the 
sober  dignity  of  the  other  ?  Would  he  not  (for  the  ear  of  Flattery 
is  seldom  nice)  have  rather  expected  it  from  some  languid  Musi* 
cian,  or  some  adulterate  Critick?  In  short,  Mr.  Printer,  there  • 
are  some  oblique  reasons  for  which  this  Gentleman  must  be 
sacrificed ;  for,  if  Truth  had  access  to  the  Publick,  it  would 
pronounce  that  he  is  a  man  of  Taste  and  Erudition  ;  of  the 
strictest  morals;  and  (let  it  not  be  matter  of  still  further  scandal 
to  him)  that  he  bears  an  inviolable  regard  to  the  duties  of  Reli- 
gion ;  that  he  is  a  Defender  of  the  Unfortunate,  a  Protector  of 
Innocence,  an  Encouragcr  of  Arts,  a  Patron  of  Learning,  a  ge-' 
nerous  and  forgiving  Enemy,  and  the  tendercst  and  most  affec- 
tionate of  Friends."  —  He  died  Nov.  20,  1773  ;  and  was  buried 
on  the  27th,  in  the  family  vault  at  Nether  Whitacre,  in  the 
county  of  Warwick,  where  his  monument  is  thus  inscribed : 

"  Non  onmis  moriar. 
Here  lie  interred  the  remains  of  Charles  Jennens,  esq.  of 
Gopsal,  in  the  county  of  Leicester,  who  died  Nov.  20,  1773, 
aged  75  ',  the  last  male  heir,  in  a  direct  line,  of  an  antient 
and  most  respectable  Family  5  a  gentleman  of  sound  piety, 
and  strict  adherence  to  thct  principles  and  practice  of  the 
Christian  faith.  He  was  learned,  and  an  admirer  of  learned 
men;  f[)nd  of  the  Arts,  and  a  great  encourager  of  them 
among  the  Professors ;  of  a  liberal  nature  -,  very  charitable 
.n  his  life-time,  and  in  his  bequests  he  shewed  the  same  dis<«' 
position  of  benevolence.  He  was  never  married;  having, 
therefore,  no  children  of  his  own,  he  endeavoured  to  become 
as  general  a  Parent  and  Benefactor  to  Mankind  as  possible. 
By  his  will,  he  provided  for  his  Relations,  remembered  his 
Friends,  and  distributed  amply  to  those  Charities  which  are' 
most  beneficial  to  Society.  For  the  Propagation  of  the  Ges« 
pel  abroad,  he  bequeathed  500Z. ;  to  six  Hospitals  in  London^ 
500/.  each ;  to  two  others,  each  200/. ;  to  the  Widows  of 
Clcrgj^men  in  Leicestershire,  200/. ;  for  Lectiwes  on  the 
Catechism,  1000/.;  to  schools  round  Gopsal,  1000/.  and  9O0L 
to  the  poor  of  adjacent  townships.  And  to  the  parish  of 
Nether  Whitacre  he  left  ample  marks  of  his  bounty;  for, 
having  gi\en  in  his  life-time  the  great  tithes,  a  glebe  to  the 
curacy,  and  100/.  towanls  re-building  the  church,  he  be- 
queathed, on  !us  death,  to  the  poor,  100/.  and  endowed  a 
school  for  the  instniction  of  their  children.  —  This  token  of 
gmtitude  yvixs  placed  heve,  b\  \\\sue^\ve\N  ^xxi^i^-xftcvxtow,  1775/' 

^1 


o  Edu-ard  Viscount  Wentwortli  and  Sir  Robert  fiurdett, 
o  trust,  for  the  use  of  Penn-Assheton  Curzon,  only  son  of 
on  Curzon,  esq.  by  his  niece,  £sthor  Curzon,  his  late  wife, 
id,  and  his  male  issue,  &c. ;  and  for  want  of  such  issue, 
godson,  the  Hon.  Charles  Finch,  second  son  of  Heneage 
f  Aylcsford,  and  his  issue,  &c.  To  Esther  Curzon  and 
[hirzon,  sisters  of  the  said  Penn-As^heton  Curzon,  and  to 
ter  Hanmer,  messuages  or  tenements  in  Ormond-street 
nnond-yard,  in  the  parish  of  St.  George  the  Maityr  (where 
.•d)  J  5000/.  each  to  Esther  and  Mary  Curzon  when  21,  or 
id.  To  his  said  godson,  Charles  Fin'ch,  5000/.  within  six 
IS  after  his  death,  or  when  21.  To  Mr.  Abraham  Jennens, 
To  his  goddaughter  Elizabeth  Noel,  daughter  of  Ed- 
Viscount  Wentworth,  1000/.  To  his  friends  Thomas  God- 
lark,  esq.  Samuel  Baldwin,  esq.  (if  living  at  the  time  of  his 
•e ;  if  not,  to  his  soil  Cliarles  Baldwin),  and  John  Hether- 
a,  esq.  1000/.  each.  To  the  Society  for  propagating  the 
:i  in  Foreign  Parts^  500/.  3  to  St.  Luke*s  Hospital,  500/.  $ 
sst minster  Infirmary,  500/.;  to  the  London  Hospital,  500/.; 
:  Lying-in  Hospital  in  Aldcrsgate-street,  500/. ;  to  St.  Bar- 
ne\v*s  Hospital,  500/.  -,  to  the  Asylum,  ^00/. ;  to  the  Mag- 
,  900/.:  All  within  six  months.  The  residue  to  Penn- 
ton  Curzon.  He  appointed  his  sister  Hanmer  and  Assheton 
m  to  be  his  executors.  The  will  is  dated  April  SO,  1765^ 
odicil  Aug.  7,  1766 ;  and  was  proved  Dec.  10,  1773,  by 
beth  Hanmer,  >vidow,  and  Assheton  Curzon,  esq.  All  his 
res,  prints,  drawings,  models,  statues,  i)late,  &e.  at  Gopsal, 
r.  Curzon  (except  his  musick-books,  which  with  his  musical 
iments  of  all  sorts  he  t^ave  to  Heneage  Earl  of  Aylesford), 
considered  as  heir-l(X)ms.    To  his  sister  Hanmer  the  fumi- 


126  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [iJT*^ 

'  Henry  Taylor  *,  Rector  of  Crawley,  Hants],  8vd# 

this  County  [Leicestershire].  The  rich  Mr.  Jennens  of  Gopoil 
was  a  man  of  great  piety,  beneficence,  and  taste  in  the  Fine  Arts. 
He  built  a. magnificent  house,  and  in  it  a  beautifiil  chapel,  in 
which  he  read  ])rayers  to  his  family  daily.  Handel  (who,  fbvk 
know,  loved  good  living)  was  often  his  guest  ^  as  ako  T)r.  Bent- 
ley  of  Nailston,  his  neighbour,  nephew  of  the  gi-eat  Bentley.  I 
have  heard  that  the  idea  (if  the  Oratorios  was  Mr.  Jenncns's,  and 
Dr.  Bentley  fiirnlshed  the  words.  Pcrhajw  that  Sacred  Musick 
may  liave  conti  ibuted  more  than  any  modem  Sermons  to  spread 
diffusely  the  knowledge  of  the  finest  and  most  interesting  parts 
of  Sciiptiure,  to  which  many  besides  the  Great  World  might 
^otherwise  have  paid  little  or  no  attention  !  We  know  not  how 
widely  the  effects  of  owe  good  action  may  extend.  In  some  re-  • 
cfent  Voyage,  I  have  read  that  Handel's  Oratorios  were  favourite 
musick  at  the  Philippine  Islands ;  where  I  suppose  the  words  of 
Scripture  would  not,  among  tlie  bigoted  Spaniards,  have  been 
otherwise  known.  Mr.  Jennens  left  by  his  will  40/.  for  six  Ser- 
mons, to  be  preached  in  Lent,  in  the  Churches  within  six  miles 
of  Gopsal." — ^The  Cenotaph  erected  by  Mr.  Jennens  to  the  me-  • 
mory  of  his  friend  Mr.  tioldsworth,  has  been  noticed  in  p.  68 ; 
and  is  still  more  particularly  described  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXI. 
p.  305.    The  insciiption  round  the  frieze  is, 

TO»  QBXli  XAPir  TOi  AIAONTI 
HMIN  TO  NIKOS  AIA  TOY  RTPIOT. 
HMflN  IHIOr  XPIITOr. 
lEPON  NIKHS. 
Tlie  inscription,  p.  69,  is  preceded  by  Non  omnia  moriar;  and- 
in  the  same  page,  1.  9,  read  Magdalenienas, — The  inscriptions^ 
as  I  have  before  observed,  were  written  by  Mr.  Jemiens ;   whosn 
honest  indignation  could  not  be  restrained  from  a  censure  on 
the  famous  Dr.  \yDliam  King,  of  Oxford,   for  neglecting  to- 
perform  the  kind  office  he  had  undertaken. 
•    Mr.  Holdsworth  was  buried  in  Coleshill  church,  where  a  plain 
black  marble  gravestone  is  thus  inscribed : 

"  Mr.  Edward  Holdsworth  was  bom  at  North  Stoneham, 
Hants,  Aug.  6,  1688  -,  was  early  upon  the  foundation  at  Win- 
chester College ;  where  he  continued  till  he  removed  to  Oxford, 
and  was  chosen  demy  of  Magdalen  College  5  which  he  quitted^ 
in  1715,  on  account  of  the  Abjuration-oath.  After  tliis,  he  tra- 
velled with  several  Noblemen  and  Gentlemen  till  near  the  time- 
of  his  death,  which  happened  Dec.  30,  1746,  at  the  seat  of  the 
good  Lord  Digby,  in  this  neighboiuhood. 

He  was  an  elegant  Latin  Poet,  a  judicious  Critick,  a  £sdthful 
Friend,  and  a  good  Christian. 

Qui  plura  cupit, 
Adeat  Cenotaphium  in  Tcmplo  Gopsaliensi : 
Ubi  viri  quern  impens^  amavit  memorifie 

Imbellem  san^  operam  navavit,      C.  Jennens.*' 

•     *  Thb  acute  Controversialist  was  also  the  author  of  '*  An  Essay 

on  the  Beauty  of  the  Divine  (Eooncmj',  being  the  Substance  of  a 

Sermon 


1772-J  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  127 

"The  Apology  of  Benjamin  Ben  Mordecai  to  his 
Friends  for  embracing  Christianity ;  in  Six  Letters 
to  Elisha  Levi,  Mercnant  of  Amsterdam  *.  With 
Notes  and  Illustrations  by  the  Author  and  the 
Editor.  Letter  L'*  4to.  [This  ingenious  Work  was 
mother  anonymous  production  of  the  Rev.  Henry 
Taylor -f-.  Letters  II.  III.  IV.  appeared  in  1773; 
V.  VL  and  VII.  in  1774.] 

"A  free  Enquiry  into  the  Origin,  Progress,  and 
present  State  of  Pluralities.  By  W.  Pennington ; 
printed  for  B.  White  J,"  8vo. 

Sermon  (with  many  lai^  Additions)  preached  srt  the  Visitation  of 
tlic  L(»id  Bishop  of  Winchester,  held  by  the  Worshipfnl  and  Rev. 
Dr.  John  Hoadly>  Chancellor  of  the  Diocese,  on  Tuesday  Sept.  IS, 
1759,  at  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Winchester ;  and  published  at 
Che  Desire  of  Mr.  Chancellor  and  the  Clergy.  By  Henry  Taylor, 
H.  A.  Rector  of  Crawley,  and  Vicar  of  Portsmouth,  1760,"  'Svo. 
— **  Thoughts  on  the  Nature  of  the  Grand  Apostacy^  with  Re- 
fledioos  and  Observations  on  the  15th  Chapter  of  Mr.  Gibbon's 
History  of  the  Decline  and  Fall  of  the  Roman  Empire.  To 
which  are  added.  Three  Dissertations :  1.  On  the  Parousia  of 
Christ  J  2.  On  the  Millennium ;  and  the  Third,  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Richard  Wavell,  on  Prophecy,  1782."  8vo.— "  Further  Thoughts 
on  the  Nature  of  the  Grand  Apostacy  of  the  Christian  Church, 
ft»retokl  by  the  Apostles ;  with  Observations  on  the  Laws  against 
the  Subscription  to  Articles  of  Human  Composition, 
other  Subjects  of  the  utmost  Importance  to  the  Religion  of 
IVoCestants^  and  to  Christianity  in  General,  1783,"  8vo. 

•  These  Letters  excited  considerable  interest^  and  produced 
many  pamphlets;  which  were  closed,  it  is  believed,  by  "A  brief 
Answer  to  the  Editor  of  Ben  Mordecai's  Tetters ;  in  which  the 
eternal  Generation  and  divine  Nature  of  the  Word  that  was 
made  Flesh,  and'  suffered  for  the  Sins  of  Mankind,  is  asserted 
and  proved,  and  his  vain  Objections,  and  those  of  all  other 
UnbelieverSy  fully  refuted.  By  the  Author  of  The  Harmony  of 
the  TnUh,    Birmingham,  1777. ' 

t  See  p.  K6.— Mr.  Taylor  died  in  May  1785. 
.  ♦  Originally  partner  with  Mr.  John  Whiston,  the  well-known 
and  worthy  son  of  the  celebrated  William  Wliiston.  Mr.  White 
aftetwards  opened  a  separate  shop,  and  carried  on  fur  several 
3pears  an  extensive  business,  particularly  in  the  line  of  Natural 
HistOTy,  and  other  expensive  books.  He  retired  from  business 
with  a  plentiful  fortune ;  and  diod,  at  his  house  at  South  Lam-> 
bcth,  March  9>  1794.  —  Benjamin,  his  eldest  son,  retired  alio 
ia  a  few  yean  after  him;  and  is  still  living  at  Hampstead; 
leaving  the  biisinesB  to  a  younger  brother,  John,  who  is  also 
about  to  retire,  with  an  easy  competepce^  to  the  enjoyment  of  a 
cmoitrjlife. 


128  WTERART  ANECDOTES  OF  ^77** 

A  beautiful  Edition  of  ^'  Poems  by  Michael  Wod- 
hull*.  Esq,**  of  which  only  150  copies  were  printed, 
not  for  sale,  but  as  presents  to  the  Author*s  friends. 

A  new  Edition  of  Sir  William  Dugdale*s  "  His- 
tory of  imbanking  and  drayning  of  divers  Fennv 
and  Marshes,  both  in  Foreign  Parts  and  in  this 
Kingdom ;  and  of  the  Improvements  thereby.  Ex- 
tracted from  Records,  Manuscripts,  and  other  au- 
thentick  Testimonies -j-.  Lond.  1662,*^  folio.     Re- 

*  This  elegant  and  accomplished  Scholar  favoured  the  pub- 
lick,  in  1782,  with  the  earliest  English  Translation  of  '*  The 
Nineteen  Tragedies  and  Fragments  of  Euripides/*  in  4  volumes 
8vo ;  which  have  been  recently  re-printed,  in  3  volumes  Svo. 
He  also  printed,  for  the  use  of  his  friends,  in  1804,  a  new  edi- 
tion of  his  '*  PoenLs,"  in  a  very  handsome  octavo,  with  his  por- 
trait prefixed. — He  is  still  living,  at  Thcnford  in  Northampton- 
ahire,  not  less  esteemed  in  that  neighbourhood  for  his  humanity 
and  general  benevolence,  than  he  is  in  the  literaiy  world  as  a 
gentleman  of  profound  erudition,  and  a  skilful  Collector  of  Books, 

t  This  valuable  Work  was  drawn  up  and  published  at  the 
request  of  Lord  Goi^s  and  other  principal  adventurers  in  that 
costly  and  laudable  imdertaking  of  drauni ng  the  Great  Levc^, .. 
extending  into  a  considerable  Part  of  the  Counties  of  Cambridge, 
Huntingdon,  Norfolk,  and  Suffolk,  together  with  the  other  marshes 
in  the  kingdom  -,  of  which  here  arc  eleven  exact  maps,  by  Hollar. 
The  original  papers  (many  unprinted)  were  in  Mr.  Peter  Le 
Neve's  hands,  and  purchased  at  the  sale  of  Mr.  Thomas  Martin's 
MSS.  1773,  by  Thomas  Astle,  esq.  This  valuable  book  being 
become  extremely  scarce,  and  a  person  in  the  Fens  having  pub«  . 
lished  Proposals  for  re-printing  it  by  subscription,  with  new 
.  plates ;  the  Corporation  of  Bedford  Level,  who  were  more  parti- 
cularly interested  in  a  second  Edition,  readily  undertook  one. 
Upon  application  to  Richard  Geast,  esq.  of  Blythe-hall,  in  the 
county  of  Warwick,  a  lineal  matemsd  descendant  of  the  Author, . 
he  desired  that  it  might  be  conducted  enliiely  at  his  own  ezc 
pence.  It  was  accordingly  printed  under  the  inspection  of  their 
registrar,  Charles-Nalson  Cole,  esq.  of  the  Inner  Temple,  bar- 
rister-at-law,  from  the  Author's  own  copy,  under  the  original  , 
title,  with  the  addition  of  three  indexes,  one  of  the  principal 
matters^  the  second  of  names,  and  the  third  of  places,  making 
eleven  additional  sheets.  Lond.  177^.  fol.  The  original  plates, 
which  remained  in  the  possession  of  Mr.  Geast,  and  wanted  no 
re-toucliing,  were  used.  It  was  Mr.  Geast  s  intention  to  hare  • 
proceeded  with  the  other  parts  of  his  learned  Ancestor's  Works  ; 
but  the  restraint  laid  upon  literary  property  effectually  diverted 
his  thoughts  from  an  expence  which  a  period  of  fourteen  yean 
can  never  be  expected  to  repay." 

Gough*9  British  Topography,  vol.  L  p.  154. 

printed. 


177^0  *rH&  EIGHTEENTH  CSlfTURY.  IS9 

»  » 

printed,  with  the  addition  of  three  Ind^es^.  under 

.  Ae  direction  of  Oharles-Nalson  Cole  *^  esq.      .       .^ 

•  •  • 

-»  *  Of  St.  John's  College^  Cambridge ;  Whence  he  proceedacl 
B.  A.  1743.  Hq  was  afterwards  of  the  Inner  Temple^  barrister 
.at  law,  and  R^strar  to  the  Corporation  of  Bedfoni Level;  and 
published  "A  Collection  of  Laws  which  fcirm  the  Constitution  of 
the  Bedford  Level  Corporation,  with  an  Introductory  Hirtory 
thei-eof,  iro'l,"  8vo.  —  Mr.  Soame  Jenyns  (who  died  Dec.  18, 
ir^7>  bequeathed  to  Mr.  Cole  the  copy-right  of  all  his  pub- 
ii^ed  ^V'orks;  and  consigned  to  his  care  his  literary  Papers^ 
vkth  n  desire  that  Mr.  Cole  would  Collect  together  ancf  superin* 
teud  tlie  publication  of  his  Works.  This  was  accordingly  don^ 
in  1 7  91),  under  the  title  of  ''  Tiie  Works  of  Soaifne  Jenyiis,  £ku 
in  I^uiir  Voliuncs,  incluriii^  Ecveral  Pieces  never  before  publishea. 
To  which  arc  pretixed,  some  Sketches  of  the  Histoxy  of  the 
Author's  Family,  and  also  of  his  Life>  by  Charles-Nalson  Cole^ 
~  ;*'  who  says, ''  I  considered  this  trust  as  a  mark  of  his  con1fi« 
LCCj  of  which,  aftef  a  friendship  between  us  for  near  half  a 
cimtury,  he  thought  me  deserving.  Impressed  with  this  seati* 
v>ent,  from  gratitude  I  undertook  the  trust  with  great  pleaisiirc  j 
io  the  execution  of  which>  as  far  as  I  could,  I  have  acted  pfc« 
cisely  in  the  same  manner  in  which  he  would  have  done  l^imaftlf 
bad  he  lived,  as  tliere  is  reason  to  believe,  from  the  reraembranoa 
I  have  of  many  convei-sations  I  had  with  him  on  the  subject.**-^ 
The  Dedication  of  these  Volumes,  to  Dr.  Heberdun  X»  I  shall 
transcnbe  at  leni^h,  from  respect  both  to  the  Dedicator  and  the 
Dedicatee :  to  each  of  whom»  when  a  young  man,  I  was  under 
coofiiderable  obligations :  *'  Dedications  in  general  are  so  many 
iscnfices  of  praise,  laid  upon  an  altar  erected  for  him  to  whom 
they  are  offered,  at  the  expence  of  truth,  one  of  the  most  ami* 
able  virtues.  All  the  exct^Uencies  of  human  nature  which  form 
the  characteristic  differences  between  good 'and  bad  men,  are  in* 
dbcriminately  coni«igiied  to  liim  to  whose  honour  the  rite  la 
perffirmed.  Hence  a  siid  rcvei*se  of  characters  is  handed  <}own 
to  posterity ;  and  those,  tlic  reniembi*ance  of  whom  should  have 
ended  with  their  lives,  stand  recorded  in  their  deaths  as  the 
distinguished  actors,  as  well  as  patn)n8,  of  all  that  is  praise- 
worthy.— I  know.  Sir,  that  you,  as  well  as  myself,  condema 
fueh  sacrifices,  and  tJiose  who  offer  them.  After  this  declara* 
tioQ  of  the  sense  I  entertain  of  the  genci'al  addi'esscs  of  this  ^ortt 
1  found  myself  under  no  difliculty  in  applying  to  you,  the  Friend 
of  Human  Nature,  for  permission  to  send  into  the  world,  under 
the  Bawction  of  your  name,  the  Works  of  an  Author,  whoj 
through  liib,  had  a  strict  claim  to  that  cliaiacter ;  and  wh<^ 
nibfititutc,  since  his  death,  yoU'Sure  in  some  sort  become,  by  th^ 
aUiaace  of  one  bf  your  family  with  that  )>er9on  whom,  by  the 
lart  solemn  act  of  his  life,  he  appoinied  Itis  representative.*^ 
Gire  me  leave  to  acknowledge  the  sense  I  entertain  of  your 

Z  Dr.  Heberdcn*s  eldest  daui^htcr,  Auiie,  was  married-  to  the  Ret. 
Ctoffgi  Jenyns,  Pkebeodtry  of  £1/. 

Vol.  Ill  K  \duianiM» 


130  LmmARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [177^. 

^*  Medical  Transactions!  published  by  the  College 
of  Physicians ;  Vol.  II.  In  this  Volume,  as  in  the 
former  one,  noticed  in  p.  70,  the  Papers  of  Dr, 
Heberden  are  particularly  to.  be  observra  ;  but  the 
names  of  several  other  Physicians  of  eminence  are 
to  be  found  in  both  the  Volumes ;  particularly  that 
of  Dr.  Richard  Warren  ♦. 

ttindniM^  in  granting  me  this  permission,  since  it  satisfies  itij 
feelings  as  to  the  execution  of  the  trust  committed  to  me  by  tbe 
Atithor,  of  collecting  and  superintending  the  publication  of  all 
kis  Works  j  by  warranting  me  to  do  that  which,  could  he  have 
foreknown,  would  have  had  the  sanction  of  hb  highest  approba- 
tion.  —  Hanng  thus  far  discharged  the  trust  reposed  in  mc  by 
the  Author,  I  cannot  satisfy,  so  fai*  as  is  in  my  power,  a  debt  of 
gratitude  I  owe  to  you,  wiUiout  availing  myself  of  tliis  oppoitu- 
nity  to  declare  pubUcly  (and  that,  1  trust,  not  without  an  honesit 
and  becoming  pride),  how  much  I  am  bound  to  you  for  the 
kind  and  unmterrupted  friendship  with  which  you  have  been 
pleased  to  favour  me  through  a  very  long  course  of  years ;  an 
ebligation  which  hath  been  extended  to  such  a  length,  by  your 
constant  and  affectionate  watchfulness  over  a  constitution,*  the 
existence  of  which,  under  Providence,  your  great  professional 
knowledge  and  experience  have  prolonged  far  beyond  that  period 
which,  mm  the  infirmities  long  attending  it,  could  ever  have 
been  expected,  or  hoped  for,  by,  dear  Sir, 
Lwcoln*$-Inn  Fields,  Your  sincere,  aflfectionate,  and  obliged, 
Feb,  1,  1790.  CiiARLEs  Nalson  Cole.** 

Mr.  Cole  died  Dec.  18,  1804,  in  Edward-street,  t  avcndish- 
square,  after  a  tedious  and  severe  illness,  in  liis  S^d  year.  Ho 
was  brother  to  the  Rev.  William  Cole  of  Ely. 

*  This  eminent  Physician  was  son  of  Dr.  Richaitl  Wan*en, 
archdeacon  of  Suffolk,  and  brother  of  Dr.  John  Wan-en,  Bishop 
Of  Bangor.  He  was  at  tlie  head  of  his  profession ;  and  hav- 
ing been  for  many  years  in  the  nKxipt  of  larger  annual  protita 
than  had  been  then  known  to  accrue  from  it,  left  a  large  fiimily 
in  opulent  circtunstances.  As  an  Author,  he  is  only  known  by 
a  Paper  on  the  Branchial  Polypus,  and  another  on  the  Colica  Pec- 
tonum,  printed  in  the  ''  Medical  Transactions."  His  eminence 
was  not  derived  horn  patronage,  from  singularity  of  doctrine, 
from  the  arts  of  shcwy  address,  from  any  accidental  stroke  ojf 
fortune ;  but  was  the  £iir  and  unblemished  attainment  of  un« 
paralleled  talents.  His  powers  of  mind,  his  felicity  of  memor}*, 
that  presented  to  him,  on  every  occasion,  the  stores  of  know- 
ledge, and  the  solidity  of  judgiuent  that  directed  their  applica- 
tion to  the  particular  case,  would  have  equally  enabled  him  to 
outstrip  competition  in  any  other  braucU.of  human  art.  He 
was  one  of  the  few  great  charactei-s  of  the  age  wbo«e  popularity 
bad  nothing  in  it  of  party  fovour ;  he  enjoyed  equally  the  sun 
Ir^ges  of  aU  j  and  of  his  own  profession^  wlio  were  the  best  able 

to 


177^-]  THE  £IGHT££NTII  CENTURY.  IJl 

'*A   Letter  to  the  Members  of  the  House   of 
Commons ;  resipecting  tl'ie  Petition  for  Relief  in  the 

to  estimate  his  merits  the  mast.    He\iiis  brought  up  to  tha 
C  hurch  i   and  wua  eugaged  as  tutor  to  the  only  son  of  the  late 
Dr.  Peter  Shaw,  an  eniiixent  Phvbiciiin.    The  young  Shaw  sliew- 
Ing  no  turn  for  instruction,  or  reguixl  for  Learning,  his  Father 
taught  the  pmfession  to  his  Son's  preceptor,  and  gave  him  aLio 
bis  only  daughter  and  his  fortune ;  and  he  immediately  succeeded 
til  his  business.    He  is  sidd  to  l)a\e  received,  in  the  course  of  one  • 
day,  fees  to  the  amount  of  91)  ^ineos,  and  to  have  died  worth 
upwanls  of  150,000/.  >  and  that  after  his  Majesty's  recovery  in 
17bb  lie  mode  8000/.  a  }ear.     After  thid,  uho  wUl  say  that  the 
tnnniu  aurea  is  not  to  the  full  {u  churacteri^tic  of  Ihe  first  English 
Phvsician  as  the  blcuxK-  hiind  ?  The  followinir  wore  understood  to 
>>e  the  princiiKd  auiong  the  beijuebts  of  his  will :  To  his  Widow^   • 
during  Iter  life,  his  houses  in  Dover-street  and  Hei-tfoixbhire,  with 
all  their  fixtures  and  furnituiv,  with  his  landed  estate  of  3000/. 
a  year ;   to  his  two  dau^htei-s  10,CXX)/.  each  3  to  his  eldest  son 
16,000/.  ]iayahile  immediately,  ^vith  the  revei'sion  of  the  houses 
aiid  estates  after  his  mothei''^  death  \  and  to  each  of  his  other 
seven  sons  6000/.  assigning,  as  a  reason  for  leaving  them  no 
riore,  that  he  had  given  each  of  them  a  profession,  and  advanced 
thetUj  in  hi«  life-time,  as  fur,  in  their  respective  pn^fessions,  as 
he  coulfl.     His  Wivlow  was  his  reiiiduaiy  legatee.    He  was  Phy- 
sician in  Ordinary  to  the  King  and  the  Prince  of  Wales.    He 
died  of  s|ia'>m8  in  his  stomach,  very  une\i)ectedly,   at  a  mo- 
ment when  Sir  George  Baker  and  Dr.  Pitcairn  were  most  san- 
guine in  the  hopes  of  his  rci'overy.     His  comphuut  had  been  a  • 
violent  ensipelas,  or  St.  Anthouy'»  fire  in  his  head. — He  was  bu- 
ried in  the  chancel  at  Kensington,  whci-o  a  tablet  to  his  memoiy 
i»  thus  in<crilKd : 

"  RiCARDo  Warren  apud  Cavendish  in  agro  Saffolciensi  nato, 
Colkgii  Jesu  Cantab,  quondam  socio.  Regis  Goorgii  Tertii  Me- 
dico, viro  ingenio  pnidentiiique  acuto ;  optiniaruui  artium  dis- 
eiplinis  erudito ;  comitatis  ct  l)eneHcrntiu;  laude  Ixmis  oumibus 
eommenf1atis!>imo,  qui  medi<:inani  feliciterqne  f^mdini  factitavit. 
IXxiTsisit  X  kalend.  Jid.  annoChristi  mixxxcvii.  aitat.  hua:  lxvi. 
Elizabetha  u\or  et  libcri  decern  6U|)crstrteH  H.  M.  f.iciendmn  cu* 
raverunt." — And  in  the  Uegister  of  the  ])arish,  among  the  Deaths, 
ii  entereil :  '*  Richard  Warren,  M.  D.  of  Dover-street,  London^ 
aged(i5.  buried  June  30,  171)7" 

•  *'ThLi  cclebratetl  Phy«iciau,  l^eing  a.-<kt»d  one  day  what  was 
the  bckt  Sch(K>l  of  Physick,  ixjplied,  *  Hie  best  school  of  phy»ick 
that  I  know  is  a  lurge  Lomlon  Hospital.*  Thi^^,  huwexer,  like 
•lery  other  aphori»m,  must  l)e  tiiideistixul  v\ilh  allowance,  llii* 
gn-at  Phv'sician  who  ni.ulc  it  supiiosod  tiu'.t  a  cvrtaiu  pc>rtion  of 
mi-'dical  reading  and  U-cturi^s  hod  been  l',oiio  through  before  the 
student  oljsei'ved  the  praetice  of  that  u^(;ful  and  arduous  science. 
Lurd .Manftiiekl  said  of  Ijonl Chancellor  Maixlvviiko,  thai  Wisdom- 
Wr.s:>lf  would  liavo  rfhoiPU  to  s|N*ak  h}-  hi^  niuulh:  S:i^acity  itself 


l%i  UTVRARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l77i2« 

Matter  of  Subscription.  By  a  Christian  Whig,^ 
8vo.  — 1  his  Letter,  '^  isplete  with  true  good-sense 
and  genuine  moderation,  was  written  by  a  respect- 
aUe  Divine^  still  living,  ah  omament  of  the  Church, 
in  which  he  has  long  been  a  I^gnitary.  —  It  was 
soon  followed  by  '*  A  Second  Letter  from  a  Chris- 
tian Whig  ^r 

^*  The  «>iritual  Quixote,  or  Summei^s  Ramble  of 
Mr.  Geoflfrey  Wildgoose,"  3  vols.  ismo.  [by'  ihe 
Rev.  Richard  Graves  'f*.] 

a 

mcuM  liafe  chofen  that  of  Dr.  Warren  to  record  its  obn^rvalions; 
Vb  opniirioiis  were  neat  and  forcible,  and  plainly  evinoedi  that 
thiqr  STOae  ftom  a  mind  pregnant  with  information  and  scute* 
mis.  Ot  every  subject  on  which  he  convened  he  alwqfs  went 
im  fhe  leading  feature^  the  diBGriminating  trajti  and  kft  etery 
iMSrer  convinced,  that,  had  he  pursued  tl^  Law,  had  ha  studied 
Thcolagy,  or  had'he  taken  to  Politicks,  he  woidd  have  been  as 
dBstiagSiahed  in  them  as  be  ytBB  in  his  own  particubr  science. 
In  this  he  verifM  what  was  said  of  the  illustiioua  HarAsl  Cati* 
aat  taLewiaXiV.  'fioss  your  Mqesty  want  an  archbidiop,  a 
chancaUor,  a  gfoDttilt  or  a  prime  n^bter?  Yoii'inay  taVe 
Catinat  fiur  any  of  tliose  great  sitintionsi  he  will  fiU  either  of 
them  witii  honour  to  you  and  to  himsdf.' " . 

Anmrnff  JW^frap^tena,  vol.  IL  p.  699. 

*  ''  This  Lstter-writer  is  not  one  of  the  Petitioning  Cleisy, 
Sior  does  he  appove  of  their  mode  of  application.  He  thinks 
ttiat  the  Bishops  have  QOt,  in  ttie  pcesent  struggle,  been  reiipect- 
luUy  treated ;  and  that  it  has  ii^iiously  b^n  taken  for  granted, 
that  no  blessings  could  come  from  the  tiench,  no  reformatioa 
from  the  Prelacy,  no  good  out  of  Galilee.  His  arguments  for 
the  removal  of  Subscription,  and  for  a  revision  of  tlie  Articles  of 
the  Church  of  England,  are  clear,  judicious,  and  unanii^'er^le. 
In  some  points  he  seems  to  have  carried  his  Ciuidour  to  an  ex* 
cess  that  may  be  thought  scarce  consistent  with  an  extensive 
knowledge  of  the  world.  J>ut,  perhaps,  it  was  his  real  ac- 
qiiaiiitancc  with  mankind  which  dictated  to  him,  tkit  no  con* 
ce&i>ions  can  be  obtained  from  our  superiors,  uhIcn'^  they  he 
treated  with  the  utmost  |X)Shible  dpference  and  resiMK.t."— lii  tlic 
Scrond  letter,  "  besides  considering  the  ca^e  of  grdduates  ii\ 
the  ITniversitiCfl,  the  Author  luith  added  a  j)athetic  address?  Xq  the 
Bishops,  (m  the  subject  of  a  farther  reformation  of  the  Church 
of  England."     Monthly  Review,  rol.,XlJ  L  p.  Mil. 

t  This  ingenious  Divine  was  the  second  son  of  Jlichard  GraMis, 
esq.  of  Mickleton  in  Gloucestershire,  where  he  was  born,  May.  4, 
1715.  He  was  gn*at-nephew  to  Professor  Graves  of  Oxford,  and 
to  Sir  Edward  (iraves,  hart,  physiciim  to  Churles  II.  His  Father 
^art  pstei^med  a  learned  man,  and  wivs  well  vended  in  Antiquities. 
[Some  account  of  him  and  the  I'^amily  may  be  seen  in  Pr.  Nash's 
H'arfiestcnyhire,  vol.  I.  pp.  193,  l»9.]  The  llev.  Mr.  Grave*  re- 
ceived 


HE\:  lUC^LiRD  GRAlTBa,  M.A. 
Sum,  m.  JfJf^  JM  in  IMt. 


J 


1772] 


THE  EKiHTfifiKtH  CENTUHV.    '  t$$ 


"Hamlet,  Prince  of  Denmark.  A  Tragedy.  By 
WiUiam  Shakspeare.  Collated  with  the  old  and 
modern  Editions.**   [By  Mr.  Jennens.]  Svo. 

€^\vf^  the  first  rudiments  of  his  classical  education  under  the 
Curdte  of  the  |iaru»h.    About  the  age  of  13«  he  was  sent  to  Abing- 
don «chool  in  Berkshire,  then  a  public  seminary  of  note.    At 
the  age  of  sis.tei.*n,    he  vnis  chosen  scholar  of  Fembroke  col- 
1**;:^,  "Oxfonl,    where  he  soon  after  went  to  reside.     Here, 
lif  informs  us,  in  his  I^ifo  of  Shcnstone,  he  joined  a  party  of  . 
youn^  men,  who  amused  themselves  in  an  evening  in  reading 
<triek,  and  drinkiii;:^  water;    and  that  they  read  over  8e\enui 
Grrek  Authors  seldom  road  in  School.     It  was  about  this  time 
\.c  commenced  an  acqiuuntance  with  Mr.  Shenstone,  which  con- 
tii.iiM  till  his  death.     In  17;$0*,  Mr.  Graves  was  elec*tcd  Fellow 
^  All  Souls  College ;   but,  instead  of  pursuing  his  Theological 
••f  \uiie>,  as  he  at  first  inteiuk^d,  formed  the  idea  of  studying  |ihy« 
i'lck ;  and,  as  pre|)ai*atory  to  it,  attended  two  courses  of  Anatomy 
in  I^indon.   About  this  time  he  was  attacked  with  a  nervous  fever« 
which  left  him  in  so  languid  a  state,  that  he  gave  up  all  thought 
rf  pnxeedlng  farther  in  that  pursuit ;  and  soon  after  resumed  the 
<ni\\  of  Divinity.     He  was  elected  Fellow  of  AH  Souls  in  1736 ; 
aiiil  in  17-10  x-eccived  the  degree  of  M.  A.  and  took  orders. 
s\nc  lime  after,  he  went  to  reside  with  Mr.  Fitzherbert,  at 
Ti-^intrton,    in  Dirbyshiie,  he  having  a  donative  in  his  gift, 
.ill  1  \%ishin£^  a  Ck*rgyman  with  him  in  the  house  as  a  com- 
•  ruiion.    Aifter  siicnding  about  three  years  in  Derbyshire  in  a 
^cy  a^eable  manner,  he  came  by  turn  into  oflSct!  in  the  Col« 
Iv'i'.  wluch  induced  him  to  get  a  curacy  nearer  Oxford ;  where 
Kl'  hoarded  with  a  gentleman-farmer,  whose  youngest  daughter, 
ai  .unidble  and  beautiful  |)erM)n,  so  far  captivated  him,  that  he 
^<  on  after  married  her.    'Fhis  circumstance  is  beautifully  related 
in  Tlie  sicond  volume  of  the  Spiritual  Quixote,  under  the  cha- 
TVHr  of  Hirers.     AI)Out  1/50,  Mr.  Graves  was  presented  to  the  . 
r.'.vny  of  Claverton  in  Somer-etshiie  j   and,  in  17C:J,  to  the  vi» 
«itr.\j;».'  of  KilnuTsden,  in  addition  to  that  of  Claverton,  tlirough 
tU  iutere-t  of  Ralph  Allen,  esq.   of  Prior  ]>ark,  who  Ijkt.wiso 
p  M  .ircd  hiui  a  searf  from  Latly  Chatliam.    ?.Ir.  (Jraves  for  many  • 
;.;!r*.  \\c  l)clieie  more  than  30,  kept  a  ivputable  Academy  for 
♦  iiii^  gentlemen  ;   and  many  of  hi!>  ])upils  have  made  a  re>pect- 
.i'^;..  li^ure  in  life.      His  earliest  publication  was,   *'Thc  Fes- 
t-.'!rt  ;    or,   a  ColltHtion  of  Ejiigrams,  with  an  Eisay  on  that 
^}»'^^'le^  of  Composition,   1707'*     In  177*2,   he  produced  '*  The 
"^i'lritiud  Quixote,"  in  3  vols.;  which,  in  these  da\-s  of  Religious 
^)'\\>  itiiui.  ''hould  be  read  by  ever>'  one  who  regards  the  Established 
U:  ;i-ion  of  hi-*  C  ountry.     In  1773,  "  'Hie  Love  of  Order,  a  Poe- 
J  .ilh^ay,   in  three  Cantos."     He  published,  two  vohunes  of 
i'li-ai-,  under  the  title  of  "  Euphrosyne,  a  Collection  of  IVkmiis," 
'..  17T«J  and  1780,  uhich  lja>e  gone  through  several  eiVvliowri, 
i'Auuiellii,  or  Ujc  ili:tavs3cd  Anchorvt/'  in  *3  vols.  177)ti-,  U\ 


134  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [iJT^. 

**  The  Poems  of  Mark  Akenside,  M.  D.**  very 
handsomely  printed  in  quarto,  under  the  superintend 

6hew  the  consequence  of  a  piTson  of  education  and  talents  re- 
tiring to  solitude  and  indolence  in  tlic  vigour  of  youth :  in  this« 
it  is  thought^   he  alluded  to  his  friend  Shenstone.     Then  aj)- 
pearcd  his  *'Eugcnius;    or,  Anecdotes  of  the  Golden  Vale,"  in 
.  8  vols.    "  A  Translation  from  the  Italian  of  (<alateo ;  or,  a  Trea- 
tise on  Politenrsfi,   by  De  la  Oisa,  Archbishop  of  Bonc\ento/' 
In  17&y  appeared,   "  Uecollcctions  of  soiue  IVuticulars  in  the 
Life  of  William  Shenstonc,   IL-c).   in  a  .Series  of  Lettci-s  from 
an  intimate  Friend  of  liis  to  William  Sewanl,  esq.    F.  R.  S." 
This   was  published  to  vindicate  the  character  of  his  friend 
iVom  the  criticisms  and  cenMirc  of  Dr.  Johnson,    Mr.  (iray, 
and  Mr.  Mason.     •'  Ple\i])pus ;    or,   the  a»!piring  Plebeian,"  in 
8  vols. ;   "Tlic  Meditations  of  Antoninus,  tmn.slatcd  from  the 
Greek,  1792;"   "Hiero  on  the  CoiHliti(»n  of  Royalty,"  fnim  the 
Greek  of  Xenoplion,  179J;  '*  Fli  ui-cttes,"  a  Translation  of  Fe- 
nelon*s  Ode  on  Solitude,  and  other  iMtnch  Authoi's :  *•  The  Life 
of  Coromodus,"  from  the  Greek  of  lUnKlian ;  "  The  Rout,"  from 
a  young  man  in  Town  to  his  friend  in  the  Country  j  "  The  Re- 
veries of  Solitude,"  consisting  of  pieces  of  prf)>e  and  verse j  •*  The 
Coalition ;  or,  Ope^a  reversed,"  a  Comwly  in  thrive  Acl«,  1704  ; 
"  llie  Farmer's  Son,"  a  mond  tale,  in  the  ballad  metre ;  **  Ser- 
mons on  various  Suhjects,"  in  one  volume,  Svo,  1790;  "  Senili- 
tics,"  consisting  of  pieces  in  ])ro!'e  and  vei-se ;  '•  The  Invalid,  with 
the  obvious  Means  of  enjoying  Life,  by  a  Nonagenarian,  1804." 
■He  was  Author  also  of  The  Cabinet,  the  Fanace:i,  the  Parting, 
and  the  Ode  to  a  Young  Lady  somewhat  too  solicitous  alniut  her 
Manner  of  Exjiression,  in  Dodsley's  ("ollection  of  Poems,  vol.  IV^. 
.  p.  330 — 7.    The  ahove,  it  is  belie\«Hl,  is  a  tolerably  correct  list  of 
the  publications  of  Mr.  Graves;  whAse  Works  will  always  be  read 
\i'ith  pleasure,    there  being  a  sprightliness  and  epigrammatic 
turn  in  his  writings  which  was  iK^ailiar  to  himself,  ami  which 
•  he  retained  to  the  last.     He  purcliascd  tlie  advowson  of  Clavrr* 
ton  from  the  l*rustees  of  the  late  Ralph  Allen,  ebq.  in  17<>7f 
who  bad  pai'tly  built  the  parsonage-houfie,  a  very  good  substan* 
tial  building,  \ihich  was  much  enlarged  and  improved  by  Mr. 
Graves.    Tlie  garden,  though  not  ]ai|$c,  is  a  pretty  rural  spot, 
btrongly  marked  by  that  classic  elegance  of  taste  which  distin- 
guu<hed  the  late  proprietor  as  an  author.     He  wiftjiways  re* 
markably  well,  and  wrote  his  Essay  on  his  Mar     'vHveserviog 
Health  but  a  short  time  before  m  df$^  ^^p^ned  at 

Bath,  Nov.C3,  1804,  ageil  dO. 

In  Claverton  church,  in  a  niche«  ^  Jliilniiiml 

urn,  on  a  small  pedestal, 
"  JLucise  Coi^iu;! 
Conjux  infelicii 
Ob.  CaL  M( 
.  In  Mr,  Graves  ended  t]|e 


IT'S."]  TIU  EIGHTE£NTlt  C£NTVXT.  l^J 

dence  of  his  friend  Jereiuiah  Dyson  *,  esq.  to  whom 
tke  Doctor  has  addressed  a  grateful  tribute  of  re- 
•piTt  and  attention -J-. 

*'  Ohserr&tionson  Mount  Vesunus,  Mount  ^tna, 
and  other  Volcanos,  &c.  By  the  Hon.  Sir  WilUani 
Hamilton*,  K.  B.  F.  R.S.  &c."  8vo;  re-printed 
in  1773. 

A  very  ingenious  "  Inquiry  into  the  Value  of  the 
Aiitient  Greek  and  Koinan  Money,  hy  Matthew 
Kaper  ^,  Esq.  F.  H.  S."  was  printed  in  u>e  Philoso- 

fKMcd  of  Shciutone,  W'hbtler.  and  Jago.  If  Mr.  Graves's  ftiau]y 
itiHiIrl  piililuh  Ills  Idlers  (o  tbe  nboi'e  gentlemen,  it  would  oer> 
tTtinly  )w  a  gn-at  gntificntion  to  liis  ftcquainluice,  and  would  not 
b>-  »Tiy  nmiti!!  diniiniah  his  litcran'  reputatiuii. 

-*    Who  Vfos  for  nuinr  yrai-s  Priiici[jal  Gcrk  of  the  Houu 
of  Conitmins :  nnd  aftcru-ards  StTivtaiy  nf  the  IVeainuy.     He 
■lied  S-|it.6,  1776}  and  wiui  at  ihat  time  M.P.  fiir  Haslemcre, 
CoCtTer  nf  his  Mnji-ott'i'  Household,  &c.  &c. 
t  Of  Or.  Akcnside/  ^eL■  vol.  II.  p.  435. 

;  'rim  tionuumble  gcnileiuan  waa  for  many  ytan  his  M^esty'a 
Eotm' at  the  Court  nf  Naples;  an  jofiice  which  he  sustained  Mir h 
the  hi{;hr«t  crvdit  and  iim|^i licence.  He  published,  in  177V, 
'■Antitjtiii^sEtni.-Hiues,  Grcc4iKt,  et  Komaines,"  in  8  vols.  fblio( 
and  in  1778  an  octavo  volume  nf  Observations  on  Mount  Vesu- 
vius tad  other  Volcanra.  In  1776,  he  published,  in  9  vols.  foHot 
at  Naples,  "  C'ampi  Phlegraii  ■"  or.  Observations  nn  the  Vol- 
canos of  the  Two  Sicilies,  to  which  was  afteraanls  added  a 
•uppk-mcnlal  folio  Volume.  In  1791,  he  published,  on  tha 
CuDtinent,  the  tint  volume  of  "A  Cotlecliun  of  Engravings 
froa  Ancient  Vases,  mostly  of  pure  Greek  Workmanship;"  and, 
in  1795)  Ibe  tecond  rolume,  Hik  Works  are  in  high  and  me-  , 
rited  lepitlc  among  the  Learned  i  as  were  for  many  yrars  the  ■ 
lHN|Ml^ie«  of  himself  and  1  July  Hamilton  to  ci'erv  British  Tra- 

"  ■■  "     ' .    Their  senicet  to  the  publick  in  as^istiiig 

B  will  never  be  brgotten,    bit  M'illiam  died 

a  sound  at^dar,  and  as  able  s  mathemati- 
UapatnnalcstateatHiorley,  Herts;  where 
'' with  bis  ancestors.   And  in  that  church 

^■•rred  the  body  of  Maktha,  the  wife 

"Ijarted  this  life  the  ISth  of  ftforch, 

r  age.    And  likewise  the  body  of 

1A10  departed  this  life  the  30th  of 

r  of  his  age." 

Bapi a,  e«q.)  who  died  June  16, 
M  m  mnu  of  MnbWmUhed  Ufe  ai\& 


phical  Transactions  %r^  1771*  This  respectable 
gentlemanV  opinion  on  these  subjects  not  coinciding  . 
with  that  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  he  pnnted  a  Uttle  paA-^ 
phlet,  Under  the  title  of  '*  Remarks  occasioned  by  a 
Mte  Dissertation  on  the  Greek  and  Roman  Money, 
1772,^*  4to;  which  was  intended  as  an  Appendi^c 
to  Mr.  Clarke's  Book  on  Coins  *.  The  opinions  of 
many  excellent  Writers  in  Germany  and  France 
liaving  been  ably  controverted  in  that  volume,  Mr. 

sincere  piety ;  a  tender  husband  and  affectionate  father.  And 
gf  EiiBAB&Tu;  his  wife,  who  bore  him  six  sox^  and  i^  daugh^ 
U^,  and  died  April  Il>  1760,  aged  77-  And  aLto  of  ELizABETHr 
^  only  daughter  3  who  died  unroarricd,  July  8th,  1781,  in  th» 
6Bth  year  of  her  age :  she  was  a  religious  and  a  virtuous  woman^ 
%b4  aa  ajQfectionate  daughter  afid  sister.'* 

^'  In  xaiBmorj  of  John  Howb,  of  Hanship  in  the  county  o{ 
Bucksy  eiq.;  whose  learning,  wisdom,  and  vii-tue,  made  hiin 
sionoured  and  beloved,  and  his  memory  dear  to  his  friends.    Hq  • 
died  Sept.  Ist,  1769>  in  the  62d  yeai*  of  his  age. 

And  of  Matthkw  Rapbr,  of  this  place,  esq.  F.R.S.  who  died 
Pec.  99th,  1778,  in  the  74th  year  of  his  age.  The  friendship  of 
their  youth  was  founded  in  mutual  esteem,  and  continued  unia* 
terruptad  till  death." 

.  *  Before  the  publication  of  these  "  Remarks,"  Mr.  Dowysr 
addressed  the  following  letter  to  the  gentleman  whose  opiniona 
h»  had  ventured  to  examine : 

'*  Sir,  Having  an  opportunity  of  sending  to  the  King  of 
lance's  Library  a  Copy  of  Mr.  Clarke's  Book  on  Coins,  as  he  ia 
^  lifo-time  advised  me  to  do,  I  took  occasion  to  inclose  to  Mona. 
Gapperonier,  the  Library-keeper,  and  Member  of  the  Academy  of  ^ 
intocnptionsi  the  small  Memoir  1  had  drawn  up  on  the  difRcult 
passage  of  Pliny,  Nat.  Hist.  I.  xxxiii.  I  hope  this  Appeal  to  a 
*^ation,  no  less  famous  for  its  humanity  than  literature,  will 
aive  no  more  offence  to  you,  equally  remarkable  for  both,  than 
:|t  will  to  them  for  differing  firom  Pere  Harduin,  Crevier,  La 
Barr6,  and  otlu^rs.  The  cause  of  J..earning  is  the  cause  of  All  i 
and  I  beg  your  acceptance  of  Mr.  Clarke^s  Book,  which,  at  least 
I  may  say,  ia  written  very  entertainingly.  1  shall  deliver  out  ir| 
England  no  more  of  the  Memoir  tlian  what  1  inclose  to  you, 
without  your  express  permissicm^  intending  chiefly  to  raise  sonm 
iHendly  debates  among  the  French  Criticks,  who  have  studied 
this  branch  of  Leaiiiing  more  than  we  have,  though  I  think 
^th  less  success  than  this  our  valuable  Countryman ;  and  hopn 
I  shall  still  continue  in  your  esteem  and  favour;  and  remain. 
Sir,  your  obedient  and  most  humble  servant,       VV.  Bowyeh.** 

Mr.  Raper  returned  a  \xAiie  answer  to  the  above  letter,  with 
AJJ  pcrmlssiipn  tg  publish  U^  Memoir« 


177  8.1  THE  BIOHTEENTH  CENTURY.  Ijf 

Bowyer  transmitted  a  copy  of  it  to  the  French 
King's  Library,  and  inscribed  bis  little  Appendix^ 
<^R£GI    CHRISTIANISSIMO 

GULIELMUS  BOWYER^   TYPOGRAPHUS  ANG1.ICANUS.    . 

Judicium  ut  subeat  magis  aequum^  candidiusve, 

Qut  poiii  potuit  commodiore  loco  ?" 
It  was  very  much  his  wish,  that  Mr.  Clarke's  ela- 
borate Work  should  have  been  translated  and  re- 
printed in  France ;  and  he  took  some  pains  to  have 
It  performed  * ;  but  without  eftect. 

*  It  i?a£  his  first  wi^h  that  tbe  translatioa  should  have  been 
sade  by  the  friend  who  declined  the  task  in  the  foUowing  tenna: 
"  D&AK  Sir,  September  9,  1 773. 

"After  considering  the  inclosed,  with  as  much  attention  as 
ether  unavoidable  and  urgent  afiairs  would  permit,  the  best  [ 
CU  do  iSj  to  make  what  haste  I  can  to  send  it  back ;  and  ac-* 
fwiit  you,  that  it  is  utterly  impossible  for  me,  cither  to  under«r 
take  a  translation  of  the  >amc  at  present,  or  even  foresee  a  timQ 
when  I  might  be  better  able  to  undertake  it. 
^  "  I  hope  this  forced  refusal  will  not  be  taken  amiss,  from  one 

who  (within  the  too  small  compass  of  his  power)  is-  most  well« 
vishingly  your  humble  sen;ant,  Qnusxit  de  Missy. 

.  i  "  P.  S.  Nor  will  you,  I  hope,  take  it  as  a  piece  of  unkindncsi 
^  ;  if  I  ftmicably  tell  you,  that  I  fbar  the  Latin  inscription  Htgi  Chrigm 
^muiinOf  &c.  will  hardly  have  a  good  eQ'ect ;  because  it  looks 
£  ai  though  you  wished  to  obtain  from  His  Most  Christian  Msgesty 
^  tbe  decision  of  a  controversy,  concerning  which  (were  it  indeed 
I  to  cooae  before  him)  he  uught  be  ready  to  say  something  e^ui« 
f  I  talent  to  the  Greek,  Ti$  /xi  xMnVno-f  vutarnt  i^*  t)^/* 
^  ■  Mr.  Bowyer  applied  to  another  gentleman,  who  undertook  to 
I  Stt  the  work  translated  at  Paiis.  Two  copies  of  it  were  accord* 
I         ^iy  sent :  and  the  i-eceipt  of  them  wus  thus  acknowledged : 

*'  Sin,  Ipres,  Mmy  17,  1774. 

*'Some  unforeseen  accidents  obliged  me  to  put  olf  my  jouinej 
to  France  much  longer  than  I  intended.  I  returned  from  Parii 
kit  five  da}")  ago,  and  could  not  have  tlie  pleasure  of  acquaint* 
log  you  sooner,  how  I  disposed  of  the  two  copies  you  gave  mo 
^  Mr.  darkens  Connexion  of  Antient  Coins.  One  Co|iy  is  to  boi 
placed  in  the  King's  Library ;  and  another  to  be  given  to  Mons. 
«^Scttr,  to  be  translated  into  French.  He  is  an  elegant  writer} 
^  his  Translations  of  Dr.  llobertson's  fiibtory  of  Chai'les  V^ 
^  of  the  Voyages  published  by  Dr.  Haw  ices  wortli,  sufficientlj 
^w  that  he  is  qualiticil  to  do  justice  to  Mr.  Claike*s  perform<i 
iQCe.  Mons.  Capporonicr  desires  tliat  the  plates  may  be  sent  by 
^be  liay  of  Calais,  addressed  to  Mons.  Fissol,  Libraux;,  Qtiai  (le 
I^OQti  ^  Paris  ^  and  promises  they  shall  be  returned  when  the 
I^HOilatkjn  is  iliii^hed. 


jij^  lara&AET  AKECOOTBS  or  [i775» 

1773- 
In  this  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed, 
"  The  Works  of  Benjamin  Hoadly  ♦,  D.  1).  sue* 
cessively  Bishop  of  Bangor,   Hereford,   Salisbjary^ 

'*  I  am  sorry  it  was  not  in  my  power  to  convince  you  sooner 
thai  1  have  not  neglected  what  you  recommended  to  me. 
I  am,  Sir>  your  most  obedient  humble  ftervant> 

Alexander  Mac  Aulat/* 

The  original  copper-plates  were  accordingly  sent  to  Mons.  CAfi* 

peronier;  who  returned  them.  Sept  10,  1774,  with  tlus  answer  : 

•' J'ai  re^u,  Moasieur,  les  planches  de  romToge  de  M.  Clarke, 

dont  je  suis  tr^  fachd  d'apprendre  la  mort  par  la  Jettre  que  vout 

m*avez  £ut  Thonneur  de  m*^crire,  et  laquelle  mes  occupations 

m*ont  empech^  de  repondrc  jusqu*k  ce  moment.    J'avois  trop 

pnf9iim6  de  la  bcmne  volont^  dc  nos  Libraires  pour  ies  monnovcs 

Saxonnes.    Depuis  qu'ils  ont  vd  Touvragc,  ils  ne  le  croyent  ])lus 

susceptible  d'un  certain  debit  en  Fi-ance,  et  ila  ont  renono^  te 

pmjet  de  la  ti-aduire.    C"cst  pourquoi  j'aurai  Thonneur  de  vans 

en  rcnvqyer  les  planches  k  la  premiere  occasion.    Je  vous  oflfre 

d*ailleurs  mes  services  pour  notre  pays  j   et  je  suis  tr^  por&itc* 

ment,  Monsieur, 

•'  Votre  trfcs  humble  et  trbs  obeisant  scniteur,    Capperokicier, 

GaTf!c  de  la  Dibliotheque  du  Roi." 

•  •  **  The  Tracts  inserted  in  the  First  Viilume  of  this  handsome 
mnd  complete  Edition  are  prefaced  by,  1.  The  Life  of  the  Author^ 
re-print<xl  fix)m  the  Supplement  to  the  Biographia  Britannica, 
with  additions.  This  article  was  originally  prepared  by  Dr.  John 
Hoadly,  the  Bishop's  son ;  whone  pnidcnce  and  dcUracy  led  him 
thtn  to  conclude,  that  a  life  written  under  such  drctimstances  as 
that  which  is  now  under  consideration,  ought  to  consist  of  mere 
facts  \  with  as  little  |)crsonal  partialit)'  towards  the  Bishop,  as  a 
8on  could  be  supposed  to  express  5 — and  aftcru'ards,  imagining 
him^elf^  in  the  chai-acter  of  the  professed  Editor  of  his  Father^ 
Works,  in  great  measure  bound  to  tlie  like  delicacy,  *  he  rather 
j)i^erred  rc-printing  the  same  Article  (with  what  little  alte- 
rations had  since  occurred)  than  to  take  upon  him  the  imidi- 
€ww  and  suspected  task  of  composing  77ie  Life  of  a  Father.* -7- 

.  In  a  great  measure,  however,  to  supply  any  deficiency  of  just 
and  well-merited  enconiimn,  the  Reader  will  not  (as  Dr.  Hc^ly 
himself  ohfier\'es)  '  be  displeased  to  see,  in  an  Appendix,  somie 
detached  parts  of  his  Lonlbhip*s  correspondence  \vith  the  prudent 
and  amiable  f^dy  Sundon  (more  known  by  the  name  of  Mrs. 
Clayton,  Bed-chamber,  woman,  and  friend,  of  the  late  j^ieen 
Caroline)  as  they  discmer  more  of  his  pri\'ate  character  than 
can  be  seen  in  hit>  Works,  or  than  becomes  the  Editor  to  display 
In  words:  particularly  his  more  intimate  scn&ibility  of  real 
ft'iondship ;  and  the  unreserved  intercourse  of  minds  truly  w- 
tuotis,  and  confident  of  each  other.* — Placed  before  thcise  I-,ett<TSj 
the  Reader  will  find,  re-printed,  tn-o  Dedications  to  the  Bifhop; 
whith  m'^y  al^o  be  cunsidei'ed  as  pro|>erly  supplemental  to  the 

articta 


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THX  £ICHT£KNTH  CENTURT.  IJ^ 


cd   Winchester,      PublUlied  by  his  Son,    John 
Joauly  9  LL.  D.  Chancellor  of  the  Diocese  of  Win- 

itkle  n;- printed  firoin  the  Biographia :   the  mare  propetly,  ai 
hey  only  cod  tain,  what  we  do  not  usually  Jook  for  in  dediaip- 
Soo«.  tlie  tru'k.    The  first  of  these  picceSt  is  the  honest  Epistit 
[Vd^citor}'  of  Mr.  Coade*s  celehrated  '  Jitters  to  a  Cleigynian, 
rclati  !i^  tu  his  30th  of  Januaiy  Sermon ;  being;  a  complete  An$wer 
to  a^l  Tbo  Sermons  that  ever  have  been,  or  ever  shall  be,  jircached^ 
in  the  like  Strain,  on  that  Amiiversarv.'    lliis  l>edieation  con- 
itfts,  as  Dr.  Hoadly  obsen*es,  of  historical  facts, — the  voice  of  the 
Di&^nten,  in  gratitude  for  the  Bishop's  uefenee  of  our  coranion 
relifidoua  and  civil  Ilbrrties :   though  he  had  been  a  strenuous 
df&nder  of  the  Church  of  England,  in  eveiy  quarter  where  he 
thought  it  cleiensible.    T)ie  other  Dedication,  above  referred  to« 
9  that  prefixed  to  a  Collection  of  Traets,  moral,  theolo^cal^  &c. 
Bv  John  Balguy,  M.  A.  Vicar  of  Xoxtliallcilon,  and  Prebendaiy 
«f  Saniui.     This  ))iece  consists  of  '  \VL'll-dcder>'cd  panegyric  j*-— 
the  voice  of  '  an  obli^^ed  friend,  speaking  the  honest  dictates  of 
kfe  heart,  to  his  patron ;  which  he  alone  thought  too  high  an 
CBCouiium.' — ^Tliat  part  of  the  Appendix  to  the  ar/ic/e  of  the  Life 
tX  Floaril^  in  the  fiiographia  may  \>o  regarded  us  a  veiy  curious 
addition.      They  contiiin  the  Bishop's  private  sentiments  on  a 
varii'iy  of  inten'sting  topics;    and  in  )uu-ticular  a  censure  of 
Berkeley's  '  Minute  Philosopher/ — ^The  Tracts  in  the  tint  volume 
ef  the  Edition  of  Bishop  Huadly^s  Works,  e\chisive  of  the  intro- 
ductory pajiers  alre;idy  noticeil,  ai'c,  1.  Tracts,  collected  into  ii 
volimie,  in  1715 ;  9.  Tract.s  on  Omfonnity  to  Church  and  State. 
Vul  II.  contiiinA:   1.  Ti-acts  relating  to  the  Measures  of  Submib* 
lion  to  the  Civil  Magistrdte  -,  2.  Tracts  written  by  Bishop  Uoadlj 
in  the  Bangorian  Controversy^  ab  ii  was  nfter\>'ards  called.  —  In 
the  Third  Volunu'!  we  liave,  1.  Tlie  Politioal  Pie^'et;  2,  An  Ac-> 
cumt  of  the  Life  and  Writings  of  Dr.  Clarke ;  3.  llie  Practical 
Ditinity;    4.  The  famous  Letter  to  Clement  Chevalier,  Esq.  ve-    . 
ktiiic:  to  the  notable  Forgery  committixi  h\  Fournier,  in  order 
todt-frauil  the  Bishop  of  8,800/. — lliis  i^  an  animated  and  8pi« 
riitd  performance ;   imrl  wasj  if  we  mistake  not,  the  last  of  liii 
Lordship*^  public  Writings.    It  was  publibhed  in  \7^7,  about 
Ibree  yearb  i)efore  his  death.    Tlie  W*riter  of  his  Life,  speaking  of 
this  long  Letter,  which  made  a  veiy  Lu-ge  eighteen-penny  pani- 
pblelr  juMly  sa>S9  'It  wnii  the  astonibhin^  )>eifoitnance  of  a  Di- 
vjtt:  turned  of  eighth-one;  and  he  rec*eived  many  compliments  on 
that  aeeount,   both  by  vi&its  and  letters,   from  several  of  the 
|rcati-st  Lawyers  of  the  age.    Mr.  Hoi-aoe  Walpole  humorously 
said.  '  The  Bishop  had  not  only  got  the  better  of  his  adversary 
IFiiqmier]  but  of  his  old  age"*    Monthhj  Review,  tol.  LL  p.  195. 
A  mouument  is  erected  to  his  memoiy  in  the  West  aile  of  the 
Cathedral  at  Winchester.    The  inscription  is  in  Latin,  drawn 
up  by  himself.    The  principal  contents  and  dates  as  follows : 

"  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Hoadly,  a  presbyter  of  the  Church 
iff  Ei^^buulj  and  for  many  ycani  instructor  of  a  private  school ^ 

and 


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]4(^  LlTTERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l773* 

Chester.  With  an  Index  to  the  whole,  and  An  In- 
troductory Account  of.  the  Author  ;'•  3  vols,   folio, 

•  «       ••• 

and  afterwarrls  of  the  public  school,  at  Norwich  -,  and  of  Martha 
Pickering,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Beqjamin  Pickering  -,  bom  at 
Westerham  in  Kent,  Nov.  14,  167(5.  Admitted  into  (^atharinA 
hall,  Cambridge^  169? ;  of  \vhich  Hall  he  was  aftenvards  choseni 
II  fellow.  Afternoon  Lecturer  for  ten  years  at  St.  Mildred  in  the 
I'onltiy,  London,  from  1701.  Rfector'of  St.  Peter  Ic  Poor,  Lon- 
don, for  16  ycai"s,  from  1704.  Also  Rector  of  Streatham  10 
Snrrey,  for  13  years,  from  17 10.  Consecrated  Bishop  of  Ban* 
gor,  March  18,  1715.  Confirmed  Bishop  of  Hereford,  Nov.SJS, 
17^1.'  Confirmed  Bishop  of  Salibburj',  Oct.  19,  1723.  Con- 
Umied  BisSop  o(  Winchester,  Sept.  26,  1734.  His  first  wife 
T:as  Sarah  Curtis,  by  whom  he  had  two  sons ;  Benjamin,  M.  I). 
and  John,  LL.  D.  Chancellor  of  the  diocese  of  Winchester.  Hit 
second  wife  was  Mftry  Newey,  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  John 
Kewey,  Deaii  of  Chicliester.    He  died  April  17,  1761,  aged  S5.'* 

On  a  schall  tablet  underneath,  are  these  words : 

'  •*  Pfttri  amantissimo,  vei*ae  reb'gionis  ac  libertatis  publics 
Tindici,  dc  se,  de  palrid,,  de  genere  humano  o])tim^  mcrito. 
hoc  marmor  posuit  J.  Hoadly,  filius  superstes.'* 

His  constant  motto  was,  "  Veritas  et  Patria." 

A  very  fine  portrait  of  the  Bishop  is  prefixed  to  the  Collection 
cf  his  Works.    Under  which  is  inscribed, 

"  Benj.  Hoadly,  D.  D.  Bishop  of  Winchester,  aged  lxxx. 
Brawn  by  N.  Hone  after  a  wax  model  by  Mr.  Gosset,  done  in 
the  year  1756,  and  engraved  by  Jahies  Ba&ire,  177*2."  , 

And  a  good  original  painting  of  him  will  be  mentioned  here« 
after,  amongst  the  Benefactions  to  the  Company  of  Stationers. 

**  The  character  of  this  Prelate  was  truly  illustrious  ant} 
amiable.  By  his  seizing  every  proper  opportunity  to  de- 
fend the  c<iuse  of  Truth,  Virtue,  and  Kcligion  in  gen^ra]^ 
and  of  oar  happy  Constitution  in  particular,  in  whatever  quar^ 
ter  attacked  -,  by  his  asserting  and  vindicating  on  tlie  most  in- 
teresting occasions,  and  against  the  greatest  names  (and  that 
at  once  with  the  temper  of  a  Christian,  and  the  good-manneri 
of  a  Gentleman),  the  rights  of  the  I'hnme  and  those  of  Englishr 
men,  he  added  to  the  name  of  Scholar,  those  far  superior,  of  ai 
good  Man,  a  good  Subject,  and  a  true  Lover  of  his  Countrtj** 

As  a  writer,  he  possessed  uncommon  talents ;  liis  crreatcst  da* 
ibct  was  in  his  style,  extending  his  periods  to  a  Qis8E^reeal)lt 
length,  for  which  Pope  has  thus  recorded  him : 

**  • Swift  for  closer  style,  * 

But  Hoadly  for  a  period  of  a  niile."  . 

In  his  character  he  was  naturally  facetious,  easy,  and  eomplyi 
fng,  fond  of  company,  from  which  however  he  would  frequentl| 
retire,  far  the  purposes  of  study  or  devotion  >  happy  in  every 
p1ace»  but  peculiarly  so  in  his  own  family,  where  lie  took  all 
opportunities  of  instructing  by  his  influence  and  by  cxaniplet 
Ia  his  teqets  he  adhered  strictly  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Churcfk! 

But, 


Of  these  large  and  handsome  Volumes  only  twelve 
copies  were  printed  oii  fine  royal  ^^per^    for  hi« 

Btttj  M  be  took  spme  latitude  hiiDself,  h^  was  re^j  also  ta  alioi* 
it  to  others.  His  doctrine^  that  sincerity  is  sufficient  for  ac-* 
cqptanoe,  whatever  be  the  nature  of  opinions,  is  fi^vourable,  Co 
lueb  indulgence*   •  ' 

'  Dean  $\vift  takes  fi-cquent  occasion  to  mention  Bp.  Hoadly ; 
and  in  general  speaks  .of  hiui  slightingly.  -In  the  Journal  to 
Stella,  &pt.  13, 1710,  he  wntes,  <'  I  called  at  Bulls  on  Ludgate- 
bitt :  he  forced  me  to  his  house  at  Hampstead  to  dinner,  among* 
a  gieat  deal  of  ill-company  3  amon^  the  itst  Mr.  Hoadly,  ^ 
Whig  Clergyman,  so  famous  for  acting  the  contrary  partita 
Sicfae\-erelL*' — In  a  letter  fi-oin  Mr.  Ford,  Dec.' 23, 1732,  he  says, 
*'  There  is  no  danger  of  ]:epcaling  the  Test.  I'he  Court  has  taken 
4e  usual  method  of  gaining  the  fanatic  leaders,  much  agsposf^the 
gtaqi  of  this  body.  It  is  said  the  Bishop  of  Salisbury  is  the  cfiaef 
tocourager  of  them :  tliat  the  Queen  spoke  to  him,  and  that  ^ 
vuweied,  '  He  can  be  besmeared,  although'they  would  not  suffer 
Um  to  go  the  dirty  road  to  Durham.*  That  was  the  excuse  thigr 
inule«him  upon  the  last  vacancy  of  that  See.** — Mr.  Bowyer/ia 
^ note  on  Swift,  observes,  "The  Bishop  has  an  ill  name  frqm 
W  Author  I .  but  lived  to  see  the  Nation  become  his  converts ; 
and  Sons  have  blushed,  to  think  their  Fathers  were  hb  foes.*^ 

The  Rev.  John  Jones  of  Wehvyn  says,  '/  Having  received  some 

<oiiiidimental  letters  from  lilr.  W.  VVarburtpn,  relating  to  certaia 

pwnts  in  which  the  I>etter*writer  was  then  engaged,  Bp.  Hoadly* 

VI  an  accidental  convei*sation  with  Bp.  Sherlock,  happened  to  toucU 

upon  the  subject  of  those  Letters,  and  to  mention  what  Warburtoa 

bad  written  to  him.    Sherlock  immediately  told  him,  that  he 

alio  had  received  from  that  learned  and  ingenious  gentleman^ 

Icttera  to  the  same  purpose.    '  Have  you  preserved  them,  nq|f 

Lord  y  said  Hoadly.    '  No/  said  the  other,  '  I  have  destroyed 

theiB.*    '  I  wish  you  had  not,*  Dr.  Hoadly  returned :  '  I  have. 

pras^ived  those  with  which  he  favoured  mc :  and  the  reason  I 

l^ft  JQU  for  this  part  of  my  conduct  and  caution  is  this :  I  have 

often  observed  writers  of  this  cast  change  their  sides,  receding 

frum  their  first  positions  and  pretences ;  and  I  .sometimes  like 

to  amuse  myself .  with  their  inconsistencies,  &.c.* — Waiburton 

afiterw«rd%  being  perhaps  disgusted,  wrote  against  Bp.  Hoadly's 

'•Fbi^  Aceount.*  —  N.  B.  This  BLshop  did  not  think  fit,  even  in 

Ua  latar  daffs,  to  declare  that  he  was  the  Author  of  the  famous 

DitdicstiMi  of  Sir  Richard  Steele  s  Writings  to  Pope  Clement  XL'* 

Dr.  JiAn  Hoadly,  the  Bishop*s  youngest  son,  was  bom  in  Broad« 

atroet,  Oct  8,  17 il,  and  educated  at  Mr.  Newcome*8  school  in 

Hackney*  where  he  gained  great  appkiuge  by  perfoi  ining  the  part 

qf  Phoeyap  in  " The  Siege  of  Damascus.*'    In  June  1730,  he  was 

^hnitted  at  Corpus  Chiisti  college  in  Cambiidge;  imd  about  the. 

tiaie  at  the  Temple,  intending  to  study  the  Law.    This 

however,  he  ao^n  abandoned^  for  in  the  next  year  wy 

.      •         -  ■     M" 


l4t  UTtHAItY  ANECDOTBS  Of  [l773 

Bfajesty^s  and  a  few  other  Public  Libraries^  parti 
cuktrly  those  oi^tbe  CoIIe^  and  Cathedral  at  Win 

ffnd  ht  Tnuf  reHntpiished  aD  thoughts  of  the  Law  as  a  professton 
He  took  tlie  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1795 ;  and,  on  the  2Dth  of  No 
fcniber  following^  wa»  lai^pointed  Chancellor  of  Winchester,  or 
dained  Deacon  by  hU  Ikther^  Dec.  7>  and  Priest  the  dlst  of  rh( 
fame  month,    lie  was  injmediately  received  into  the  Prince  o 
IVaks's  household,  as  his  Chaplain ;  as  he  aiiterwards  was  in  tha^ 
of  the  Princess  Dowager,  May  6,  1751. — His  several  ])refertnemi 
he  received  in  the  following  order  of  time  :   the  rectory  of  Ml 
chelmersh,   March  8,  1737;   that  of  Wroughton  in  \V)lf??hin? 
Sept  8,  1737  J  and  that  of  Alrestord,  and  a  prebend  of  Winches- 
fer,  Wtb  of  November  in  the  same  year.    On  June  9,  1748,  lu 
was  instituted  to  the  rectory  of  St.  Mary,  near  Southampton  j 
and  on  Dec.  16,  174a,  collated  to  that  of  (herton.    He  had  tbi 
fMHiour  to  be  the  Hrst  person  on  whom  Abp.  Herring  conferred 
the  degree  of  a  Doctor.     In  May  1760,  he  was  appointed  tc 
the  Mastership  of  St.  Cross;  and  all  these  preferments  he  en- 
joyed tmtil  his  death,  exeept  tlie  rectory  of  Wroughton,  and  tht 
j^bend  of  Winchester.    He  uTOte  some  Poems  in  '*  Dod^eVj 
Collection,'*  and  h  supposed  very  materially  to  have  assisted  hi! 
brother  in  "  llie  Suspicious  Husband.*'    He  likewise  publishec 
the  above-mcnttonerl  edition  of  his  Father's  Works.    After  liv. 
ing  to  the  age  of  6*4,  tlie  delight  of  Ills  friends^  he  died,  Marcl 
16,  177^1  and  with  him  the  name  of  Hnadly  l>ecame  extinct 
He  wa»  tlie  author  of  five  dramas :  1 .  "  The  Contrast,"  a  comedy, 
sKtedat  Lineohi's-inn  Fields,  1731,  but  not  printed.    2.  "  Love'i 
Ifevenge,**  a  pastoral,  1737.     3.  "  Phoebe,"  another  pastoral 
1748.     4.  **  Jephtha,"  an  oratorio,  1737.     5.  And  another,  inti- 
tuled, "  The  Force  of  Ti-nth/*  1764.    He  also  Tv\\^e:\  Lillo's  *•  Ar 
•Icn  of  Feversham  ;**  and  wrote  the  fifth  act  of  Miller's  •' Maho- 
met.*'   He  left  several  dramatic  Works  in  MS.  behind  him  ;  and 
simong  the  rest,  '•  'ITie  House-keeper,  a  Farce,"   on  the  plan  oj 
•*  High  Life  below  Stairs,"  in  favour  of  which  piece  it  wa3  re- 
jected by  Mr.  Garrick,  together  with  a  tragedy  on  a  i-eligioui 
subject.     So  great,  however,  was  the  Doctor's  fondness  for  the- 
atrical exhibitions,  that  no  visitors  were  ever  long  in  his  house 
liefore  they  were  solicited  to  accept  a  part  in  some  interlude  of 
mber.     He  himself,  with  Garrick  and  Hogarth,  once  perftirmed 
r  laughable  {jarody  on  the  scene  in  "Julius  Caesar,"  wiiere  the 
ghost  appears  to  Brutus.     Hogarth  personated  the  spectre  p  but 
so  unretentivc  was  his  memory,  that,  although  his  speech  con- 
stated only  of  a  few  lines,  he  was  unable  to  get  them  by  heart. 
At  last  they  hit  on  the  ftillmving  expedient  in  his  Ihvour.    The 
verses  he  vias  to  deliver  were  written  in  such  large  letters  oa 
tlie  outside  of  an  illuminated  pap^r  lanthorn,  that  he  could  read 
thcni  when  he  entered  with  it  in  his  band  on  the  stage.    HogartA 
prqjtti'ed  the  play-bill  on  this  occasion,  with  chai*a<'ternitic  orni^ 
Joints.    The  original  drawing  la  fttill  pit«cned)  and  we  cquM 

rruk 


1773*]  "HIE  EIGHlMNTtt  C£NTURT.  14S 

diester ;  and^  if  I  mistake  not^  to  Catliarine  Uall^ 
ind  to  Bene  t;  College^  Cainbridge|L' 

wish  it  were  engraved,  as  the  slightest  sketch  from  the  design  of 
Hmit  inooinparable  Painter  would  be  welcome  to  the  Collectors 
•f  hit  Works. — l>r.  Hoadly's  tragedy  was  on  the  story  of  lA>rd 
Ckamwell,  and  he  once  intended  to  give  it  to  the  stage,    la  a 
letter  dated  Joue  2i/17<>d,  he  4Ays,  "  My  ufiair  with  Mr.  Garrick 
iieoiniiig  upon  the  carpet  agwi  j*  Aug.  I,  I7G./,  he  thus  apo- 
kgiics  to  Mr.  fiowyer,    to  whom  lie  intended  to  present  Che 
eopv-riglit :   "  Your  kind  concern,  &c.  demanded  an  earlier  ac- 
knowledgment, had  1  not  delayed  till  an  absolute  answer  came 
fnn  my  fiiend  David  Garrick,  witli  his  hxed  resolution  never 
more  *  to  strut  and  fret  his  hour  upon  the  stage  again.*    I'hii 
decree  has  unhiiiged  my  schemes  with  regard  to  L.ord  Cromwell* 
for  Doihing  but  the  concurrence  of  so  many  circumstances  ia 
ay  fikvour  (his  entire  disinterested  fiiend»hip  for  me,  and  the 
good  Doctor  s  memory  3  Mrs.  Hoadly's  biinging  on  a  piece  of 
the  Doctor's  at  th(e  same  time^  the  story  of  mine  being  on  a 
Rfigious  sufatject,  &c.  and  the  peculiar  advantage  of  David*s  im- 
ptnlieled  perfbrroance  in  it),  could  have  persuaded  me  to  break 
through  the  prudeiy  of  my  proi'ebi>ion»  and  (in  my  station  in  tba 
Owrch)  produce  a  play  upon  ihe  Stage." 
*  To  each  of  the  copies  so  presented  Dr.  Hoadly  prefixed  a 
iascriptioD }  two  of  which  are  here  preserved :' 

"  To  the  Reverend 

the  Dean  and  Chapter 

of  Winchester, 

the  Works  of 

Bp.  Hoadly 

are  present^, 

1^  his  only  surnving  Son^ 

the  Editor ; 

as  a  remembrance  of 

lus  Father's  publk:  connexion  with  them, 

smd  an  acknowledgment  of 

his  own  private  happiness 

.  for  upwards  of  twenty  years 

in  that  Society. 

1773." 

*•  To  the  Socidty  of  Winchester  College, 
the  Works  of  Bp.  Hoadly 

ai-e  presented, 
by  his  only  surviving  Son, 

the  Editor, 

as  nn  acknowledgment  of 

tlic  Civilities  received  by  him, 

through  a  Course  of  33  years 

from  the  respective  Members  of  that  B jdy^ 

1773;- 


"  Joan  \\% 


144  LtTEftARY  AKXCDOTES  OF  ^^77$' 

^Ooannis  Davi(lis  Michaelis»  Prof.  Ordin.  Philo8« 
et  Soc.  Reg.  Sgient.  Goettlngensis  Colleg9^^  fpis^ 
tolas  *    de  LXX  Hebdomadibus  Danielis^    ad  D« 

*  These  Letters  trere  reinsed  through  tbe  .press  by  Sir  John 
PHngk,  an  excellent  Physician  and  Philosopher  >  who  was  a 
younger  son  of  Sir  John  Pringle,  of  Stitchel,  in  the  shire  of  Rox- 
burgh,  baronet^  took  the  degree  of  M.D.  at  Leyden,  1730;  and 
published  there  '*  Dissertatio  Inauguralis  de  Marcore  Senili/*  4ta 
After  Imving  been  some  years  Professor  of  Moral  Philosophy  at 
Edinburgh,  he  was,  in  June  1745,  appointed  Physician  to  the  Duka 
of  Cumberland,  and  Physician-general  to  the  Hospital  of  tha 
forces  in  Flahders,  where  the  Earl  of  Stair  appears  to  have*beea 
bb  patron.  In  February  1746,  Dr.  Pringle,  Dr.iArmstrong,  and 
Dr.  Baker,  were  nominated  Ph}'sicians  to  the  Hospital  for  laoae^ 
maimed,  and  sick  Soldiers,  behind  Buckingham-house;  and  in 
AprU  17^9,  Dr.  Pringle  was  appointed  Physician  in  Ordinary  to 
the  King.  In  1750  he  published  "  Observations  on  the  Natun 
and  Cure  of  Hospital  and  Gaol  Fevers,  in  a  Letter  to  Dr.  M^ad,' 
Brb  (re-printed  in  17  55) ;  and  in  1752  he  favoured  the  pubHdk 
with  the  result  of  his  long  experience,  in  an  admirable  lYeatise, 
under  the  title  of  "  Observations  on  the  Disorders  of  the  Army  In 
Camp  and  Garrison^'*  8vo.  These  excellent  Observations  hav4 
been  frequently  re-printed,  in  8vo  and  4to.  A  seventh  edition 
appeai*ed  in  17/5,  8vo;  an  Italian  Translation  of  then)  at  Naplei, 
1757,  4to ;  and  a  Gennan  Translation  at  Altona,  177?,  8yo.  — 
ChQ  the  14th  of  April,  1752,  he  married  Charlotte,  second  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Oliver,  an  eminent  physician  at  Bath. — In  1756  he  waa 
appointed,  jointly  with  Dr.  Wintringham  (afterwards  Sir  Clifton 
IViutringham,  bart.)  Physician  to  the  Hospital  for  the  service  oi 
the  forces  of  Great  Britain. — After  the  accession  of  his  present 
Majesty,  Dr.  Pringle  was  appointed  PhyKician  to  the  Queen*i 
houshold,  1761 ;  Physician  in  Ordinary  to  the  Jgueen  in  176Sj 
in  which  year  he  was  admitted  of  the  College  of  Physicians  in 
London ;  and  on  the  5th  of  June,  1766,  he  was  advanced  to  the 
dignity  of  a  Bai-onet  of  Great  Britain.  Iii  1772  he  was  elected 
President  of  the  Royal  Society,  where  his  speeches  fiir  five  suc- 
cessive years,  on  delivering  the  prize-medal  of  Sir  Godfi-ey  CoplejFj 
gave  the  greatest  satisfaiction.  The  Writer  of  these  Anecdota 
recollects  with  pleasui-e  the  honour  conferred  on  him  by  the 
worthy  Baronet,  in  condescending  to  submit  tliese  speeches  tc 
his  peruFal  before  they  were  addressed  to  the  Royal  Society, 
These  titles  are,  1.  "  Discourse  on  the  dififcrent  Kinds  of  Air, 
1773,"  4to;  2. "  Discourse  on  the  Torpedo,  1774,"  4 to;  3. "  Dis- 
course on  the  Attraction  of  Mountains,  1775,"  4to;  4.  "Dis- 
course on  the  Improvements  of  the  Means  of  preserving  the 
Health  of  Mariners,  1776,"  4to  j  5.  '*  Discourse  on  the  Tneorj 
of  Gunnery,  1777/*  4to.  Sir  John  Pringle  in  177  was  appointed 
Physician  Extraosdinary  to  the  King.    He  was  also  a  Fellow  ol 


1773*1      THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY*        1*45. 

Joannem  Pringle,  Baronettum :  prim6  privatim 
missae,  nunc  verd  utriusque  consensu  public4  edits^"* 
8yo. 

ibe  CbU^e  of  Physicians  at  Edinburgh ;  of  the  Royal  Medical 
Society  at  Paris,  and  member  of  the  Royal  Academies  at  Paiis, 
Stockholm,  Go(£ttingen,  and  of  the  Philosophical  Societies  at 
Edinburgh  and  Harleim ;  and  continued  President  of  the  Royal 
Society  till  Nov.  I778 ;  after  which  period  he  gradually  withdi-ew 
fmsn  public  life;  and  in  1781  quitted  his  elegant  house  in  Pall 
Mall  (whone  he  had  long  distinguished  himself  as  the  warm  friend 
and  pation  of  literary  men  of  every  nation'  aixi  profession),  and 
asade  an  excursion  to  his  native  country.    Returning  to  London 
in  the  latter  end  of  that  year,   he  died,  greatly  beloved  and  re* 
•pected,  Jan.  18,  178^5  and,  having  no  children,  was  succeeded 
in  estate,  and  also  (agreeably  to  the  limitation  of  the  patent)  in 
title,  by  his  nephew,  now  Sir  James  Pringle,  bart. — Among  this 
worthy  Physictan*s  Communications  to  the  Royal  Society,  the 
Mlowing  articles  have  occurred  to  my  researches :    1 .  ''  Some 
Experiments  on  Substances  resisting  Putrefaction,*'  Phil.  Trans. 
No.  495,  p.  580;   and  No.  496,  pp.  5^5.  550;   re-printed,  with 
Additions,  in  Martin's  Abridgement,  vol.  XI.  p.  1365.    9.  "  Ac« 
eount  of  some  Persons  seized  witli  the  Gaol  Fever  by  working 
in  Newgate;   and  of  the  Manner  by  which  the  Infection  was 
oommiinicHted  to  one  edtire  Family,"  vol.  XLVIII.  p^  49.    [At 
the  request  of  Dr.  Hales,  a  copy  of  this  useful  paper  was  inserted 
In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  1753,  p.  71>  before  its  appearance 
io  the  Transactions]     3.  ''A  remarkable  Case  of  Fragility,  Flex* 
ibility,  and  Dissolution  of  the  Bones,"  lb.  p.  297-    4.  "  Account 
of  the  Earthquakes  felt  at  Brussels/'  vol.  XLIX.  p.  546.     5.  ''Ac- 
count of  Sinking  of  a  River  near  Pontypool,  in  Monmouthshire/* 
lb.  p. 547.    6.  "Account  of  an  Earthquake  felt  Feb.  18,  17S6, 
tkmg  the  CoaK  of  England,  between  Margate  and  Dover,"  lb. 
p. 579.      7.  " Account  of  the  Eaithquake  felt  at  Glasgow  and 
bumbarton ;  also  of  a  Shower  of  Dust  falling  on  a  Ship  between 
Shethind  and  Iceland,"  lb.  p.  509.    8. ''  Several  Accounts  of  tlia 
Fiery  Meteor  which  appeared,  on  Sunday,  Nov.  26,  1758,  be- 
tfveen  eight  and  nine  at  Night,"  vol.  L.  p.  218.    9.  ''Account  of 
the  Virtues  of  Soap  in  dissolving  the  Stone,  in  the  Case  of  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Matthew  Simson/'  lb.  p.  221.     10.  "Account  of  the 
Eiects  of  Electricity  in  Pai-alytic  Cases,"  lb.  p.  481.    And  see  a 
Letter  to  him  on  that  subject  from  Professor  Winthorp. — "Some 
Aooount  of  the  success  of  the  Vitrum  Cemtum  Antimonii"  was 
prinCfid  in  the  '» Edinburgh  Medical  Essays,"  vol.  V. — In  1773 
he  took  gifpl.paiiiSy  atud  was  at  some  expence^  to  communicatb- 
tD  Urn  poUdLtbe  above-named  tract  of  Professor  Micbaelis. 

Dr.TheotMldaddiCMd,  in  1753,  ''Ode,  Viro  ingenuo  yarittfi 
m  doctor  Joanni  Pringle,  M. D.  et  S.R. S.  sacra: 

*'  Divft^  Romano  cata  temperare 
Barbiton  Cvkt^,  O  babilis  modoruni 

TOX.XIX  Xr  ^xti^ 


146^  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l773» 

Tfcpee  little  Tracts,  under  the  title  of  "Select 
Discourses  * :  1 .  "  Of  the  Correspondence  of  thej 
Hebrew  Months  with  ihe  Julian,  from  the  Latinr 
of  Professor  Michaelis.  2.  Of  the  Sabbatical  Years, 
fr6m  the  same.     3.  Of  the  Years  of  Jubilee;  hoa^ 

Artifex^  festis  mihi  nuper  horis 

Saepe  vocata ! 

Rda  Pringelli  modules  conisco 
£de  sacratos  mcrito,  colendi 
Semper  et  cultij  celebri  levincti 

Tempore  serto. 

IncIytiB  nulli  viget  is  i»ecundus 
Laudibus,  tu  sive  aninmm  bi*nignuixi 
Respicis,  seu  quo  Medicum  Fefulget 

Clarus  HoDQiem. 

Concini  digntis  meliore  plcctro, 
Fac,  lit  baud  surda  hoc  bibat  aiire  earmenf^ 
Condituin  pai*va  licet  arte,  gralo  at 

Pectorc  textiuii.*' 

"Calling  on  my  learned  friend  and  kind  Patron  Dr.Kosd,  ii» 
Curzon-street,  May  Fair,  1  found  him  in  his  little  study,  or  closet^ 
with  Sir  John  IVin^lo.  And  the  Doctor  immediately  began  by 
Baying  >•*  Me  are  talking  on  a  subject  that  you  will  bear  a  part  ift. 
This  is  Sir  John  Pringle,  whom  you  dcm't  know,  and  therefor^ 
I  add,  he  is  a  good  Believer,  thoiigii  not  disposed  to  take  things 
on  triist.  He  has  lately  turned  his  attention  to  Daniel's  Pio»^ 
phecy  of  the  Seventy  Weeks  j  and,  not  being  qoite  satisfied  with, 
what  has  been  wrote  on  (he  subject,  he  has  wrote  to  the  learned 
Michaelis  for  his  opinion ;  who  in  his  answer  rather  deelincs 
giving  it,  as  he  cannot  jon  the  spur  of  tiie  occasion  satisfy  himsel/ 
as  to  the  true  reading  of  the  paasa^e/  &c."     T.  F. 

*  Of  these  Tracts  he  sent  two  copies,  as  he  had  V>efore  done 
-  of  the  *'  Conjectures*'  (see  p.  1151,  to  Dr.  Hurd  and  the  Bishoj[> 
df  Gloucester  I  which  were  thus  elegantly  acknowledged :  '  * ''  ' 
"  Good  Sir,  Lincoln's' Inn,  Jan.  10>  1773; 

"  I  thank  you  for  the  copy  of  tided  Discourses  you  have 
kitidty  Sent  mej  and  will  take  care  that  the  Bishop  of  Glouc^ter 
(who  is  not-  yet  come  to  town)  shall  have  the  other. — If,  among 
the  other  pieces  designed  by  you^  that  respecting  one  Gentleman 
who  came  in  yimr  way  be  written  by  youi-self,  I  shall  read  it  with 
more  pleasure  than  any  thing  from  the  hand  of  M.  Michaelis. 

'*  I  am  happy  ta  receive  this  remeoibrance  ft'om  you  on  the 
opening  of  the  new  year  5  and  happier  still  to  find  by  it  that  you 
'lavehf^th  and  spirits  enough  topui*sue  these  literary  amusements. 
*'  1  am,  very  truly.  Sir, 
Your  much  t>bl%ed  and  faathfiil  servant^      -  R.  Hurd/' 


1773^] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH   CENTURY.  147 


an  Anonyinous  Writer,  in  Masson*s  Histoire  Cri**, 
tique  de  la  Republique  des  Lettres  ♦." 
.    **  The  Canterbury  Tales  of  Chaucer,  to  which  ar^ 
added,  an*  Essay  upon  his  Language  and  Versifica- 
tion,  an  Introductory  Disdourse,   and  Notes,"    by 

Thomas  Tyrwhitt'f",  esq.  4  vols.  8vo. 

• 

*  y  Since  the  revival  of  Letters,    the  Translator  observ^. 
Learning  is  beccmic  so  (liffuscd  by  printing,  that  it  is  difficult 
U  see  tlie  several  parts  of  it,  through  the  wideness  of  its  extent. 
As  it  is  not  contained  in  one  univei-sal  language,  it  is  nece«5sary 
it  .should  be  hnnipfht  ho(ne  to  us  in  many.     With  this  sole  view,* 
1  ba*c  put  these  little  pieces  on  a  >!rtiilar  subject  into  Englbh^ 
that  our  |>ail  of  the  world  might  be  better  acquainted  with 
Ibfui ;  which  is  the  biire^t  was  ro  have  them  esteemed," 
•    t  ThoinaATyrwhitt,  esq.  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  A.  S,  (whose  critical 
abilities  distingui:»hed  him  tis  a  scholar,  and  his  unlimited  bene- 
volence as  the  friend  of  humanity)  was  born  in  1730;    came 
from  Eton  to  Queen's  college,  Oxfoi-d^  1747;  took  the  degree  of 
B.A.  in  1750  J   was  electcil  follow  of  Merton  in  1/55  j    took  the 
degree  of  .M.  A:  iri  175^ ;   and  remained  Fellow  of  that  College 
fie\en  years  ^  i.  e.  till  1  Td'i ;  when  he  was  made  Clerk  of  the  House 
of  Comnicnis,  in  the  room  of  the  late  Jeremiah  Dyson,  esq.  and 
Rsigned  his  Fellowship.     He  had  been  previously  Deputy  Secre- 
taiy*at  War,  which  he  also  at  the  same  time  relinquished.     In' 
1768,  prefening  to  that  *'  |K>st  of  honour"  a  "  private  station*' 
(leYoted .  to  learned  ease,    he  resigned  it  to  John  Hatsell,  esq« 
(irhuse  abilities  and  long  service  in  that  important  department 
require  no  encomium.)      From  that  time  he  occupied  himself 
chiefly  in  critical  and  other  literary  studies,  to  which  the  greater, 
part  of  his  former  Hfe  had  been  devoted.     Mr,  Tyrwhitt  is  one 
of  the  Pleiailes  celebrated  by  Dr.  Bumey,  as  noticed  under  the 
article  of  Air,  jVliU'kland,   in  vol.  IV.  p.  OGo.     Besides  a  know- 
ledge of  almost  every  Europ- an  tongue,    he  was  deeply  con- 
'  versant  in  the  learning  of  Greece  and  Rome,   of  which  latter 
acquisition  some  valuiible  tmcts  are  di^tingui^holl  proofs.     He 
was  thoroughly  read  in  the  old  tlnglish  writers  ;    and,   as  his 
knowledge  was  directed  by  a  manly  judgment,  his  critical  efforts 
have  eminently  contributeil  to  restore  the  i2;enuine  text  of  Shak-» 
«pcare.    The  admirers  of  Chiuicer  arc  also  greatly  indebted  to 
kirn,  for  elucidating  the  ob&curities..  and  illustrating  the  humour^ 
of  that  antient  Hard.     His  loss  as  a  Curator  of  the  Biitiah  Mu* 
Kuiu  (to  which  oflBce  he  was  elected  in  17^4,  witii  his  friend 
Mr.  CrachenxUO  on  the  deaths  of  Mr.  Wray  and  Mr.  Buane,  an4 
in  the  duties  of  which  he  was  indcfhtigably  diligent)  was  greatly 
regretted.  ' 

The  publications  of  Mr.  Tyrwhitt  were,  1.  ''An  Epistle  to 
Rorio  (Mr.  Ellis  of  Christ  Church),  at  Oxford,  London,  1749,** 
4to.  51.  *♦  TVanslations  iu  Verse.  Mr.  Pope's  Messiah,  Mr. 
Ailifi*f  SiMidkL  SfiUUng^,  in  Latin }  the  Eighth  Isthmian  of 

X  2  Vmdax 


I 


I4S'  UTfiKARY  AKECD0TE3  OF  [l77S* 

A  new  Edition  of  Mr.  Whitaker's  "  History  of 
Manchester,"  2  vols.  8vo. 

Hndar  in  English,"  175S,  4ta    3.  "  Observations  and  Coi\}ec» 
tures  on  some  Passages  of  Shalcspeare,  176G."  8v6.    (Many  other 
judicious  remarks  on  our  great  Dramatic  Bard  were  afterwards 
communicated  by  hhn  to  his  fiicnd  Mr.  Steeveas  for  the  Editioa 
of  1778,   and  others  to  Mr.  Reed  for  the  Edition  of  1785.) 
4.  '*  Proceedings  and  Debates  in  the  House  Of  Commons  in  16^ 
and  16^1 ;   from  the  original  MS.  in  the  Library  of  Queen'i 
College,  Oxford :   with  an  Appendix.     Piinted  at  the  Clarendoa 
Pireas,  1766,"  in  2  vols.  Svo.    5.  '*  The  Manner  of  liolding  Par- 
jiaments  in  England:  by  Henry  £lsynge»  Cler.  Par.  Corrected  and 
'enlarged  from  the  Author's  original  MS.  Lcmd.  1768,"  small 8vo. 
With  a  view  to  raise  a  spirit  of  research  into  classical  antient  MSS. 
unnoticed,   his  first  critical  publication  in  Literature  was,    6« 
•*  Fragmenta  Duo  Plutarchi,  1773,"  Svo.  from  a  Harleian  MS. 
5612,  not,  he  observes,  of  any  great  merit,  but  to  induce  fiirthcr 
enquiries  after  such  (see  p.  156).    7.  "  The  Canterbmy  Tales  of 
Chaucer,  1773,"  in  4vc^.  crown  8vo;   to  which,  in  1778,  he 
added  a  fifth  volume,  with  a  Glosdary.     Of  this  performance 
it  is  not  too  much  to  say,   tliat  it  is  the  best  edited  English 
Classick  that  ever  has  appeared.   -8.  '*  Dissertatio  de  Babrio,  Fa- 
hularum  ^opearum  Scriptore.     Iiiseruntur  Fabuhe  qua^am 
Esopee  nunquam  antehac  editse,    ex  Cod.  MS.  Bodl.      Acce- 
>dunt  Babrii  Fragmenta,  1776  j"  shewing  that  the  Collection  of 
Fables  which  pass  under  the  name  of  iEsop,  are  inserted  many 
Arpm  another  antient  Writer,  of  the  name  of  Babrius,  whose 
fiVagments  in  Verse  are  preserved  in  Suidas^s  Lexicon,  and  many 
of  whose  Fables,  translated  into  prose,  are  here  printed  from  a 
Bodleian  MS.    This  is  a  small  pamphlet,  but  sufiicient  to  Tsta- 
blbh  the  celebrity  of  his  critical  acumen  on  the  broadest  basi9. 
He  published  also,  9.  some  ''Notes  on  Euripides,"  of  which  1  do 
not  recollect  the  exact  title  or  the  date.     10.  "  Poems,  supposed  * 
to  have  been  >vritten  at  Bristol,  by  Thomas  Rowley  and  others, 
in  the  15th  century  >  the  greatest  part  now  fir^t  published  fixytXK 
the  most  authentic  copies,  with  an  engraved  specimen  of  oae  of 
the  MSS.    To  which  are  added,  a  Preface,  an  introductory  Ac- 
count of  the  several  Poems,  and  a  Glossary,  1777/*  8vo.    This* 
was  twice  re-published  in  1778,  **  with  an  Appendix,  covytaining 
some  Obsen-ations  upon  their  Language,  tending  to  prove  that- 
they  were  written,  not  by  any  antient  Author,  but  entirely  by 
Chatterton."    This  afiair  became  the  foundation  of  a  vehement 
controversy;    Mr.  Malone  and  the  Ilev.  T.  Warton  entered  the 
lists  professedly  on  the  side  of  Mr.Tyrwhitt;  and  were  supported 
by  the  sterling  wit  of  the  "Archaeological  Epistle,"  addreseed, 
with  the  most  poignant  brilliancy  of  satire,  to  Dean  Milles,  who» 
with  Mr.  Bryant  and  some  other  writei-s,  defended  the  cnriginar 
lity  of  the  Poems.    The  business,  however,  was  completely  set" 
tied,  by,  11.  <' A  Vindication  of  the  Appendix  to  the  Poems  cidkd' 
fiowl^*8,  in  Reply  to  the  Answer  of  the  Dean  of  ExMDr«  Jacob 

Brvant. 


3*^     THB  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.        149 

The  Monument  in  Arcadia ;  a  Dramatic  Poem 
Two  Acts.    By  George  Keate,  Esq."  4tOp 

at,  esq.  and  a  Third  Anonymous  Writer,  with  some  farther 
rvations  upon  those  Poenk),  and  an  Examination  of  the 
ience  which  has  been  produced  in  suppoit  of  their  Authen- 
r.  By  Thomas  lywhitt,  17B9/*  Svo.  The  active  spirit  of 
earned  Commentator  had  pitxluced,  meai^timCf  a  very  ac- 
te  and  judicious  Edition  uf^  12.  "  IIEPI  AieON,  de  Li^idibus^ 
oa  Orpheo  k  quibusdam  adscriptum.  Graced  et  Latin^>  ex 
me  Jo.  MatthKi  Gesneri.  Recensuit,  notasque  ac^jec''^ 
nas  Tyrwhitt.  Simul  prodit  Auctarium  Diss^rtationis  de 
io,  1781/*  Svo.  The  Poem  on  Stones,  ascribed  to  Orpheus, 
this  enlightened  Critic  refeired  to  the  age  of  Constantiu5« 
Supplement  to  Babrius  consists  of  additional  Notes.  Of, 
tutt  '' Coi\}ectunc  in  Strabonem,"  printed  only  fbr  private 
1783^  see  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LI  1 1,  p.  103.  His  amiable  dispo* 
1  also  prompted  him  to  superintend  the  publication  of,  14* 
ro  Dissertations,  I.  OnMie  Grecian  Mythology.  II.  An  £x- 
Ation  of  Sir  Isaac  Newton*s  Objection  to  the  Chronology  of 
Dlympiads.  By  the  late  Samuel  Musgrave,  M.  D.  178S.*' 
this  Work  a  very  liberal  subsanption  was  raised,  entirely  by 
ixeitions  of  Mr.  Tyrwhitt.  The  last  public  literary  labour 
h  passed  through  his  hands  was,  15.  A  newly-dispovered 
ion  of  Isaeus,  against  Menecles,  which  he  revised  in  1785, 
enriched  with  some  valuable  remarks  (at  the  request  of 
I  Sandys,  one  of  the  few  Noblemen  who  have  condescended 
lite  to  the  talents  of  a  Statesman  the  taste  ^d  abilities  of  a 
e  Scholar).    These  fow  sjiecimcns  iu*e  from  the  Medicean 

2,  and  are  suflicient  to  shew  Mr.  T>-nvhitt*s  poiyers,  and 
e  us  regrot  that  his  modesty  declined  the  proposal  made 
im  of  directing  the  publication  of  the  second  volume  of  In- 
tions  collected  by  Mr.  Chibhull,  and  first  laid  open  to  the 
:ck  by  the  sale  of  Dr.  Askew*s  MSS.  How  he  succeeded  in 
illustration  of  such  subjects  will  best  appear  by  that  most 
y  explanation  of  the  Greejc  Inscription  on  tiie  Corbridge 
,  which  had  baffled  the  skill  of  all  preceding  Criticks,  and 
be  a  lasting  proof  how  critical  acumen  transccfids  elaborate 
9Cture.  (See  Archeeolqgia,  vol.  III.  p.  .S24,  compared  with 
i.  pp.  99.  9H.)  Nqr  must  his  Observations  on  some  other 
k  losfcriptions  in  Ar^ho^ologia,  vol.  111.  p.  230,  be  fbigotter« 
"  Coi\iectur<e  in  Stmbonem,'*  were  published  by  Cliarles 
S8.  in  17Sb.  —  He  left  to  the  British  Museum  all  such  of  his 
ed  hooks  as  were  not  before  in  tliD  rich  Library  of  that  adr 
ble  repository -r-"  Mr.  Tyn^  hitt'^  intimate  acquaintance  with 
■time  English  Poets  (a  C()ri'eh])ondent  (rfiserves)  enabled  him 
Sect  the  pretensions  of  an  Imiiostor,  whose  principal  merit, 
ve  be  merit  in  forgery,  was,  that  he  conducted  his  deception 
dt  that  less  enlightened  criticks  couJd  not  peneti-ate  the 
The  Bnt  edition  of  the  Poems  ascribed  to  Rovf\ey  \vaa 
^-"I^Mr.  Tyrwhitt,  njio  Jeft  the  HUesUou  pj  their 


150  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  or  [l773« 

^^  Fablea  of  Flowers,   for  the  Female  Sex,  with 
Zephyras  and  Flora,   g^  Vision.     Written  tor. the 

authenticity  to  the  impartial  publick)  only  intimatintir  his  opinion, 
that  the  external  evidence  oii  both  sides  was  so  defective  as  ip- 
deserve  but  little  attention.  In  ah  Api)endix  to  the  (/iir</ editioa 
of  these  Poems,  he  shev^'ed  that  the  internal  evidence,  ibundedr 
on  the  langua^,  was  sufficient  to  prove  thfit  they  were  not 
iivritten  in  the  titteenth  century^  but  that  they  were  written  en- 
tirely by  Chatterton.  When  the  late  Dean  of  Kxeter,  Mr.  Brvant, 
and  an  An(»nyu)t)i\3  Writer,  had  ranged  the  held  of  controvei^y^ 
Mr.  TjTwhitt  published,  1782,  bvo,  a  **  Vindication  of  his  Apr 
pendix.'*  To  tbi«i  Li^t  Pamphlet  he  put  his  name ;  and  it  cleaily 
proved,  that  all  these  Poems  wei-e  wintien  by  Cimtterton.  Witl^ 
tliis,  we  presume,  tJie  controxei'sy  is  brought  to  a  fair  conclui>ion« 
It  can  never  be  enougli  lamented,  that  Mr.  Tyrwhitt  did  not 
eontinue  the  publication  of  the  Writings  of  ChauceTi  arid,  com- 
pile the  Glossary  for  the  whole  of  them,  which  he  so  nnich  re-. 
frets  the  want  of.''-;-Thc  tbllouing  account  of  Mr.TjTwhitt  i^ 
•om  an  anonymous  hand:  **  Mr. Tyrwhitt  was  naturally  <if  a 
calm  and  contemplative  disposition.  He  manifested  the  strongest 
propeneities  to  Literature  at  an  age  when  other  boys  are  em« 
ploying  every  moment  they  can  steul  from  books,  in  pursuit  of 
pleasure.  Fiom  the  University  he  carried  with  him  an  \mcom- 
mon  fund  of  \arious  knowledge,  to  wliieh  he  afterwards  added^ 
by  the  most  unwearied  a])plication.  £veu  while  he  sustained  a 
public  character,  his  vacant  hours  were  appropriated  to  th^ 
closest  study  of  the  dead  and  living  languages.  The  profiiadity 
and  acuteness  of  his  remai'ks  on  Euripides,  Babrius,  Chaucer^ 
Shakspeare,  the  Pseudo-Rowley,  &c  bear  sufficient  witness  txi 
the  diligence  of  his  researches  and  the  force  of  his  understand- 
ing. His  mode  of  critirism  is  allowed  to  have  been  at  once 
rigorous  and  candid.  As  he  never  availed  himself  of  petty  stra« 
tagcms  in  suppoit  of  doubtfiil  positions,  he  was  vigilant  to  strip 
bis  antagonists  of  all  such  specious  advantages.  Yet  contix>versy 
produced  no  unbecoming  change  in  the  habitual  gentleness  and 
elegance  of  his  manners.  His  spirit  of  enquiry  was  exempt  fn)U]( 
captiousness,  and  his  censures  were  as  void  of  rudeness,  as  hii 
erudition  was  free  from  pedantry. — Of  his  virtues  a  record  no 
less  honoumble  might  be  made.  Ab  uno  dixce  omna.  To  the 
widow  of  the  late  Dr.  Musgrave  he  is  said  to  have  given  up  a 
bond  ft)r  several  hundred  pounds,  which  iier  imsbaiid  hail  boi-- 
rcmed  of  him.  At  the  e^ame  time  he  undertook  the  patronsige 
and  correction  of  one  of  his  posthumous  Works ;  which  pro- 
fiuced,  by  subscription,  an  ample  sum  for  the  benefit  of  his 
children.  No  politicai  sentiments  could  be  at  gi-eater  variance 
than  those  of  the  Doctor  and  Mr.  Tyrwhitt  j  )et  th^  latter  wa^ 
an  unshaken  friend  to  the  former  throughout  all  his  ^lisfbrtimrs. 
Tiiie  generosity  is  unhifiuenced  by  party  considerations,  which 
operate  only  upon  narrow  m\u4%v    VilVval  Nit.  Tyrwhitt  was. 


1773-1      THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.        15 1 

Amusernent  of  the  Princess  Royal.     By  JohinHud* 
dAeston  Wynne  %""  lUtno. 


with  whom  he  lived  in  intimacy — a  set  of  gentlemen  as  conspS* 
cuous  fi>r  their  amiable  qualities  as  for  their  rank  in  life  and 
their  literary  acqiiisitioiii>.  — ^  I  had  almost  added,  that>  by  c^i- 
tnting  a  list  of  the  adyci'saries  and  associates  of  any  jirivate  man« 
his  genuine  merits  nii>;ht  bo. ascertained.  But,  in  the  pres^ot 
uutance»  such  an  experin^nt,  if  attempted,  would  be  incum* 
plete ;  for  he  who,  like  Mr. 'lynvhitt,  had  no  enemies,  must  b« 
content-  to  lose  t)u}  benefit  of  contrast,  and  be  estimated  only  by 
the  %alux*  and  number  of  his  friends.— Of  the  Royal  Society  Mr. 
Tyi^'hitt  wiis  many  yeui:s  ^  Fellow  $  and.  to  his  honour  be  it 
remembered,  that  one  of  the  Trusteeships  of  the  Uritish  Museum, 
^n  oliice  not  unfrequc-nti}  couited  by  the  gi'eat  ^nd  the  vain, 
lias  conferred  on  him  without  the  slightest  private  interest  pr 
aoUcitution.  —  His  constitution  had  never  b<H;n  of  the  athletic 
kind,  and  therefore,  easily  ^ive  way  to  a  joint  attack  from  two 
"Violent  didordcnt,  which  hurried  him  with  uncommon  speed  to 
tiis  grave. — Can  it  be  necessmy  to  subjoin,  that  he  died  lamented  ' 
by  &11  ^'ho  knew  the  worth  of  his  friendship,  or. enjoyed  the 
honour  of  his  acquaintance?**  To  ya^,  yi^ai  fV^  9avoy7wi>. — -He 
died  in  Welbeck-street,  Cavendish-square^  Aug.  15,  178Q,  io  his 
&6th  Tear. 

*  Whilst  I  was  compiling  a  short  biograplvical  article  for  this 
ingenious  but  unfortunate  Writer,  a  Friend  pointed  out  to  mo 
the  following  memoir,  which  .was  w  ritten  by  his  Son  in  1806 ) 
Viii  being  well  worth  prcsening,  I  shall  only  add  to  it  the  titles 
of  a  few  of  his  works.-^*'  Edward  Wynne,  Richard  Wynne,  and 
ihooias  Wynne,  were  soas  of  a  gentleman  of  WeUh  extractioni 
who  gave  them  i-esiiectively  a  liberal  education..  Edward  enjoyed 
»  situation  under  (iovcj  nment,  and  reyided  on  a  small  estate  in 
Southampton.  Hichiud  luul  a  chissical  education,  obtained  the 
degreei  of  Master  of  Arts,  l)ejL'ame  afterwards  Chaplain  to  the 
£arl  of  Dunmorc,  and  Rector  of  St.  Alphage,  Ixmdon  -,  waa 
tutbor.of  '  An  Univenial  (jraminar  .of  the  Learned  languages,* 
'  1^'tteni  on  £ducati<m,'  suul  several  other  pnxluciioiis.  '  And 
Thomas  held  a  situation  in  the  otl^ce  of  the  Duke  of  Bedford, 
Edward  was  considered  (umdj>(mic,  and  luid  a  good  address.  He 
;narried  thrice,  and  h:ul  poiiions  with  all  his  wives.  By  the 
fiisL  of  these  hulies  he  luul  ont;  son  only,  who  was  christened 
Joho-Hu«ldle<tone,  tlu^  subject  of  the  present  memoir. . 
•  •  Mr.  John-HuddUstone  Wynne,  a  character  pi^tty  generally 
known  in  the  liteitir)'  world,  was  born  in  the  year  1743,  and 
flourished  between  the  y(^;U!^  17^0  and  17S(>.  —  Being  an  only 
child,  hie  mother. was  |)ariicularly  solicitous  for  his  safety;  and  as  • 
it  generally  happens  tliat  the  iniprebi'ions  leceived  in  childhood 
are  retained,  and  penade  in\r  iiloas  the  I'est  of  our  )i%-es,  so  it 
hepprnrri  with  the  subject  (if  the  present  essay,  who  imbibed  some 
£reno  bis  too  indulgent  mother,  of  which  he  never 
^emoe  eaOffly  divvied.  .  War  ftwuety  foy.  \uft  \m\vVi 


•  f/»Othello»  a  Tragedy.  By  William  Shakspeare.. 
Collated  with  the  modern  Editlonf.  By  the  J£ditoi? 
of  King  Lear  ;'•  8vo. 

ftnd  preseryation  k^pt  her  in  a  perpetual  state  of  alarm.    He  was 
encoinpassed  'vrith  flahnels  winter  and  summer^  and '  bled  and[ 
physicked  for  the  most  trifling  indisposition.    And,  calling  him 
to  her  bed-side  when  on  the  point  of  death,  she  made  hini 
solemnly  promise  that  he  would  attend  her  injunctions;  whicb^ 
among  several  others,  were,  to  shun  hoi'ses,  never  to  ^  into  a 
boat,  or  enter  a  belfry.    Had  not  these  cautipns  been  too  much 
heeded,  and  occasioned  a  peculiarity  of  manner  in  his  conduct. 
\rhich  seemed  unaccountable^    these  circumstances  would  not 
have  been  noticed.    But  though  the  care  and  attention  he  ex* 
perienced  from  his  mother  during  her  life-lime  plainly  indicated 
he  ^yas  a  great  favourite  with  her,  yet  it  seems  he  was  in  no 
high  estimation  with  his  father  and  other  of  his  relatipns,  who. 
as  appeal's  by  their  conduct  to  tiim,  rather  envied  or  strove  to 
suppress  hfs  dawning  genius,  than  used  any  endeavour  to  foster 
it.     1  aught  by  his  father  early  to  contemn  mechanical  employ**.  . 
inents,  and  expecting  he  should  be  bi'ed  to  some  liberal  profes* 
iaoi\,  he  v^as  much  disappointed  by  being,  contrary  to  his  ex- 
pectations,  prematurely  apprenticedt    at  the  age  of  thirteen, 
as  a  compositor  to  a  letter-press  printer.    His  education  was  by 
no  means  finished :  he  had  been  initiated  in  Latin  at  St.  Faul'a 
school :   the  progress  he  afterwards  made  in  classical  knowlec^ 
must  have  been  attained  during  his  leisure-houins,  when  the 
business  of  the  day  was  Over,  undirected  by  any,  and  the  sol^ 
result  of  his  own  exertions.    Very  early  in  life  he  evhiced  hlg 
poetical  talent,  having,  when  scarcely  eight  years  of  age,  written 
a  Poem,  which  he  afterwards  declared  would  not  have  disgraced 
his  riper  yeai^e.    During  his  apprenticeship  he  t^t  many  of  h^ 
effusions  to  different  periodical  publications^  wbei^  they  obtained 
a  ready  insertion^  and  were  generally  approved  by  those  wh6 
read  them.    Shortly  after  completing  his  term,  not  cboonng  to 
follow  the  business  of  a  printer,  be  obtained  a  toeuteilancj  in 
the  East-India  service }  whitlier  bf  went }  but,  6n  accbunt  of 
some  unbajppy  cbiatroversy  with  a  superior  Officer,  and  fh»m  a 
di%ust  hk  liiA  takeiii  to  some  uikhvr  pi'oceedingsi  in  tbsit  henii* 
sphere,  be  iii  less  tbaii  two  years  from  his  departure  returned  to 
England ;  ahd,'  befng  received  coldly  by  (lis  i^IatioiU,  wh6  were 
not  pleased  at  hi^  quick  return,  he  resolved  on  the  expedient  ctf 
trying  his  sUccess  as  an  Author,    lie  got  accordingly  introduced 
tt)  several  booksellers  6f  that  day,  among  whom  were  Kciarsley, 
kiley,  Bell,  Evans,  and  Wilkie,*  who  gladly  availed  themselves  of 
his  literary  talents.    Mr.  Wheble  ei^aged  hiiii' to  Conduct  the 
Lady's  Magazine,  for'wbich  he  received  a  regular  monthly  sti«> 
pend  I  nor  bad  lie  bny  reason'to  complain  of  their  libe^lity  for 
hisJnbours,  zi>'  it  is  fftrihin  several  of  ^ese  gentfemen  were  gre)dt 
frleada  to  bim  in  future  life;    Maxi^  oi  ^i.W^iiTit^a  noetieal 
produeUoxui  itt  'to  be  found  ia  «  vv^lica&tm  lace^xikia,  "^n^tt 


i77I^] 


Tdi&  xi<»mKm  cENTURy.  153^ 


f^  Macbeth,  a  Tragedy.**   By  William  Shakspeare. 
Collated  with  the  modeni  Editions,    By  the  Editor- 

of  King  Lear;"  8vo, 

Pritish  Magazine  and  Review.*    Some  of  these  appeared  in  his 
own  name,   othei-s  under  the  fictitious  si^ature  of  '  George 
Osborne,  esq/     Mr.  Wynne  also  wrote  *  The  History  of  England 
in  Verbe/  whiph  has  not  yet  appeared  in  pnnt. — Though  Mr. 
Wj-nne  excelled  as  a  Poet^  Iiis  prose  productions  are  lilcewise 
numerous.     It  was  by  the  advice  of  Dr.  Goldsmith,  who  was  his 
contemporary,  that  he  first  began  the  '  History  of  Ireland,'  which 
he  afterwards  dedicated  to  the  Duke  of  NorUiumberland.    The 
Doctor  jocosely  observed,  '  that  it  wquld^  better  to  relinquish 
the  dni^le-tail  Muses ;  as,  for  his  part,  he  found  productions  in 
prose  were  more  sought  after  and  better  paid  for.*    JVfr.  Wynne's 
reputation  as  an  Author  soon  become  established ;  and  hfiuA  his 
oecoRomy  kept  pace  with  his  success,  it  is  certain  he  might  have 
passed  through  life,  if  not  in  afihience,  at  least  above  indigence* 
fiut  want  of  oeeonomy  was  his  prevailing  fistult.    Possessing  a 
8iQfi;uine  imagination,  and  having  the  highest  sense  Of  honour 
andrectitud^  himself,  he  was  easily  imposed  upon ;  and  while 
be  had  money,   he  considered  but  little  the  value  of  it ;   yet, 
wanting  it,  perhaps  none  suffered  more  from  the  poignancy  d 
poverty  than  he  did.     His  acquaintances,  knowine  his  failings^ 
took  ad\'antage  of  his  unsuspecting  benevolent  cBsposition,  oy 
soliciting  him  to  become  surety  for  a  person,  of  the  name  ol 
Steyensony  which  he  did,  for  goods  to  a  considerable  amount, 
which  were  to  be  disposed  of  in  India,  wdence  Stevenson  was  to 
remit  the  value  at  a  stated  period ;  but,  through  change  of  cli* 
inate,  and  inebriety,  Stevenson  died,  no  remittances  came  from 
India,  and 'his  security,  unable  to  pay  the  demand,  was  forced 
to  prison ;  where  he  remained,  in  great  distress,  for  a  consider- 
able  time;  until,  by  the  assistance  of  his  uncle  Edward,  the  debt 
was  paid,  aind  he  obtained  his  discharge.  —  In  the  beginning  of 
the  year  1770'  be  married  the  daughter  of  an  eminent  mason  of 
Lambeth,  who  had  at  his  death  bequeathed  10002.  to  each  of  his 
daughters;  but  the  Brother,  being  principal  executor  to  the  will 
of  his  Fkther,  applied  his  Sister's  fortune  to  his  own  use  in  trade  j 
and,  through  his  ill  success,  not  a  guinea  of  Mrs.  Wynne's  por- 
tion was  ever  paid.    This  lady,  however,  had  received  a  good 
education,  possessed  an  agreeable  person,  and  was  not  more 
than  seventeen  when  she  was  married.     She  was  accomplished, 
and  had  an  excellent  understanding,  which  became  afterwards 
jiULterially  improved  by  her  connexion.    Before  she  was  eighteen 
tbe<fruit  of  their  union  was  the  Writer  of  this  Memoir.    From 
the  great  nu'mb^  of  acquaintances  Mr.  Wynne  at  this  time  had, 
some  of  whom  were  persons  of  wit  and  erudition,  it  was  almost 
impossible  for  a  man  of  his  ardent  ima^nation  to  avoid  on  every 
occauon  sacrificing  too  Ireely  at  the  shrine  of  Bacchus  -,  and  it 
freyKDthr  happened  that  it  was  one  or  two  o'clock  in  the 
'■•••'    ^  ».  . .  mominc 


154  LITERARy  ANECDOTES  OF  [l773. 

.  A  Third  Edition  of  Dr.  Kurd's  Warburtonian 
Laetures  at  Lancoln's  lun^  Syo* 

'xnoming  when  he  relumed  home.    This  occasioned  an  unquiet 
house;    and  his  bride,  being  very  abstemious  herself,  often  ad- 
monished him  in  strong  terms  on  the  impro])riety  of  his  con*- 
duct;    but,   notwithstanding  such  remonstrances,   he  was  too 
frequently  led  to  err  in  the  same  way ;  and  though  gentle  means 
would  probably  hn^e  brought  him  to  reform,  har^h  tieatraent 
had  a  contrary  ellect.      Had  his  wife's  good  sense  led  her  to 
adopt  those  endearing  methods  of  pei-suasion  which  some  few 
women  of  discernment  know  how  to  employ  with  such  great 
efiect,  she  would  have  ultimately  succeeded ;    but,  alas !    in  this 
respect  shp  only  copied  the  generality  of  her  sex.     Repeated 
brawls  at  home  pot  suiting  her  husbsind's  iiritable  disposition, 
and  tending  to  disturb  his  studies,  constrained  him  at  length  to 
i^k  an  asylum  elsewhere,    so  that  the  remainder  of  his  life 
passed  piore  like  a  single  thai^  a  married  man.      Nor  can  it 
(Occasion  much  surprize  that  a  man  of  literary  pursuits  should, 
under  such  circumstances,  abandon  his  home,  especially  when 
i%  is  so  well  known  that  a  Xantippe  was  never  a  friend  to  the 
students  in  Philosophy,    or  the  suitoi-s  of  the   Muses.      Mr. 
Wynne  \vas  for  a  considerable  time  Editor  of  the  Gazetteer, 
and  wa«  a  wfell-known  speaker  at  the  Robin  Hood  and  Coach« 
liiakers  Hall  Debating  Societies ;  but,  being  unhappily  a  staunch 
supporter  of  an  Administration  whose  ipeasures  wei-e  exti^mely 
unpopular,  he  gQt  little  good  by  his  political  s})eculations.     In 
those  days  such  topics  were  fi'eely  discussed,   and  ot^en  agi-r 
tat^  with  much  warmth.     Mr.  Wynne  in,  this  respect  acted 
the  part  of  a  champion,    and  undertook  to  defend  the  Mi^ 
nistiy  in  their  War  with  America,  and  other  ruinous  measures. 
This  was  done  in  the  most  disinterested  aiid  ingenuous  man-t 
ner  possible,  as  he  acted  purely  from  the  dictates  of  his  own 
opinion.      On  his  return  from  these  heated  debates,  way-laid 
by  some  of  the  opposite  pai'ty,  many  ap  unmerciful  drubbing 
bas  he  suffered,   and  once  was  so  cruelly  beaten  that  his  Ijfe 
was  endangered.      It  was  in  one  of  these  ren&ounters  that 
the  lachrymal  vesseb  of  his  nght  eye  became  contused,   and 
occasioned  him  to  undergo  at  times  the  most  excruciating  ago- 
wes,  to  alleviate  which  he  frequently  had  recourse  to  large  doses 
of  opium. — But  the  most  fatal  accident  happened  at  the  time  he 
was  in  the  zenith  of  his  fame,  about  the  year  1773,  when,  cross- 
ing Snow-hill  on  a  dark  night,  he  was  run-over  by  a  'hack'ney- 
<:oach,  and  his  leg  broken  in  three  places.     Surgeon  Young*  re- 
duced the  fracture  as  well  as  he  could,  being  loth  to  amputate 
the  limb;   but,  owing  to  the  teirible  manner  in  which  ifv^'as 
shattered,  sixteen  weeks  elapsed  ere  it  was  judged  proper  to  shift 
the  leg  from  the  cradle  that  encompassed  it.    The  limb,  ^o^ 
j^maiiiing  so  long  in  one  posture,  became  constricted,  and  an 
instrument  was  obliged  to  be  bad  to  eti^ibl^  him  to  walk,  and  bF 
4feg2«es  to  reduce  the  cbntract^ioa  b^  \]^  ^«n^  ^\9^  V^^tci^ 


1773-1  '^^^  KiOHT££NTH  CENTURY.  I55 

"  The  Intent  and  Propriety  of  the  Scripture  Mi-' 
xacles  considered  find  explained^  in  a  Series  of  Ser- 

it  nearly  eiTLi'tcd.     It  was  during  this  conQnement  (althougli 
ttbliiTP^  to  rciuuin  nearly  in  a  horizontal  poisition)  that  he  wTOtQ 
the  lEU-g>'  on  the  Death  of  Garrick,  publieilied  by  Mr.  Harrison,' 
This  accident  \v^.  sL^eif:^  felt  by  hib  family,   and  occasidAed 
bimr-elf  much  pain  and  anxiety.     After  writing  niany  Volumes* 
of  uLich  the  \Vriter  of  tliis  article  can  give  no  satisfactory  ac* 
c:Mitt»  an  asthmatic  conijHaint,  >vith  which  he  had  Igng  been 
afflict' d,  ocdb>ioned  his  death,  Nov.  1 788,  in  the  45th  year  of 
kia  age.     His  wife  survived  him  but  a  few  days,  leaving  three  - 
chiklien  totally  unprovidi*d  for,  the  eldest  of  whom  alone  sur* 
Tiveffy  and  has  now  a  wife  and  six  children  of  his  own.  —  Mr. 
Thouius  Wynne  died  at  un  advanced  age^     The  Rev.  Richard 
H'Tnne  lived  till  the  year  1793,  being  moi^e  than  eighty  years  of 
t^  when  he  died.    The  whole  of  his  fortune  he  left  to  an  onfy 
daughter. — Mr.  John  Hudilleatone  Wynne  was  below  th^  middla 
size  (about  five  feet  four  inches  in  height^,  of  a  clear  complesdon; 
dirk  bair,  a  sanguine  temperament,  irritable  and  ner\-dU9.    Pr&-» 
Tioiu  to  Ids  lameness,  though  he  always  took  short  steps,  yet  he 
walked  remarkably  fast.     In  his  youth  he  acquired  a  bad  habit 
of  stooping,  which  his  subsequent  intirmities  tended  to  increase. 
Hii  e}'es  were  piercing;   his  brow  remarkably  line,  and  had  th0 
appearance  of  being  pencilled ;   his  nose  aquiline,  which,  as  La-i 
vaier  well  observes,  alwa^'s  indicates  a  good  arrangement  of  fea-r 
tures.     He  certainly  had  urany  iHiCiiliarities,  wa:i  very  absent  and 
oq^ligent  in  his  external  ap])caraneo,  and  the  drc>s  worn  when 
kium^a  youth  he  seemed  always  to  prefer,  and  would  probably 
kave  done  the  same  had  he  lived  in  afBucncc.     He  spoke  and 
Red '  with  wonderful   facility,     yet   with  accui-acy  and   tasted 
WheD  speaking  in  public,  which  he  was  mi'ch  in  the  habit  of, 
his  delivery  was  flowing,  •  anhnated,  and  rl()([uent«  and  idmost 
forced  conviction  on  his  heaiers.     His  reading  nui'^t  liavc  beeii 
valti&rious,  and  his  memory  very  retentive  -,  for,  without  the 
advantages  of  a  classical  education,  or  being  truii;ht  any  lan^i^iiagc 
than  Che  Latin,  he  nevertheless  by  his  own  exeitiims  attained  a 
perllect  knowledge  of  the  French,    and  a  cni-sory  one  of  the 
Greek  nn&l  Hebrew.    Nor  was  he  ignorant  ()f  the  elenuiits^of 
pbysieks,  astronomy,   mathematicks,   and  navig:iti(m ;    and  in 
UiEological  and  philosophical  knowledge  in  general  he  stood 
hi^b  in  rejiute.      But  his  chief  delight  was  poetry;    and  to 
fan  friends  it  is  well  knoivn  that  he  hap  sometimes  composed  a 
fioem  with  as  much  facility  as  a  merclumt  would  write  a  letter 
ea  the  ordinary  concerns  of  bu^^ine^s ;   so  t  hat  many  of  his  pro*^ 
dnetkMis  may  l>e  consid(*ivd  as  nieie  cxteninore  eftii^ions.     Yet, 
widi  these  unconnno^  abiJitio  he  was  mndf^t  anrl  dillident;  and 
tebrtter'would  it  ha\e  been  for  him»«eir  aiul  his  faiuily  had  he 
dnlt  appreciated  hu  own  merit,  been  le^s  pr(K{i;A;d  and aWracXefll 
In  Us  \dBU,  and  made  men  and  manners  nune  his  study." 
JhpMbMabed,  amongst  othav  worksj  *  \\  general  Hisloi-^  of  ft* 


15<f  UTEEARV  AKKGPCyrVfl  OF  f  ITTS- 

mons,  preached  in  the  P^ish  Church  of  St  Mary-^ 
le-Bov,  in  the  Years  1769,  1770,  and  1771 ;  for  the 
Lecture  founded  by  the  Hon.  Robert  Bfjyle,  Esq^ 
By  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  .Owen,  Rector  of  St.  Olave, 
Hart-Street,  and  F^low  of  the  Royal  Society.'*  8vo, 

*^  Fragmenta  cfuo  Plutarchi  ♦,'*  ^^ublished  by 
Thomas  Tyrwhitt,  esq.  a  single  sheet,  8vo. 

A  new  Edition  t  of  Hutchinson's  "  KTPOT  HAI^ 
AEIA;'  8vo. 

.  **  The  Antiquities  of  Herculaneum.  Translated 
from  the  Italian,  by  Thomas  Marty n|  and  John 

Britbh  Empire  in  America ;  ihcluding  all  the  Countries  in  Nortk 
America  anid  the  West  Indies,  ceded  by  the  Peace  of  Paris,  1770.** 
2  vols.  8vo.  — ^'The  Prostitute,  a  Poem,  1771;"  "Choice 
Emblems,  1779  3"  "  Fables  of  Flowers,  1773;"  ''A  ^neral 
History  of  Ireland;  from  the  earliest  Accounts  to  the  present 
Time,  1772,*'  2  vols.  8V05  "Eveluia,  a  Poem,  1773;"  and  ''The 
Four  Seasons,  a  Poem,  1774  ;**  which  was  ''a  wretched  fricassee 
in  rhyme,  of  some  passages  in  Thomson's  charming  work  on 
that  subject." 

*  *'  Fragmenta  haec  Plutarchi  hue  usque,  ut  opinor,  inedita, 
ex  Codice  manuscripto,  qui  inter  Harleianos  in  Museo  Britan- 
nico  asservatur,  N.  5612,  visum  est  typis  describere,  non  quod 
ipse  de  iUis  magnified  nimis  sentirem,  sed  ut,  proposito  hujus 
{^fMbM/  exemplo,  homines  otiosos,  et  eos  prsesertim  quibus  Biblio- 
thecarum  cura  deuiandata  est,  ad  codices  manuscript os  diligentiua 
excutiendos  stimularem.*'    Editor* s  AdvertiseTnent.-^See  p.  148. 

f  In  the  course  of  printing  this  Volume  Mr.  Bowyer  made  an 
accurate  '*  Index  to  the  places  of  the  N.  T.**  which  is  inserted  in 
a  later  Edition  of  the  Volume,  1781. 

*  X  Mr.  Thomas  Maityn  b  one  of  the  three  sons  of  Mr.  Johm 
Martyn,  the  very  eminent  Professor  of  Botariy  at  Cambridge 
(see  vol.  I.  p.  482),  by  Eulalia,  youngest  daughter  of  the  Rer. 
John  King,  D.  D.  rector  of  Chelsea,  and  prebendary  of  York; 
Mr.  T.  Martyn  was  admitted  first  at  Emanuel  College,  Cambridge  3 
where  he  look  his  degree  of  B.  A.  1756 ;  be  was  elected  thence 
to  a  Fellovrahip  in  Sidney  college ;  proceeded  A.  M.  1759 ;  and 
B.D.  1766. — In  1761  h^  was  elected  Pi:ofessor  of  Botany  in  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  in  the  room  of  his  father ;  who  had 
resigned  that  office,  after  having  filled  it  most  ably  for  nearly 
thirty  years. — Mr.  T.  Martyn  was  one  of  those  patriotic  gentle-* 
4QQen  who  established  the  Society  for  the  Improvement  of  Naval 
Architecture.  He  has  published,  ''A  Sermon  for  Addenbrocke^a 
Hospital.**  **  Plantte  Cantabrigienses :  or,  a  Catalogue  of  the 
plants  which  grow  wild  in  the  County  of  Cambridge^  dii^poeed 
according  to  the  System  of  linnscus.  Herbationes  CaniobfigieMeii 
orj  Dirediom  to  the  Places  ¥rh«re  t^iej  tq»:j  Vit^sois^pd^  ^ons^- 


1773-3  ^^^  EIGHTEENtH  CENTURY.  I5J 

Letdce,  Bachelors  of  Divinity  and  Fellows  of  Sid* 
Bey  College,  Cambridge.  Vol.  I.  Containing  the 
Pictures;*'  4to.  This  Translation  was  not  continued. , 

Imided  in  thirteen  botanical  Excursions.    To  Vhich  are  addecT^ 
Lisis  of  the  more  rare  Plants  growing  in  many  Parts  of  £ngland 
and  Wales,  1763/'  8vo.    ''A  short  Account  of  the  late  Donation 
ef  a  Batanic  Garden  to  the  University  of  Cambridge,   by  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Walker,  Vice-master  of  Trinity  College;    with  Rules 
and  Ordere  for  the  Crovemraent  of  it.   Camb.  1763,"    4t6  — 
.  la  1770  he  favoured  the  publick  with  his  Father's  very  k  ju-ned 
"  Dtsertations  and  Cnticsd  Remarks  upon  the  ^udds  of  Virgil, 
containing,  among  other  interesting  Particulars,    a  full  Vin« 
dkation  of  the  Poet  from  the  Charge  of  an  Anachronism  witU 
regard  to  the  Foundation  of  Carthage  /*  to  which  is  prefixed  an 
tsoeUent  and  copious  Account  of  his  Father  and  his  Writings ; 
comprizing  also  many  interesting  particulars  of  the  earlier 
bnuiches  of  the  fiunily  ^  also  of  their  near  relation  (by  marriage). 
Dr.  Thomas  Hodgesu  Vicar  of  Kensington,  one  of  the  Assembly 
•f  Divines,  and,  after  the  Restoration,  Dean  of  Hereford,  and 
Hector  of  St.  Peter*s  Comhill ;    whose  second  son,  Nathanaei 
Uodges,  M.  D.  stayed  in  London,  and  attended  patients  unhurt 
during  the  great  Plague.    Memoirs  likewise  are  given  of  Patrick 
Blair,  M.D.  F.R.S. ;   William  Sherard,  LL.D.  F.R.S.5   John 
James  DiUenius,  M.  D. ;    Mr.  Vincent  Bacon,  F.  R.  S.  a  surgeon 
and  apothecary  3    Charles  Deering,  M.  D.   (who  came  over  to 
Engl^id  first  in  the  train  of  a  Foi-eign  Ambassador,  and  after- 
wanip  practised  physick  at  Nottingham) ;   and  Walter  Tulli<teph 
{amanuensis  to  Dr.  Douglas,  who  afterwards  settled  at  Antigua) ; 
Mr.  Richard  Biudley,  F.R.  S.  -,  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  King,  rector 
of  Chelsea,  and  his  son,  Mr.  John  King,  of  Stamford;  with  ex* 
tracts  of  Letters  to  and  from  Dr.  Psitrick  Blair,   Mr.  Miller  the 
celebrated  Botanist,  Mr.  Houston,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Arnald  of  Ema^ 
imel  College,  Dr.  Mead,  Mr.  Knapton,  &c.    Mr.  Martyn  published 
.  ako  "The  English  Connoisseur,'*  in  two  small  volumes,  12rao. 
"CdalogHs  Uorti  Botanici  Cantabrigiensis,  1771>*'  8vo,  with  hi^ 
b^?ftintftal  Lectures,  and  a  Plan  of  the  Gardens,  prefixed  to  a 
lecond  Edition,  1772.    A  Translation,  from  the  Italian,  of  the   • 
First  Volume  of  the  Antiquities  of  Herculaneum,  1773  (as  no- 
ticed above).    Elements  of  Natural  History.    Letters  on  tlie  Ele- 
ments of  Botany,  from  the  French  of  J.  J.Rousseau,  with  addi- 
ImmmI.  Letters.   Botanical  Plates  illustrative  of  Linnaeus's  System 
id  Vegetables.    *'  Sketch  of  a  Tour  through  Swisserland,  with 
an  accurate  Map,  17S7.*'    Mr.  Martyn  also  made  considerable 
AdditioDS  and  Improvements  to  the  ninth  Edition  of  "  The  Gen- 
tleman's Guide  in  his  Tour  through  France,  &cr  1787-     "A  • 
Tour  through  Italy:   containing  fiiill  Directions  for  tra\*elling 
fai  that  illteresting  Countiy  1    with  ample  Catalogues  of  every 
Tbing  that  is  curious  in  Architecture,  Painting,  Sculpture,  &c. 
Some  ObiervatioQs  on  the  Natural  History,  and  very  paxlVoAttt 
JkmlpiiamoftimAurpnad^  Rame*  Yiot^os^,  Nav\«a, 


158  LITERAIIY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l77,1» 

The  Original  ♦  of  this  celebrated  Work  had  been* 
priqted  at  the  exp^nqe  of  his  NeapoHtari  Majestyf*. 

and  Venice,  with  their  EnHronSi    With  a  coloured  Chart."  1/91, 
8vo.     "Aranei,  or,   the  Natural  History  of  Siiiderb,**   a  large 
qUarto  volttme.     **  The  Language  of  Botanyj  being  a  Dictionary 
of  the  Terms  made  Use  of  in  that  Science,  principally  by  Linnaeus, 
Mrith  familiar  Explanations ;  and  an  Attempt  to  ei>tabii;3h  signifi-*'. 
cant  English  Terni.H^  17^3,"  8vo.    He  has  also  lateJy  favoured  the. 
publick  with  a  much-improved  edition  of  ''Millers  Gafdener's^ 
and  Botanist's  Dictionary/'  in  four  volumes  folio,  lb07y  dedcated 
to  Sir  Joseph  Banks ;  to  which  he  has  for  the  hi^st  time  added, 
*'a  complete  Enupieration  and  Description  of  all  Hants  hitlierto' 
known,  with  their  Generic  and  Specific  Chaiacters.  Places  of> 
Growth,   Times  of  Flowering,    and  Uses  botli  medicinal  and 
CECOtioraical.     With  the  Addition  of  all  the  modern  Impi-ove- 
znents  in  Landscape  Gardening,  and  in  the  Cultme  of  Trees,. 
Plants,  and  Fruits,  particuIaiTy  in  the  various  Kinds  of  Hot«, 
houses  and  Forcing-ft-amcs.** 

Dr.  John  Lettice  was  formerly  Fellow  of  Sidney  Sussex  College^ 
Cambndge ;  where  he  proceeded  regularly,  B.  A.  1761  j  M.  A;« 
1764;  B.D.  1771 ;  and  D.  D.  1797}  and  is  now  a  Prebendarj 
of  Chichester )  vicar  of  Fcesmiu>ih,  Sussex ;  and  chaplain  to  the 
present  Marquis  of  Douglas.  —  Dr.  Lettice  is  also  the  author  of. 
the  following  works:  "  Letters  on  a  Tour  through. various  Parts, 
of  Scotland,  in  the  Year  1792.  Loud.  1794/'  8voj  wliich  jjossesbes. 
great  merit,  and  is  highly  cmious  and  entertaining.  '*  The  Iro* 
mortality  of  the  Soul :  a  Poem,  from  the  Latin' of  Isaac- Hawkins 
Browne.  Translated  by  John  Lettice,  B.D.  late  Fellow  of  Syd-^ 
Bey  College,  Cambridge.  To  which  is  added,-  the  original  Poem ;. 
Mrith  a  Commentary  and  Aimotations  by  the  Translator,"  Svo. 
*^  A  Sermon  on  the  peculiar  Necessity  of  renewed,  vigorous  exer- 
tions on  the  Part  of  the  Clergy,  in  the  present  extraordinary 
Conjuncture,  for  the  Support  of  Religion,  Peace,  and  Oixler^ 
in  Uie  Christian  World;  preached  at  the  Primary  Visitation  o£ 
the  Lord  Bishop  of  Chichester,  August  20, 1798."— The  following 
elegant,  truly  poetical,  and  )rathetic  epitaph,  by  Dr.  Lettice,  is  iu- 
scribed  on  the  tomb  of  his  Sister,  in  St.  Maitin's  church,  Leicester! 
'*  Here  lieth  the  body  of  IMary  Lettice, 
who  departed  tliis  life  June  11, 1770,  aged  84. 
Now,  should  this  tomb  the  stranger's  step  arrest^ 

The  virtues  of  its  tenant  to  proclaim. 
He'd  judge  the  eulogy  by  flatt'iy  drest, 

Or  ostentation  catching  at  a  namci 
Then  silent  rest  her  unambitious  tomi^ ; 

She  needs  no  &)ae  sepulchral  praises  breathe : 
Affection  drops  its  tribute  in  their  room. 

And  her  own  conscience  twines  th*  immortal  wreath.*' 
*  See  a  good  account  of  it  in  the  Appendix  to  the  Monthly 
Keview,  vol.  XLVI.  p.  629. 
/  "ii  Translation  of  so  very  gr«at  a.  Work,  ought,  perhaps^ 
ibr  Ifte  hoooaf  of  tbie  Goositryi  to  Yvk«^  \Kfetk  toi&»ii  ^\^ 


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THE  EIGRTCENTH  CENTURY.  159 


*' A  Key  to  the  New  Testament ;"  by  the  RcverencL 
Dr.  Thomas  Percy,  Rector  of  Wilbye,   and  Vicar 

nnder  the  patronage  and  support  of  Royal  munificence.     It 
^v»  not  to  be  imagined  that   private  persons  could  sustain* 
to  extraordinary  a  weight  of  ex  pence  without  the  aid  of  a 
«eiy  large  subscription ;    a  much  larger  one^    indeed,    than- 
cottki  (in  our  apprehension)  be  expected,  ft*om  the  amount  of ' 
the  sum  required,  and  from  the  peculiar  nature  of  the  subject^ 
—in  ^hich  onlv  the  learned  and  the  curious,  the  lovers  of  the- 
arts,  and  the  admirers. of  virtu,  could  be  greatly  interested  -,  and^ 
tlier  are,  by  no  means,  a  ma)ority  of  the  reading  part  of  the 
iooA  people  of  Eng^land.    This  mode  of  publication  was,  how- 
rar»  adopted  -,  and  a  considerable  number  of  gentlemen  have  so: 
far  countenanced  the  attempt,  as  to  fill  up  a  respectable  list  o£ 
subscribers.    But,  as  this  list  proved  not  extremely  numerous, 
suaiethtng  beyond  the  bare  purchase  of  a  copy  of  the  Work,  at- 
the  fixed  price,  W2w  certainly  requisite,  to  afl'ord  the  encourage- 
ment due  to  so  hazanlous  an  undertaking ;  and  to.  have  eflectu-' 
ally  prevented  those  complaints  which,  with  real  concern,  we 
find  the  ingenious  Translators  emphatically,  though  modestlyi 
uttering,  in  their  Prefetory  Discoui*se. — From  this  Discourse  we    ^ 
kam,  that  it  is  now  more  than  fite  years  since  the  Hroposab^ 
fiir  this  Work  were  firat  published.    The  Tianslators  then  flat<« 
tered  themselves  that  they  were  engaged  in  an  undertaking, 
which,  at  least,  '  might  prove  acceptable  to  the  publick.'    The 
Original,  they  observe,  beside  its  being  in  a  language  not  uni- 
ternlly  read, '  was  not  then  to  be  obtained,  but  either  as  a  maric 
of  Ro^  favour,  or  at  an  enormous  expence.*    Beside  these  con^ 
nderalions,  they,  fiairther,  deemed  it '  no  absurd  supposition,  that> 
in  aa  age  so  liberal  as  the  present,  a  competent  number  amon^ 
perbont  of  rank  and  fortune  might  be  found,  who  would  be  glad 
to  ice  this  celebrated  Work  in  an  English  dress ;   and,  at  the 
Mme  time,  have  an  opportunity  of  encouraging  English  Artists/ 
The  event,  however,  we  are  sorry  to  learn, '  has  not  justified  the 
kuppontion ;    for  the  Translators  find  themselves  much  more 
o^>liged  to  their  friends,  than  to  tliose  from  whom  alone  they 
had  expected  support  in  so  expensive  an  undertaking.*'-— Bat 
ihe?ic  Gentlemen  had  one  adverse  stroke  to  receive,  of  which 
they  had  not  even  the  smallest  apprehension.    '  Little  did  they 
imagine,*  we  are  told, '  that  soch  humble  members,  as  they  are,  of 
t^  Republic  of  Letters,  cojuld  attract  the  resentment  of  Crowr^ 
Heads ;  little,  indeed,  did  they  exjiect  that  the  serenity  of  the 
Court  of  the  Two  Sicilies  and  Jerusalem  could  be  disturbed  by 
any  publication  of  theirs,  which  mcc^dled  not  with  politicks, 
molality,  or  religion:  yet  in  these  suppositions  they  find  then^ 
•dtes  a6  much  mistaken  as  in  the  first ;  for  theu*  Royal  Adversarjf) 
after  attemptine  to  stifle  the  work,  from  an  imagination  as  fidia 
as  it  waa  mictwut,  that  so  respectable  a  Body  as  the  Univ^rsihf 
of  Cambridge  itself  was  engaged  in  tlie  publication,  was  pkaMa 
to  osdar  Aac  ^mbook,  wbwb  was  not  to  be  commonly  purcYiwe^ 

be£ore. 


MSO  literary  anecdotes  of  [173 

of  Bwton  Mauditt,  in  Northamptonshire  [afte 
wards  Dean  of  Carlisle,  and  now  Bishop  of  Dr 
more  *  ini  Ireland]  ;  8vo. 

before,  for  fear  it  might  become  of  stfiad  ralue  if  it  lost  itfl  nii\ 
should  be  sold  at  a  price  greatly  belmv  the  prime  cost :  in  ordi 
it  may  be  presumed^  to  supersede  the  Translation,  and  distn 
the  Translators  by  underselling  them.' — From  the  foregoing  a 
count  of  his  Neapolitan  Majesty's  conduct,  there  seems  to  be 
littleness  in  this  Royal  jealousy,  which  may  tend  to  sink  the  aha 
of  reputation  he  had  possibly  acquired,  among  the  friends 
learning,  and  of  the  beaiix  arts,  by  that  magniticent  publicatio 
which  opened  to  their  general  view  some  of  the  choicest  treasui 
of  Antiquity. — 'In  truth,  we  must  further  observe,  that  the  re 
lity  of  this  Prince's  regard  for  the  fine  arts,  and  for  the  study 
the  Antients,  has  (to  us)  long  seemed  to  be  somewhat  equivoa 
from  the  strange  havock  that  has  been  made  df  the  valuable  i 
mains  of  Herculaneumi  tlirough  the  notoriour  mismanageme 
of  the  works  originally  undertaken  for  their  pi^eservation ;  an 
especially,  from  his  so  long  neglecting  to  lay  open  the  ruins 
Pompeii  to  the  inspection  of  the  learned  worid.* — *Notwit 
standing  these  discouragements,  Mr.  Maityn  and  his  ingenic 
Associate,  proceed  to  inform  us,  that  their  Translation,  and  t 
engravings,  are  at  length  finished;  and  '  in  a  manner*  they  ho] 
*  that  will  not  prove  displeasing  to  the  subscribei*s,  or  disgra< 
ful  to  the  British  Artists."  Monthly  Review,  vol.  XLVIIL  p.  U 
'  *  The  literary  talents  of  this  worthy  Prelate  need  no  encomiu 
|n  1761  he  published, ''  Hau  Kiou  Choaan,  or  the  pleasing  Histor} 
Chinese  Romance,  in  four  duodecimo  volumes ;  a  translation  fh 
theChineselanguage,revised  from  a  manuscrt})t  (dated  1719)  fou 
among  the  papers  of  a  gentleman  who  had  large  concerns  in  i 
£ast-IndiaCompany,and  who  occasionally  resided  much  atCanti 
In  1764  appeared  "The  Song  of  Solomon,  newly  translated  from  i 
original  Hebrew,  with  a  Commentary  and  Annotations^*'  8vo}  a 
in  1765  he  presented  the  publick  with  a  very  elegant  and  curie 
work,  under  the  title  of  ''  Reliques  of  Antient  £nglish  Poeti 
consisting  of  Old  Heroic  Ballads  of  uur  earlier  Poets  (chiefly 
the  Lyric  Kind),  together  with  some  few  of  later  Date,**  3  v< 
small  8vo.  His  other  publications  are,  "  A  Sermon,  preacl 
before  the  Sons  of  the  Clergy,  at  their  Anniversary  Meeting 
St.  Pauls,  May  1 1,  1769,"  4to.  "The  Hermit  of  Warkwor 
a  Northumberland  Ballad;  in  Three  Fits,  or  Cantoes,  1771>'*  4 
"A  Key  to  the  New  Testament,  1773,*'  8yo.  A  Second  E 
tion  of  the  "  Reliques  of  Antient  FVsetry'*  was  published 
1775i  a  third  in  1794 ;  and  a  fourth  is  now  in  the  press. 

In  1777  the  Rev.  John  Bowie  addressed  a  printed  Letter 
Dr.  Percy,  announcing  a  new  and  classical  Edition  of  £ 
Oitixote.*' 

.  In  1780  the  Editor  of  these  Memoirs  was  indebted  to  1 
Ibr  many  useful  communications  for  the  "  Select  Collection 
Wtrplhny  Pooms/*  wbifib  aX  the  tinv^  waa  thus  ackaowlaiei 


'773']  THE  EIGHTEENtM  CENTURY.  l6l 

"  The  Anglo-Saxon  Version  from  the  His(^rian 
3rosius,  by  JEUved  the  (Ireat;  together  with  ah 
English  Translation  from  the  Anglo-Saxon;  [by 
lie  Hon.  Daines  Harrington],  Printed  for  Samuel 
Jaker  *  and  George  Leigh,  in  York-street ;  8vo. 

"  Rev.  Sift,  When  these  Miscellanies  are  inscHbed  to  9l  Percy, 
place  them  under  the  most  auspicioua  shelter.  The  Reliques  of 
uitieBt  Poetry,  with  which  you  obliged  the  world  in  your  younger 
tan,  would,  independent  of  all  other  claims,  have  pointed  yo^ 
ut  as  a  proper  Patron  to  these  Fugitive  Remains.  But,  ottM* 
at  as  your  own  Publications  are,  it  u  neither  to  then^^  nor  to 
our  elevated  station  in  hfe,  that  I  pay  this  dbintcreated  tribute, 
bppy  in  a  Family  Connexion,  which,  however  remotely,  en- 
ties  me  to  claim  Relationship  with  the  Poet  Cleiveland  (ex- 
acts from  whose  Works  will  add  merit  to  a  future  volume  of 
lis  Collection),  I  am  pi-oud  to  have  it  known  that  the  Dean  of 
iriiftle  derives  his  descent  from  the  same  Family,  his  father's 
nther  having  been  niece  to  the  Bard  above  mentioned ;  a 
imtly  distinguished  in  private  life  for  having  produced  a  sue* 
ission  of  most  excellent  Clergymen,  treading  in  the  steps  of 
leir  venerable  ancestor,  the  Rev.  Thomas  Cleiveland,  fieitber  of 
le  Poet,  who  b  upon  record  for  his  very  worthy  character  and 
iost  exemplary  life.  That  urbanity,  Sir,  with  which  you  re- 
laxed me  as  of  kin  to  you,  and  the  friendship  I  have  since  in 
msequence  experienced  from  you,  as  they  have  made  an  indeli- 
e  impression,  demand  the  warm  acknowledgments  with  which 
icae  Volumes  are  most  respectfully  presented,  by.  Sir,  your  very 
tiich  obliged,  and  fkithful  humble  servant,  J.  Nichols." 

When  promoted  to  the  IVlitre,  t  \V23  imder  further  obligations 
the  "  History  of  Hinckley,*'  1789.  And  for  many  of  the  curious 
lecdotes  and  literary  information  to  be  found  in  the  Edition 
'  the  Tatler  with  lUustrdtions  and  Notes,  historical,  biogra- 
Hcd,  and  critical,  publislied  in  bix  octavo  volumes,  in  the  year 
^86,  th6  publick  is  ii^debted  to  Bp.  Percy,  though  the  Work 
IS  finished  and  edited  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  John  Calder. 
Dr.  Percy  had,  soon  after  the  year  1760,  proceeded  very  fur  at 
e  press  with  an  admii-able  edition  of  '' Surrey^s  Poems,"  and 
10  with  a  good  edition,  of  the  Works  of  Villiers  Duke  of  Buck* 
gham;  both  which,  from  a  variety  uf  causes,  remained  many 
iTB  unfinished  in  the  warehouse  of  Mr.  Tonson  in  the  Savoy, 
It  were  resumed  in  17!>^>  and  nearly  brought  to  a  conclusion ; 
Iken  the  whole  impression  of  bcjth  works  was  unfortunately 
osumed  by  the  fire  in  Red  Lion  Passage  in  1808. 

*  Mr.  Samuel  Baker  was  for  many  years  distingui^ied  as  an 
unent  Bookseller ;  and  published  several  good  Catalogues  of 
Joks,  at  marked  prices,  between  the  years  1757  and  1777.  He 
tt  ftko  very  famous  as  an  Auctioneer  of  Books ;  a  quality  in 
licfa  he  is  at  least  equalled^  if  not  excelled,  by  IMr.  Georgo 
Vov.  UL  M  Leiijh, 


•  r 


162  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [1773- 

"A  brief  State  of  the  Principles  of  Church  Au- 
thority*,'' 8vo. 

The  Literary  World  was  this  year  gratified  by 
the  publication  of  the  then  lately  discovered  Frag- 
ment of  Livy;  which  Mr.  Markland  desired  Mr. 
Bowyer  to  send  him  •[*,  with  a  remark,  that  "  many, 
he  fancied,  would  buy  the  Fragment,  who  never 
read  a  line  in  the  Author :}:." 

"  Index  Nummorum  omnium  Imperatorum, 
Augustarum  et  Caesarum,  a  Julio  Caesare  usque 
ad  rostumum,  qui  tarn  in  Roma  et  Coloniis,  quam 
in  Graecia,  ^ypto,  et  aliis.  locis,  ex  acre  magni 
moduli  signabantur/'  4to.  By  Charles  Combe^, 
esq.  M.  D.  F.  R.  S. 

Leigh,  who  was  many  years  his  paitner  in  York-street ;  and  by 
his  great  nephew  Blr.  Samuel  Sotheby,  now  partner  with  Mr. 
Leigh  in  tlie  Strand.  Mr.  Baker  i-etired  from  business  a  few 
years  before  his  death  to  a  delightful  villa  which  he  built  at 
Woodford  Bridge,  near  Chigweil  in  Essex.  He  died  in  1778  j 
and  left  his  property  to  his  nephew,  Mr.  John  Sotheby. 

The  following  dates,  from  three  flat  stones  in  the  church-yard 
of  St.  P*ul  Covent  Garden^  record  the  deaths  of  Mr.  Baker's 
mother,  his  own,  &c.  &c. : 

"  Mrs.  Ann  Baker,  May  97,  17^6,  aged  87  j 
Mrs.  Rebecca  Baker,  of  York-street,  Feb.  18,  176'S,  ag«d  63; 
Mr.  Samuel  Baker,  April  24,  1778,  aged  66. 
Mr.  John  Sotheby,  "Nov.  1,  1807,  aged  67. 
Harriet  Sotheby,  wife  of  Samuel  Sotheby,  Bookseller ; 
born  23  Jan.  1775,  died  9  July  ISOS ; 
the  best  of  women,  of  wives  the  perfectest,** 
*  This  well-written  and  judicious  Tract  was  by  the  Author  of 
the ''Letters  of  a  Christian  Whig,"  already  noticed  in  pp.  131,132. 
t  See  Letters  of  Mr.  Markland  on  this  head,  vol.  IV.  p.  361. 
X  This  remark  is  very  pretty,  but  i-ather  loo  sti-ong:   "who 
never  have  read,   or  never  will  read  the  whole,"   would  have 
been  sufficient.    One  may  well  wonder  why  such  peo])1e  should 
act  SO;   but  three  gcMid  reaaoni)  may  be  given:    1.  The  little 
trouble  ai  d  time  bestowed  on  two  or  thi-ee  pages,  in  comparison 
of  five  or  six  large  quartos.    2.   It  affording  fashionable  talk. 
3.  The  chance  of  some  new  fact  turning  up.    T.  F. 

§  ITiis  worthy  gentleman,  moht  eminently  skilful  in  his  pro- 
fessional character  in  the  j)racti<:e  of  Midwifer),  has  long  also 
been  distinguished  as  a  tir.-t.rale  Cijllector  of  Medals  j  a  science 
in  which,  perhaps,  he  is  only  excelled  by  his  son,  Taylor  Combe, 
esq.  who,  with  the  highest  degree  of  credit  to  himself,  and  to 
thtt  VC17  great  advantage  of  the  publick,  .^uperiuierids  the  mc- 

daliic 


4.J  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  1 63 

1774. 

n  this  year  Mr.  Bowyer  correcteci  a  new  Eklitioa 
Schrevelius's  I^exicon,  and  added  a  considerable 
aber  of  words  collected  in  the  course  of  his  own 
lies  *.  These  are  distinguished  by  an  asterisk^ 
t  Lexicons  of  Hederic  ?ind  of  nuxtorf^  the 
in  ones  of  Faber-f-  and  I,<ittleton^  and  the  English 

c  department  in  the  British  Museum.  He  aftenn-ards  d^ 
oiflhed  himself  by  "  Nummorum  vetenun  Populonim  et  Ur* 
a,  qui  in  Museo  Gulielmi  Hunter  a^servantur,  Descriptio 
iris  iilastrata.  Qper^  e^t  Studio  C^oli  Combe,  S.  II.  et  6.  A. 
1  Soc.  178':^.'* — **  Dr.  Combe,  it  is  well  known  in  the  learneii 
les,  formed  a  literary  association  with  Dr.  Parr  and  the  late 
Henry  Homer,  for  the  purpose  of  publishing;  a  most  splendid 
complete  Edition  of  Horace.  Mr.  Homer,  though  a^  acci^:ate 
v  of  editions  of  the  prose  classicks,  was  not  perhaps  con>petent 
Te  much  assistance  to  an  imdertaking  like  the  present;  yet  sucb 
the  conscientious  diligence  which  he  exeited  to  fulfil  his  en- 
anents  with  the  publick,  and  such  the  vexations  and  disap- 
itmcnts  which  he  expenenced  in  the  course  of  his  exertions, 
t)iis  Work  n^y,  we  believe,  with  truth,  be  said  to  have  hastened 
ifld.  Dr.  Parr,  the  Atlas  so  competent  to  tlus  sole  support  of 
burden,  was  so  much  encumbered  with  avocations  of  a  prior 
n,  that,  owing  to  this  and  other  causes,  he  could  not,  we  believ^ 
arm  his  engagements.  Thus  did  the  whole  undertaking  devolve 
Ir.  Combe. — An  edition,  however,  of  Horace,  in  two  volumes, 
to,  was  published  by  him,  in  1793,  which  dibplaved  a  most 
liificent  specimen  of  the  typographic  art,  and  may  justly 
n  the  recommendation  of  containing  the  best  Index  to  the 
Ilb  of  Horace  which  is  extant.  It  i»  dedicated  to  the  late 
1  Mansfield,  an  engraving  of  whopi  is  prefixed.  Some 
rs  in  the  Greek  quotations,  which  occur  in  the  notes, 
;lit  the  eagle  eyes  of  the  gigantic  proficient  in  that  language, 
was  originally  to  have  sliared  the  labour  of  tins  edition ; 
an  excellent  Review  of  the  Work,  wliich  appeared  in  the 
ish  Critickj  ^as  justly  asciibed  to  his  pen.  Upon  tliis  a 
phlet  was  published,  intituled,  "A  Statement  of  Facts  rda- 
to  the  Behaviour  of  tlic  Reverend  Dr.  Parr  to  the  late  Mr. 
tj  Homer  and  Dr.  Combe,  in  order  to  point  out  the  False- 

I  and  Malignity  of  Dr.  Parr's  Attack  in  the  British  Critick  on 
character  of  I>r.  Combe  j"  whiqh  was  answered  by  a  Pam- 
t-of  very  superior  merit,  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  Parr,  intituled^ 
anarks  on  the  Statement  of  Dr.  Charles  Combe,  by  an  occa* 

II  writer  in  the  Britbh  Critick.*'  Living  Authors,  vol.  /.  p,  1 10. 
Ra-printed  in  17S1  fmm  his  convcted  copy. 

Mr.  Bo^vyer  had  an  intention  of  re-pubUshing  this  valuable 
eoi  in  a  more  conunodious  manner,  by  cliapging  its  pre* 


l64  LITERARY  AN£CD0T£8  OF  [iT} 

Dictionary  of  Bailey,  were  all  considerably  enlarg 
by  him:  these  additions  are  still  in  MS. 

His  Greek  ard  Latin  Grammars  in  general,  a 
particularly  such  of  them  as  he  had  in  common  i 
when  at  School  and  at  College,  are  filled  with  su 
curious  explanatory  Notes,  as  bear  the  most  co 
vincing  marks  of  consummate  critical  knowledge 
those  languages ;  and  that  knowledge  he  applied  ii 
special  manner  to  the  advancement  of  Sacred  Leai 
ing.  It  was  his  constant  custom,  in  the  course 
his  reading,  to  note  down  every  thing  which 
thought  might  contribute  to  illustrate  any  passa 
of  Scripture,  especially  of  the  Greek  Testament, 
pursuance  of  this  method,  it  is  hardly  to  be  co 
ceived  what  a  number  of  useful  and  curious  remar 
stand  inserted  in  the  margin  of  his  Theologi< 
Books,  which  may  greatly  contribute  to  imprc 
future  editions. 

His  interleaved  Bible,  filled  with  learned  Not 
I  had  the  pleasure  of  presenting  to  my  wortl 
Relation,  the  Rev.  John  Pridden,  M.  A.  F.  S.  A. 

On  two  books  in  particular  he  bestowed  mu 
pains;   viz.  Leigh's*  "  Critica  Sacra,  l66*2;"   a 

sent  radical  form  into  an  alphabetical  one.  *^l  began  the  Fal 
and  wrote  \yaTt  of  the  fii-st  sheet  for  him.  But  as  I  found  * 
profit  was  intended  for  himself,  and  the  bbour  for  mc,  I  dp 
it.  If  you  and  a  few  more  printers  could  do  it,  it  would  dm 
the  best  Latin  Dictionary  now  extant ;  and  the  sale  would  b 
the  Ainsworth.'*  Reo.  Edward  Clarke  to  J.  Nichols.  —  Sed  Q. 
*  Sir  Edward  Ixii^h,  son  of  Heniy  I^igh,  esq.  was  liom 
Shawell  in  Leicestershire,  March  24,  lG0^2-3,  the  day  on  wh 
Oueen  Elizabeth  died.  He  waa  educated  in  granunar  by  ] 
f^e,  of  Walbhall  in  Staflbnlshire ;  and  was  aftenvaids  under 
tuition  of  Mr.  William  Pemble,  a  commoner  of  Mag^dalcii  H 
Oxford;  where,  liaving  proceeded  in  Arts,  1623,  he  removec 
the  Middle  Temple,  and  studied  the  Law.  The  plague  fore 
him  out  of  London  in  16^5,  he  went  to  France,  farther  to  i 
prove  himself }  and,  after  his  return,  spent  some  years  at 
Temple,  in  the  study  not  only  of  the  Law,  but  Divinity  i 
History ;  in  both  which  he  proved  a  man  of  eminence.  Ai 
jBome  time  he  retired  to  Banbury,  and  was  a  constant  hearei 
William  Wheatly ;  who  dying  in  1639,  he  returned  to  Loodi 
in  which  year  he  was  a  burgess  for  the  town  of  Stafford,  U] 
the  withdrawing  of  several  members  of  the  Long  Parliameni 


•] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH '  CENTURY.  iffg 


[iard's  '*  Lexicon  Grseci  Testamaiti  Alpha* 
um,    1660,"     a   Work  excellently  calculated 

king  at  Oxfonl.  Ke  was  afterwards  appointed,  with  Mr. 
n,  Mr.  Francis  Rous,  Mr.  Bulstrqde  Whitlockc,  &c.  to  sit 
\  A^  -embly  of  Dinues ;  where  he  conducted  himself  as  well 
It  knriierlly  as  most  of  the  J)iviries  themselves.  He  wad 
a  Colonel  of  a  re§;iment  for  the  parliament,  Gustos  Rotu- 
a  for  the  county  of  Stafford  ;^.but,  being  numbered  with 

Prx^r-byterian  members  who  were  turned  out  of  the  Housa^ 
ommoiid  by  the  Army,  Dec.  6,  1648,  because  he  voted  liii 
ity*s  conci'ssions  satisfactory,  he  tlienceforward  betook  him- 
vholly  to  study ;  and  fn)m  that  period  to  the  Restoration 
(Htid  hinLself  principally  in  literature.  He  married  Anne> 
fcter  of  Sir  John  Fernior,  of  ICaston  Neston  in  Northamp- 
lire;  died  June 2,  1671,  at  Riishall  Hall  in  Staffordshire j 
nras  buried  in  the  ( hanccl  of  that  church.  There  are  two 
ived  portraits  of  him:  1.  "  Edward  l^igh,  eso.  M.  A.  of  both 
cTMties  ;"  2.  "  Edwanl  Leigh,  esq.  M.  A.  of  Magdalen  Hall, 
rd.  a»t.  60,  1660,  J.  Chantn-,  &c.*' — The  vaiious  books 
\  he  publi<>lic<l  are  an  abun(Lint  proof  of  his  gretit  industry, 
Rten.'iive  learning ;  particularly  his  critical  and  theolog;ical 
a,  the  chief  of  which  are  his  "  Critica  Sacra**  and  his  Body 
Wnitv/' — Their  titles  are,  1.  *'  Select  and  choice  Observa- 
I  concerning  the  twelve  finst  Ca^^sars.  &c.  Oxon.  1635,"  Svoj 
kich  h<^  added  six  more,  making  up  the  number  eighteen, 
k  irere  piinted  with  the  former,  in  another  edition.  The 
rrations  on  the  rest  that  followed  were  made  by  Henry 
k,  tlie  Author's  eldest  son,  M.  A.  of  Magd.den  Hallj  which, 
;  printed  with  the  former  at  London,  1657»  8vo,  had  this 
put  to  them,  "Analecta  Caisarum  Romtmoniin.*'  After- 
s  they  were  illustrated  with  their  effigies  and  coins,  I^n- 

1664,  Svo;  and  in  imother  edition,  which  came  out  in 
,  8vo,  they  had  Observationa  of  the  Greek  Emperors  added 
em  by  the  same  hand.  2.  "  Treatise  of  Divine  Promises,  in 
(ooks,  London,  1633  j*'  there  iigain  the  third  time,  1650; 
he  f  lurth  in  1657,  8vo.  3.  "Critica  Sacra,  or  the  Hebrew 
Is  of  the  Old,  and  of  the  Gre'jk  of  the  New  Testament, 
oa,  1639  and  1646,'*  4to;  there  agiiin  in  two  parts,  folio, 
:  in  which  book  the  Author  expressing  great  skill  in  the 
■ges.  had  mpect  and  kindness  shewn  him  by  the  learned 
%  primate  of  Ireland.  4.  "  Supplement  to  the  Critica  Sacra, 
.  1662,"  fill  5  ''A  Treatise  of  Divinity,  In  Three  Books, 
on,  1648,  1651,"  8vo.  6.  "  The  Sainti  Encmn-igement 
3  Times;  or.  Observations  concerning  the  Martyi-h  in  ge- 
,  Lnodon,  1648,"  8?o.  7.  "Annotations  on  all  the  New 
nt,  IxiDckin,  1650,"  fi)l.  8.  "A  Philologicrd  Comnien- 
,  an  illuBttation  of  the  most  ob\'ious  and  useful  Words 
\  Law,  with  their  Distinctions  and  divers  AccoptuMons,  as 
ire  fioond  at  well  in  Reports  antient  and  modern,  as  in 

Records 


1 66  ttntRAKf  AKECDOTEI^  OT  [  1 7  7  4- 

for  the  use  of  schools,  and  young  students  in  Divi* ' 
nity  * ;  shewing  the  purpose,  not  only  of  a  Lexicon^ 

r 
« 

Kecords  and  Memorials  never  printed^  London,   1659,    1658^ 
1671,"  Svo,  dedicated  to  William  L* Isle,  esq.  one  of  the  l/ords^ 
Comniissioncrs  of  the  Great  Seal  of  England,  1652.'*     9.  "A^ 
System  or  Bod^  of  Divinity,  in  ten  Books,  London,   1654  and 
1662/*  fol.      10.  ''Treatise  of  Religion  and  Learning,   in  six 
Books,  J^ndon>  1656^*'  fol. ;   which  book,  lying  dead  on  thtf: 
Bookseller^s  hands,   had  this  title  put  to  it  in  1663  ;   "  Foelis 
Consoitium;   or,  a  fit  Coi\juncture  of  Religion  and  Leamin^i* 
in  one  entire  Volume,  consisting  of  six  Books,"   &c.      Froia 
which  Treatise  William  Crowe  of  Suffolk,  master  of  the  Free- 
school  at  Croydon  in  Surrey,  took  many  things  when  he  conci- 
posed  h'ls  "  Elenchus  Scriptoimn  in  sacrani  Scripturani,    &c. 
London,  1672,**  Svo.     11.  "Choice  French  Proverbs,  London^ 
1657,  1664,**  Svo.    12.  "Annotations  on  the  five  Poetical  Books  of 
the  Old  Tcatament,  viz.  Job,  Psalms,  Pi-overbe,  Ecclesiastes,  and 
Canticles,  London,  1657,"  fol.     13.  "  Second  Considerations  of 
theHigh  Court  of  Chancery,  &c.  London,  165S,"  4to.    14.  ''£n|^^ 
land  described ;    or,    the  Counties  and  Shires  thereof  btieSy 
handled,  London,    1659,*'  Svo,    copied  mostly  from  Camden. 
15.  "  Choice  Observations  on  all  the  Kings  of  England,  from 
the  Saxons  to  the  Death  of  King  Charles  I. ;   Londcm,  1661/' 
Svo.     16.  "Three  Diatribes,  or  Discourses ;   1.  Of  Travel;  2.  Of 
Money;  3.  Of  Measuring,  &c.  London,  1671/'  Svo.    This  book 
is  called,  in  another  edition,  16S0,  "The  Gentleman's  Guide,  ill 
three  Discourses,  &c."      He  also  published,    17.  "  The  Magi- 
strate's Authority,  in  two  Sermons,  London,  1647,"  4to,  penned 
by  Christopher Cartwright,  B.D.  and  minister  at  York;  to  whidi 
our  author  Leigh  put  a  preface,  to  vindicate  himself  against  • 
lying  pamphlet,  as  he  calls  it,  which  intilles  him  "a  man  of  i 
fieiy  disposition,   and  one  generally  made  chairman  upon  any 
business  that  doth  concern  the  Clei^.** 

*    "  Mr.  William  Du-Gard,    an  eminent  school-master  and 
learned  man,  was  the  son  of  Heury  Du-Gard,  a  clergyman,  and 
born  at  Bn>msgrove  in  Worcestei-shire,  in  1606.     He  was  in- 
structed in  clasbical  learning  at  a  school  in  Woi-cester;  and  fpoili 
thence  sent,  in  1622,  to  Sidney  college,  Cambridge.     In  1626 
he  took  the  degree  of  B.  A. ;   and  that  of  M.  A.  in  1630.     Soon 
after  he  was  appointed  Master  of  Stamford  school  in  Lincoln- 
shire ;  from  whence,  in  1637,  he  was  elected  Master  of  the  Frc©- 
tchool  in  Colchester.     He  resigned  the  care  of  this  school  Jan. 
1642-3;   and  May  1644  was  chosen  Head  Master  of  Merchant- 
taylors  school  in  London.     This  school  flourbhed  exceedingij 
under  his  influence  and  management ;   but  for  shewing,  as  was 
thought,  too  great  an  affection  to  the  Royal  cause,  and  especialW 
for  being  concerned  in  printing  Salmasius*s  Defence  of  Chariest 
he  was  deprived  of  it,   February  1649-50,  and  imprisoned  in 
Newgate  j  his  wife  and  aix  children  turned  out  of  doors )  and  i 

printing 


1774-] 


THE  EIGHTSSKTHV^EKTUftY.  Iffg 


Du-Gard's    "  Lexicon   Grteci    Testamaiti   Alpha* 
beticuni,    1660/*    a  Work  excel  ientiy  calculated 

tht  King  at  Oxford.     He  was  afterwards  appointed,  with  Mr. 
Selden,   Mr.  Francis  Rous,  Mr.  Bulstrqde  Whitlockc,  &c.  to  sit 
hi  the  A^^embly  of  Divines ;  where  he  conducted  himself  as  well 
and  as  learnecily  as  most  of  the  JDi\iiies  themselves.     He  was 
alio  a  Colonri  of  a  regiment  for  the  I^aiiiament,  Gustos  Rotu- 
lonim  for  the  county  of  Stafford  ;^Mt,  being  numbct^  with 
thQK  Pi'esbyterian  members  who  were  turned  out  of  the  House, 
of  Commons  by  the  Armvt  Dec.  6,  1648,  because  he  voted  his 
.Maiesty's  ccmcessions  sattsfaurlory,  he  thenceforward  betook  him- 
self wholly  to  study  ;   and  from  that  period  to  the  Restoration 
employed  himself  principally  in  Literature.     He  married  Aime> 
daughter  of  8ir  John  Fermor^  of  Kaston  Neston  in  Northamp- 
ton&ire;   died  June 2,  1671,  at  Rtishall  Hall  in  Staffordshire; 
and  was  buried  in  the  chancel  of  that  church.    There  are  tv(*o 
engraved  portraits  of  him :  1 .  "  Edward  \je\gh,  esa .  M.  \,  of  both 
Uoiversities  5'*  2.  "  Edwanl  Leigh,  esq.  M.  A.  of  Magdalen  Hall, 
Oxford,  set.  60,   1660,  J.  Chantn',  &c."— The  vaiious  books 
which  he  publislied  are  an  abundant  proof  of  his  great  industry, 
and  extensive  learning ;   particulai'ly  his  critical  and  theological 
works,  the  chief  of  which  are  his  "  Critica  Sacra"  and  his  Body 
of  Divinity.'* — Their  titles  are,   1.  *'  Select  and  choice  Observa- 
tif>ns  concerning  the  twelve  first  Caesars,  &c.  Oxou.  1635,"  Svoj 
L   to  which  he  added  six  more,  making  up  the  number  eighteen, 
r  which  were  printed  with  the  former,  in  another  edition.    The 
observations  on  the  rest  that  followed  were  made  by  Henry 
Leigh,  the  Author's  eldest  son,  M.  A.  of  Magdalen  Hall^  which, 
being  printed  with  the  former  at  London,  1667*  8vo,  had  this 
title  put  to  them,  "Analecta  Ca*sarum  liomanorum."    After- 
wards they  were  illustrated  with  their  effigies  and  coins,  I.<on- 
don,  1664,  8vo;   and  in  another  edition,  which  came  out  in 
1970,  8vo,  they  had  Observationa  of  the  Greek  Emperors  added 
to  them  tiy  the  same  hand.    2.  "  Treatise  of  Divine  Promises,  in 
five  Books,  London,  1633  ;**  there  again  the  thiixl  time,  1650 ; 
and  the  fourth  in  1657.  8vo.    3.  "Critica  Sacra,  or  the  Hebrew 
Words  of  the  Old,  and  of  the  Greek  of  the  New  Testament, 
Loiidoii«  1639  and  1646,"  4to;   there  again  in  two  parts,  folio, 
1663 :   in  which  book  the  Author  expressing  great  skill  in  the 
'iaogoages.  had  respect  and  kindness  shewn  hini  by  the  learned 
Usher,  primate  of  Ireland.    4.  "  Supplement  to  the  Critica  Sacra, 
Lond.  166«,"  fol.     5   "A  Treatise  of  Divinity,  in  Three  Books, 
Londoo,  1648,  1651,"  8vo.     6.  ''  The  Saints  Encouragement 
j  ib  Evil  Times 5  or.  Observations  concerning  the  Martyrs  in  ge- 
/  tend,  London;  1648,"  8vo.    7-  "Annotations  on  all  the  New 
I  Testament,  l^ondon,  1650,"  M.     8.  "A  Philological  Commen- 
tary;  or,  an  illustration  of  the  most  ob\'ious  and  useful  Words 
in  the  Lerw,  with  their  Distinctions  and  divers  Accopta^ionsi  as 
they  are  tsmaA  at  well  in  Reports  antient  and  modem,  as  in 

Records 


1 

168  UTERARY  AKECDOTES  OF  [l774- 

» 

a  Concordance,  in  a  compendious  form.  Both 
which  he  left  accurately  corrected  and  much  en- 
larged. These  he  often  wished,  in  his  latter  days, 
he  had  been  able  to  publish,  for  the  use  of  Schools, 
and  the  benefit  of  young  Students  in  Divinity.  1  he 
first  of  them,  full  of  Critical  Notes,  was  presented 
to  the  late  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Owen.  The  latter  is 
still  in  my  possession. 

•  In  the  same  year,    amongst  other  works,    Mr. 
Bowyer  printed, 

A  new  Edition  of  the  First  Volume  of  "  Dialogues 
of  Lucian ;  from  the  Greek *."  [By  Mr.  John  Carr-f* 

*  This  Volume  (6rst  published  in  1765)  was  followed  by  the 
Second  in  1779;  the  Third  in  1783 ;  the  Fourth  and  Fifth  in 
179S. — "  Lucian,  who,  among  the  Authors  of  Antiquity,  stands 
almost  alone  in  the  walks  of  Humour,  has  at  length  had  justice  done 
to  his  facetious  Dialogues,  in  an  English  Translation.  Nor  is  it 
so  very  extraordinary  that  we  have  had  no  adequate  Translation 
before.  The  task  is  not  so  easy  as  it  may  appear  upon  a  slight 
idea :  to  strike  off  the  peculiar  genius  and  character  of  antient 
liumour,  and  at  the  same  time  to  preserve  the  ease  and  fieedom 
of  our  own  language,  requires  a  considerable  share  of  taste  and 
Judgment.  Be  such  then  the  present  Translator  s  praise,  if  the 
Publick,  on  perusing  a  small  specimen,  shall  be  willing  to  allow 
it.  —  The  Author,  in  his  Preface,  seems  to  be  angry,  on  some 
account  or  other,  at  the  Monthly  Reviewei*s  ;  but  our  resent- 
ments are  always  sacrificed  to  justice."    M.  Revieu^,  XLIX.  161. 

t  Of  this  modest  but  very  learned  School-master,  into  whom  the 
spirit  of  Lucian  appears  to  have  been  ti-ansfuseil,  no  memorials 
have  any  where  been  preserved  ;  a  circumstance  the  more  to  be 
T^retted,  as  many  men  now  living,  of  consiilerable  eminence, 
were  indebted  to  him  for  the  rudiments  of  their  education. 

In  1760,  soon  after  the  appearance  of  a  very  ))(>pular  work, 
he  published  "  The  Life  and  Opinions  of  Ti-istmm  Shandy,  Gen- 
tleman, vol.  III.  5'*  which  the  Monthly  Reviewers  judiciously 
pronounced  to  be  ''  not  genuine  ;*'  adding,  that  the  real  Conti- 
nuation of  **  Tristram  Shandy"  by  the  Author  of  the  two  first 
volumes,  was  advertised  to  be  published  by  Mr.  Dodsiey,  v\  ho 
had  the  good  fortune  to  purchase  the  copy  of  the  whole.  At 
the  end  of  the  year  1763  he  published  '•  Filial  Piety,"  a  Mock- 
heroic,  in  a  small  folio;  '<  a  Poem  not  destitute  of  humour; 
Dulness  being  the  P&rent  to  whom  this  droll  Writer  addresses  his 
"  Filial  Piety."  This  was  followed,  early  in  1764,  by  a  small 
Poem,  in  folio,  intituled,  "  Extract  of  a  private  Letter  to  a 
Critic,  by  J.  Carr.''  He  published  in  1765,  *'  Epoiiina.  a  Dra- 
matic Essay,  addressed  to  the  Ladies  ;'*  which  dLid  not  obtain, 

and 


1774.] 


THB  eighteenUi  cbntury.  169 


(aftfTwaH?  l>r.Carr),  then  Master  of  the  Grammar- 
school  at  UertFord.]    lliis  Translation  is  considered 

&ivl  perhaps  did  not  deserve,  any  high  degree  of  commendatioD. 
"  This  Poem  is  conceived  in  no  dliagi'eeabie  numbei^ ;   but  the 
purport  of  it  is  so  ver\'  private  and  particular,  that  the  generality 
of  Reaiiers  cannot  po8sibly  be  entertained  by  it."     Monthly  Re*  , 
Vit^Ty  vol.  XXX,  p.  8*23. — In  1765,  he  published,  by  way  (rf  ex-  • 
pciiment,  the  first  Volume  of  his  Translation  of  Lucian's  Dia- 
Ljffues ;  which  was  re-printed,  with  improvements,  in  1774 ;  in- 
which  year  he  also  published,  for  the  use  of  his  Scholan  at  Hert* 
ford,  •*  Rules  for  Latin  Grammar,**  &c. — Mr.  Carr  ^vas  honoured 
with  a  Doctor's  deeree,  fi-om  one  of  the  Scotch  Universities,  se- 
veral years  before  his  death,  which  happened  June  6'>  1S07,  at 
the  age  of  76.     He  had  felt  a  gradual  decay  for  nearly  b  year 
previous;  but  on  the  day  of  his  death  was,  as  he  supposed,  in 
much  better  health  than  usual.     He  lived  six  hours  after  he  was 
conveyed  to  bed  -,  appeared  to  sufier  no  pain ;  and  expired  with- 
out a  struggle.     His  Library  was  soon  after  sold  by  auction. 

In  the  dearth  of  biographical  information  respecting  a  friend 
ivbom  I  highly  valued,  a  literary  portrait  of  himself,  as  given  in 
his  Prefaces,  shall  be  transcribed : 

"  From  what  little  1  have  been  able  to  conjecture  of  the  spirit 
of  those  %%  bo  sit  in  judgment  on  Authors,  I  am  induced  to  believe^ 
that  humble  suppUcations  avail  but  little.    The  ingenuous  require 
no  soothing,  and  nothing  could  soften  the  hard  heart  of  super- 
cilious severity.     My  few  friends,  who  will  read  this  Translation, 
are  not  likely  to  be  biassed  bv  any  unfair  representation  of  it ;  . 
and,  if  it  is  decried  with  justice,  I  shall  complain  of  nothing  so 
much  as  my  own  folly.    I  only  beg  of  the  wanton  talkei's,  who 
hare  more  wit  than  they  know  what  to  do  with,  that  they  will 
be  graciously  pleased  to  recollect  the  remonstrance  of  .^£sop*8 
fragH.     Before  they  bestow  those  angry  appellations  on  dulne^s, 
which  ore  only  due  to  vice,  it  might  not  be  altogether  amiss,  if 
they  were  to  consider  their  duty  towards  their  neighbour.    The 
most  iii\-eterate  sci-ibbler,  who  means  no  harm,  is  not  the  worst 
character  in  a  community.     And  mediocrity,  one  would  think, 
need  not  appear  so  abominable  in  the  eyes  of  stupidity.     But  it 
is  difficult  fbr  a  man  tt>  be  e<mvince.l  to  his  own  satisfection  of 
his  own  scanty  intellect,  and  vaiious  are  the  methods  made  use 
of  to  shift  the  imputation  to  another.    When,  with  an  air  of 
fadie  modesty,  he  affects  to  think  himself  nothing:  at  all,  how 
little  does  he  wish  to  be  believed  !   when  scorn  has  found  some 
other  ol^iect,  glad  to  be  safe  himself,  with  hostile  joy  he  eyes 
the  victim—  qtus  sibi  quuqne  timehat, 

Uniu$  in  niiseri  fTitium  voncerga  tuhre. 
"  Qaiming  the  privilege  of  being  tried  by  my  peers,  I  beg 
leave  to  except  against  the  following  persons  as  incompetent : 
those  who  read  intending  to  be  angrj',  those  who  read  expecting 
'0  be  pleased,  and  those  who  cannot  read  at  all.    To  exhibit  a 

trans- 


170      /  UT^RAmT  ANECDOTES  OF  [1774* 

very  good;  and  preserves  much  of  the  wit  and  spirit 
of  the  original.    • 

translatioa  that  shall  in  any  degree  resemble  an  original,  is  not 
so  very  easy  as  several  persons,  who  have  never  tried,  may  ima- 
gine. In  order  to  make  a  comparison,  it  will  be  very  useful  to 
understand  something  of  each  language.  I  will  put  the  case,  O 
^ntle  Censor,  to  thy  conscience.  If,  when  thou  openest  thine 
eyes  upon  Lucian,  thy  prevailing  idea  be  that  of  crabbed  Greek, 
be  assured  of  thy  fallibility  in  thb  matter.  Get  more  strength, 
•  and  thou  wilt  learn  forgiveness. — To  mention  one's  own  trans- 
gression affords  but  little  delight.  But  the  reader  would  find 
out  mine  without  any  assistance,  and  I  will  be  beforehand  with 
him.  Having  been  instructed  in  the  laws  of  translation,  it 
would  be  in  vain  to  deny  the  presumption  of  wilful  infrin^- 
ment.  To  preserve  the  sense  and  spirit  and  turn  and  temper 
«and  wit  and  genius  of  an  antient  author,  a  translator  should 
possess  them  all  himself.  He  may  speak  a  different  language, 
and  live  in  a  different  age;  but  little  more  abatement  will  l^ 
made  him.  Thb  is  the  law.  But  where  are  such  translators  to 
be  found  ?  After  Dryden  and  a  few  othexs,  what  man  of  genius 
'  will  put  on  painftd  shackles,  and  tamely  sit  down  to  translate  > 
Who  that  can  be  original  wiU  be  contented  with  imitation ;  and 
especially  when  imitation  is  so  veiy  imperfect  ?  For,  after  all 
that  can  be  done,  whoever  desires  to  be  well  acquainted  with  an 
antient  author,  must  take  the  trouble  of  learning  his  language. 
He  will  then  allow  of  originals  and  tninslations,  as  of  family 
quarrels,  that  there  may  be  faults  on  botli  sides.  —  There  is  a 
translation  of  Lucian,  which  is  commonly  called  Diyden's,  per- 
haps from  a  sense  of  justice  to  some  bookseller,  who  had  paid  a 
sum  of  money  that  it  might  be  called  so.  '  Unhap[)y  Dryden  V 
The  Translation  by  Mr.  Francis  Hickes}  appears,  by  the  lan- 
guage, to  have  been  made  about  the  begiiming  of  the  seventeenth 
century  ^  at  least  it  was  before  that  of  Jasper  Mayne,  done  in 
IGS8,  and  published  in  1G64.  I'heir  lYanslations  taken  together 
extend  to  only  a  small  part  of  Lucian.  In  his  dedication  to  the 
Marquis  of  Newcastle,  Dr.  Mayne  complains  bitterly  of  persons 
who  '  do  defile  the  £ngliidi  tongue  with  republick  words.*  The 
diction,  which  then  prevailed,  might  very  well  provoke  the  good 
Doctor  to  differ  irom  Longinus,  and  others,  in  his  opinion  con- 
cerning the  rise  of  eloquence. — Spence  §,  according  to  Lord  Dor- 
set, *  was  so  cuiming  a  translator,  tliat  a  man  must  read  the 
original  to  understand  the  version.*  Mr.  Spence's  wit  has  but 
little  of  the  Attic  elegance  of  Lucian,  but  a  great  deal  of  the 
facetious  Mr.  Punch. — ^Tliese  are  all  the  English  Ti*anslations  of 
Lucian  that  I  have  seen.     That  of  D'Ablaiicourt  into  French 

J  **  Certain  select  Dialoi^ues  of  Lnciao,  translated  into  English,  by 
Francis  Hickes,  with  the  Life  of  Lucian  prelixed,  by  Thomas  Hickes, 
4to.  Oxford,  1634." 

§  *<  Lucian't  Worl^,  by  Ferrancl  Spence,  8vo.  Lood.  1684,  4  vols.** 

has 


1774.] 


THE  EIGHtEENTH  CENtURV.  IJl 


*'  Tlie  Origin  of  Printing,  in  Two  Essays.    1 .  The 
Substance  of  Dr.  Middleton's  Dissertation  on  the 

has  been  the  most  read.    Though  Lucian  was  no  niggard  of  his 
speech.  Monsieur  D*Ablancourt  found  him  unlike  a  Frenchman, 
and  new-modeled  him  accordingly.    Spencers  English  is  nothing 
more  than  an  aukward  copy  of  D'Ablancourt's  French. — The 
pieces  in  this  Volume  do  not  follow  one  another  in  the  same 
order  as  in  the  original.     Had  I  begun  translating  with  an  in- 
tention of  going  through  the  whole  of  Lucian's  Works,  I  might 
probably  have  observed  the  common  order;    though  with  no 
other  reason  than  the  usage  of  Editors.     But  no  man  will  wish 
to  tranjflate  the  whole  of  Lucian,  who  thinks  the  world  already 
bad  enough,  and,  though  he  cannot  make  it  better,  does  not 
desire  to  make  it  worse. — The  Editors  of  other  trifles  may  have 
been  misled  by  learned  advisers.      Unfortunately  for  me,  my 
errors  are  all  my  own.     1  make  no  part  of  a  little  knot  of  little 
authors,   who,  joining  their  stock  together,   launch  into  the 
deep  on  a  broader  bottom.     My  consolation  is  that  of  the  single 
adventurer,  whose  good  or  bad  success  affects  only  himself.    No 
'  frowning  judge*  can  bring  my  friends  to  shame.     And  if,   in 
the  wonderful  variety  of  every  day's  incidents,  some  scattered 
particle  of  praise  should  be  blown  in  my  way^  I  will  gather  it 
up  as  clean  as  I  can,  and  greedily  devour  it,  without  asking f 
questions. — I  hoi>c  no  enquiry  will  be  made  into  the  motives  of 
this  undertaking,  of  which  1  confess  myself  unable  to  give  any 
satisfactory  accoimt.    The  Advertiser  of  a  new  Magazine  had 
the  kindness  to  offer  'a  work  much  wanted.*    The  world  may  bv 
in  need  of  a  new  Magazine ;   but  I  have  some  reason  to  think, 
that  it  is  not  greatly  distressed  for  want  of  my  Translation. 
Persons  in  distress  are  apt  now  and  then  to  complain ;  and  I 
have  been  peaceably  suffered  entirely  to  neglect  it  for  almost 
the  nine  years  assigned  to 

'  llie  last  and  greatest  art,  the  art  to  blot.* 
"  From  this  patient  forbeai-ance  of  the  publick  I  conclude, 
that  very  few  will  be  displeased  with  me  for  intending  never 
more  to  trouble  them  with  Proposals  for  printing  a  book. — 1  re- 
turn thanks  to  the  voluntary  Sul>scnbera.  It  was  not  my  foult, 
that  a  gentleman's  name  was  printed  without  his  consent,  nor 
that  he  does  not  '  understand  such  odd  stuff.'  -^  No  reckless  in- 
truder appears  in  the  Title-page.  The  inclemency  of  reading 
has  been  known  to  spend  itself  there ;  and  a  name,  unshelter^ 
with  academical  honours^  stands  less  exposed  at  the  end  of  a 
Prefece.  JoRW  Cakk.*' 

The  Second  Edition  was  inscribed : 

"  To  the  Memory  of  George  !x)rd  Lyttelton,  and  to  tha 
Candour  of  the  Publick,   this  Second  Edition  of  the 

f  ^  While  I  was  writings  this  sentence,  an  indignant  volume  of  Reviews 
dcirendM  hattilj  from  an  upper  shelf,  and  narrou-ly  misited  my  head* 
l^  The  daaf^er  is  now  past.  Not  to  the  joyful  remembrance  of  to  un- 
praniuiis  au  omen  !**    •/.  C 


J 72  UTERAltV  AN£COOt£S  OF  [1774- 

Origin  of   Printing  in  England.      2.   Mr.  Meer- 
man's  Account  of   the  Invention   of  the  Art  at 

First  Volume  of  an  attempt, to  translate  Lucian^  is  de- 
dicated with  deference  and*  gratitude. 
That  fire  of  Genius  can  l>e  brought 
To  kindle  only  where  it  ought. 
With  virtue  noblv  can  conform, 
Nor,  wild  with  power,  ini})cde  a  worm ; 
When  will  this  futile  age  alford 
A  proof  like  thee,  lamented  ]^>rd  ?*' 
And  the  Author,  in  a  note,  adds,  *•  When  this  Preface  ap- 
peared before,  I  had  no  intention  of  continuing  the  'J  ranslation 
in  any  mode  whatever,    nor  any  thoughts  of  a  new  Edition. 
But,  after  some  experience  of  the  public  favour,  1  fo\in<l  myself 
\iix^  little  dis|>osed  to  cj nation  its  propriety ;   and  my  Publisher, 
who  believes  strongly  in  the  mutability  of  men's  dispositions, 
gave  me  such  powerful  reasons  for  a  speedy  re-publication,  that 
1  changed  my  mind. 

He  cannot  tell,  what  criticks  thought  it. 
He  only  knows,  that  people  bought  it.*' 
The  Second  Volume  is  thus  introduced  in  1779 : 
"  HavinfC  no  better  excuse  to  make  for  the  appeaiancr  of  this 
Second  Volume  tlian  the  favourable  opinion  of  the  Publisher, 
I  am,  therefore,  the  Reader  may  conclude,  not  very  imwilling 
to  admit  what  has  been  advanced  by  a  gieat  Author,  that  Book^ 
sellers  are  not  the  worst  judges  of  books,  J.  C." 

'  i  And  the  Third,  in  1766 : 

"  Some  nods  of  approbation,  which  were  more  than  my  weak- 
ness could  resist,  have  led  me  astray  from  my  intention,  and  I 
no  longer  pretend  to  say^where  I  may  stop ;  perhaps  not  till  I 
have  gone  through  every  page  6f  Lucian,  excepting  only  '  such 
reading  as  is  ne^'er  read,*  and  such  reading  as  no  sober  man  will 
write.  In  ages  fiur  remote  from  the  present,  men  of  wit  were 
sometimes  very  dull,  and  sometimes  wanted  prudence.  To 
creep  after  dulncss,  can  only  serve  to  benumb  the  sense.^ ;  and 
to  revive  the  language  of  riot,  is  not  the  most  decent  attem])t. 
Several  drowsy  discom-ses,  with  a  competent  allotment  of  ribal- 
<iry,  have  been  attributed  to  Lucian  by  his  Editors ;  the  omis- 
sion of  which  would  have  done  his  memory  no  manner  of  harm. 
Of  this,  the  reader  may  judge  for  himself:  long  dissertations, 
nearly  akin  to  the  fbnner,  may  be  met  vrith  in  almost  any  great 
book,  and  the  latter  is  repeated  every  evening,  with  modem 
improvements,  in  the  emphatical  English  of  Broad  St.  Giles's. — 
Thb  continuation,  as  has  been  already  hinted,  ov.es  its  appear- 
iMkoe  to  the  flattering  requests  of  two  or  three  persons,  whose 
opinion  in  literary  matters  Ls  generally  acknowledged  of  some 
weight.  I  do  not  assert,  that  they  have  not  been  too  partial  to 
me,  J  am  sure  they  are  better  pleased  with  me  than  I  am  with 
n\yaelf;  which,  perhaps^  is  more  than  exer^  ^ctvV^Wt  c^xv  sa^  of 


1774.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  I73 


Harleim^  and  its  progress  to  Mentz,  with  Cccasio- 
nat  Remarks;    and  an  Appendix."     Tlie  original 

his  abetton.  The  reader  will  not^  I  hope^  be  so  uacharitable 
aai  to  suppose,  that  this  is  my  usual  way  of  spending  my  tiine« 
If  he  knew  mc  better,  he  woulcl  never  fancy,  that  I  have  no- 
tiiini^  ehie  to  do,  nobody  in  this  world  besides  Lucian  to  attend 
to.  Duties  for  ditiferent  from  conversing  with  wits,  have  been 
anne!M^d  to  my  life — 

j^uicquid  agunt  animo  votum,  timoTi  ira,  voluptas, 
Gaudia,  discursiis,  nostri  est  farrago  diei. 
"  I  have  translated  Lucian  in  an  evening,  when  I  was  not  in 
a  teni|ier  to  fiace  a  graver  author,  and  wished  to  forget  every 
unwelcome  occurrence  of  tlie  day.  It  seemed  not  ditiicult,  or 
it  would  not  have  been  done.  For,  though  '  easy  'writing  is  not 
always  ea^y  raiding/  I  will  venture  to  affirm,  that  a  Translator ji 
who  fiods  much  difficulty  in  assuming  the  spirit  of  hifl  Author, 
will  hardly  ever  succeed.  Sudet  multum,  frusirdque  labortt. 
Learning  and  labour  can  indeed  do  wonderful  things ;  they  can 
VI rite  down  the  summers  sun,  but  their  high-dried  dialogues 
are  not  Dialogues  of  Lucian,  any  more  than  the  alternate  roar- 
lug  a  midnight  club. — Boisterous  miith,  like  dram-drinking, 
enervate!)  while  it  pretends  to  invigorate.  But  Lucian  is  not 
une  of  tho«c  obstreperous  spirits,  who  brealc  down  all  the  boun« 
daries  of  order.  He  has»  in  his  satire,  a  certain  gentle  air, 
which,  where  there  are  faculties  to  enjoy  it,  will  beget  good  • 
humour,  which  promotes  health ;  and  without  health,  wlnt  is 
teaming,  or  how  is  it  to  be  acquired  ?  J.  Carr.'* 

The  Fourth  and  Fifth  Volumes,  in  1 798>  are  thus  concluded  i 
"  As  a  Preface  to  this  last  Volume,  1  had  set  about  preparing 
1  Dissertation  on  the  Works  of  my  Author.  I  had  found  in  mj 
diawer  a  bundle  of  Remarks  ready  made ;  and  it  couki  not  be  a 
painful  task,  when  there  was  little  more  left  to  be  done,  than  to 
collect  the  scattered  opinions  of  tlie  learned,  which,  with  the 
uiilfarued,  might  ha\e  passed  for  my  own.  Neveitheless,  after 
some  sober  relk*xions  on  the  u&e  and  abuse  of  wit,  1  have  changed 
my  mind ;  and  give  up  Lucian,  with  all  his  faults,  to  judges 
duly  commissioned, 

•  ■      who  read  each  work  of  wit 

With  the  same  spirit  that  its  author  writ,* 
only  begging  them  not  to  forget,  that  he  lived  and  wrote  many 
aires  ago  -,  that  his  education  was  none  of  the  best ;  that  chastity 
of  style  and  manners  did  not  then  universally  prevail,  as  in  these 
happy  times ;  and  that,  though  he  could  run  away  froin  his  ap«    • 
prenticeship,    his  Dialogues  could   hardly  escape  some  small 
tincture  of  those  in  his  Uncle  s  shop.    Just  as  the  conversation  . 
of  Lord  Bolingbroke,  after  all  his  greatness,  and  with  all  his 
elegance,  might  still  be  traced  to  the  inns  of  court : 
Qao  sonel  eat  imbuta  receniv  servabit  odorem 
Testa  diu. 

"  Won- 


174  LITERARY  ANECDOTES   OP  [l774- 

idea  of  this  little  pamphlet  was  Mr.  Bowyers''^;  the 
oompletion  of  it  his  Partner's.     The  two  learned 

**  Monsieur  Balzac,  who  deserved  so  weU  of  the  first  person 
lingular,  when  he  spoke  of  himself  and  his  Letters,  used  to  take 
off  his  beaver ;  but  a  Translator,  the  ninth  part  of  an  Author, 
wtien  he  is  contented  with  his  proportionate  share  of  vanity,  and 
in  f)OS8e8sion  of  a  hat,  will  be  more  chary  of  it.  1  pull  off  mine, 
this  cold  day,  not  to  myself  but  my  Reader,  with  whom  I  wish 
to  exchange  forgiveness,  and  part  in  peace,  while  he  looks  so 
pleased  to  see  the  end  of  the  book.    D.  C.*' 

*  This  idea  was  in  part  taken  up  inm^diate]y  after  the  pub- 
lication of  Dr.  Middleton's  Tract  in  1/35 ;  which  received  the 
following  animadvei-sions  from  Mr.  Bowycr,  in  the  "  Grub-street 
Journal,"  March  20,  1735 ;  the  substance  of  which  is  preserved 
in  the  Notes  to  "  The  Origin  of  Printing  :" 

"  To  Mr.  Bavius,  Secretary  to  the  Society  of  Grub-street. 

"Sir,  As  the  numerous  writers  of  vour  Societv  are  the  chief 
support  and  ornament  of  Printing,  you  must  be  nearly  interested 
in  every  circumstance  that  contributes  to  the  honour  of  it.  I 
congratulate  you  therefore  upon  the  advantageous  figiu'e  which 
Caxton,  our  countrj'man  and  fellow-citizen,  makes  in  Dr.  Mid- 
cileton  8  Dissertation  conceming  the  Origin  of  tliis  Art  in  Eng- 
land. But,  good  Mr.  Bavius,  is  not  the  old  man  s  authority 
placed  a  little  too  high,  when  most,  if  not  all,  our  Engliith 
Chroiiicles  are  made  to  submit  to  his ;  and  a  new  sra  is  pre- 
scribed to  one  of  our  kings  by  it  ?  Dr.  Middleton  maintaii^s 
from  him,  p.  3,  that  Edward  IV.  ifius  pi'oclaimed  in  lx)ndon  at 
the  end  of  1459,  according  to  our  computation,  on  the  4th  of 
March,  and  crowned  about  the  Midsummer  fi)llowing  (i.t.  14G0). 
b  not  Caxton,   you*ll  say,  a  good  evidenco  of  a  fact  that  hap- 

Esned  in  his-  own  lime  ?  May  be  so :  but  the  good  Doctor's 
LSiiertation  is  even  built  upon  the  sup{K)silion  that  the  prcsg 
was  not  infallible  in  tliose  days ;  and  might  not  m  cccc  i  ix,  by 
an  easy  transposition,  escape  instead  of  m  cc  cc  lxi  ?  I  need  not 
appeal  to  other  contemporary  Historians,  where  we  are  cajiablc 
of  producing  demonstration.  The  tij'st  ijistnnncnt  in  Rynier, 
under  Edward  iV.  Ijegins  thus :  'Memorandum  quod  die  Martin, 
decimo  die  Martii,  anno  regni  regis  Edwardi  prima,  4c.'  Now 
in  the  year  1460-1,  the  tenth  of  March  tell  on  a  Tuesday  ;  but 
in  1459-60,  on  a  Monday.  I  will  ventui-e  tliercfore  to  vindicate 
the  trua  reading  of  our  old  Almanacks,  and  to  exterminate  a 
fiilsc  one  from  (.'axton's  Chronicle. 

•  *'  But  the  Doctor  raises  a  triumph  upon  hb  great  discovery  j 
and  poor  Echard  is  singled  out  to  be  lashod,  for  not  reading  this 
Chronicle,  or  not  making  the  same  use  of  it  with  the  Doctor. 
'  Mr.  Echard,'  says  he  (p.SJl),  at  the  end  of  *  Edward  IV's  reign, 
among  tiic  Learned  of  that  age,  mentions  William  Caxton  as  a 
writer  of  English  histoiy ;  .but  seems  to  doubt  wiiether  he  wa^ 
the  same  with  the  printer  of  that  name.     Had  he  ever  looked 

intg 


1774.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  I75 


friends,  whose  assistance  is  acknowledged  in  their 
Preface,  were  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  Owen  and  the 
Rev.  Caesar  De-Missy. 

into  Caxton*8  books,  the  doubts  had  been  cleared ;   or  had  ht 
consulted  his  Chronicle  of  England  (which  it  is  strange  that  an 
English  Hbtorian  could  neglect !)  he  would  have  learned  at  least 
to  fix  the  beginning  of  that  reign  with  more  exactness,  as  it  is 
noted  above  just  two  years  earlier  than  he  has  placed  it.*    Just 
one  year  the  Doctor  should  have  said  :    Echard  fixing  it  very 
right,  March  4,  1461,  according  to  the  computation  in  those 
days  fi.  t,  1460-1)  j  the  Doctor  1459  according  to  our  computa- 
tion (i.e.  1459* 60). — But  this  gentleman  seems  resolved  to  be  at 
Tviance  with  that  Historian  as  fiar  as  possible.    He  gives  us  his 
doubts,  but  so  much  the  worst  side  of  them,  that  it  is  but  just 
to  let  the  Hbtorian  speak  for  himself :  '  In  this  reign  flourished 
John  Harding  and  William  Caxton,  both  writers  of  the  English 
History.     And  that  which  now  began  to  give  new  encourage- 
niMit  to  learning,  was  the  fieimoils  Art  of  Printing,  which  was 
fin>t  found  out  in  Germany  by  John  Guttcnberghen,  about  1440, 
or  somewhat  later,  and  was  brought  into  England  by  William 
Caxton,  a  mercer  of  London,  and  probably  the  same  with  the 
Historian,  who  first  practised  the  same  in  the  Abbey  of  West- 
minster, 1471,  and  the  eleventh  of  his  reign/    The  Historian 
writes  so  agreeably  to  the  Doctor*s  hypothesis,  that  one  woidd 
think  he  need  not  be  so  much  ashamed  of  his  company. 

"  As  we  are  now  upon  Chronology,  I  will  give  you  another 
instaooe  of  the  Doctor's  fondness  for  singularity  in  it.    P.  11, 
he  cites,  from  Mr.  Maittaire,  Ausonius's  Epigrams,  printed  at 
Venice,    147!2,   with  this  designation  of  the  year  at  the  end, 
A  natkntate  Chrisii  ducentesima  nonagesimtB  quinta,  Olympiadis 
tjino  II.   where,  by  the  way,   to  make  the  designation  of  the 
year  at  the  end  correspond  to  the  figures  at  the  beginning,  147^, 
it  should  be  read  nonagatima  quarta.    Whether  this  is  an  error 
of  the  press  in  Che  Venice  edition,  or  only  in  Mr.  Maittaire*s  ac- 
count of  it,  I  know  not.     But  the  point  I  am  coming  to,  Mr. 
Bavius,  is  the  Doctor's  pompous  remark.     '  The  printer,*  says 
he,    'follows  the  common  mistake,   both  of  the  antients  and 
modems,  of  taking  the  Olympiad  for  a  term  of  fi\e  years  com- 
plete :   whereas  it  included  but  four,  and  was  celebrated  every 
fifth ;  as  the  Lustrum  likewise  of  the  Romans.*     I  have  consulted 
upon  this  occasion  various  modern  Writers  of  Chronology, 
from  Joseph  Scaliger  down  to  Adam  Littleton ;   and  all  I  have 
}et  met  with  make  an  Olympiad  to  coaslst,  as  the  Doctor  does, 
of  no  uMMte  than/imr  years  complete.    There  are  some  passages 
indeed  among  the  Roman  Poets  to  the  contrary ;  who,  out  oi 
poetical  liberty,  have  extended  the  Olympiad  to  five  years,  the 
usual  term  of  their  own  Lustrum.    But  they  have  not  been  sup^ 
posed  to  speak  with  chronological  exactness,   since  there  are 
more  express  authorities  a^nst  them :    so  that  the  Doctor*s 

opiuioa 


l^6  LrrERAllY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l774- 

Though  published  anonymously  it  was  immedi- 
ately {MPononnced  to  be  Mr.  Bowyer's ;  and  on  that 
supposition  met,  perhaps,  with  a  better  fete  in  the 
World  of  Letters  than  it  might  otiierwise  have  been 
Tionoured  with.  The  periodical  publications  of  the 
-  Continent  joined  those  of  England  in  its  commen- 
dation.    Of  these  let  one  extract  swerve  as  a  sample : 

"  Of  the  many  treatises  concerning  the  Origin  of 
Printing,  there  are  few,  if  any,  which  will  be  found 
more  satisfactory  than  the  present ;  and  there  is  no 
one  tliat  contains  so  much  information  in  the  same 
compass.     The  Author  professes  only  to  give  the 

opinion  here«  and  I  like  it  never  tlie  worse,  is  the  common  one. 
But  that  the  Roman  Lwtlrum  included  only  four  years,  i&  too 
singular,  I  dare  say,  for  him  to  stand  by.  It  was  ordinarily 
telebrated,  as  he  says^  every Jifth  year;  that  is,  the  .5th,  the  10th, 
15th,  20th>  &c.  but  not  in  the  same  manner  as  he  hin^self  un- 
derstands the  Olympiad,  the  Ist,  5th,  9th,  13th,  17th,  21st,  &g. 
the  latter  being  a  period  of  four  years,  the  former  of  fiNe/' 

Mr.  Clarke,  a  few  days  after  the  appearance  of  the  preceding 
Letter,  says,  "  I  thank  you  ftir  your  packet.  I  set  out  next 
morning  to  our  city  of  Uckfield,  to  enquiry  after  your  convctions 
.  of  Dr.  Middleton.  The  whole  is  extremely  well;  you  ha\e  ubod 
more  decency  than  he  deserves .  I  am  only  soiTy  that  you  cont  rac ted 
your  llemarks  into  such  a  nanow  compass.  Was  it  not  posnible  to 
enlarge  them  to  a  six-})enny  pamphlet  ?  He  will  natui'allv  overlook 
a  letter  in  such  a  Journal,  and  pretend  that  he  has  never  heard  of  it. 
T  have  never  seen  Dr.  M*s  pamphlet ;  but  sure  it  was  a  monstrous 
thing  to  advance  so  remarkable  an  alteration  as  the  a^ra  of  a 
King's  Reign  upon  so  pi-ecarious  an  authority  as  the  A.  D.  of  a 
title-page.  Perhaps  he  had  bome  other  vouchei^:  but,  whatever 
they  were,  you  have  taught  1dm  a  secret  iu  Chronology,  that, 
when  there  are  sufficient  materials,  it  is  veiy  dangerous  indulg- 
ing coi^jecture,  and  neglecting  demonstration,  lliat  article  of 
King  Edward  is  only  siUy  and  singular ;  tiie  next  Ls  :>candalou^. 
I  am  no  admii^r  of  Echard,  but  a  great  friend  to  justice.  To 
raise  such  unreasonable  doubts  from  a  modest  way  of  saying  the 
same  thing  with  himself,  and  from  thence  to  draw  such  groimd- 
]es6  consequences  to  an  author's  prejudice,  is  a  sort  of  petty^ 
fogging  in  writing,  that  desex"ves  great  contempt." 

The  following  colophon  was  intended  for  this  publication,  but 
not  used .  "  Londini,  Excudebat  Guilielmus  Bowyer,  Septuage- 
narius  Quintus,  Nepos  Icliabodi  Dawkes,  ex  C>))erariis  Polyglotti 
Anelicani^  jam  nunc  rcdauspicantc  D.  Benjamino  Kennicotto 
Biblia  Hebraica,  cum  vai'iis  Lectionihus,  omnibos,  ut  spemtur, 
undecunque,  concisis.  mdcclxxiv.*' 

sub- 


^x 


1774.}  THE  STGHTEEirrH  CJINTURT.  ^77 

sokstanoe  of  two  books ;  but  he  goes  mdch  further. 
He  has  raterspersed,  through  the  ivhole  piece,  k 
mimber  of  valuable  notes^  which  wilt  greatly  in- 
crease the  general  stock  of  knowledge  upon  the 
tiobjeet,  and  correct  the  mistakes  of  the  works  he 
has  abridged ;  this  is  remarkably  the  case  with  Dr. 
Middlcton's  Dissertation.  Without  pretending  t6 
exhibit  a  complete  history  of  the  origin  of  the  arf, 
our  Author  ventures  to  assert,  that  lie  has  here 
given  a  clearer  account  of  it  than  is  to  be  met  with 
in  any  book  hitherto  published  in  England;  and  we 
are  fully  satisfied  of  the  truth  of  his  assertion*.  We 
ai^rehend  that  the  publick  is  indebted,  for  this 
valuable  account  of  the  origin  and  progress  of  the 
Art  of  Printing,  to  one  of  the  last  of  our  learned 
Printers  -f-;  a  race  of  men  whom  we  have  observed^ 
with  concern^  to  be  almost  extinct  in  Europe,  or  at 
least  in  our  own  country  ;{;.** 

*  A  Second  Edidon  of  this  IKtle  Volume,  with  many  im- 
proreuients,  appeared  in  1776  j  and  a  "Supplement"  in  17811 

t  .Monthly  Review  far  January  1775. — ^I'his  critique  (which^ 
IS  a(ipeai9  by  the  article  Bovyer  in  the  "  Biographia  Britannica," 
i:i&i  written  by  Dr.  Kippis)  was  literally  translated  in  the  *;  Journal 
dfa  Jicavana,"  for  A|Hii  IJTS. 

X  The  late  Sir  Jaiiies  Burrow,  after  giving  a  Report  of  the 
Cause  of  Literary  Property,  subjoins  a  short  account  of  the 
iatroduclion  of  FVinting  into  this  country;  on  which  subject  he 
his  the  paragraph  alluded  to  in  p.2il7>  of  the  Fourth  Volume 
of  his  Reports :  '*  Mr.  Bowyer*s  learning,  and  particular  know- 
ledge m  \m  profession,  qualify  him  for  being  at  least  as  good  a 
judge  of  the  dispute  as  any  man  that  erer  lived.*' 

From  the  same  le^kmed  Reporter  the  two  following  notes  were 
afterwards  received : 

*'  Sir  James  Burrow  presents  his  compliments  to  Messieurs 
Bowyer  and  Nichols ;  is  glad  to  hear  that  they  are  putting  out  a 
new  etlition  of  their  Pamphlet  on  Printing ;  and  takes  this  op* 
ponunity  tH  repeating  the  high  estimation  in  which  he  holds  it 
and  them.  Instead  of  being  able  to  correct  it,  or  any  thing  that 
corner  from  them,  he  knmvs  little  or  nothing  of  the  subject* 
except  what  he  has  stoleh  from  that  performance;  and  should 
not  liaie  attepipted  to  meddle  with  it,  if  he  had  not  thought  it 
incumbent  upon  him  to  acknowlcilge  and  rectify  a  blander 
vlucfa  stood  oat  against  him  in  print.    July  15,  1776.*' 

"Sir  James  Burrow  presents  his  complinientij  to  Mr.  Nichols; 
and  fakes  tlie  liberty  to  inform  him  nf  a  Paper  very  lately  pubr 
iished.  which  Sir  James  imagines  Mx\  Nichols's  curiosity  would 

Vol  III.  N  lead. 


178  LITERACY  ANECDOTES  OF  [177^^ 

«^  Discard,  a  Satire*"  [1773],  4to;  the  produc- 
'  tion  of  a  Writer  of  the  first  celebrity,  thougQ  (even 
.at  this  .iUstance  of  time)  I  do  not  feel  myself  at 
liberty  to  mention  his  very  respectable  name. 

"  A  Help  to  Enf^Iish  History,  containing  a  Suc- 
cession of  all  die  Kings  of  England,  the  'English, 
jSaxons,  and  the  Britons;  the  Kings  and  Princes 
of  Wales  ;  the  Kings  and  Lords  of  Man ;  and 
the  Isle  Wight,  &c,  &c.  By  Peter  Heylin,  D.  D. 
Prebendary  of  Westminster,      Improvied  by   the 

lead  him  to  look  into.  If  Mr.  Nichols  recollects  their  din- 
ing toe;eiher  at  Sii*  John  PriDgle*s»  on  a  Sunday,  about  a  month 
kgo,  there  was  a  gentleman  in  company  (of  the  name  of  Mann) 
who  came  from  Flanders,  as  a  sort  of  agent  for  the  (jovemor 
of  the  Netherlands,  Pi'ince  Charles  of  Lon*aine.  On  tlie  follow- 
ing Thursday,  tills  Geutlcman  presented  to  the  Royal  Society 
the  first  Tome  of  '  Memoires  de  I'Academie  Imperiale  et  Royale 
;  des  Sciences  ct  Belles  Lettres  de  Bruxelles,  printed  at  Bruxelles, 
1777."  And,  on  the  same  day,  he  presented  another  Copy  to 
the  Antiquaries.  In  this  Volume,  p.  51?  to  p.  540,  is  published, 
*  Nouvellcs  Reclierches  sur  VOrigine  de  C  Intprimerie :  Dans  Ics- 
quelles  on  fait  voir  que  la  premier^  Id^  en  est  due  aux  Brabak- 
^ONs.  Par  M.  des  Roches.  Lues  k  la  Seance  du  8  Janvier 
1777.'  Mr.  Ni<ih()ls  may  see  the  whole,  at  either  Society-house  1 
or  he  may  judge  of  the  substance  of  it,  from  the  five  propoai* 
tions  contained  in  the  three  last  pages.     Dec.  18,  1777." 

At  the  hospitable  dinnera  of  Sir  John  Pringle,  let  me  add,  I 
had  frcqiiently  the  honour  of  meeting  Literati,  both  Natives 
of  this  Country  and  Foreigners,  of  the  highest  distinction. 
Abbe  Mann  was,  after  the  above  meeting,  a  frequent  Corre- 
spondent in  the  Gentleman*s  Magazine. 

^  '*  Tliis  Poem  describes  the  horrors  of  national  discord  ancf 
faction ;   and  introduces  a  prophecy  of 

HoLLis,  whom  kings  and  courts  beheld  with  awe, 

IViend  to  prerogative  at  once  and  law. 
Hollis,  we  are  told. 

In  life's  last  moments,  with  a  prophet's  rage, 

Denoimced  the  miseries  of  a  future  age. 
tliis  Pisgah-sight  of  a  future  age,  comprehends  a  view  of  the: 
present  times,  in  which 

A  youthful  monarch,  known 

For  mildest  manners,  shall  adorn  the  throne. 
In  this  reigp  we  see 

A  ribald  make  to  patriotism  pretence. 
And  this  introduced  a  warm  invective  against  Wilkes.— Th* 
numbers,  we  sec,  are  sometimes  harsh ;   but  perhaps  they  wUU 
by  some  critics^  be  deemed  so  much  the  more  suitable  to  the 
sulyect.'*    Monthlij  Ra^iew,  vol.  XLIX.  jk  504» 

Rev- 


1774.3  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  IJQ 

Rev.  Paul  Wright  »,  B.  D.  F.  S.  A."    (afterwards 
D.D.).  [1773]. 

*  This  ingenious  but  incurably  necessitous  Author  was  edu- 
cated in  the  (jrammar-school  of  Christ's  Hospital ;  and  was  sent 
thence  to  Pembroke  hall,  Cambridge,  where  he  took  the  degrees 
(rfB.A.  17385   M.A.  174*2)   B.D.  1767;   and  D.  D.  1778.— He 
was  presented,  by  the  Governors  of  Christ's  Hospitiil,  to  the  vica- 
rage of  Ukeley,  with  the  parocliial  cliapel  of  Burden,  in  Essex, 
and  also  to  the  rectory  of  Snoroham,  in  the  sanie  county,  1739. 
.    [A  reuiarkable  peculiarity  appertains  to  that  rectory ;  it  contains 
only  a  single  farm-house ;   and  there  is  no  chiu'ch  belonging  to 
the  parish ;  but,  once  a  year,  service  is  performed  under  a  tree.J 
He  was  also  for  some  time  curate  and  lectiu-er  of  All  Saints, 
Hertfbirl. — In  1763  was  published,  "A  Stroke  at  Public  Thanks- 
giving ;  in  a  Letter  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wright,  on  his  Thanksgiving 
^»ermou  for  the  Peace ;  with  a  Postscript  to  Dr.  Samuel  Chandler 
00  a  similar  Subject.*'    He  publihed  "A  Sermon  on  the  lamented 
]>eath  of  Isaac  Whitlington,  esq.  one  of  the  Six  Clerks  in  the  Coiurt 
of  Chancery,  preached  in  the  Parish  Church  of  Oakley  in  Ej^x, 
&lay  16,   1773  ;*'    and  in  that  year  he  circulated  Pnjposals  for 
printing  by  Subscription,  in  oue  volume  quarto,  price  Que  Gui- 
nea, Sir  Henry  Chauncey's  History  of  St.  Alban'^  and  its  Arch- 
(ieac<#niy,  continued  to  the  present  Time ;    with  the  Antiquities 
rf  ferulam ;  includinic,  among  other  MS  Collections,  those  of 
Mr.  Webster,    many  years  Sunjjeon  there,    whose  Drawings  of 
various  Antiquities  in  that  neighbourhc>od  were  to  be  en<^raved. 
Oil  this  su!)ject  he  published  the  following  Advoniscment :  *'  Paul 
Wright,  B.  D.  formerly  Curate  and  Lecturer  of  All-Sjiints,  Hertford, 
hutv'tn^  received  some  MS  Papers  rehiiing  to  Sir  li'tnvy  Chauncy's 
elegant  History  of  Hertfordshire,  designs  to  publiish  an  accurate 
tJdiKion  of  that  elaborate  Work,  with  Contiri'u-.tioiis  to  the  pre- 
sieut  time;  therefore  hopes  for  communications  from  the  Nobility, 
C'krgy,  and  Genlry  of  that  County^  directed  to  him  at  Oakley, 
ocar  ^juendun  in  Essex,  post-])aid.    The  Editor  will  not  content 
Ilia ise If  with  the  communications  of  the  noble,  the  learned,  and 
generous  Contributors  to  this  Work ;   hut  w  ill  visit  every  Parish 
iu  persiMi  in  scarcli  of  Antiifuities,  that  nothing  may  be  wanting 
fo  make  this  Work  as  complete  a««  pos^i hie.— Directions  to  Mr. 
\V«KMiyiT,  Bookseller  in  Cambridge,  will  be  sent  to  the  Editor.'* 
At  the  end  of  the  year  1773  his  ''  Help  to  English  Histoiy"  was 
fM^bhed  by  Subscription.     In  May  1775,   the  History  of  St. 
.^ban  s  was  promised  to  be  put  to  press  as  soon  as  the  Editor 
sbotilil  iDeet  with  sufficient  encouragement,  of  which  he  failed. 
He  published,  "Orphans  and  Fatiierless;    a  Sermon  preached 
before  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Govemoi-s  of  the  several  Hospitals, 
at  Christ  Church,  Sept.  21,   177b.'      In  I7SI  he  lent  hU  name  •' 
(sucb  thiiigB  have  now  and  then  happened  in  r'imilar  Works)  ^to 
what  WM  called  "  The  complete  British  Family  Bible :  being^  a 
new  onifcnftl  Exposition  and  Commentary  on  the  Holy  Scriptures : 
cootaining  the  Sacred  Text  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  with 
Ike  Apoerypha,  at  large.    Illustrated  with  Notes  and  Annotations, 
Theological,  C^iicalj  Morale  Historical^  Practical,  Chrouo\og;'\e-A 

s  2  ais^ 


l80  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [l774. 

"  The  History  and  Antimiities  <>f  the  County  of 
Dorset,  by  the  Rev.  John  Hutchins  *,"  2  vols.  fol. 

"  The  Works  of  George  Lord  Ly  ttelton ;  formerly  . 
printed  separately,  and  nowfirst  collected  together^; 
with  some  other  Pieces  never  before  printed.    Pub- 
lished by  George  Edward  Ayscough  J,  Esq."    4to, 
two  editions. 

and  Explanatoiyl  Wherein  all  the  difficuk  and  obscure  PSissages 
will  be  clearly  explained ;  the  seeming  Contradictions  reconcile  -, 
the  Mis-tranhlations  corrected ;  former  Errora  rectified ;  the 
Objections  of  Debts  and  luHdels  answereds  the  Pn^hecies  and 
Para})1es  faithfully  elucidated ;  sublime  Passages  pointed  out ; 
and  the  Whole  of  Divine  Revelation  (upon  which  all  our  Hopes 
of  eternal  Happiness  depend)  displayed  in  its  original  Purity^  and 
rendered  easy,  pleasant,  and  profitable  to  every  Capacity^  both 
with  respect  to  Faith  and  Practice.  With  practical  Reflections 
and  useful  Admonitions  at  the  End  of  each  Chapter^  calculated 
to  enlighten  the  Undcr$itanding>  purify  the  Heart,  and  promote 
the  Cause  of  Virtue  and  Piety ;  and  thereby  establish  the  Happi- 
ness and  Peace  of  Christian  Families  in  this  World,  and  secure 
their  eternal  Salvation  in  the  next.  To  which  will  be  added, 
a  Connection  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments ;  the  Li\  es  of  all 
the  inspired  Writers  j  and  many  other  Articles  relating  to  Jewish 
and  Christian  Antiquities,  and  other  important  Subjects,  not  to 
be  found  in  any  former  Commentator.  This  Work,  being  the 
Result  of  more  than  Forty  Years*  Study  and  Experience,  will  be 
executed  in  a  Manner  fur  superior  to  most  Publications  of  the 
Soit,  and  will  alone  form  au  universal  Library  of  Christian 
Knowledge,  Anticnt  and  Modern.  By  Paid  Wright,  D.  D.  F.  S.  A. 
Vicar  of  Oakley,  and  Rector  of  Snoreham  in  Essex,  and  late  of 
Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge.  To  be  completed  in  Eighty  Num- 
bers.*'—  In  August  1784  he  communicated  a  Specimen  of  his 
*•  Collections  towards  the  Hbtorv  of  Hertfordshire**  to  Mr.  Urban; 
which,  he  sax's,  "  may  afFoi\i  some  amusement  to  your  Readers, 
and  shew,  that  if  a  generous  publick  will  support  me,  the  whole 
.  Work  shall  be  published.  Other  specimens  shall  be  occasionally 
communicated."  (Gent.  Mag.  vol.LIV.  p.  745). — He  died,  at  his 
vicarage  of  Ukeley,  otherwise*  Oakley,  May  8,  1786. 

*  Of  whom,  aiui  of  his  valuable  History,  see  a  full  account  in 
the  Essays  and  lUuistrations,  \'ol.  VI.  p.  400. 

t  Tlus  Volume  contains  his  lordship's  Observations  on  the 
Life  of  Cicero ;  Observations  on  the  State  of  our  Afi^irs  at  home 
and  abroad ;  I^etters  from  a  Persian  in  England  to  his  Friend  at 
Ispahan;  Olxservations  on  the  Conversion  and  Apostleship  of 
St.  Paul  J  Dialc^es  of  the  Dead  j  Four  Speeches  in  Parltument  j 
Poems  >  lu-etters  to  Sir  Thomas  Ly  ttelton  5  and  an  account  of  a  • 
Journey  into  Wales.  Among  the  Pieces  never  before  printed  are 
his  Letters  to  Sir  Thomxs  Lyttelton. 

J  George-Edward  Ayscough,  Esq.  a  Lieutenant  in  the  First 
i?«^iinei]t  of  Foot -guards,  only  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Francis  Ays- 
cough 


1 774*]      THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY,        1 8 1 

*'  The  Hiatory  of  Jamaica,  or  general  Survey  of 

cough  (who  was  tutor  to  Lord  Lyt^lton  at  Oxford,    and  at 
length  Dean  of  firist(d),  by  Anne,  fifth  sister  to  his  Lordship, 
who  addressed  a  Poem  to  the  Doctor  from  Paris,    in  17^8, 
printed  in  Dodsley^a  Second  Volume.     IJis  pi*esent  Majesty  and 
the  late  Duke  of  Ywk  were  his  god-fathers.  The  above-mentioned 
publication  was  dedicated  by  the  Editor  to  his  cousin,  the  second 
Lord  Lyttelton,  who  has  artfully  developed  his' noble  Father's 
motives  in  this  appointment,  in  his  "  Lcttei-s,  1780,"  Letter  25: 
"The  Dedication  to  myself  is  a  wretched  business,    and  dis- 
graces the  Volume  to  which  it  is  prefixed.     You  wonder  I  did 
not  write  a  better  for  him  myself;  and  1  would  most  surely  have 
done  it,  but,  among  many  exctllent  qualities  wliich  this  Dedi- 
cator pa>scsses,   he  is  a  blab  of  the  fii-^t  delivery,  and  1  dared 
not  venture  to  trust  him.    The  testamentary  anangcnicnt  which 
appointed  him  to  the  honourable  labours  of  an  Editor,  took  its 
rise  from  three  motives  :  1 .  To  mark  a  dei^ree  of  parental  resent- 
ment against  an  ungracious  son ;   2.  Fioin  an  opinion  that  a 
gracious  nephew's  well-timed  flattery  hail  creatcil  of  liis  own  un- 
derstanding; and,  3.  From  a  design  of  bestowing  upon'  this  same 
gracious  nephew,  a  legacy  of  honour  from  the  pubfiiation,  and 
profit  from  the  sale  of  the  volume.     He  is  as  proud  of  the  busi- 
ness as  a  new-made  Knight  of  his  title,"  &c.     In  his  la^t  Letter 
the  young  Lord  J  regrets  (with  great  reason)  the  lo^w  of  **  some 
bioerraphieal  sketches"  by  his  father.     And  there  arc  some  verses 
to  CapL  Ayscough  in  this  young  Nobleman's  **  Poems,  1780."    He 
figures  in  the  *'  Dtaboliad,'*  as  does  his  noble  Kinsman,  *'  Part  L 
[See  Gent.  Mag.  for  1777>  p.  BT] — Capt.  Ayscough  was  also  au- 
thor of  '•  Semiramis,  a  Tragedy,**  1777- — It  is  j)ainfal  to  reflect  - 
on  the  miscarriages  of  families,  or  tlie  profligacy  of  individuals  ; 
yet  truth  obliges  me  to  obsene,  that  the  honour  of  the  respect- 
able house  of  Lyttelton  derives  little  advantage  from  the  conduct 
of  this  unhappy  member  of  it.     Though  a  military  man,  he  sub- 
mitted to  be  insulted  by  a  Gentleman  §  who  i*epeated!y  treated 
him  as  a  poltroon ;   and,  though  in  no  affluent  circumstances, 
he  g3ive  up  his  commission,  to  avoid  doing  his  duty,  when  called 
upon  by  his  Sov'ereign  to  fight  in  America.     At  length  his  de- 
baucheries affected  his  constitution  j   and,  in  Septcminir  1777, 
he  went  to  the  Continent  for  the  recovei  v  of  his  health.     While 
on  his  travels,  he  wrote  an  account  of  hi"«  journey,  which  on  his 
return  he  published,  under  the  title  of  **  I-^ttei-s  fi*om  an  Officer 
in  the  Guards  to  his  Friend  in  England ;   containing  some  Ac- 
counts of  France  and  Italy,  1778,"  8vo.     He  received  however 
ImC  a  temporary  relief  from  the  air  of  the  Continent.      After 
for  a  short  time,  he  died,  October  14,  I77l>;  and,  what 


X  Or  rather  the  Fabricator  of  the  '<  Letters,"  which  hav«*  since  been  dc- 
eiarcd  bj  the  Family  to  be  spuriuus.  They  cuntain,  however,  ievcral 
Itvdy  strokes  of  wit  and  fancy,  and  even  of  g^mxl-.sense  .ind  thinkiui^ ;  and 
da  hit  Lofdfhip  much  more  crrdit  than  his  .'i^ntcndcu)  IWins. 

§  Mr.iwifty  author  of  an  ingeuiout  poem,  called  *'  1  he  C^mblera.'* 


l83  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l774* 

the  antient  and  modern  State  of  that  Island  */' 
three  vvell-printed  quarto  volumes,  which  are  now 
become  exceedingly  rare. 

"A  Voyage,  from  June  4  to  Sept.  24,  1773>  ^o 
determine  how  far  Navigation  was  practicable  to 
the  North  Pole,"  by  the  Hon*  Captain  Phipps  -|- 
(afterwards  Lord  Mulgrave),  4to* 

is  remarkable,  a  few  weeks  only  before  his  cousin,  the  second 
Lord  Lyttelton.  Par  nobile  consoltrinorum  I — He  left  behind  bim 
a  monument  of  his  unexampled  disregard  of  every  principle  of 
virtue  and  decency,  in  a  journal  of  the  most  secret  transactions 
of  his  life ;  in  which,  from  the  most  authentic  information,  I 
am  assured,  that  he,  in  the  grossest  terms,  has  recorded  facta 
i^hich  Aretine  himself  would  be  ashamed  to  paint,  and  the  most 
abandoned  haunter  of  the  stews  would  blush  to  read. 

*  By  Edward  Long,  esq.  whose  high  station  in  the  Island  of 
Jamaica  (where  lie  was  Judge  of  the  Admiralty  Court)  gave 
every  opportunity  of  procunng  authentic  materials,  which  have 
been  digested  with  ingenuity  and  candour.  To  this  Gentleman 
thepublick  are  indebted  for,  1,  a  humorous  pampldet,  intituled, 
"The  Trial  of  Farmer  Carter's  Dog  Porter,  for  Murder,  I771," 
Svoj  2.  Some  excellent  "  Retiections  on  the  Negro  Cause,  1772,'* 
8vo;  3.  "Letters  on  theColorjes,  1775,"  8vo;  4.  *'EngHch  Hu- 
manity no  Paradox,  1773,"  8vo ;  and,  5.  a  very  luminous  pam- 
phlet on  the  Sugar  Trade,  17^2,  4to. 

.     t  The  Hon.  Constant ine -John  Phipps,  eldest  son  of  Constan- 
tine  first  Lord  Mulgrave,  was  born  May  30,  1744  ;  succeeded  to 
the  title  of  Baron  Mulgrave  of  Ireland  in  I775 ;  and  was  created 
an  English  Peer  June  17,  17^0.     He  married,   June  20,  I787, 
Anne-£lizabeth,  youngest  daughter  of  Naihaniel  Chohuondeley, 
esq.  of  Housham  in  Yorkshire,   one  of  the  richest  heiresses  in 
that  county,  who  died  in  childbed,  in  1788,  leavini;  a  daughter. 
His  great-grandiuther,  Constantine  Phipps,  Lord  Chancellor  of 
Ireland  in  1714,  died  in  1723,  and  left  an  only  son,  William, 
who,    1718,    married  Catharine,    daughter  of  James  Earl  of 
Anglesea,    by  whom  he  had  Constantine,    created  Lord  Mul- 
grave in  1767j  and  one  daughter,  Catliaiine.     Constantine,  tlic 
lii-st  Lord,  who  died  in  1775,  married  Lepel,  eldest  daughter  of 
John  Lord  Hervey,  who  died  in  1780,   by  whom  he  had  issue 
Constantine-John,  the  late  Lord  3   Charles,  Captain  in  the  Roval 
Navy,  deceased  -,   Henry,  Ednmnd,  Augustus ;   and  a  dau^rhter, 
Henrietta-Maria,  married,  1776.  to  Charles  Viscount  DiUon.-r^ 
Lord  Mulgrave  entered  very  young  into  the  Naval  service,  under 
the  aiuspices  of  his  uncle,  August  us- John,  third  Earl  of  Bristol. 
Soon  after  he  was  of  age  he  came  into  Parliament  for  i^incoln  •  and 
very  early  in  life,  was  an  able  parliamentary  speaker.    In  the  de- 
bates which  originated  from  the  famous  trial  of  the  King  against 
AlmOD,  and  the  doctrines  th«n  held  by  Lord  Mansfield,  he  dis- 

played 


1774*3  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTUXT.  1 8^ 

**  Historical  Description  of  the  Interview  between 
Henry  VIII.  and  Francis  I."  &c.  and  also  an  Ac- 
count of  some  pictures  of  the  same  age  at  Cowdriy, 
by  Sir  Joseph  Ayloffe  *,"  4to. 

played  great  ability^  and  a  knowledge  of  our  practical  jurispru- 
dence seldom  acquired  by  any  who  are  not  of  the  long  robe. 
From  the  peculiarities  of  his  voice,  manner,  and  delivery,  how- 
ever, he  was  rather  an  informing  tiian  a  pleasing  or  command- 
ing speaker;  so  just  is  Lord  Chesterfield's  obsenation,  that  "it- 
is  not  so  much  what  is  said,  as  the  manner  of  saying  it,  that  is 
most  essential  to  a  senator."      In  his  own  profession  he  was  . 
ju^y  admired,  aiid  may  well  be  classed  with  our  most  eminent. 
iiavaJ  commanders.     His  "  Voyage  to  the  North  Pole,'*   pub* 
lished  1774,   will  immortalize  his  memory.     In  the  late  maps 
his  track  appears  upon  the  Globe  with  that  of  Capt.  Cook ;  and 
be  will  be  r^arded  by  posterity  as  an  eminent  benefactor  to 
Cosmoigraphy.      Whilst  the  Book  was  in  the  pres?,   I  believe, 
nearly  the  whole  ship's  crew,  in  their  turn,  visited  my  Pi  inting^ 
office.  —  Lord  Mulgrave  died  at  Lioge  in  Germany,  Oct.  10, 
1 7&1,  and  left  behind  him  a  considerable  sum  of  ready  money^ 
and  a  Library  the  most  perfect  in  England  as  to  all  works 
of  naval  science,  with  many  unpublished  charts  and  notes  of 
soundings. — The  English  Peerage  became  extinct ;  that  of  Ire^ 
land  descendetl  to  his  brother,  Henrj',  the  pre'scnt  Lord,  who  was 
also  created  a  Peer  of  Great  Britain,  August  13,  1794,  as  Baron 
Mulgrave,  of  Mulgrave  in  Yorkshire. 

♦  Sir  Joseph  Ayloffe,  biu-t.  V.  P.  A.  JS.  and  F.  R.  S.  of  Fram6eld 
in  Sussex,  was  descendeil  from  a  ^axon  family,  antiently  seated 
at  Bocton  Alof  near  Wye,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  in  the  reign  of 
Henry  III. ;  who  removed  to  Hornehurch,  in  the  county  of  Essex, 
in  that  of  Henr)*  IV.  and  to  Sudburj  in  that  of  Edward  lY. — Sir 
\%'illiam  Ayloffe  tf  of  Great  Braxted,  in  the  county  of  Essex  (of 
'whom,   and  of  his  family  and  estate,  sec  more  particulars  in. 
Morant's  Essex,  vol.  II.  p.  139),  was  knighted  by  James  I.  May  1, 
ItiO^j  and  created  a  Baronet  Nov.  25, 1012;  and  from  his  eldest 
Mia  by  his  third  wife.  Sir  Joseph  w  <is  the  fourth  in  deseeitt  and  fifth 
in  title.    His  Grandfather,  Joseph,  was  a  barrister  of  Gray's  Inn; 
as  was  his  &ther  Joseph ^  who,  during  almost  the  whole  of  the  last 
years  of  his  life,lived  at  Kirkircton  in  Deibysldre,  in  a  most  miser- 
able state  both  of  body  and  mind,  under  the  care  of  Mr.  Gough» 
the  minister  of  that  place.    He  removed  iVoui  thence  a  short  time 
before  his  death.    He  married  a  daughter  of  Biyan  AylifRs,  an 
eminent  merchant  of  London  (Monint,  I.  0*9)  >  and  died  in  1727. 
The  late  Sir  Joieph  was  born  about  1708 ;   received  the  early 
part  of  his  education  at  Westrainster-school  -,  was  admitted  of  - 
Unrohi's Inn  17^>  and  in  the  same  year  was  entered  a  Gentleman* 

f  Bcii}ainhi  Ajloffe,  eti|.  (who  died  Dec.  C4,  17?3,  ai^ed  95,  after  hav- 
la;  beeo  above  SO  yem  Clerk  and  Keepiv  of  the  Records  of  the  Duchy 
Co«ft  in  Gnjr's  Inn)  was  a  {;raxid5un  of  Sir  \\  illiain,  the  first  Baronet. 

covn* 


J  84  tnxRARY  ANBCDOTEs  or         1^774* 

"  The  expeditious  Accountant ;    or,  C}TJiering 
lendred  so  snort,  that  half  the  Trouble  attending 

commoner,  of  St  John's  colle^>  Oxford  j  which  Wkf^  he 
quitted  about  17285  waselected  F.A.S.Feb.  10,  1731,  one  of  the 
first  Council  under  their  Charter  1751,  Vice-pre-iident  17 . .  3  and 
F.  R.  S.  June  3,  1731.  In  January  1734,  he  married  Mrs.  Mar- 
gaiet  Railton  (daughter  and  heiroas  of  Thomas  Railton,  esq.  of 
Carlisle,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  and  relict  of  Thomaa 
Railton,  esq.  \vho  died  in  the  commission  of  the  Peace  for  the 
City  of  Westminster,  Sept.  4,  173^)  j  and  by  this  Lady  he  had 
one  Son,  of  his  own  name,  who  died  of  the  small-^pox,  at 
Trinity  hall,  Cambridge,  at  the  a^  of  51,  I>ec.  19,  175(J:  — 
On  the  building  of  West  minster- bridge,  he  was  appointed  Secre- 
tftry  10  the  Commissioners,  1736-7.  He  prevailed  on  Mr  Kirby, 
Painter  in  Ii^wich,  to  make  drawings  of  a  great  number  of 
monuments  and  buildings  in  Suffolk,  cdF which  ]*i  were  engraved, 
with  i\  description,  1748 ;   and  others  remain  unpublished.     In 

1751,  he  circulated  "Proposals  for  printing  by  subscription,  En^ 
cyclopaedia;  or,  a  rational  Dictionary  of  Arts,  Sciences,  and  Trafle. 
By  several  emintnt  Hands.  Methodized,  digested,  and  now  j)ub- 
lishing  at  Paris,  by  M.  Diderot,  Member  of  the  Royal  Academy  or 
Sciences  and  Belles  I^ttres  In  Russia,  and  as  to  the  mathemati- 
cal Part  by  M.  D'Alembert,  Member  of  the  Royal  Academy  of 

.  Sciences  at  Parb  and  Berlin,  and  Fellow  of  the  Roval  Society 
Translated  from  the  Fi-cnch,  with  Additions  and  Improvements." 
In  which  was  to  be  included  a  great  variety  of  new  Articles, 
tending  to  explain  and  illustrate  the  Antiquities,  History  eccle- 
siastical, civil,  and  military;  Laws,  Customs,  Manufactures, Com- 
merce,'C\iriosities,  &c.  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland :  by  Sir  Joseph 
AylofFe,  Bart.  FeUow  of  the  Royal  Society,  and  of  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries  of  London,  and  Autlior  of"  TheUniveii>al  Librarian." 
Of  this  Work  a  Prospectus  was  published,  in  one  large  b\\eet, 
dated  Dec.  14,  1/61  ;  and  the  First  Number  of  the  Work  itself 
June  11,  17«'>^.  This  number  being  badly  received  by  the  pub- 
lick,  the  farther  |)ro6ecution  of  the  business  seemed  to  have  been 
dropped.     See  some  accoimt  of  it  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine, 

1752,  p.  46.  It  was  proposed  to  have  been  finished  by  Christ ma^ 
1756,  in  ten  quarto  volumes,  price  nine  guineas ;  the  last  two 
to  contain  upwards  of  600  plates. — On  the  establishment  of  the 
Paper-oiiice  on  the  respectable  footing  it  at  jiresent  is.  by  the 
removal  of  the  State  Papers  from  the  old  Gate  at  Whitehall  f 
to  new  apartments  at  the  Treasury,  he  was  nominated,  in  1763, 
the  fii-bt  in  the  Commission  for  the  cai*e  and  prescnation  of 
them.  —  He  had  serious  thoughts  of  writing  a  History  of  the 
Cotmty  of  Suffolk;  and  in  1764  had  drawn  up  Proposals  for  that 
jMirposej  but,  being  disap)>ointed  of  the  materials  which  he  had 
reason  to  expect  fot  so  laborious  a  work,  they  were  never  pub» 
lished ;  but  a  copy  of  the  Proposals  was  comnmnicated  to  Dr. 
Ducarel^  together  with  a  circular  Letter  which  was  sent  to  some 

t  En^aved  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  in  '*  Vetusta  Monumenta.** 

of 


1 774-]  THE  SIOHTEENTH  CENTURY.  1 83 

the  common  Methods  is  saved  in  most  Occurrences ; 
and  so  very  easy^  that  a  Person  of  moderate  Capa- 

of  the  Gentlemea  of  the  County  -,  both  now  first  printed  from 
the  Origiiiais  in  the  hand-writing  of  Sir  Joseph. 

"  Sir,     Having  in  a  search  of  many  yeai-s  continuance  col- 
lected a  vriry  considerable  number  of  Records^  and  other  valu- 
ibie  and  antheniic  materials  for  compiling  and  illustnUing  the' 
Gvil  and  Ecclesiastical  History  as  well  as  tlu.'  Local  Antiquities  of 
Suffiolk ;  I  have  been  frequently  pressed  by  some  Gejitlemen  of  large 
property  in  that  County  to  methodize  my  (-ollections,  and  com« 
municate  their  contents  to  the  publick.    But>  as  my  own  privata 
amusement  and  information  were  the  only  motives  which  induced 
me  tu  gathei'  tiiose  materials,  1  persevered  in  declining  the  task 
enjoined  me,  until  1  found  it  was  no  longer  decent  for  me  to  re* 
&i»t  the  application  of  my  friends.    In  compliance,  therefore,  with 
their  repeated  importunities,  1  have  made  a  considerable  progress 
in  drawing  up,  A  Topographical  History  and  Description  of  the 
County  of  Su^olk;  and  propose  to  complete  ami  publish  it  with 
ail  convenient  expedition,    provided  I  find  the  undertaking  is 
agreeable  to  the  genemlity  of  persons  interested  in  that  part  of 
the  Kingdom.     Iiidct^  1  scarce  doubt  of  meeting  with  their  ap* 
probation  of  my  intentions,  as  it  cannot  be  supposed  that  they 
1^11  be  displea^  with  an  attempt,  which  is  calculated  to  pre- 
serve and  hand  down  to  posterity  the  many  valuable  Antiquities 
of  their  native  soil,  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  their  Ancestors, 
ami  to  clear  up  and  illustrate  the  Histories  of  those  places,  &c. 
^vrhich  are  become  their  possessions.    On  my  part,  endeavours 
shall  not  be  wanting  to  render  the  Work  correct,  usefid,  and 
instructive.     For  that  purpose,  the  Public  Records  and  Manu- 
script Libraries  of  the  Kingdom,  the  Registers  of  the  Archbishop 
of  Canterbury,  and  those  of  the  Churches  and  Bishops  of  Nor- 
wich and  Ely,  shall  be  again  consulted  and  re-examined,  as  well 
for  the  due  coiTection  of  the  materials  already  collected,  as  for 
the  making  such  additions  thereto  as  may  be  found  necessary. 
Every  Parish  will  likewise  be  visited,  and  proper  Drawings  taken 
of  the-seveml  Remains  of  Antiquity  found  witliin  it ;   and  when 
any  matter  of  Natural  History  occurs  worthy  of  notice,  it  shall 
be  aoentiomd  in  its  proper  place.    Copper-plates  being  not  only 
useful,   but  in  many  res|>ects  absolutely  necessaiy  to  Books  of 
Antiquity,    the  proposed  Work  will  be  adorned  with  a  great 
variety  oif  Draughts  of  Roman  Roads,  Pavements,  Altars,  Hypo- 
cau»tb,  &c.   Rooian  and  other  Inscriptions;    Britbh,   Roman, 
Sason,  and  Danish  Camps,  Fortifications,  &c.  Castles,  antient 
and  remarkable  Churches,  Abbeys,  Monasteries,  Crosses,  Obe- 
i»ks.  Bridges,  sepulchral  and  other  Monuments,  Arms,  Painted 
Glass,  anrl  other  remains  of  Antiquity;  Seals  of  the  antient  Earls 
of  the  County;  and  those  of  the  Barons  by  Tenure,  Towns  Cor- 
porate, Abbeys  and  other  Religious  Houses  within  the  same ; 
such  antieat  Charters  as  are  particularly  curious,  a  general  Map 

of 


l8(f  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l774» 

city  may  learn,  with  very  little  Assistance  from  a 

uf  the  County,  and  separate  Maps  of  each  IlunJied.  All  which 
will  be  engmved  by  the  best  Masters,  and  in  the  most  exact 
and  elegant  manner.  From  the  outlines  here  given  you,  it  is 
app:ireni,  that  the  charges  of  executing  tlie  Work  in  the  manner 
above  proposed  must  be  very  considerable ;  and  as  it  is  not  un- 
dertaken with  a  view  of  pecuniary  advantage  to  the  Author,  the 
Publick  will  not  expect  that  he  should  at  his  own  hazard  engage 
in  the  whole  expence.  I  therefore  request  that  my  intentions 
may  be  made  known  to  the  Gentlemen  and  Clergy  of  your 
County  j  and  that  such  of  them  who  are  inclined  to  become  pur- 
cliasers  of  the  Work,  whicJh  will  make  two  Folio  Volumes,  printed 
on  the  best  imperial  paper,  will  be  pleased  for  the  present  only  to 
communicate  their  names  and  places  of  abode,  by  letter  or  other- 
wise. As  soon  as  a  number  of  names  sufficient  to  encourage  me  to 
pi  I  .iTcd  are  sent  in,  1  shall  publish  Proposals  at  large,  together  with 
a  Plan  of  the  Work,  which  is  intended  to  be  carried  on  by  a  Sub* 
scription  of  thiee  guineas  for  each  set,  in  sheets,  viz.  one  guinea 
to  bo  ]  iiid  at  the  time  of  subscribing,  one  guinea  more  upon  the 
delivery  of  li.e  first  Volume,  and  the  remaining  guinea  upon  the 
delixery  of  the  second  Volume.  But  this  Subscription  being 
solely  intended  to  defi*ay  the  necessary  contingent  expences  of 
earning  on  the  Work,  the  moneys  to  be  raised  thereby  will  be 
pnid,  ai  colk^Jted,  into  the  hands  of  Messrs.  Hoare,  bankers,  in 

Fleet-street,  in  the  names  of  Philip  Crespigny  and 

esqrs.  who  are  to  issue  thereout  such  simis  iw  they  shall 

from  time  to  time  find  necessary,  to  be  applied  in  the  prosecu- 
tion of  the  Work.  The  remainder  (if  any  be)  is  upon  the  com- 
pletion of  the  Work,  and  after  ])ayraent  of  all  charges  incurred 
therein,  to  be  paid  to  the  Author.  As  I  tlatter  myself  that  the 
execution  of  the  above  design  will  meet  with  your  approbation 
and  countenance,  I  take  the  freedom  to  entreat  you  to  promote 
its  success  amongst  the  Gentlemen  and  Clergy  in  your  neigh- 
bourhood; and  that  you  will  transmit  to  one  of  the  above- 
mentioned  persons  the  names  and  j)Iaccs  of  abode  of  such  as 
are  inclined  to  encourage  the  undertaking  j  which  favour  shall 
be  gratefully  acknowledged  by,  Sir, 

Your  most  faithful  and  obedient  senant.      The  Author.** 

"  Proposals  intended  for  the  History  of  Suffolk. 

"  The  General  History  of  the  County  from  the  earliest  times 
6f  which  we  have  any  certain  acccmnt ;  viz.  as  part  of  the  an- 
tient  kingdom  of  the  Iceni,  as  part  of  Britannia  Prima,  as  part 
of  the  kingdom  of  the  East  Anglos,  &c.  and  so  on  to  the  pre- 
sent timet.  Including  an  account  of  so  much  of  the  Ikeneld- 
itreet  as  passes  through  this  County,  of  Military  Roads  and  lio- 
man  Stations,  &c.  Of  its  greater  division  into,  the  Geldable 
Part,  the  Liberty  of  St.  Edmund,  and  the  Liberty  of  St.  Ethels 
ted,  ks  Hiuxlreds,  Tything?,  &c.    And  its  antient  and  present 

Ci\il 


1774-]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  ,      l9f 

Master,  &c.  &c.     By  Nicholas  Salomon,  Master  of 
the  Academy,  Red  Lion-street,  Clerkenwell,''    8vo. 

Civil  and  Ecclesiastical  Government  j    History  of  its  Earls  and 
Mcecomites  or  Sheriffs ;    its  Hundreds,   Boroughs,  and  Great 
Towns.  —  History  of  the  antient  and  present  State  of  each,  ,and 
their  several  Proprietors.    Including  more  than  one  Parbh;  and 
herein  of  its  antient  possessors,  first  establishment,  growth,  trade^ 
ind  manufactures,  incorporations,  government,  rights,  privileges, 
markets,  fairs,  immunities,  customs,  parliamentaiy  history,  seats, 
rivers,  fish,  mountains,  mine<?,  minerals. — Single  Parishes,  Vil- 
biges,  and  Manors.    History  of  each  from  the  earliest  times,  va- 
riiMis  names,  when  erected,  customs  prevailing  in  each,  remark- 
able tenures,  extraordinary  events  that  have  hapi)ened,  antient 
ind  modem  lords  or  proprietors,  with  the  history  of  their  fami* 
Bes  and  descendants.      British,    Roman,  Saxon,    and  Danish 
camps,  tumuli,  barrows,  temples,  coins,  bath:?,  sudatones,  and 
other  Antiijuities  discovered  thei*ein,  or  still  remaining. — Church. 
When  and  by  whom  built,  dedication,  saint,  wake,  endowment, 
patrons,  chantries  founded  therein,  and  by  whom,  gilds  or  fra- 
ternities, chapels  therein  or  annexed  thereto,  great  personages 
buried  therein,  altai-s,  remarkable  sepulchral  monuments,  fenes- 
tra! cenotaphs,  paintings,  and  arms,  curious  ornaments,  and 
other  niattei*s  worthy  of  note,  inaimbents  and  presentations.— 
Abbe>s,  &c.   flistory  of  their  ^undations^  dedications,  revenues^ 
number  of  monks,  &c.  form  of  government,  customs,  rights, 
privilcj^  and  immunities,  jurisdictions,  officers,  various  seals 
ii*cd  by  the  abbots,  surrenders,  and  dissolution  -,  to  whom  granted^! 
when,  and  for  what  consideration,  various  subsequent  possessors,  -. 
present  state,  great  persons  buried  therein,  monuments  remain- 
insr  therein  or  removed  elsewhere,  and  to  wliat  place,   list  of 
abbots,  priors,  &c.  —  Free  Chapels,  Hospitals,  Schools,  Alms- 
houses,   Public  Charities.      By  whom  and  for  what  purpose 
founded,   government,    revenues,   lands  changed  with  annual 
payment  for  chanties,  or  other  public  uses. — History  of  Baronies 
and  Honours  to  which  such  Parish  hath  given  title,  or  whereof 
it  hath  been  caput  baron ue,  with  the  History  of  the  several  Fa- 
milies who  have  enjoyed  those  baronies,  their  Seals,  &c. — Castles* 
\\  hen,  and  by  whom,  and  for  what  purpose  built,   either  as 
plaoes  of  strength  or  of  residence,  or  for  both,  revolutions  that 
have  happened  to  them,  various  owners,  constables,  &c.  present 
^tate  aiKl  possessor.  —  Bridges,  and  other  remai'kable  Buildings, 
Customs,  Tenures,  Privileges,  &c.  —  The  whole  County  to  be 
actually  visited.  —  Drawings  to  be  taken,   by  able  haiids,   of 
all  castles,  abbeys,  priories,  conventual  churches,  antient  mo* 
Duments,    fenestral  cenotaphs,    painted  glass,    abbey,    priory, 
&c.  seab,   corporation  seals,    barons  and  earls  seals,    and  of 
each  dtnrcfaes  and  houses  as  are  curious  or  remarkable,    the 
vame  of  any  curious  coin  or  other  remains  of  Antiquity  found 
in  tbe  County ;  all  which  must  be  engraved  by  the  best  Masters. 
— ^Tbe  Seals  of  the  abbeys,  towns,  and  baroas,  may  be  engraved 

aa 


l88  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l774» 

^^  Aa  Essay  on  tlie  Clergy,  their  Studies,  Recrei^ 

as  Vignettes,  at  the  end  of  their  respective  histories ;  and  when 
a  Drawing  is  necessarily  small,  it  will  be  most  properiy  placed 
as  a  Heao-plece  to  the  Chapter  to  which  it  more  immediatdf 
belongs  — Such  antient  Churches  as  are  very  remarkable,  and  aU 
curious  Inscriptions,  should  be  likewise  engraved.  —  Public  Be- 
cords,  MS  Libraries  of  the  Universities,  CoUonian,  &c.  The 
public  <ecords  of  the  Kingdom,  the  manuscript  Ubraries  of  the 
two  Universities,  the  Cottonian,  Harleian,  and  Sloanian  lihrarie^f 
the  registers  and  MSS.  of  the  churches,  bishopricks  of  Norwich 
and  Ely,  must,  as  well  as  the  several  collections  in  private  hands« 
be  consulted  for  materials. — Each  subject  is  to  be  treated  of  in 
an  historical  Narrative ,  and  all  Authorities  must  be  quoted,  or 
refcned  to  in  the  margin.  —  Historical  and  explanatory  Notes 
arc  to  be  introduced  wherever  necessary.  —  The  Book  should  be 
printed  with  the  same  kind  of  letter,  and  on  at  least  as  good 
paper,  as  Mr.  Walpole's  History  of  Painting."  —  It  is  to  be  re- 
gretted that  80  comprehensive  a  plan  should  not  have  ua^t  due 
encouragement.  Sir  Joseph  afterwards  superintended  a  new 
edition  of  "Lcland's  Collectanea,  in  9  vols.  Svo,  1770,  and  also 
of  the  "  Liber  Niger  Scaccjuii,"  in  2  vols.  8vo,  1771  j  to  each 
of  which  he  added  a  valuable  Appendix ;  to  the  latter  the  Charters 
of  Kingston-on-Thames,  of  which  his  Father  was  Recorder.  He 
revised  through  the  press  the  **  Registrum  Roffense,/  published 
by  Mr. Thorpe  in  1 769,  folio ;  and  likewise  a  new  edition  of  Heame's 
•' Curious  Discourses,  1771,"  2  vols.  8vo.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  fourth  Volume  of  Somers's  Tnicts'*  is  advertised,  **  A  Collec- 
tion of  Debates  in  ParlLimcnt  before  the  Restoration,  from  MSS, 
by  Sir  Joseph  Ayloffe,  Bart.*'  which  never  ap|)eared.  In  1772 
he  published,  in  4to,  **  Calendars  of  the  Antient  Charters,  &c. 
and  of  the  Welsh  and  Scottish  Rolls  now  remaining  in  the  To^io* 
of  London,  &c.'*  (which  had  been  begun  at  the  press  by  th« 
Reverend  Mr,  R'orant)  j  and  in  the  Introduction  gi^e5  a  most 
judicious  and  exact  account  of  our  Public  Records.  He  drew  up 
the  Account  of  the  Chapel  on  London-bridge,  of  which  an  Engrav- 
ing was  published  by  Vcrtue,  1748 ;  and  again,  by  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  1777.  His  Historical  Desciiption  of  the  Interview 
between  Henry  VIII.  and  Francis  I.  on  the  Champ  de  Drup  d*Or, 
from  an  original  painting  at  Windsor,  and  his  Accoujit  of  the 
Paintings  of  the  same  Age  at  Cowdray,  were  inserted  in  the 
Third  Volume  of  the  Archaologia,  and  printed  separately,  to 
accompany  Engravmgs  of  two  of  these  Pictures  by  the  Society  of 
Antiquaries,  1775.  His  Account  of  the  Body  of  Edward  I.  as  it 
appeared  on  opening  his  Tomb,  1774,  was  printed  in  the  same 
Volume,  p.  376*.  Having  been  educated,  as  has  been  ohser>'ed, 
at  Westminster,  he  acquired  an  early  atioction  for  thiit  venerable 
Cathedral;  and  his  intimate  acquaintanc|Lf  with  every  part  of  it 
displayed  itself  in  his  accui'ate  Description  of  Seven  Monuments 
in  the  Choir,  engraved  in  17 SO,  by  the  sauie  Society,  who  miiht 
reckon,  among  the  many  obligations  wliich  they  owe  to  his  zeal 

and 


1774-*]  TR£  SIGRT££NTH  C£XTUHT.  l9g 

itioos.  Doctrines,  Influence^  &c.  By  the  Rev.WiHitai- 

tad  mttention  to  their  interests,  the  last  exertions  of  his  life,  to 
pt  thmr  mSkm  oa  the  mobt  respectable  and  advantageous  foot- 
mg,  an  their  removal  to  their  new  apartments  in  Somerset 
Fhot.— -Sir  Joseph  died,  in  Kennington-lane,  Lambeth,  April  19, 
Wit  aged  7^3  and  was  buried  in  a  vault  in  Uendon  church, 
with  his  Father  and  only  Son. — His  extensive  knowledge  of  our 
Nitional  Antiquities  and  Municipal  Rights,  and  the  agreeable 
mtnoer  in  which  he  communicated  it  to  his  fi-iends  and  the 
pubBck,  will  long  be  recollected.— Such  of  his  MSS.  as  had  not 
Ma  rlainwd  by  his  friends'  and  acquaintance,  were  sold  by  auc- 
tioD,  by  Mr.  George  Laigh,  Feb.  2T,  1782.  [On  this  occasion 
(when  the  former  edition  of  this  Work  was  in  the  press)  Mr. 
Ckyugh  suggested  the  propriety  of  noticing  the  unjustitiable  pro- 
oeeding.  at  too  many  literary  sales,  of  persons  who  take  upon 
them  at  the  moment  of  sale  to  claim  articles  after  they  have  been 
dmelj  exposed  to  view,  to  the  manifest  pr^udice  of  such  pur- 
ehasers  as  cannot  attend  in  person.] 

On  aa  altar-tomb  in  Heudon  church-yard  is  this  inscription : 

"  In  hoc  tumulo  conditae  stmt  reliquiae 

JosEPHi  Ayloffe,  arm. 

hoBoratissimi  hospitii  Grayensis  nuper  socii ; 

j^ui  Juriscoa;iultus  iidelis  ejL  honestus, 

vu*  in  omni  re  oratohH  peritus, 

ct  luud  minus  insignis  pro  amore  suo 

erga  Principeui,  qukm  pietate  erga  Deum  vbdt. 

Obiit  undeciuio  die  Julii,  anno  Dom.  mdccxxvi. 

letatis  suae  sexagesimo  tertio. 

'    Infiu  ctiam  situs  est 
JosEPHUs  Ayloffb,  armigcr, 
Dom.  Josephi  Aylofib,  baronetti, 
iilius  unicus. 
Obiit  XIX  die  Decembris,  mocclvx. 
cetatis  suse  xxi. 
Anna:  A  lion  rampant  between  three  crosses  patce,  Aylofie  im- 
faUDg  Aylife.    Crest,  a  demi  lion  rampant.'* 
The  lecoiKi  inscription  stood  thus : 

"  J^uod  mortale  est 
optims  spei  juvenis, 
Jobephi  Ayloffe,  annigeri, 
Joseph!  AylotTe,  baronetti. 
tihi  unici. 
Anlmam  Deo  expiravit^ 
anno  aetatis  2lo, 
humanas  salutis 
1756." 
But,  aftff  the  death  of  his  Father^  the  former  inacription  wai 
cocoQ  the  hhw  slab  under  his. 
Over  the  cntiaooe  lo  the  vault,  in  capitals^  on  a  large  sUb, 

"AxtorFa." 

The 


190  LITERAEY  ANECPOTES  OT  [l774* 

Johnson  Temple  *,  LL.  B.  Rector  of  Mamhead  in. 
Devonshire,"  8vo ;  printed  for  C.  Dilly  -f'. 

The  former  of  these  epitaphs  commemorates  the  Father,  the 
latter  the  Son  of  the  subject  of  this  note ;  after  whose  death  the 
slab  was  raised  on  a  handsome  altar  of  freestone,  adorned  with 
Gothic  arches  at  the  sides ;  and  in  the  middle  of  the  South  side 
this  inscription  on  a  tablet  of  white  marble : 

«  M.  S. 

Doni.  Josephi  Ayloffe,  baronetti, 

ex  antiqiio  stcmmate  in  com.  Essexiae  onundi. 

In  re  Antiquari^>  in  rebus  Historicis,  in  Literis  promovendis, 

necnon  in  Nature  investigand^ 

Celebris  erat ; 

sed  prajcipu^ 

in  Morum  suavitate^  Mentis  largitione,  et  Animae  blanditift, 

nulli  ftjit  se6undiis. 
Obiit  XIX  die  April,  anno  Dorn  mdcclxxxi.  a^tatis  sues  lxxii* 

Hanc  tabulam 
Margaretta  Dom.  Ayloffe  Dotaria, 
Amicis  detientibus  cireiimdata, 
Moerens  posuit." 
At  the  head  of  the  tomb,  in  a  Gothic  dou]>le  quatrcfoil,  Ayloffe, 
with  the  Ulster  hand,  impalini^  Railton.    J2"^^^^r^y»  1  •  ^^^  a  bend 
thi'ee  acorns.    2.  A  spread  eagle.    3.  Three  biit!:le  hornij  stringed. 
4.  In  an  orlc  of  eight  lions  paws  in  saltire,  a  pair  of  win^. — Crest, 
a  donii  lion  rampant,  with  the  Saxon  motto,  **  lihhe  ;JJa  ;JJu  lybba." 
*  William-Johnson  Temple,  LL.B.  of  Trinity  hall,  Cambridge, 
1766,  was  some  time  rector  of  Mamhead  in  Devonshire  j  to  which 
he  was  presented  by  the  Karl  of  Lisburne,  and  exchanged  it  for 
St.  Gluvias  in  Cornwall.     He  published  the  above  '*  Essay  on  the 
Clergy,  1774,"  8vo;    "  Historical  and  Political  Memoirs,"  8vo; 
"  On  the  Abuses  of  unrestrained  Pov.  cr ;  ;in  historical  Essay," 
1778,  8vo.     He  wrote  also  the  Character  of  (iray,  which  has 
had  the  honour  to  be  adopted  both  by  IVIr.  IVIason  and  Dr.  John- 
ion  in  their  accounts  of  that  eminent  Poet.     Mr.  BosH'ell  intro- 
duced him  to  Dr.  Johnson,  in  1766,  as  his  old  and  intimate  fnend^ 
and  visited  him  at  Mamhead  in  1775  (sjec  Gent.  Mag.  vol.LXVlI. 
p.  1110).  —  He  died  in  August  1796. 

•  t  Charles  Dilly,  esq.  was  born  May  2^,  1739,  at  Southill  in 
Bedfordshire;  where  his  family  were  of  some  consequence  in  the 
higher  ranks  of  old  English  yeomen  j  and  for  which  County  hia 
eldest  brother,  John  Dilly,  esq.  (who  cultivated  the  paternal  in- 
heritance at  ?M)uthill)  served  the  office  of  High-sheriff  in  1783. 
Edward  Dilly,  the  second  brother,  wa.'^  a  Bookseller  of  great  emi- 
nence in  the  Poultry,  particularly  in  the  line  of  American  ex|>or- 
tation ;  and  in  the  Writings  of  the  good  old  School  of  Presbj-' 
terians — Doddridge^  Watts,  Lardner,  &c.  So  extensive  were 
his  connexions,  that  he  was  happy  to  avail  liimself  of  the  assist- 
ance of  his  brother  Charles ;  who,  after  making  a  short  tour  in 
.iwericd,  became  a  partner  in  Edv^nrd's  trade  j   which,  by  his 


1774.3     -        THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTUHY.  l^I 

The  very  remarkable  "  State  of  tlic  Caae  between 

regular  assiduity^  \¥as  considerably  extended.     Mr.  Edward  Dilly 
mi  mn  enthiisiastic  admirer  of  the  politicks  (if  not  of  the  per- 
•ooal  charms)  of  Catharine  Macaulay,   whose  publications  ho 
regularly  ushered  into  the  world  -,  and  may  truly  be  said  to  have 
bem  a  general  and  generous  Patron.     He  was  a  man  of  great 
pkanntry  of  manners  -,  and  so  fond  of  conversation,  that  he 
almost  literally  talked  himself  to  death,  .  By  this  eyent,  which 
happeiMKi  May  1 1 ,  1779  i,  Charles  Dilly  became  the  sole  proprietor 
of  a  very  valuable  trading  ooncerh,  which  he  continued  to  culti- 
Tite  wich  that  industry  and  application  which  in  this  great  com* 
merdal  Metropolis  almost  invariably  leads  to  opulence.    In  1789> 
on  a  TBGancy  of  an  Alderman  for  the  Ward  of  Cheap,  Mr.  Dilly 
^asi  invited  to  accept  the  scarlet  gown ;   but  declined  that  ho« 
oourahle  oflice  in  fevour  of  Mr.  fioydell.     That  of  Sheriff  he 
rso^ped  on  the  plea  of  Nonconformity.     With  the  fortune  of 
Edward,    Chatles  inherited  also  his  good  qualities.     Though 
neither  of  them  had  much  pretensions  to  Literature,  they  were 
zealous   in  cultivating  the  friendship  of  the  Literati.      Their 
purchases  of  copy-right  were  in  such  a  princely  style  as  had  be- 
fore their  time  been  wholly  unknown.    To  young  and  inexperi- 
enced Authors,  Mr.  Charles  Dilly  in  ]>ai'ticuhir  was  a  kind  and 
Cuthiul  adviser;  and  to  those  who  had  occasion  for  it,  his  purse 
was  at  all  timet  easy  of  access.     The  hospitable  table,  which 
Edward  was  £uned  fbr  spreading,  was  continued  by  Cliarles— 
not  with  a  prodigal,  but  with  an  unsparing  liand.     His  parties 
were  not  large,  but  they  were  frequent  -,  and  in  general  so  judi- 
cioiialy  grouped,  as  to  create  a  pleasantry  of  intercourse  not 
often  to  be  found  in  mixed  companies.      Here  Johnson  and 
Wilkes  forgot  the  animosities  of  Whig  and  Tory.     Here  High- 
church  Divines  and  Pillars  of  the  Meeting-house  relinquished 
their  pokmicks,  and  enjoyed  uninterrupted  conviviality.     Here 
C4XinbcTland,  whilst  he  contributed  bis  full  pi'oportion  to  the 
geaeral  hilarity  of  conversation,  f^tortHl  his  own  uiind  with  some 
u£  these  valuable  obscn'ations  which  have  both  entertained  and 
fostmcted  an  admiring  Publick.     Horc  Knox. planned  and  iua« 
lured  not  a  few  of  his  valuable  Essays.     Here  Isaac  lleed  (tlian 
whom  no  visitor  was  moi-e  cordially  welcomed  by  Charles  Dilly) 
was  sure  to  delight,  whether  in  the  mood  to  be  a  patient  hearer, 
with  now  and  tlien  a  short  oracular  response  ;   or  occasionally 
difiplayinir  those  rich  stores  of  erudition  which  he  possessed. 
Here  Cruelt  refined  on  the  labours  of  an  Entick.    Here  many 
1  Writer  of  less  eminence,  after  comfoitably  enjoying  a  mentid 
and  bodily  repast,    engaged  in  his  allotted  task  with  double 
pkasuxe^  from  the  satis&ction  he  experienced  in  the  liberality 

}  Tb«  following  epitaph  if  in  Southill  church : 
"NcartUf  place  (iu  the  church-yard)  lie  interred  the  body  of  Edivard 
Dilly,  hue  dtisen  and  bookseU»T  of  London.    He  was  born  in  thU 
ysriftb,  July  95,  17SS:  and  died  May  il,  1779." 


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igS  LITSRiUlY  AKECDOTEB  OV  [1774- 

Mn  Whitakcr  and  Mr.  Hughes^    relative  to  the 

of  his  employer.  If  ever  the  strict  rule  of  decorum  was  by 
chuQoe  infringed  on,  it  was  on  those  oecasionml  days  when, 
unavoidable  business  preventing  the  Master  <>f  the  house  from 
sitting  so  long  nith  his  guests  as  be  could  wish,  the  pleasure  of 
entertaining  them  was  deputed  to  his  kind-he»1ed  and  pleasant 
firiend  James  Boswell,  who  sometimes,  in  that  cffpacity,  hail 
tried  the  strength  of  the  oldest  6tnn.-^I  am  now  speaking  not  oil 
hearsay,  but  from  personal  knowledge. — After  a  life  of  uninter*- 
rupted  labour  for  more  tlian  40  yeai^,  Mr.  Dillv,  almost  on  a 
sudden,  relinquished  business ;  which  he  disposed  of,  on  terms 
mutually  beneficial,  to  Mr.  James  Mawman,  at  that  time  high  in 
the  same  profession  in  the  city  of  York.  But  the  transition  was 
too  abrupt  for  Mr.  Dilly.  He  found  himsdf  a  solitary  being, 
without  the  resource  of  an  afiectionate  family  to  cheer  his  vacant 
hours  \  and,  in  the  midst  of  affluence,  he  soon  began  to  regret 
the  loss  of  the  comi)ting-hoase  and  very  pleasant  rooms  in  the 
Poultry ;  and  actually  acquired  such  a  dejection  of  spirits  as  to 
occasion  no  small  alarm  to  his  friends.  He  was  kickily,  however, 
persuaded  to  adopt,  in  Brunswick-row,  Queen-square,  the  so- 
ciability, if  not  the  employment,  of  the  Poultry ;  and,  by  the 
repeated  visits  of  some  intimates  whom  he  highly  esteemed,  he 
was  in  a  great  measure  roused  from  his  melancholy ;  and  con«> 
tinned  to  enjoy  a  few  years  of  real  comfort ;  distiibuting,  not 
unfrequently,  a  portion  of  his  large  property  in  acts  of  the  most 
disinterested  beneficence.  His  bounty  to  individuals  it  would  be 
improper  to  mentiou.  But  it  must  be  recordc-d  to  his  honour* 
thi^  in  his  life-time  he  gave  700/.  Consols,  to  the  Company  (^  Sta- 
tioners (of  which  he  was  Master  in  1800)  for  the  purpose  of  se- 
curing perpetual  annuities,  of  ten  guineas  each,  to  the  widows  of 
two  Liverymen  of  that  Company.  A  very  few  wwks  al^o  before 
his  death  he  gave  100/.  to  the  Sea-bathing  Infirmary  at  Margate; 
to  which  very  excellent  Institution  he  has  added  ^00 (.  more 
by  his  last  will  -,  with  the  like  sum  to  the  Society  for  the  Relief 
of  Persons  confined  for  Small  Debts.  He  t^ve  100/.  to  the 
Society  for  the  Relief  of  the  Indigent  Blind;  100/.  to  the  Societf 
for  the  Relief  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  \  and  100/.  to  the  Dis^ 
pensary  in  Red  Lion-street.  He  remembered  also  some  of  his 
old  fHends.  To  Daniel  Braithwaite,  esq.  John-Oswald  Ti-otter, 
esq.  and  Miss  Cumberland,  he  gave  1000/  each;  to  I>r.  Lettsom, 
Dr.  Elliott,  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Todd,  and  Marj  Fowler,  widow,  5001. 
€ach.  Among  the  other  Icdracies  were,  to  Mrs.  Crakelt,  wife  of 
Mr.  Crakelt,  W/.  a  year ;  to  her  daughter.  Mis.  Eylani,  90/.  a 
jFear;  to  Mrs.  Mary  Graves,  the  daughter  of  his  half-sister,  5"2/. 
a  year;  to  Mrs.  Coulson  of  Bedford  100/.  a  year;  to  Miss  Coulson^ 
one  of  his  residuary  legatees,  2000/. ;  to  the  children  of  her  sister, 
Mr8.Seilman,  1000/.;  to  the  two  Miss  Da\  ies's  (daughtei-s  of  the 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Davies,  perpetual  curate  of  St.  James  Clerkenwell) 
SOOO/.  each ;  to  Mi:3.  Bodmaa  and  Mrs.  I\Iay  all  his  shaies  in  the 

Lan- 


I 


1774.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTUHVi  193 

^Homing  Preachership  of  Berkeley  Chapel,**   4to. 

See  before,  p.  102, 

•  '•  Plays  and  Poems.     By  William  Whitehead  *, 

F^ancastcr  canal.    And,  besides  other  legacies,  gave  rings  of  ten 

raineas  each  to  Mr.  Alderman  Ddniville,  and  tu  Messrs.  Baldwin^ 

J.  Nichols,  Con:int,  Hughs,   and  Da\irs.     The  residue  of  his 

property  (Mippckseii  to  be  about  60,000/.)  to  Miss  Coulsony  the 

tTo  Miss  Davji's's,  Mrs.  Bodnum,  and  Mrs.  May,  who  were  all  of 

thtni  maternally  related,  his  own  name  having  become  extinct.  • 

The  denth  of  his  bmthcr  lulwird  has  been  ajreativ  mentioned. 

John  died  March  18,  180fi,  aged  75,   at  ClophiUin  Bedford- 

shire  (a  ferine  ornu  |iUTchased  a  few  years  since  by  Charles),  and 

an  only  sister,  M;irtlia,  dietl  Jan.  QSl,  1  h()3,  in  her  6Qd  year.    All  of 

Them  dying  unmarried,  the  fortune**  of  the  whole  fiimily  were  of 

e*>iir?ie  centered  in  Cliarles  ;   who  w.is  for  tin?  last  twelvsmonth 

rwdently  declining  in  health.     He  afterwards  riTOvered  so  fiir 

as  to  undertake  a  jomney  to  Rainsgate,  on  a  visit  to  Mr.  Cum- 

Kc-rland :  who  happened  to  be  at  Tunbridgc  Wells  with  Sir  Jame* 

Bland  Burgc-ss.     Mr.  Dilly  anived  at  Ramsgate  on  Saturday  the 

Cd  of  May  1807;   and  was  on  Sunday  evening  attacked  by  aii 

oppression  of  breath,    which  took  him  off  on  the  fY^knving 

morning.     He  >vas  buried,    on  the  l^th,    in  the  cemetery  of 

St.  George  the  Martyr,  Qucen-squaro.  in  a  grave  nearly  adjoln- 

i3:g  tliat  in  which  the  famous  liobei't  NcUon  was  depoeiteil  in 

l?!-"*  i   the  funcril  l)cing  Mttendrd  by  a  conhiderahte  number  of 

hli  olde.-it  and  nio«t  ^alut-d  tnend:?,  among  whom  was  thd  IDditor 

of  ihcrc  Vdluuirs. 

♦  WilliLim  WliUchrad,  the  son  of  a  baker  in  St.  BotolphV 
pariih,  Cambrid<j:e.  Hi«  FjithiT,  a  man  of  some  ijro|ierty,  had 
tTo  sons ;  the  elder  of  whom,  John  U'hitehend»  was  e<uicatcd 
for  the  Church,  and  obtained  the  rector}'  of  IVrshorc  in  Wor- 
eestcr-birc.  Wlliam,  the  youniri^t,  was  educated,  fii'st  at  a 
common  school  in  Cambridp';  and  at  the  aire  of  14  was  removed 
to  Winchester.  Of  his  behaviour  at  school,  Jiis  biographer, 
Mr.  MaMin.  received  the  following  accoimt  fit>in  Dr.  Balguy : 
"He  was  always  of  a  ddirate  turn,  and  thou  id*  obliged  to  g<i 
to  tlic  hills  with  tlic  other  bor«,  «]»ent  his  time  theri*  in  reading 
tither  Plays  or  Poetry;  and  wa^  aI*o  particularly  fond  of  the 
Atalanti!>,  and  all  other  books  of  private  bi^itory  or  character. 
He  *Try  early  exhibitid  his  ta»*te  for  P»)etiy ;  fin*,  while  other 
bo}*  were  contented  with  shewing  up  twelve  or  Fourteen  lines, 
he  would  mi  half  a  sheet,  btit  alw*ays  with  Kngli.-h  vei-se.  Thi* 
Or.  Burton,  the  msister,  at  flrst  d»cour.u*-fHl  j  but.  after  some 
time,  he  was  so  much  charmed,  that  he  ripoke  of  them  with 
rapture.  When  he  was  sixteen  he  wrote  a  whole  Comedy. — 
In  the  Wiuf^r  of  the  ycir  173*2,  hi*  i?  -aid  u%  have  acted  a  female 
part  in  the  Anrlria,  unilor  Tr.  Hurion'r*  riirciiion.  Of  this  there 
i^  some  doubt:  but  it  is  certain  that  he  a«  ted  Marcia,  in  the 
irr-vadT  of  Cato,  with  much  «/rj»hu*e,  —  Jn  the  vear  17^>  tVie 


lp4        UTERART  ANECDOTSS  OF  -      [l774« 

Esq.  Poet-Laureat,    and  Registrar  and  Secretarjf 
to  the  most  Hon.  Order  of  the  Bath/*  2  vols.  8vo. 

Earl  of  Peterborough,  having  Mr.  Pope  at  his  house  near  South- 
amptouj  chrtkd  hun  to  Winchester^  to  shew  him  the  CollegCf 
School,  &c.  The  Earl  gave  ten  guineas,  to  be  disposed  of  in 
prizes  amongst  the  boys,  and  Mr.  Pope  set  them  a  sulgect  to 
Tvnte  upon,  viz.  Peterborough,  Piizes  of  a  guinea  each  were 
given  to  six  of  the  bo^'s,  of  whom  Whitehead  \^as  one.  The 
remaining  sum  was  laid  out  for  other  boys  in  subscriptions  to 
PSne*8  Horace,  then  about  to  be  published.  —  He  never  excelled 
in  writing  Epigrams,  nor  did  he  make  any  considerable  figure 
ib  Latin  verse,  though  he  understood  the  Classicks  very  wel]« 
and  had  a  good  memory.  He  was,  however,  employed  to  trans- 
late into  Latin  the  First  Epistle  of  the  Essay  on  Man  :  and  the 
Translation  is  still  extant,  in  his  own  hand.  Dobson's  success 
in  translating  Prior's  Sokmion  had  put  this  project  into  Mr, 
Pope's  head,  and  he  set  various  persons  to  work  upon  it — His 
school  £rtea(fehips  were  usually  contracted  either  with  Noblemen 
or  gentlemen  of  laige  fortune,  such  as  Lord  Drumlanrig,  Sir 
Charks  Douglas,  Sir  Robert  Burdett,  Mr.  Tryon,  and  Mr.  Mun* 
dy  of  Leicestershire.  The  choice  of  these  persons  was  imputed 
by  some  of  his  school-fldlows  to  vanity,  by  others  to  prudence  ; 
hut  m^ht  it  not  be  owing  to  his  delicacy,  as  this  would  maka 
hitn  easily  disgusted  with  the  coarser  manners  of  oniinary  boys  ? 
He  was  school^tutor  to  Mr.  Wallop,  afterwards  Lord  Lymington, 
son  to  the  late  Earl  of  Portsmouth,  and  father  to  the  present 
Earl.  He  enjoyed,  for  some  little  time,  a  lucrative  place  in  the 
College,  that  of  Preposter  of  the  Hall— At  the  election  of  Sep- 
tember 17%»  he  was  treated  with  singular  injustice;  for» 
through  the  force  of  superior  interest,  he  was  placed  so  low  on 
the  roll,  that  it  was  scarcely  possible  for  him  to  succeed  to  New 
College.  Being  now  superannuate,  he  left  Winchester  of  course^ 
4erivuig  no  other  advantage  from  the  College  than  a  good  edu-. 
cation:  this,  however,  he  had  ingenuity  enough  to  acl^owledge. 
With  gratitude,  in  a  Poem  pre 63^  to  the  second  edition  of  Dr. 
Lowth*s  lift  of  William  of  Wickham.*'  —  "  In  all  this  (says  Mr. 
A.  Chalmers)  thane  »  nothing  extraordinary ;  uor  can  tli^  par* 
tiality  of  his  Bicigiapher  conc«d  that,  among  the  eariy  efforts  of 
bis  Muse;  there  is  not  one  which  seems  to  indicate  the  future 
Poet,  although  he  is  anxious  to  attribute  this  to  his  having  fol< 
lowed  the  example  of  Pope,  rather  than  of  Spenser,  Fairfiix^ 
and  Milton.  The  Vision  of  Solomon,  however,  which  he  copied 
from  Whitehead*s  juvenile  manuscripts  [and  b  reprinted  in  the 
edition  of  18  M)],  is  entitled  to  considerable  praise.  Even  when  a 
school-boy  he  had  attentively  studied  the  vaiious  manners  of  the 
best  authors,  and  in  the  course  of  his  poetical  life,  attained  na 
small  foUcity  in  exhibiting  specimens  of  almost  every  kind  of 
stanaa.— Although  he  lost  his  Father  before  he  resided  at  Win- 
thesier  above  two  years,  yet  by  his  own  fi  ugality,  and  such  as^ 

sL^tance 


1774-3        .     THB  EIGHTEEKTH  CENTURV.  195 

A  Translation  of  Job  into  Latin  Verse,  hj  Sir 
William  Browne^  Knt.  President  of  the  College  of 

ustance  as  his  mother,  a  very  amiable,  prudent,  and  eaiemthaj 
woman,  could  give  him,  he  was  enabled  to  remain  at  schocd 
ntil  the  election  for  New  CoHege,  in  whieh  we  have  teen  he 
niB  dinqppointed.    Two  months  after,   he  returned  to  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  was  indebted  to  his  extraction,   hw  as  Mr. 
MaioB  thi^u  it,   for  what  laid  the  foundation  of  hi«  future 
sucocH  in  life.    The  circumstance  tjS  his  being  the  orphan  son 
of  a  baker  gave  him  an  unexceptionable  claim  to  one  of  the 
acholmhips  founded  at  Clare  hall  by  Mr.  Thomas  Pfke,  who 
Ind  followed  that  trade  in  Cambridge.    His  mother  accontinglf 
adsnttod  him  a  sizar  in  this  College,  under  the  tuition  of  Messrs. 
Coriing,  Goddard,  and  Hopkinson,  Nov.  26,  1735.    After  every 
sUowanoe  is  made  for  the  superior  value  of  money  in  his  time^ 
ii  will  remain  a  remarkable  proof  of  his  poverty  and  oBConomf ^ 
tint  I8s  scholarship,  which  amounted  only  to  four  shillings  • 
wedc,  was  in  his  circumstances  a  desirable  object. — He  brought 
some  little  reputation  with  him  to  College,   and  his  poetical 
attempts  when  at  schod,  with  the  notice  Mr.  Pope  haa  taken 
of  trim,  would  probably  secure  him  from  the  neglect  attached 
toinferiority  of  rank.    But  it  is  more  to  his  honour,  that  by  his 
amnble  manners,  and  intelligent  conversation,  he  recomnmdad 
luiueif  to  the  special  notice  of  some  very  distiaguished  contem-* 
ponrica,  of  Dr.  Powell,  Balguy,  Ogden,  6tebbing,'and  Hurd^ 
who  not  only  admitted  him  to  an  occasional  intercourse,  but  to 
ta  iatimaey  and  respect  which  continued  throiigji  the  various 
scenes  of  their  lives.    In  such  society  his  modesty  and  industrf 
bi  every  encouragemeat  which  the  best  examine  could  give, 
and  be  soon  sormoimted  the  prejudices  which  vulgar  minda 
Bught  have  indulged  on  the  recollection  of  his  birth  and  pkiverty.*' 
'  Referrtw  to  his  last-named  very  excellent  Biographer  for  the 
progressive  publication  of  Mr.  Wliitdiead*s  various  productions» 
Isbill  only  add,  that  in  1743  he  was  adniittedJVI.  A.  and  appears 
to  lave  intended  to  take  orders ;  and  that  in  1745  he  removed 
to  London,  as  tutor  to  the  second  son  of  William  third  Earl  of 
'en^;  and,  imbibing  a  taste  for  the  llieatre,  wrote  his ''  Ronnn 
Fither**  in  1750.    He  published  a  volume  of  Poems  in  1754) 
M  a  second  Tragedy,  <'  Creusa  ;*'  and,  out  of  the  profits  arising 
from  his  Plays,  very  honourably  paid  his  father's  debts.     In 
^unt  1754  he  set  out  for  the  Continent,  as  Governor  to  his  ori* 
giaal  IHi(h1,  Lord  Villiers,  and  to  Lord  Nuneham,  the  son  of 
£srl  Harcourt  -,  <uid  returned  in  September  1756 ;  and  durini^ 
^  absence  was   appointed   Secretary  and   Registrar   of  the 
Order  of  the  Bath ;  and  in  1757>  on  the  death  of  Cibber,  was 
appointed  Poet  Laureat.     In  1762  he  published  ''  The  School 
fur  Lovers,"  and,  as  Laureat,  his  '^ Charge  to  the  Poets;"  and 
in  1774  collected  his  Poems  and  Dramatic  Pieces  in  the  two 
^oluoKs  mentioned  above;    concluding  with  the  '^Chaig^  to     4k M 

0  2  tte^  »-' 


•  V 


IBS'  XITBRA&Y  AKECDOTS8  OF  [l774. 

Physicians,  4to.  See  the  Essays  and  Illustititibns 
at  the  end  of  this  Volume,  No.  ll. 

"The  Natural  History  of  the  Coffee-Tree/   by 
John  Ellis.  *,  Esq.  4to. 

the  Poets/*  as  »  fereweU  to  the  Moses.  He  had^  however,  so 
much  leisure,  and  so  many  of  those  incUements  which  a  Poet 
and  a  Moralist  cannot  easily  resist,  that  he  still  continued  to 
employ  his  pen,  and  prored  tl)at  it  was  by  no  means  worn  out. 
In  1776  he  pnblished  "  Variety,  a  Tale  for  married  People,"  a 
light,  pleasing  poem,  in  the  manner  of  Gay,  which  speedily  ran 
through  five  editions.  His  "Goat's  Beard"  (in  1777)  was  less 
IhmiKar  and  less  popular,  but  is  not  inferior  in  moral  tendency 
and  just  satire  on  degenerated  manners.  Tliis  was  his  last  pub-- 
Kcation ;  but  he  left  some  pieces  in  MS. ;  which  are  duly  noticed 
by  Mr.  Mason,  who  published  some  of  them,  with  Memoirs  of 
Mr.  Whitehead,  in  17S8 ;  and  by  Mr.  Chalmers,  who  has  adopted 
them  in  1810.  —  His  death  was  rather  sudden.  In  the  Spring 
of  that  year  he  was  confined  for  some  weeks  by  a  cold  and 
cough  which  affected  his  breast,  but  occasioned  so  little  in- 
terruption to  his  wonted  amusements  of  reading  and  writing, 
that  when  Lord  Harcourt  visited  him  the  morning  before  he 
died,  he  found  him  revising  for  the  press  a  paper  which  his 
Lordship  coi^cctured  to  be  the  Birth-day  Ode.  At  noon  find« 
ing  himself  disinclined  to  taste  the  dinner  his  servant  brought 
up,  he  desired  to  lean  upon  his  arm  fi*om  the  table  to  his  bed, 
aAd  in  that  moment  he  expired*  April  II,  1805,  in  the  7<Kh 
year  of  his  age,  at  the  house  of  Lord  Jersey,  with  whom  he  had 
been  domesticated  many  of  the  last  yeai-s  of  his  life ;  occa- 
sionally also  visiting  his  friend  the  late  Lord  Harcourt,  at  Nune* 
ham.     He  was  interred  in  South  And  ley-street  cha|)el. 

♦  John  Ellis,  esq.  F.  R.S.  Agent  for  the  province  of  West 
Florida,  and  a  Naturalist  of  uncommon  abilities.  H^  was  a  real . 
friend  to  his  country,  and  indefatigable  in  promoting  its  true 
interests.  His  '*  Essay  on  Corals  and  Comllincb"  is  a  work  of 
the  first  rank  ih  that  department  of  literature.  To  this  gentle- 
man we  owe  the  accurate  distinctions  that  are  now  made  be- 
tween  the  animal  and  vegetable  productions  of  the  Ocean.  A 
capital  room  in  the  British  Museum  is  ornamented  with  his 
skilful  labours.  In  1770  he  published, ''  Directions  for  bringing 
over  Seeds  and  Plants  from  the  East  Indies  and  other  distant 
Countries  in  a  State  of  Vegetation,  together  with  a  Catalogue  of 
such  Foreign  Plants  as  are  worihy  of  being  encouraged  in  our 
American  Colonies,  for  the  Purposes  of  Medicine,  Agriculture, 
and  Commerce.  To  which  is  added,  the  Figure  and  Botanical 
Description  of  a  New  Sensitive  Plant,  called  Dionaa  Mu8cipul(h 
or,.  Venus's  Fly  Trap,*'  4lo.  —  "  Some  Additional  Obsci-vations, 
on  the  Method  of  presen'ing  Seeds  fn)ra  Foreign  Parts,  for  the 
iBeneGt  of  bur  American  Colonies  -,  with  an  Account  of  die  Gar- 
dcir  at  St  Vincent,  under  lYie  Cw^  oIl  Dy. George  Young/*  in 


1774.] 


THE  £IGHT££MTH  CENTURY.  l^J 


ITie  Second  Number  of  "  Select  Papers,**  chiefly 
relating  to  English  Antiquities;  published  from  the 

1773.    In  the  Philo^phical  Transactions  are  the  following  Papen 
by  Governor  Ellis  (who  died  Oct.  5,  1776) :    "  Observations  on- 
remarkable  Comllines/'  vol.  XLVlil.  p.  115.     "  On  a  Cluster 
Polype,  found  in  tlie  Sea  near  the  Coast  of  Greenland,"  ib.  305. 
"  On  a  Species  of  (>>ra]lines/*  ib.  504.    ''  On  the  animal  life  of 
those  Corallines  that  look  like  minute  Trees,  and  grow  upon 
0)sters  and  Fucud's  all  around  the  Seu  Coast  of  this  Kingdom, 
ib.  (SZ7.     '*  On  M.  Schlosser*s  Account  .of  a  curious  fleshy  coral- 
lilie  Substance,*  voLXLlX.  p.  449.     ''A  Letter  attempting  to 
ftacertain  ttie  Tree  that  yields  the  common  Vainish  used  in  China 
aiKl  iapan,*'  ib.  p.  SG6.    '*  An  Account  of  a  Red  Coral  from  the 
Kast  Indies  of  a  \cry  singular  Kind,*'  vol.  L.  p.  1S8.     "  Remarks 
OD  Easter's  Observations  on  Corallines,  Polypus,  and  othfT  Sea 
AnimaLs/'  ib.  p.  280.     ''  Answer  to  Miller's  Remarks  on  Ellis's 
Letter  on  the  Toxicodendron,"   ib.  p. 441.     "Account  of  th« 
Heal  of  tlie  Weather  in  Georgia,"  ib.  754.     "  Experiments  relat- 
ing to  the  Prciertation  of  Seeds,"  vol.  LI .  p.  ^06,     *'  Account  ot 
tbe  Plants  Ilclesia  and  Gardenia,'*  ib.  9^29.     "An  Account  of  the  , 
male  and  female  cochineal  Insects,"  vol.  LII.  p.  661.     "  An  Ac- 
count of  the  Sea  Pcnn  or  Pennatula  Phosphoi-ea  of  Linnsus  | 
likewise  a  description  of  a  new  Species  of  Sea  Pen  found  on  the 
Coast  of  South-Carolina,  with  Ob>ervation5  on  Sea  Pens  in  gene- 
c      nl;*  vol.  UII.  p. 419.      "On  the  Nature  and  Formation  of 
L       i^ponges,"  vol.  LV.  p.  290.     "Account  of  an  amphibious  Bipes," 
a      ^oLLVI.  p.  18?>.    "A  Letter  on  the  Coluber  Cerastes,  or  horned 
Viper  of  Egypt,"  ib.  p  287.    "A  Supj)lement  to  the  Account  of 
20  amphibious  Bipes,"  ib.  p.  307.     "Account  of  the  animal  Na- 
ture of  the  Genus  of  Zoophytes  called  Corallina,"  vol.  LVIL  p.  404. 
"  An  Account  of  the  Actinia  Sociata,  or  Animal  Flower,  lately 
^d  on  the  Sea  Coasts  of  the  new-ceded  Islands,"  ib.  p.  428. 
"Account  of  the  Success  of  some  Experiments  for  preserving 
r     Acoms  for  a  whole  Year  without  planting  them,  so  as  to  ba  in  a 
i     St4ie  fit  for  Vegetation,  with  a  View  to  bring  over  some  of  the 
^     mast  valuable  Seeds  fi*om  the  East  Indies,  to  plant  for  the  be- 
E-     nefit  of  our  American  C'olonies,"  vol.  LVIIL  p.  75.    "  Observa- 
A     tions  on  a  particular  Manner  of  Iiurreasc  in  the  Animalcula  of 
V^etable  Infusions,  with  a  Discovery  of  an  indissoluble  Salt, 
arising  from  Hemp  Seed,  put  iiito  Water  till  it  becomes  putrid.*' 
vol.  LIX..  p.  138.     "  The  Figures  and  Chai-acters  of  that  elegant 
American  Evergreen,    calleil  by  the  Gardiners  Loblolly  Bay, 
taken  from  Blossoms  blown  oear  London,'*   vol.  LX.  p.  518. 
'Ad  Account  of  a  new  Species  of  Illicium  Linnaii,  or  Starry 
.%nniseed  Tree,   lately  discovered  in  West  Florida,"  ib.  p.  524. 
"On  the  Nature  of  Gorgonia,  tluit  it  is  a  real  marine  Animal, 
and  not  of  a  mixed  Nature  between  animal  and  v^etable,** 


1^  LIltRARY  AK£CDOT£S  OP  {^774* 

Originfiils  in  the  Possession  of  John  Ives  *,    F.  R. 
and  A.  S.  S.  4to. 

*  John  Jyts,  esq.  was  the  onlj  son  of  a  gentleman  who  had 
fbr  a  <!onfiideraMe  time  been  one  of  the  most  eminent  merchants 
dt  YantioUthy  as  his  father  had  been  before  him.  The  grand* 
fikther  died  in  175B,  leavine  a  fortune  of  about  70,000/.  which 
the  son  more  than  doubled,   by  shares  of  ships,  banking,  &c. 

On  a  black  marble  tomb-stone,  at  the  North*west  end  of 

church,  Suffolk^  the  Father  is  thus  recorded : 

'^  In  memory  of  John  Ives, 

late  of  Great  Yarmouth,  merchant, 

who  departed  this  life  Oct  the  1st,  175S, 

aged  74  years." 

Mr.  John  Ives  was  entered  a  member  of  Caius  Collie,  Cam- 
bridge, where  he  did  not  long  reside ;   but,  returning  to  Yar« 
twmth,  became  acouainted  with  that  celebrated  Antiquary  Mr. 
Thomas  Martin  of  ralgrave,  and  caught  from  him  the  taste  for 
Antiquities,  which  he  pursued  during  the  short  period  of  his 
life.     He  was  elected  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  1771, 
jUid  of  the  Royal  Society  177?  j   and,  by  the  favour  of  the  EbjA 
of  Suffolk,  in  him  the  honour  of  Suffolk  Herald  Extraordinary 
Was  rerived ;  an  office  attended  with  no  profit,  but  valuable  to 
him  by  the  access  it  gave  to  the  MS  muniments,  &c.  of  the 
Herakls'  College,    of  which  he  thereby  became  an  Honorar/ 
Member.    His  first  attempt  at  antiquai'ian  pul>lication  was  by 
Proposals  (without  his  name),  in  177 1>  for  printing  an  account 
Df  Lothingland  Hundred  in  Suffolk ;  for  which  he  had  cngraveJ 
several  small  plates  of  arms  and  monuments  in  the  churches  oi 
Friiton,  Gorleston,  Lound,  Lowestoflfe,  and  Somerliton^  fronc 
his  own  drawings.    His  next  essay  was  the  short  Preface  to  Blr 
Swinden*s  *'  History  and  Antiquities  of  Great  Yannouth  in  th^ 
County  of  Norfolk,.  1772>**   4lo.      Mr.  Swinden,   who  viras    J 
School-master  in  Great  Yarmouth,  was  a  most  intimate  friem.< 
bf  Mr.  Ives,   who  not  only  assisted  him  with  his  purse,  ai^' 
warmly  patronized  him,  while  living,    but  superintended  tls 
Book  for  the  emolument  of  the  Autlu>r's  Widow,  and  deliver? 
it  to  the  Subscribers.    "  ITie  Author,"  bays  Mr.  Ives,  •'  clos? 
his  life  and  his  Work  together.    The  last  sheet  was  in  the  pre^ 
at  the  time  of  his  decease.    To  me  he  committed  the  public^ 
tion  of  it.     A  short,  but  uninterrupted,  friendship  subsists 
between  us.     His  assiduity,  industry,  and  application,  will  al 
pear  in  the  course  of  the  Work."    Mr.  Swinden  was  buried  1 
the  church  of  St.  Nicholas  at  Yarmouth,    in  the  North  ail^ 
where  a  handsome  muml  monument  is  erected  to  his  n^moiR 
with  this  insciiption : 

*'  Near  this  place  are  deposited 

the  remains  of  Hei^bt  Swikdbn, 

Author  of  the  History  and  Antiquities  of  Great  Yannouth; 


1774.] 


THE  £IGHT£KNTU  C8NTURY.  Jj^ 

''Macbeth^  a  Tragedy.   By  William  Shakspeare. 
Collated  with  the  old  and  modern  Editions.""  8vo. 


who  died  June  14,  1772,  ami  55. 
To  whose  memory  thb  marble  is  erected  by  John  Ives,  F.  S.  A*** 
In  177^  Mr.  Ives  caused  to  be  cut  nine  wooden  plates  of  old 
NorfblkSeaU,  intituled,  "SigiUaantiquaNorfbldeni^a.  Impresnt 
Jukiannes  Ives,  S.  A.S."  and  a  copper-plate  portrait  of  Mr.  Mar- 
tin, holding  an  urn  [since  prefixed  to  Mr.  Martin's  "  History  of 
Thetfoitl"]. — On  the  16th  uf  Au^st^  1773>  by  a  specdal  licence 
from  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbuiy,  he  was  manied,  at  Lam«  . 
beth  church,  to  Miss  Kett  (of  an  antieut  fisunily  in  Norfolk). 
Tlii:»  marriage,  no  othemise  imprudent  than  from  a  deficiency 
of  fortune,  was  contrary  to  the  Father's  wishes,  who  had  some 
c»ther  Laily  in  view;  but  he  was  in  a  very  short  time  reconciled, 
and  fitted  up  a  hmise  at  Yarmouth  in  an  elegant  style  fbr  their 
reception.  In  imitation  of  Mr.  Walpole  (to  whom  the  First  ^Num* 
ber  was  ini^ribed)  he  began  in  1773  to  publish  "Select  Fapen,'^ 
from  hi»  own  collection;  of  which  the  Second  Number  (as  abova 
mentiom^d)  was  printed  in  1774,  and  a  Tbii*d  in  1775.  Among 
these  are,  **  Remarks  upon  our  English  Coins,  from  the  Norman 
ImvfricHi  down  to  the  End  of  the  Reim  of  Queen  Elizabeth," 
by  Archbishop  Sharp;  "  Sir  W.  l>ugdale*s  *•  Directions  for  the 
Search  of  Records,  and  making  use  of  them,  in  order  to  an 
Historical  Dibcouiise  of  the  Antiquities  of  Staffordshire;'*  with 
" Annab  of  Ciomile  «nd  Caius  College,  Cambridge;**  the  '^Coro- 
nttion  of  Henry  VII.  and  of  Queen  Elizabeth,*'  Sc.  &c.  In  1774 
be  published,  in  ISmo,  "  Remarks  u)M)n  the  Gtxrianmum  of 
the  Romans :  the  Site  and  Remains  fixed  and  described;*'  with 
<he  Ichnography  of  Gcrianonum,  two  plates,  by  B.  T.  Pouncey; 
South  View  of  it,  Roman  Antiquities  found  there.  Map  of  tba 
Ri^-er  Yare,  from  the  Original  in  the  O>rporation  Chest  at  Yar- 
mouth, and  an  Inscription  on  the  Mantletree  of  a  FWm-house. 
He  died  of  a  deep  consumption,  when  he  had  just  entered  his 
9Sth  year,  June  9,  1776.  Considered  as  an  Antiquary,  much 
merit  is  due  to  Mr.  Ives,  whose  valuable  Collection  was  Ibrmed 
m  less  than  five  years.  His  Library  was  sold  by  auction,  by 
3llessrs.  Baker  and  Leigh,  March  3 — 6,  1777>  including  some 
curious  MSS.  (cliiefiy  rdating  to  Suffolk  and  Norfolk)  belonging 
to  IVter  \jt  Neve,  T.  Martin,  and  Francis  Bloomfkld,  of  wnich 
«ce  more  in  British  To|X)graphy,  vol.  I.  p.  192.  vol.  II.  pp.  38, 3d. 
Many  of  these  MSS.  had  been  purchased  by  Mr.  Ives  in  the  life- 
tiflw  of  Mr.  Bifartin.  llie  fine  Copy  of  NoHblk  Domesday,  men* 
tioiicd  there,  p.  1,  has  on  the  back,  in  capitab,  BiBLioTHEc/a 
iVBsiAVJB.  His  Coins,  Medals,  Antient  Huntings,  and  Anti- 
quicies,  were  aold  by  auction  by  Mr.  Langfbrd^  February  13  and 
14, 1777-  ^  small  portrait  of  him,  extremely  like,  in  a  rmrnd, 
inscribed  "  J.  I.  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  A.  S.**  was  engraved  in  1774. 
The  ffottotrlag  note  was  transcribed  for  me  by  Mr.  Gough,  from, 

the  original  in  Mr.  Ife8*t  hand  in  one  of  his  printed  books : 
"  I  wave  this  stud^  with  the  greatest  reluctance,  because  \ti 

it  is  coaiaiaed  to  pmi  a  fvokd  of  curious  aiMl  nscCui  Vno^* 


.1 


jto'd.  -LTtERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l774* 

*^  An  Essay  on  the  Depravity  and  Comiption  of 
Human  NatuhJ:  wherein  theOpinionsof  La  Bruiere, 
Rochfoucault,  Esprit,  Senault,  Hobbes,  Mandeville, 
Helvetius,  &c,  on  that  Subject,  are  supported  on 
Principles  entirely  new,  against  Mr.  D.  Hume, 
Lord  Shaftesbury,  Mr.  Sterne,  Mr.  Brown,  and  other 
Apologists  for  Mankind.  By  Thomas  O'Bnen  Mac- 
xhahon;*'  small  8vo. 

.  "Meditations  and  Penitential  Prayers  written  by 
the  celebrated  Duchess  de  la  Valiere,  Mistress  of 
Lewis  XIV.  of  France,  after  a  Recovery  from  a 
dangerous  Illness,  when  she  first  formed  the  Resolu- 
tion of  quitting  the  Court,  and  devotinfj  heiself  to 
a  Religious  Life.  Translated  from  the  French,  by 
.  Mrs.  Charlotte  Lennox  *;"    12mo. 

ledge.  I  sincerely  wish  the  Possessor  all  the  happiness  that 
he  so  truly  doth  deserve.  My  heart  overflows  with  frratet'ul 
acknowledgements  for  his  kind  communications  to  me  as  an 
Antiquary,  and  for  the  polite  reception  I  met  with,  both  from 
hin^  and  his  amiable  spouse^  as  a  visitor.       Joseph  Stkutt.** 

*'Thi«  note  I  found  in  my  study  the  day  after  Mr.  Strutt  left 
me.  He  came  upon  a  visit,  in  order  to  take  some  dmwings. 
Ice.  Oct.  1,  1774,  and  went  to  Norwich  the 7th  following.    J,  //' 

•'  1  have  his  beginning  of  the  Hwtc^iy  of  Lothin^land,  in  right 
pages  only  of  large  quarto.  I  voluntar-Iy  lent  it  Gillingwntcr, 
who  has  prinled  it  without  the  least  mention  of  either  of  us.  I 
think  Mr.  Stevenson  of  Norwich  doth  not  allow  him  to  he  tjie 
writer  of  the  books  be  publishes  j  but  that  they  are  done  by  a 
poor  person  of  Lowest  off:  and  his  so  readily  adopting  Ives's 
looks  like  it.  This  I  know,  that  Mrs.  Harroer  told  me,  that  her 
Husband,  to  whom  he  communicated  some  observations^  bad  a 
good  opinion  of  him."     T.  F. 

*  ^A  lady  of  considerable  genius,  and  who  was  long  distin* 
giiished  for  her  literary  merit.     She  may  boast  the  honour  of 
having  been  the  protegee  of  Dr.  Siimuel  Johnson,  and  the  friend 
of  Mrs.  Yates.    She  published,  so  early  as  1747,  a  small  Volume, 
under  the  title  of  *♦  Poems  on  several  Ocrasioas,  written  by  a 
Lady;  printed  for  S.  Pat  erson  ;**  and  inscribed,  by  her  maiden 
^name,   Charlotte  Rmniay,  to  the  Lady  Isabella  Finch.     Hone-st 
Sam  Pbterson  used  to  boast  that  he  had  the  honour  of  fir^t  intro- 
ducing her  to  the  pubhck.    In  1753  she  published,  **  The  Female 
Quixote,"  and  "  Memoii*s  of  Haniet  Stuait."     In  the  former  of 
*Jhese  Novels,  the  chamcter  of  Arabella  is  the  counterpart  of 
jDon  Quixote  j   and  the  work  w'as  very  favourably  received.     In  "^ 
the  following  year  she  published  "  Shakspeare  iUi»trated«'*  in 
two  yo]uine&,  i^oio;  to  which  she  soon  aftei-wai-ds  added  a  third. 
ThU  wori^  ^OA^^J^f  .tl^<^  No(v«:Vi^^^Wv«XQ\v^  oav^bich  the 


^??4.]  THI  EtGHTKENTH  CENTyHt.  SOt 

"  A  View  of  the  principal  Towns,  Seats,  Antiqui- 
ties,  and  other  remarkable  Particulars,  in  Dorset. 
Compiled  from  Mr.  Hutchins's  History  of  that 
County,"  4to ;  a  Valuable  Topographical  PamphleL 

"Flftj-s  of  Shakspeare  are  founded^  collected  and  traQslated  from 
tike  onginal  authors;  to  which  are  added  critical  Notes,  intended 
to   prtne  that  Shakspeare  lias  generally  spoilt  every  story  on 
which  his  Phiys  are  founded,  by  torturing;  them  into  low  contriv- 
a;)ce:^.   absurd  intrigues,   and  improbable  iix-idents.      In  1756 
Mis.  Lennox  published   •  The  Memoii"S  of  the  Countess  of  Berci, 
t  tkcu  fnnu  the  FrencU, "  ^  vols.  19mo  j  and  "  Sully's  Memoirs,**   •. 
translatecU  3  vols.  4to;   which  have  ^ince  been  frequently  re- 
printed in  octavo,  and  are  executed  with  great  ability.     In  1758 
*'ie  pHxluced,  "Philander,  a  Dramatic  Pastoral,**   and  "  Hen- 
iTctta,"   a  Novel  of  considerable  merit,  2  vols.  12mo;   and,  in 
17 GO,  wiih  the  aVistance  of  the  Earl  of  Cork  and  Orrery,  and  • 
Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,^  hhe  published  a  translation  of  "  Father 
Brumoy's  Greek  Theatre,*'  3  vols.  4to;  the  merit  of  which  varies 
\ery  materially  in  different  |>arts  of  the  \^'ork.    Two  years  after« 
fhe  published,  "Sophia,  a  Novel."  ^  vols,  l^mo,  which  is  inferior 
to  her  earlier  j)erformanccs ;  and  then,  after  an  interval  of  sevea 
years,  she  bnmght  out,  at  Covcnt  Garden  theatre,  "  The  Slstera, 
a  Comedy,'*  taken  from  her  Novel  of  *'  Henrietta,"  which  W{« 
coDdemned  on  the  tii-st  night  of  its  a])iwivrance.     In  1773  she    * 
furnished  Drurv-lane  theatre  with  a  Coinedv,   intituled,  "Old 
City  Manners  j"  and  afterwards  only  wioto,  I  believe,  "  Eupho* 
liJa,  a  Novel,  179<),"  4  vols,  l^mo^  a  performance  which  by  no 
means  dc\iated  from  the  line  of  credit  which  bhe  had  always 
tniccd.     Her  Father  was  a  Field-officer,  Lieutenant-governor  of 
New  York,  who  sent  her  over  at  fifteen  to  a  wealthy  aunt,  who 
dcsireil  to  hiw  e  her ;  but  who,  unfortunately,  on  the  anival  of  her 
niece,  wa<  out  of  her  senses,  and  never  recovered  them ;  imme- 
diately after  which  the  Father  died,  and  the  Daughter  from  tliat. 
time  supported  herself  by  her  lireniry  talents,  which  she  always 
fni()kneid  usehilfy.     Her  latter  days  were  clouded  by  penury  and 
sirknebS ;  calamities  at  her  advanced  i)«'nod  of  life  peculiarly  die- 
tresfing.    These,  however,  were  in  a  considerable  degree  alien- 
ated by  the  kindness  of  some  tViends,  who  revered  alike  her 
literar)'  and  her  moral  character.     Among  these  it  would  be 
unjust  not  to  mention  the  nam^  of  the  Rii;lit  Hon.  George  Roee 
and  the  Hev.  William  Beloe.     But  the  most  effectual  balm  to  her 
wnuoded  spirit  arose  from  the  assistance,  she  for  a  considerable 
time  had  received  f^om' the  Managers  of  that  truly-useful  and 
hi|^1y.ini|>ortant  Institution,    the   Literary  FunB ;    by  whoso 
timely  aid  her  only  son  was  enabled  to  fit  himself  out  for  an 
employiDent  in  the  American  States ;   and  by  whose  bounty  the 
mrans  of  decent  snfasistcnce  were,  for  the  last  twelvemonth,  af- 
fcrded  tp  the  mother.^She  died  Jan.  4;  1804^  at  tbe  age  of  S4. 

1775. 


902  MTEKAKT  ANECDOTES  OF  [}4  75' 


1775. 

s 

A  Second  Edition   of  "  Sir  Dudley  Carleton*s 
Letters,'*  4to ;  published  by  the  Earl  of  Hardwicke 
(of  which  no  more  than  fifty  copies  were  printed). 
:     "  The  Will  ♦  of  King  Henry  VII.  witli  a  Preface 
and  Notes^  by  Tliomas  Astle  -f ,  Esq."  4to, 

*  This  curiotis  publication  suggested  to  the  Writer  of  these 
Anecdotes  the  idea  of  publishing  a  similar  Vohime  under  the  title 
of  "A  Collection  of  all  the  Wills,  now  known  to  be  extant,  of  the 
Kings  and  Queens  of  England,  Princes  and  Princesses  of  Wales » 
and  every  Branch  of  the  fiiood  Royal,  from  the  Reign  of  William 
the  Conqueror  to  that  of  Henry  the  Seventh  exclusive.  With 
explanatory  Notes,  and  a  Glossary,  1780."    See  vol.  VI.  p.  284. 

t  A  gentleman  well  known  for  his  extensive  and  accurate 
acquaintance  with  the  History  and  Antiquities  of  his  Country  9 
Keeper  of  the  Records  in  the  Tower,  and  one  of  the  Keepers  of 
*  the  Paper-office  j  Trustee  of  the  British  Museum,  where,  when  a 
young  man,  he  had  been  employed  to  make  an  Index  totheHarlcian 
Catalogue  of  MSS.;  F.A.S.  1763;  F.R.S.  17(>6j  F.R.S.  Edinb. 
Keg.  Scient.  Soc.  Island.  Soc.  Antiq.  Cassel.  et  Soc.  Volscorum 
Ventris  sod.  honorar.  He  was  son  of  Mr.  D;miel  Astle,  keeper 
of  Need  wood  Forest  in  Staffonlshire ;  who  died  1774,  and  was 
buried  in  Yoxal  church,  where  a  neat  mural  monument  is  erected 
to  his  memory  (see  it  in  Shaw's  History  of  Staffordshire,  voL  1. 
p.  101)  J  and  who  ap|)ears  to  have  been  descended  from  a  family 
of  that  name,  resident  at,  and  lords  of,  the  manor  of  Fauld,  in 
Hanbury  parish  adjoining,  the  ses^t  of  Burton  the  Leicestershire 
Antiquary  [see  p.  ^05].  —  Mr.  Shaw  had  access  to  Mr.  Astlc*s 
Libi'ary,  and  the  use  of  several  MSS.  &c.  for  both  volumes  of 
his  Staffordshire ;  his  MS  Libraiy  being  accounted  to  exceed 
that  of  any  private  gentleman  in  England  -,  and  his  liberal  uti- 
lity to  men  of  science  their  acknowledgments  abundantly  tes- 
tify.—  Mr.  Astle,  about  1763,  obtained  the  patronage  of  Mr. 
Grcnville,  then  Fii-st  I^rd  of  the  Treasury  and  Chancellor  of 
the  Exchequer,  who  employed  him  as  well  in  his  ])ublic  as  pri« 
Tate  afiairs;  and  joined  him  in  a  commission  with  the  late 
Sir  Joseph  Ayloflfe,  hart,  and  Dr.  Ducarel,  for  superintending 
the  rq^lation  of  the  Public  Records  at  Westminster.  On  the 
death  of  his  Colleagues,  Mr.  Topham  was  Substituted }  and 
both  were  removed  by  Mr.  Pitt  during  his  administration.  In 
1765  he  was  appointed  Receiver-general  of  six  pence  in  the 
pound  on  the  Civil  List.  In  1766  he  was  consulted  by  the  Com- 
mittee of  the  House  of  Lords  concerning  the  printing  of  the 
antient  Records  of  Parliament.  To  the  superintendance  of  that 
Work  he  introduced  his  futher-in-law^  Mr.  Morant.;  and,  on  his 
dfeaih,  to  177Qi  was  himself  appointed  by  the  House  of  Lords  to 
'  carry 


17  75*1  TH&  SIGHTUNTH  CENTURY.  9QJ 

"  Tracts  on  the  Probability  of  reaching  the  North 
Pole/'  by  the  Hon.  Daines  Barrington^  4to. 

carry  on  the  Work  -,  a  service  in  which  he  was  employed  till  its 
oomj^tion,  five  yean  afterwards.     He  was  then'  appointed,  on 
the  death  of  Henry  Rooke,  esq.  his  Majesty's  Chief  Uerk  an  the 
Record-office  in  t)^  Tower  of  London  y  and,  on  the  decease 'fif 
Sir  John  Shelley,  he  succeeded  to  the  office  of  Keeper  of  the 
Records.      Mr.  Astle  was  several  times  on  the  Continent  oa 
literary  pursuits;   and  died  Dec.  1,  1803^  in  his  69th  year,  at 
Battersea  Rise,  Surrey,  of  a  dropsical  compLaint  to  which  he 
had  been  some  time  subject.    He  was  buriea  at  BatterKa;  and 
a  neat  tablet  has  been  put  up  to  his  memory,  at  the  East  end  of 
the  church ;  the  inscription  on  which  records  his  titles  and  of- 
fieeSf  with  the  date  of  his  decease.    His  Library,  including  that 
of  Mr.  Morant,  and  many  of  the  Books  enriched  by  his.  own 
MS  Notes,  particolarly  on  the  subject  of  Biography,  and  a  capi- 
tal Collection  of  Antiquarian  Tracts,  in  5  quarto  volumes,,  waa 
purchased  by  the  Royal  Institution.    See  Mr.  Harris's  Prefiice  to 
the  judiciou^ly-^rompiled  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  the  Royal 
Institution,  1809,  8vo.     His  MSS.  (comprising  those  of  Mr. 
Morant,   the  AtpUogia,  and  other  rare  articles,  from  the  Li- 
braries of  Mr.  Anstis  and  Dr.  Ducarel),  and  from  other  valua- 
ble Collections,  accumulated  during  a  long  series  of  years,  ara 
now  deposited  at  Stowe,  the6eat  of  his  noble  Pltron  the  Marquis 
of  Buckingham,  to  whom  the  option  of  purchasing  at  a  fixed 
price  W9S  given  by  the  will  of  its  owner. — His  publications  wer^ 
in  the  Archeologia,  vol.  IV.  p.  195,  "  On  the  Events  produced  ia 
England  by  the  Grant  of  the  Kingdom  of  Sicily  to  Prince  £d«. 
mond,  with  Remarks  on  the  Seal  of  that  Prince,  of  Goki,  Weight 
eight  Pennyweights,  formerly  in  the  Earl  of  Oxford's  Collection^ 
then  of  James  West,  Esq.  whence  it  passed  into  that  of  Gustams 
Brander,  Esq,  and  was  bought  in  at  18^  ^.  at  the  sale  of  hit 
Collection,  t^  Mr.  Gerrard,  February,  1790."     VII.  348,  "  Oa 
the  Radicsd  Letters  of  the  Pelasgians,   and  their  Derivatives.'* 
X.  226,  Observations  on  a  Charter  in  his  Library,  indorsed,  in 
a  band  coeval  with  it,  "  Hec  est  carta  regis  Eadgart  de  institu* 
tioae  abbatis  Eliensis  et  duplicatus  ;*'  which  he  shsfws  not  to  ba 
so  oid  as  King  Edgar.    XII.  On  the  Tenures,  Customs,  &c.  of 
his  Manor  of  Great  Tey,  Essex,  by  onzieU,  i.  e.  ungM,  an  arU*' 
trary  tallage.    XIII.  208,  Observations  on  Stone  Pillars,  Ctomm^ 
and  Crucifixes,  from  Mr.  Anstis's  MS.  in  his  Library.    Ibid.  31^ 
C(^  of  a  curious  Record  of  Pardon  in  the  Tower  of  London* 
1357*  of  a  Woman  indicted  for  murdering  her  Husband,  aal 
naaausiug,  without  pleading,  40  days  in  FVison  without  Suste- 
naaee.    «-  The  WiU  of  King  Hcauy  Vll.  1775/*  4to.    "A  Cata* 
kgde  of  the  MSS.  in  the  Cottooian  Library;  to  whidi  are  addedi 
Biaay  Bmeadatioos  and  Additions :   with  an  Appendix,  contain* 
ingnii  Aoeount  of  the  Damage  sustained  by  the  Fire  in  1731  \ 
and  ako  a  Catalogue  of  the  Qiarters  preserved  in  thft  aasDoe  Li* 
hrvj,**  was  communiaUed  by  htm  to  S.  Hooper^  who  "pdcKn^M^ 


904  LITER AHY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l775- 

Pcflin's  "  Description  des  Royaulmes  d'Angleterre 
ct  d'EscQSser  and  "  Ue  laSerre's  "Histoire  de  VEn- 
tr^  de  ia  Reine  du  Mere  du  Roy  tres  Chrestien  dans 

them  in  1777,  dvo.    "  The  Orifpn  and  Progrress  of  Writinsr,  as 
well  hieroglyphic  as  elementary ;    illustratexl   by  Engravings 
taken  from  Marbles,  MSS.  and  Cliartcrs,  antient  and  modern ; 
alfto,  some  Account  of  tbfe  Origin  and  Progress  of  Printing, 
17H4/*  4to.    A  new  Edition  was  published  in  18a3,  with  an 
aiiditional  Plate,  from  a  MS.  in  the  British  Museum,  marked 
Kcrp,  D.  IV. ;   and  a  portrait  of  Mi*.  Astle,  painted  by  Howard, 
and  engraved  by  Shelton,  in  which  the  acckiental  loss  of  an  eye 
Hbhen  at  school  is  concealed.    1  he  Will  of  King  Alfre<l,  found 
in  a  Register  of  "Newminster,  Winchester,  in  the  possession  of 
the  Rev.  George  North,  and  given  by  Dr.  J-<ort,  his  executor,  to 
Kir.  Astle,  1769,  was  printed  at  Oxford,  with  the  Illustrations  of 
Mr.  Manning,  under  the  superintendance  of  the  Rev.  Sir  Herbert 
Croft,  bart.  1788,  4to.     "  An  Account  of  the  Seals  of  the  King's 
Koyal Burghs  and  Magnates  of  Scotland,  with  Five  Plates,  1793," 
folk>,  in  the  **  Vetusta  Monumenta"  of  the  Society  of  Antiqna- 
riea.  The  Calendjar  to  the  Patent  Rolls  in  the  Tower  of  London, 
Teaching  from  3  John  to  ^3  Edward  IV.  containing  Giants  of 
Ofikes  and  Lands,    Restitutions  of  Tem))oralities  to  Bishops, 
Abbots,  and  otlier  ecclesiastical  Persons ;  Confirmations  of  Grants 
luade  to  Bodies  Corporate,  as  well  Ecclesiastical  as  Civil ;  Grants 
ID  Fee*^!!!;  Special  licences  ;   Giants  of  Oflices ;   spec'ud  and 
general  Patents  of  Ci'eations  of  Peers  -,  and  Licences  of  all  kinds 
^vldch  pass  the  Great  Seal  .*   and  on  the  backs  of  thes>e  Rolls  are 
Commissians  to  Justices  of  the  Peace,  of  Sewers,  and  all  Com* 
misj^ions  which  pa^s  the  Great  Seal.    The  Calendar  of  these  Rolls^ 
fniblihhed  by  his  Msgesty's  command,  in  pursuance  of  an  Address 
tif  the  House  of  Commons,  on  the  Report  of  the  Commissioners 
for  inquiring  into  the  State  of  the  l^ll>lic  Records^  is  printed 
fi'om  four  MS  Volumes  procured,  in  1775,  by  Mr.  Astle,   for 
public  u^e,  from  the  Exccutois  of  Heni-y  Rooke,  esq.  his  prede- 
cessor in  the.oflice  of  Keeper  of  the  Tower  ReconJs,   collated 
with  two  MSS.  in  the  t'ottonian  Libraiy,  marked  Titus  C.  11. 
and  lit.  which  appear  to  have  been  compiled  in  the  reign  of 
James  I.  by  some  experienced  clerk,  who  seems  to  have  selected 
hwi  the  Records  themsehcs  what  appeared  to  him  most  useful 
pud  inter^ting.    They  supply  many  omissions  and  deficiencies 
in  the  Tower  Copy  j   and,  after  all,  this  Calendiir,  though  en* 
titled  to  great  merit,  is  only  a  selection,  various  entries  ap{)ear- 
log  on  the  Patent  Rolls  not  entered  here;  and  therefore,  though 
this  Work  will  be  found  to  yield  abimdant  information,  no  one 
ia  to  be  deterred  from  an  exammation  of  any  record  mentioned 
-illsewhere  as  being  on  the  Patent  Roll  because  it  is  not  men* 
tioned  here.**    Mr.  Astle's  Report  on  the  State  of  the  Records 
under  his  care  will  be  found  in  the  Reix)rt  of  the  Conmiittee 
iibov^  mentioned. — In  his  offiee  of  Keeper  of  the  Records  he  wa^ 
succeeded  bySamutilhy^m,  e9(\. 


^775-]  THE  EIGIitEENTH  CENTURY.  ^05 

h  Grande  Bretagne,**  re-published  in  one  volume, 
with  Notes,  by  Mr.  Gough,  4to. 

Tlic  following  Letter  from  Mr.  Astle  to  Dr.  Ducarel>  written 
♦ii  176;J,  is  interesting  on  many  accounts: 

*'  My  dear  Sir,     Since  my  l.ist  to  Sir  Joseph,  !  have  been  as 
deeply  immersed  in  Reconls  as  you  can  have  been  at  the  Au^- 
mcntation-oHice.    \J\nm  my  return  from  Huntley,  I  visited  Fau)d< 
(formerly  the  seat  of  Mr.  Burton^  tht*  Leicestershire  Antiquary) 
t^ee  p.  *2iYl]t  where  I  found  great  pK  nty  of  Chartae  Antique,  and 
jevoral  MSS.  relating  to  the  Stju'  Chamber,  &.c,  &c.  Ac.  which  I 
have  secured,  and  have  given  proper  directions  for  their  removal 
to  London.      No  sooner  had  1  secured  the  above-mentioned' 
remains  of  Antiquity,  than  General  Tow nshend  and  Lady  Ferrari- 
arrived  in  the  Forest  of  Ncedwood.     I  spent  three  days  very 
agreeably  with  them,    contemplating  Nature's  fairest  Wo  As. 
These  rural  scenes  lull  the  mind  into  an  agreeable  state  of  Iran- 
quiUity,  which  Is  hard  to  be  described  ;  and,  though  thc\'  do  not 
raiiie  pas^ons  and  emotions,  yet  they  certainly  serve  to  heighten 
and  compose  them.     On  Saturday  i  spent  a  joyous  day  at  T^m- 
worth.     The  Genend  g:ive  a  buck  at  the  Castle,  and  invited  his 
friends  and  tenants.     We  drank  the  healths  of  Mr.Grehville  and 
many  honest  Eton  men.     After  dinner  1  slipped  away  into  the 
Record  Room,  wiiere  I  found  thi'ec  large  trunks,  full  of  aatient 
Deeds;  and  two  more  filled  with  original  Letters,  &c.    lliey  are 
all  lo  Ix*  taken  to  the  Fort^t  of  Needwooil,  to  be  inspected  by 
Bie  lufreafter.    I  have  a  curious  account  to  give  you  and  my  good 
friend  Sir  Joseph  of  a  British  (Dniid)  Temple  in  the  Peak  of 
Dciinshire,  called  Arbor-Lowe,  and  of  sevoitil  barrows  or  places 
of  biuial  in  that  uncultivated  count  it,  in  which  are  stones  set 
edgeways,  of  an  immense  size.     I  shall  give  you  an  account  of 
my  negotiations  at  Litchiicld  when  1  see  you.     I  left  Tarn  worth 
ye:^tcl'day,    and  arrived  at  this  place  two  hours  ago.      I -shall 
9pend  to-morrow  with  Mr.  U''e«t.     On  Wednesday  1  intend  to 
Mop  at  Oxford ;  and  on  Thursday  evening  1  hope  to  be  in  town. 
I  am,  dear  Sir,  Yours  ever,  Thomas  Astlb. 

'*  ^tratfoTd'Hpon-Aion," 

In  a  letter  diited  July  IJ,  178 If  Mr.  Astle  was  thus  hand- 
soiiielv  noticed  bv  Dr.  Jobii^on :  "  Sir,  1  am  ashamed  that  vou 
bale  been  forced  to  .send  so  often  f<tr  your  books  ^  but  it  has 
been  by  no  ftiult  on  eitiier  side.    I'hey  have  never  been  out  of 


on  Jlfred  [see  p. 204]  ap)»ear  to  me  veiy  Judicious  and  accurate; 
but  tbey  are  too  few,    Many  things  familiar  to  you  arc  unknown 
to  me,  and  to  most  others ;  and  you  must  not  thir^k  too  £Eivour» 
ably  of  your  readers:    by  supposing  them  knowing,  you  ^'^V 
J^ve  thrai  ignonwt    ^ft'ii'f^t^c  oi'  luofl,  and  value  of  n^^oaev.  \\ 


t06  UTEEARY  AKBCDOTES  dF  [l775« 

Serjeant  Glanville's  '^  Reportfi  of  Determinations 
on  Contested  Electionsy^  the  Joint  publication  of 
Richard  Blyke*,  esq.  F.  S.  A»  and  John  Topham  -f-, 
esq.  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  A.  S.  8vo. 

k  of  great  importance  to  state  v^ith  care^  Had  the  Saxons  any 
gold  coin }  I  have  much  curiosity  after  the  manners  and  trana- 
mctions  of  the  middle  ages;  but  have  wanted  either  diligence, 
or  opportunity,  or  both.  You,  Sir,  have  great  opportunity;' 
and  I  wish  you  both  diligence  and  success,    1  am.  Sir.  &c. 

Sam.  Johnson." 
The  Author  of  the  "  New  Catalogue  of  English  living  Au- 
ttors**  thus  delineates  the  literary  character  of  Mr.  Astle^  "  In 
order  to  treat  his  subject  (the  character  and  reign  of  Henry  VII.) 
with  advantage,  he  has  exerted  himself  to  view  it  on  every  side ; 
and  it  must  be  allowed  that  he  exhibits  it  in  a  very  compre* 
henaive  survey.  His  learning,  which  is  various,  cannot  escape 
observation ;  and  his  authorities  in  general  are  the  best  which 
could  be  found.     His  judgment,    precision,    and  minuteness^ 

^  are  all  to  be  highly  commended.  There  is  even  a  considerable 
spirit  of  philanthropy  in  his  Work ;  and  in  so  iar  he  advances  ^ 
beyond  the  character  of  a  mere  Antiquary.  He  displays  not, 
however,  any  splendour  or  brightness  of  genius.  He  is  simple 
and  -judicious,  but  not  original.  He  avails  hinoself  of  the 
labours  of  others  with  an  assiduity  that  could  not  be  wearied ; 
and  his  collection  of  fects,  being  numerous  as  well  as  exact, 
exhibits  instructive  openings  into  the  im]Mnlant  topics  which 
he  treats.  His  Work  is  chiefly  for  consultation,  and  serves 
to  encourage  rather  than  to  supersede  the  inquiries  of  those 
who  have  a  relish  for  the  diplomatic  science,  and  the  study 
of  Antiquity.  We  prize  hi^  laboiu:  more  than  his  invention ; 
and  are  more  forcibly  struck  with  his  patience  than  his  in^ 
genuity.  In  his  language  he  is  clear;  and  it  is  difiicult  ta 
mistmderstand  the  sentiments  he  conveys ;  but  he  has  nowhere 
the  expression  of  a  master:  The  dryness  of  his  manner  suffers 
no  interruption ;  it  is  cold,  neneless,  and  insipid ;  and  he  ad- 
vances tlirough  liis  performance  without  rising  into  any  strain  of 

.animation,  and  without  any  approach  towai*ds  elegance.*' 

*  Kichard  Blyke,  esq.  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  S.  A.  (son  of  Theophilus 
Blyke,  esq.  who  was  Deputy  Secretary  at  War,  Pajinaster  of  the 
Wido\Vs  Pensions,  and  had  been  Commissary  of  the  Stores  at 
Barcelona)  was  Deputy-auditor  of  Mr.  Aislabie's  office  of  the 
Imprest  $  and  had  the  honour  of  being  godson  to  Mr.  Secretary 
Oaggs.  He  had  been  long  engaged  in  collecting  materiab  for  an 
History  of  Hereford,  his  native  city,  and  of  that  county  at  large. 
Some  of  the  valuslble  records,  papers,  &c.  which  he  had  collected 
'  fcr  this  purpose,  were  ready  for  the  press  in  1776,  when  Death 
deprived  his  friends  of  this  most  excellent  person,  who  was  univer- 

MMlfy  beloved.    The  CoUiections  were  purchased  at  the  sale  of  his 

Libnry  mi  Mr.  Baker*s>  for  301.  by  t]i\e  pt«sexi\\>xi^iA  ^^^tCo^ 


17750  THE  EIGHT]E£KTH  CKKTV&Y.  307 

An  Edition  of  ^*  Rochefoucault's  Maxims/*  much 
improved  by  Mr.  Lockyer  Davis*,  8vo. 
•   The  Seventeenth  Volume  of  "  Swift's  ^  Works," 
lirsC  published  by  J.  Nichols,  8vo. 

(then  Earl  of  Surrey),  with  a  view  of  encouraging  any  jterson  that 
f  lull  undei-take  the  Hist  on'  of  that  County,  in  which  he  has  such 
cuTisiderable  interest,  and  which  had  been  unsuccessfully  attempted 
b\-  Mr.  Hill  and  Mr.  Walwjn.  (See  Mr.  Gough's  '' Anecdotps  of* 
Dritish  TopographyV  vol.  L  p.  410.)— On  the  death  of  Mr.  Blyke'a 
Father,  his  Mother  was  re-married  to  a  Clergyman,  who  had  a 
lirin^  in  Gloucestershire. 

t  iMr.  Topham  was  a  native  of  .Malton,  in  Yorkshire  5  and,  in 
an  humble  situation  under  the  late  P.  C.  Webb,  esq.  solicitor  to 
the  Treasury,  he  acquired  such  a  knowledge  of  antient  hands 
and  muniments  as  raised  him  to  a  place  in  the  State-paper-office, 
with  his  firiends  and  patrons  Sir  Joseph  Aylofie,  hart,  who  died 
ta  his  arms,  and  lliomas  Astle,  esq.  He  was  also  one  of  the 
Gentlemen  engaged  in  preparing  for  the  press  the  six  volumes 
nf  the  Rolls  of  Pkrliaraent  3  an  office  in  which  he  £ucceeded  his 
friend  Richard  Blyke,  esq.  with  whom,  in  1775,  he  was  joint 
editor  of  G1anville*s  '*  Reports  on  contestal  Elections,"  8vo.  He 
iras  idso  Editor,  if  not  Translator,  of  an  English  Edition  of 
Sir  John  Forte«cue*s  "  De  laudibus  Legum  Anglise,  1775,"  8vo. 
On  Mr.  Webb's  death,  he  entei'ed  himself  at  Gray*s-inn  j  applied 
to  the  study  of  the  Law ;  was  called  to  the  Bar,  and  appointed  a 
Commissioner  of  Bankrupts.  He  succeeded  Dr.  Lort  as  Keeper 
of  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbur)  's  Library  at  Lambeth  j  was 
Secretary  to  the  Q)mmi8sioners  ^r  selecting  and  publishing  the 
?Mk:  Records  of  .this  Kingdom  j  and  Registrar  to  the  Clmrity 
lor  Relief  of  Poor  Widows  and  Children  of  Clergymen,  •  and 
Treasurer  to  the  Orphan  Chaiity-school.  He  married,  1794, 
one  of  the  co-heiresses  of  the  late  Mr.  Swindon,  an  eminent  and 
opulent  school-master,  at  Greenwich,  in  Kent.  Mr.  Topham*s 
publications  in  the  Archsologia  are,  vol.  VI.  p.  IIG,  on  Esnecca, 
or  the  King's  Yacht,  in  a  Charter  of  Henry  II.  j  Ibid.  179,  on 
the  Picture  in  Windsor  Castle,  repi*esenting  the  Embarkation  of 
Henry  VIIL  at  Dover  5  VII.  337,  on  a  Subsidy  Roll  of  51  Ed- 
ward  III.  The  Wardrobe  Account  of  2 1  Edward  I.  wxs  published 
by  the  Society  in  17S7i  under  his  direction  ;  and  he  was  one  of 
the  Comniittee  for  publishing  other  Wai*drobc  Accounts,  in  "  A 
CoQectkm  of  Ordinances  and  Regulations  for  the  Government  of 
the  Rojpal  Household,  in  divert  Reigns,  from  Edward  III.  to 
William  and  Mary,  1790,"  4ta  He  was  elected  F.  S.  A.  in  1767> 
vid  TYea&urer  (on  the  death  of  Mr.  Baiilet)  in  I7S7 ;  and  was 
>lso  a  FeUow  of  the  Royal  Society.  He  died  at  Cheltenham^ 
Aug.  19t  1803. 

*  Of  whom,  see  toL  VI.  p.  436. 
•  t  Whilst  the  ahove-meotioned  Vo/umc  was  in  the  press*  thfc 
l^orapf^ed  to  Mt.  Faidkner  for  assistance,  and  received  froia 

tY\at 


fQ^  I.rr£RARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l775» 

♦*An  Essay  towards  establisliing  the  Melody  and 
Measure  of  Speech,  to  be  expressed  and  perpetuated 

that  woi-thy-hearted  Printer  an  answer,  dated  Oct.  29, 1774,  which 
is  here  subjoined  :  '*  Dear  Sir,  Had  I  any  original  Works  what- 
ever of  Dr.  Swift's,  worth  publication,  that  could  be  of  honour 
.to  his  memoiy,  and  any  profit  to  you,  I  should  be  glad  to  send 
them }  but  I  have  not,  although  I  know  man?  people  have  laid 
themselves  out  to  collect  the  most  Grub-strcct  ti-a'^h  that  would 
disgrace  the  poorest  and  meanest  of  pi-esses  :  howc^'er,  should  it 
happen  in  my  life  that  I  meet  with  any  to  his  credit  and  your 
benefit,  as  1  always  did  to  my  most  worthy  master,  friend,  and 
benefector,  Mr.  Bowycr,  whose  politeness  and  civility  to  me  in 
the  early  part  of  my  life  I  shall  never  forget ;  for,  when  I  was  a 
journeyman  to  him,  who  was  then  the  most  distinguished 
master-pi  inter  in  London  for  his  knowledge  and  integrity,  his 
father  and  he  both  treated  me  with  the  highest  respect  and  fa- 
miliarity, doing  me  the  favour  to  have  me  at  their  table  to  dine, 
drink  tea,  and  sup  with  them,  which  was  not  customary,  in  the 
year  17^6,  and  often  aftenvards.  I  have  vol  one  or'vj-mal  para" 
graph  of  Swift  that  has  not  appeared  in  your  En^ilijih  Edition; 
and  shall  be  obliged  to  you,  on  your  kind  offer,  to  send  me  the 
sheets  of  the  Eclition  you  are  now  printing.  Had  my  health 
permitted  me,  I  should  have  gone  to  London  this  year,  to  have 
paid  my  last  respects  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  to  you,  and  otlier  friends  -, 
out  being  veiy  old  (79  years)  and  infirm,  I  could  not  travel 
with  any  pleasure ;  but,  with  all  my  complaints,  I  sincerely 
wish  to  take  a  final  adieu  of  all  my  friends  in  Englimd  next 
year  J  and,  if  health  will  permit,  to  co  to  the  Continent,  havinf^ 
no  wife  or  children,  and  but  few  relations.  1  j^incerely  congra- 
tulate with  Mr.  Bowyer  on  his  having  the  g(mt,  which  I  fre- 
quently have  j  and  instead  of  strpng  muiuiungus  port,  I  quaff 
good  claret,  being  lighter,  cooler,  and  ea.*-ier  of  digestion.  I 
sincerely  wish  you  and  Mr.  Bouyer  every  happiness  in  this  and 
the  next  world  j  and  am,  with  the  greatest  respect  and  esteem, 
both  his  and  your  veiy  much  obliged,  &c.  Gkorge  Faulkker.** 
1  trupt  I  shall  be  excused  if  1  here  transcribe  an  extract  froon 
an  earlier  letter  fixmi  Mr.  Faulkner,  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  dated 
Nov.  5,  1767:  "  My  dearest  and  worthy  Sir ;  Very  few  opportu- 
iiities  happen  to  me  to  n  turn  your  many  kind  favours  to  nie, 
and  particulaily  your  last.  By  this  post  }ou  will  receive  in 
fi*ank:)  a  List  of  the  Absentees  of  Ireland,  which,  I  think,  maj 
answer  w  ith  you.  I  should  have  sent  it  sooner  had  it  been  in 
my  power,  which  it  was  not,  the  author  having  employed  five 
different  printing-offices  to  print  it :  and,  as  he  hath  given  the 
property  to  me,  I  transfer  it  to  you.  I  wish  what  you  receive 
may  be  the  fij^st,  as  I  cannot  answer  foi*  my  English  journey- 
men and  shopkeepers,  who  may  have  their  friends  in  London. 
Many  people  of  Ireland,  as  well  as  of  England,  may  have  a  cu- 
riosity to  see  this  list;  and  therefore,  I  hope^  it  will  at  least  quit 

four 


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THK  £IGHT££NTH  C£NTURY.  *fiQ9  * 


by   peculiar   Symbols  *,**    by  Joshua  Steele,  e^. 
4to. 

"  Letters  from  a  Lady  -f-  who  resided  many  years 
in  Russia^  to  her  Friend  in  England ;  with  Historical 
Notes;"  8vo. 

four  cost,  and,  I  sincerely  wi^h,    afford  some  profit^    which, 
if  in  my  power,  I  would  heap  on  you,  superior  to  the  Duke  of 
Northumberland's.    Your  Partner  is  a  most  worthy  man,  whose 
conres|K)ndence  I  sheuld  be  very  proud  of,    and  hope  he  will 
fiiTour  mc  with  it.    I  shall  be  very  glad  to  hear  that  Mi^.  Bowyer 
is  not  under  the  care  of  physicians  or  apothecaiies,  those  job- 
making  gentry.     My  apothecary's  bill  dotii  not  amount  to  Rve 
shillings  a  year  fsr  all  my  family,  two-pence  of  which  is  not  my 
share.     Clofet  is  the  universal  medicine  here,  and  mundungus 
purl  the  bane  and  stupe£iction  of  all  society.     We  celebrate  the 
5th  of  November  here  as  you  do  in  I^ndon,  upon  which  occa- 
sion I  had  tlie  honour  of  dining  with  our  Viceroy,  Lord  Towns- 
bend,  at  our  Mayoralty-house,  with  Lord-Mayor,  &c.  where  we 
drank  many  loyal  toasts,  not  forgetting  Old  England.     I  shall 
aoim  publish  a  Description  of  the  famous  Lake  of  Killarney, 
which  you  shall  have  by  post  before  publication,  which,  I  believe, 
will  not  quit  expence  in  a  pamphlet  -,  but,  if  you  are  a  proprie- 
tor in  a  Magazine  or  News-paper,  it  m«iy  not  be  disagreeable. 
Fray  excuse  all  blunders  in  this  letter,  being  just  returned  from 
1  Ibtft  of  all  delicacies  of  viands,  grapes,  melons,  pine-apples, 
and  all  the  catalogue  of  the  most  delicious  fiiiits. 

"  I  am.  Sir,  your  very  much  obliged,  most  faithful, 

obedient,  and  humble  sen'ant,     Geokok  Faulrn^er." 
Mr.  Faulkner,  who  died  Aug.  28,  1775,  left  Mr.  Bowyer  ten 
guineas  .for  a  mourning  ring.     Some  other  letters  fh)m  Mr. 
Fuilkner  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  &c.  are  printed  in  'VSwift's  Works." 

*  For  which  a  nuiety  of  chaiacteristic  ty|)es  wei-e  formed,  m 
has  been  obseiTed  in  voL  II.  p.  358.  A  second  Edition  ap[)eared 
in  1780,  under  the  title  of  "  Prosodia  Rational  is.** 

t  Of  these  Lettei-8  see  Gent  Mag.  vol.  XLV.  pp.  531, 638;  vol. 
XUX.  p.!eOO;  LV.  p.  3/4. —The  Writer  was  Mi^.  Vigor,  who 
named,  1.  Thomas  Ward,  esq.  Consul -^vueral  of  Russia  in  173 1 ; 
i.  to  Claudius  Rondeaii,  esq.  resident  at  that  Court  -,  where  she 
wrote  the  above-mentioned  highly  intei-esting  and  entertaining 
LettcfB,  pubfished  by  Dodsley.  Her  account  of  the  Court  of 
Rimim  is  extremely  cuiious,  and  the  secret  histoiy  of  it  is  quite 
npvp;  and  nowhere  else,  perhaps,  so  exactly  pictui*ed.  Her 
third  hufttMttMi  was  Mr.  William  Vigor,  a  j^uaker.  She  died  at 
VTuAar,  Sept.  12, 1783,  aged  84.  Her  loss  was  severely  felt  by 
the  neigbbouring  poor,  amongst  whom  she  was  constantly  search- 
ing  after  proper  cmjects  for  the  exertion  of  her  charity  and  beno- 
^&mot.  Together  with  great  cheeifulness  of  mind  and  equality 
of  tcotpcr*  Bne  reCidned  an  uncommon  quickness  of  apprehen- 
iioQ  afltf  vtaour  of  undentanding  to  the  time  of  her  death. 
TouUL  P  UaVvag 


fllO  JLITERART  ANECDOTES  OF  [1775* 

./  Part  of  an  Edition  of  Bishop  Sherlock*s  *  "  Ser- 
mons,'' in  3  vols.  12mo;  to  which  was  prefixed, 
by  the  ingenious  but  anonymous  Editor,   a  good 

Having  lived  much  in  the  world,  and  being  well  acquainted 
with  books,  her  conversation  was  the  delight  of  all  who  had 
the  pleasure  of  knowing  her.  Of  the  vivacity  of  her  wit,  and 
l)fer  talents  for  observation,  the  publick  had  a  specimen  in  her 
Russian  Letters :  which  she  was  in  a  manner  obliged  to  publish, 
to  prevent  a  spurious  and  incoiTect  copy  from  being  obtruded 
on  the  world.  At  a  time  of  life  remarkable  for  apathy  and  in- 
difference, she  possessed  a  degree  of  sensibility,  and  a  tenderness 
of  feeling,  approaching  almost  to  weakness. 

*  Dr.  Thomas  Sherlock,  son  of  Dr.  William  Sherlock,  Dean 
of  St.  Paufs,  was  bom  in  London,  in  1678.     He  was  educated 
at  Eton  school;   and,  though  it  has  been  said  that  his  great 
genius  and  talents  did  not  shew  themselves  till  he  was  more  ad- 
vanced in  life,   it  ap))ears,    from  the  testimony  of  those  who 
knew  him  in  his  early  youth,  that  in  this,  as  in  all  other  parts 
of  life,  he  stood  on  the  highest  ground ;   that,   in  the  course 
of  his  education,  he  was  always  at  the  head  of  his  class,  and 
never  failed  to  lead  his  equals  and  com{)Rnion.s,   even  in  the 
puerile  sports  and  amusements.      From  Eton,   he  removed  to 
Catherine  hall,  Cambridge.      Hoadly  and  he  were  both  exact 
contemporaries  at  this  veiy  small  College ;   and  it  should  seem 
that  the  seeds  of  rivalily  between  those  two  very  gieat  men  were 
sown  at  that  time.     One  day,   as  they  came  away  from  their 
tutor's  lecture  on  *'  TuUy's  Offices,'*  Hoadly  said,  "  Well,  Sher- 
lock,   yoii  figured  away  finely  to-day  by  help  of  Cockman's 
Translation." — **  No,  really,"  says  Sherlock,  **  I  did  not  -,   for  1 
tried  all  I  could  to  get  one ;   and  could  hear  of  only  one  copy, 
and  that  you  had  ^secured/*     If  we  consider  that  probably  there 
were  not  half  a  dozen  more  under-graduates  in  the  whole  society, 
how  extraordinary  must  we  think  it  that  these  two  should  both 
arrive,  by  their  own  abilities,  at  the  highest  point  of  ecclesias- 
tical rewards,  and  that  by  the  most  opposite  route  of  politicks ! 
Sherlock  afterwards  became  Master }  and  was  a  kind  Benefactor 
to  his  College,  gave  them  a  large  quantity  of  iron  railing,  fitted 
up  a  room  fbr  a  Library,  and  furnished  it  with  a  great  part  of 
his  own  Library :  left  20l.  a  year  for  an  under-graduate  Librarian^ 
appointed  the  King*s  Professors  of  Divinity,  &c.  to  be  Trustees, 
'and  has  bestowed  many  lines  in  his  Will  in  direction  of  their 
choice.     He  probably  did  not  consider  that  the  sum  was  neither 
considerable  enough  to  occasion  much  competition ;  and  that  in 
80  small  a  society  they  might  think  themselves  well  off  if  a  decent 
person  could  be  found  to  accept  it,  especially  if  a  close  attend- 
ance is  required.     In  1714  he  was  elected  Vice-chancellor  of  the 
University ;  and  while  he  held  thb  office,  he  searched  into  the 
public  archives,  where  papers  and  public  instruments  of  great 
fklue  had  Iain  for  many  years  in  a  very  confused  and  useless 


1775«]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  811 

Life  of  that  learned  Prelate,  which  has  furnished 
me  with  materials  for  the  Note  below. 

State.    These  he  carefully  examined,  and  reduced  into  proper 
order ;   and,  from  their  help,  obtained  sach  a  knowledge  of  the 
constitution  of  the  University,  and  of  the  different  sources  from 
whence  it  derivexi  its  power  and  immunities,  that,  in  the  subae-* 
<{uent  parts  of  his  life,  he  was  appealed  to  as  a  kind  of  oracle, 
in  doubts  and  difficulties  that  occasionally  arose  in  regard  to  its 
jurisdiction  and  government.    At  the  age  of  twenty-six  (Nov.  %S, 
1704)  he  was  appointed  Master  of  the  Temple,  upon  the  resig- 
nation of  his  Father.     This  office  he  held  near  fifty  years,  con- 
stantly preaching  at  their  (^Ihurch  in  Term-time,  and  uni\'ersa]l3r 
beloved,  esteemed,  and  honoured  among  them.     He  was  made 
Bean  of  Chichester  in  November  1715.      Excepting  "  Eight 
Sermons  preached  on  public  Occasions,"  his  first  appearance  as 
an  Author  was  in  the  famous  Bangorian  controversy;  and  he 
was  by  far  the  most  powerful  antagonist  Bishop  Hoadly  had. 
He  published  a  gi^eat  number  of  pamphlets  upon  this  occasion } 
the  principal  of  which  is  intituled,  "  A  Vindication  of  the  Cor- 
poration and  Test  Acts,  in  answer  to  the  Bishop  of  Bangor's 
Reasons  for  the  Repeal  of  them,  1718.*'    To  this  Bbhop  Hoadly 
replied ;   yet,  while  he  opposed  strenuously  the  principles  of  his 
Adversary,  he  gave  the  strongest  testimony  to  his  abilities.     In 
the  course  of  this  controversy  the  part  he  took  in  it  gave  ofience 
at  Court  J  and  on  Nov.  6,  1717»  he  and  Dr.  Snape  were  removed 
from  the  list  of  King's  Chaplains.     It  has  been  said.   Bishop 
Sherlock  afterwards  disapproved  the  part  he  took  in  this  dispute, 
and  would  never  suffer  his  pamphlct^i  to  be  re-printed.     Abovt 
this  time  some  bold  attacks  were  made  upon  Christianity,  and 
particularly  by  Collins,  in  his  "  Discourse  on  the  Grounds  and 
Aeasons  of  the  Chiistian  Religion."     This  Work  occasioned  a 
gre%t  number  of  pieces  to  be  written  on  the  subject  of  Pro- 
phecy ;  and,  though  Dr.  Sherlock  did  not  enter  directly  into  the 
controversy,   yet  he  took  occasion  to  communicate  his  senti- 
ments In  "  Six  Discourses  delivered  at  the  Temple  Church,"  in 
April  and  May  17^4,  which  he  printed  the  following  year,  under 
this  title,  "  Tlie  Use  and  Intent  of  Prophecy  in  tlie  several  Ages 
of  the  World."     It  was  an  obviotis  remark  upou  this  sul^jecf, 
that  (bessicles  the  argument  from  Prophecy)  the  Miracles  of  our 
8a\iour  were  illustrious  attestations  given  to  him  frcmi  Heaven, 
and  evident  proofs  of  his  divine  mission.,  •  Then  arose  Mr.  Wool^ 
ston,  who,   under  pretence  of  acting  the  'part  of  a  moderator 
in  this  controversy,  endeavoured  to  allegorise  away  the  Miracles, 
as  Mr.  Collins  had  done  the  Prophecies.     And  here  af^ain  Bishop 
^fherloek  took  up  the  cause.     Mr.  Wool^ton  having-  bent  hk 
cibrts  with  particular  virulence  against  our  Saiviour's  Resurreo 
tioa,  this  suty^t  was  fiillv  and  <ji^tipictly  considered  in  a  Pam« 
pfict  written  by  hia  Lordship,  intituled,  "  The  Trial  of  ttie  Wit- 
"        of  the  Kedurrectk>n  of  Jesus,  1799.**    This  Pa»j^ilet,  in 

F  2  whiicli 


SIS  tITERAIlY  AV£CD0T£8  OF  [l775- 

^'A  Moral  Demonstration  of  the  Truth  of  the 
Christian  Religion;    with  an  Introduction  on  the 

which  the  Evidences  of  the  Resurrection  are  examined  in  the  form 
ef  a  jodicjal  proceeding,  went  through  fourteen  Editions ;  and 
has  been  universaUy  admired  for  the  polite  and  uncommon  turn, 
«8  well  as  the  judicious  way  of  li-eating  the  subject  %.  On  the 
4th  of  February,  1797>  he  was  appointed  Bishop  of  Bangor,  in 
the  room  of  Dr.  William  Baker,  who  was  translated  to  Norwich; 
and,  upon  the  promotion  of  Dr.  Hoadly  to  the  see  of  Winche(>- 
ter.  Dr.  Sherlock  succeeded  him  in  the  bishoprick  of  Salisbury, 
Nov.  S,  1734.  He  now  entered  uiM>n  a  new  scene  of  life,  in 
which  his  great  abilities,  the  deep  knowledge  he  had  acquired  of 
the  laws  and  constitution  of  his  coimtry,  his  eloquence,  his 
learning,  gave  him  great  weight  and  dignity,  both  as  a  governor 
of  the  church,  and  as  a  lord  of  parliament.  When  he  assisted  at 
the  deliberations  of  that  great  assembly,  he  was  not  content  to 
bear  a  silent  testimony,  but  often  took  upon  himself  an  active 
part ;  and  though  his  profession  and  manner  of  life  had  hitherto 
afforded  him  no  opportunity  of  exercising  his  talent  for  extern- 

goraneous  speaking,  he  delivered  himself  in  his  first  attempts^ 
efore  the  most  august  assembly  in  the  world,  with  the  s^me 
case,  elegance,  and  force,  as  if  Oratory  had  been  the  study  and 
practice  of  his  life,  or  as  if  it  had  been  a  gift  of  Nature,  and  not 
^  art  to  be  attained  by  time  and  trial.    But  he  was  sensible  of 
the  reserve  that  became  his  order  and  profession  in  tliat  place, 
and  seldom  rose  up  to  declare  his  opinion,  except  on  |)oints  in 
which  the  j^clesiastical  or  Civil  Constitution  were  essentially 
concerned,   or  by  which  tlie  Authority  of  the  Crown,    or  the 
Liberties  of  the  Subject,  were  materially  atfected.     In  cases  of 
Ecclesiastical  Law,  which  \^ere  brought  before  the  Lords  as  a 
.Court  of  Judicature,  he  had  sometimes  the  honour  of  leading 
their  judgments,  in  opposition  to  some  of  the  greatest  lights  of 
the  Law,  who  had  first  declared  themselves  of  a  different  opinion^ 
particulaiiy  in  an  appeal  to  the  House  upon  an  ecclesiastical 
case  in  Ireland.     Several  of  his  Speeches  arc  preserved  in  the 
printed  Collection  of  Parliamentaiy  Debates  \   which  do  honour 
te  his  genius,  his  diBinterestedness,  his  independence,  and  hi^ 
Ttrtue.     The  splendour  of  his  character  now  became  so  great, 
that,  upon  the  death  of  Archbishop  Potter,  in  1747,   he  w^a^ 
offered  to  be  placed  at  the  head  of  the  Church,  in  the  Arch*- 
•bislioprick  of  Canterbury;  which,  however,  he  thought  proper  to 
decline,  on  account  of  the  ill  state  of  his  health  at  that  juncture  <- 
But  soon  after,  recovering  his  usual  strength,  he  accepted  a  tran»^ 
JatiQn  to  the  sec  of  London,  in  1748,  void  by  the  death  of  Doctor 
£dimiiid  Gibson.    Upon  this  promotion  he  had  some  difference 
-ijrith  Archbishop  Herring,  about  his  Grace's  right  to  an 


^    tin  1749  was  pubfished  <<  The  Sequel  of  the  Trial  of  the  WitnctMS  €^ 
itre  JtcfomeClon,  &Cr  Aevtietf  by  the  A^uthor  of  the  Trial  of  the  WitnesMS-** 
iSbagr^  tfadtim<#«NhytlMBUb(if\dmidt) 


>775-]  T»B  JSI6H1XEKTH  CEIOVRY. 

Nature  and  Fprce  of  probable  Arguments ;    jfirst 
printed  in  the  Year  l66o^   and  now  accurately  re<*' 

The  Archbishop  had  made  his  Option  of  St.  George*s»  Hanover* 
square ;  but  the  matter  was  compromised  by  his  Grace's  accept- 
ance  of  St.  Anne's,  Soho.  Bishop  Sherlock,  however,  in  1755, 
printed  his  thoughts  on  this  subject,  in  a  folio  Pamphlet,  inti- 
tuled, '^  The  Option ;  or  an  Enquiry  into  the  Grounds  of  tha 
Claim,'*  &c.  which  was  never  made  public,  but  50  copies  only 
of  it  given  tu  those  whom  it  interested.  A  friend,  to  whom 
this  P^phlet  wus  once  shewn,  tells  me,  **  he  had  only  time  to 
obsene  a  mistake,  which  one  should  not  have  expected  in 
Bishop  Sherlock.  Assigning;  a  very  early  origin  to  the  Arch* 
bishop's  claim,  he  soon  after  laments  the  hard  fate  of  the 
Clcfgy's  ¥rives  and  children ;  forgetting  probably  that  in  these 
times  no  such  relations  existed.*'  —  Ai-chbishop  Herring,  it  is 
believed,  caused  it  to  be  re-printed  in  quarto,  which  he  gave  lo 
a  few  friends,  with  a  short  answer  in  one  page.  The  Archbishop 
V95  assisted  in  his  Answer  tu  Bishop  Sherlock's  /'  Option,**  by 
Mr.  Archdeacon  Denne,  and  Paul  J«idrell,  esq.  to  a  brother  of 
whom  he  bequeathed  in  return  the  Option  of  Dr.  Dcnnc's  archf> 
deaconry  of  Rochester,  which  Mr.  Jodrell  disposed  of  (in  rever- 
lion)  to  Dr.  Law.  —  In  the  beginning  of  the  year  1750,  whei^ 
these  Cities  were  put  into  a  most  di^eadful  consteniation  by  two 
violent  shocks  "of  an  Earthquake  ("FebruarJ/ H  and  March  6), 
Bibhop  Sherlock  wrote  ''  A  Pastoral  Letter  to  the  Clergy  and 
Inhabitants  of  London  and  Westminster,  on  occasion  of  the  late 
Earthquakes ;"  which  was  so  gi-eedily  bought  up  by  all  ranks  of 
pto|^,  that  it  is  computed  upwards  of  a  huntlrcd^housand  copiea 
were  sold  within  one  month.  With  all  his  dignities,  he  conti- 
Bued  to  hold  the  Mastership  of  the  Temple  till  the  year  1753  ; 
when,  his  growing  infirmities  rendering  him  unable  to  perform 
the  duties  of  it,  he  wrote  the  following  letter  of  acknowledg- 
ment. 

•'  To  the  Treasurers,  &c.  of  the  Two  Societies  of  the  Temple. 
**  Gkvtlemen,  Fulham,  Nov.  6.  1753. 

*'  His  Majesty  having  been  graciously  pleased  (in  consideration 
of  my  age  and  infirmiticb),  to  accept  of  my  resignation  of  the 
Mastership  of  the  Temple,  {permit  me  to  take  the  opf>ortunity  of 
ynur  meeting,  after  the  recess  of  the  vacation,  to  return  you 
my  thanks  for  your  great  goodness  to  mc,  during  the  continu- 
ance of  the  long  course  of  my  ministry  among  you.  It  would 
be  a  satisfaction  and  pleasure  to  me  to  acknowledge  these  obli- 
C^wtm,  and  to  express  the  seni>e  I  have  of  them,  in  )x»rson. 
But,  as  1  cannot  promise  myself,  in  the  uncertain  state  of 
Biy  heajth,  that  I  shall  be  able  to  do  it  in  proper  time^  ]  bliali 
hi^  kai'/a  to  do  it  by  writing  \  and  to  assure  you,  that  I  shall 
iKrays  remember  the  many  instances  of  your  favour  to  nie,  some 
of  wliich  were  so  distinguishing  marks  of  your  approbation  of 
my  anrricei^  as  J*muBt  never-^l  can  never  forget  5   and  \et,  Vc% 


S:14  XITSEA&T  ANECDOTES  OF  [i775« 

printed  by  the  Editor,*'  8vo.— The  Author  of  the 
*^  Moral  Demonstrations*"  was  the  learned  and  ex- 
mention  them  particularly,  might  be  construed  as  an  effect 
rather  of  vanity  than  of  gratitude.  I  esteem  my  relation  to  the 
Two  Societies  to  have  be^^  the  great  happiness  of  my  life,  as  it 
introduced  me  to  the  acquaintance  of  some  of  the  greatest  men 
of  the  age,  and  afforded  me  the  opportunities  of  improvement, 
by  living  and  conversing  with  gentlemen  of  a  liberal  education, 
wd  of  great  learning  and  experience.  Lam,  Gentlemen,  your 
most  obedient,  and  most  humble  servant,     Thomas  London/' 

From  this  time  his  infirmities  constantly  increased  ujion  him  ; 
but  the  powers  of  his  understanding  ail  alon^  remained  in  their 
fuU  vigour ;  and  he  continued  to  dispatch  the  variety  of  bubiness 
that  came  before  him,  with  ease  to  himself,  and  satibfacti<)n  to 
those  who  had  occasion  to  apply  to  him.     It  was  under  this 
weak  state  of  body  he  revised  and  corrected  his  Sermouh,  which 
he  published  in  1755  and  1756,    in  four  volumes  octavo  [to 
.  which  a  fifth  was  added  in  1776,  consisting  of  XIV  Occasional 
Sermons  never  before  re-published  j  which  \%'as  undeitaLen  at  the 
su^estion  of  my  worthy  old  friend  Mr  Soutligate,  curate  of  St. 
Giles's,  who  furnished  the  copies;  and  it  was  printed  at  the  joint 
expence  of  those  two  eminent  Bibliopoles,  Lockyer  Davis  and 
•  Thomas  Dames ;    whose  initials,   D.  D.   are  subscribed  to  the 
Prefiice*].    When  he  first  appeared  in  the  character  of  a  pub- 
lic preacher,    he  surpassed  the  most    eminent    preachers    of 
those  times,    in  solidity   of  matter,    in  strength  of  reason- 
ing,   and  true  pulpit-eloquence.      There  are  few  now  living 
who  are  able  to  remember  those  times;    but,    if  general  re- 
port did   not  confirm   this  obsei-vation,  we  might   appeal   to 
the  testimony  of  his  own  printed  Sermons;   which,  with  few 
exceptions,  were  all  the  product  of  his  younger  years.     The  re- 
ception they  have  met  with  is  a  full  proof  of  their  merit ;  and  it 
is  but  declaring  the  judgment  of  the  publick  to  say,  that,  for 
variety  and  choice  of  matter,  and  the  judicious  ainingement  of 
it;  for  strength  and  solidity  of  reasoning;  for  force  and  elegance 
of  language,  and  for  a  natural  flow  of  manly  eloquence,  they 
stand  in  the  first  rank  of  reputation  of  any  theological  discourses 
in  the  English  or  any  other  language.    When  Dr.  Nichols  waited 
upon  Lord  Chancellor  Hardwicke  with  the  First  Volume  of  these 
Sermons  (which  was  published  singly  in  November  1753)  his 
Lordship  asked  him  whether  there  was  not  a  Sermon  on  John  xx. 
80,  31  ?    and,  on  his  replying  in  the  afiirmative,  desired  him  to 
turn  to  the  conclusion,  and  repeated  verbatim  the  animated  con- 
trast between  the  Mahometan  and  Christian  Religions,  begin- 
ning "  Go  to  your  Natuial  Religion,"  (Discourse  IX.)  to  the  end. 
Such  was  the  impression  which  this  great  and  good  man  had 

•  This  it  a  morsel  ef  Biblio^phy  worth  noticing^,  as  it  will  save  futuiv 
Antiquaries  the  trouble  of  hu^tili|f  for  the  nieaaiBif  of  these  two  Dtxt, 

retained 


•^ 


*7?5f3  THE  ElGHTflENTH  CJENTURY.  «15 

ceilent  Dr.  Jeremy  Taylor ;  and  the  Re-publisher  of 
it  was  the  celebrated  Ur.  Hurd. 

retained  of  it  for  thirty  years. — In  the  year  1759  he  printed  and 
dir^tributed  in  his  Diocese  "A  Charge  to  the  Clergy  ;**  wherein  a 
maaterly  knowledge  of  the  Law,  both  of  Church  and  State,  it 
a(>pUed,  with  paternal  affection,  to  their  use  and  service.  And, 
within  a  \ery  few  months  of  his  death,  upon  the  accession  of  his 
preM*nt  Majesty  to  the  throne^  he  wrote  the  following  Letter  of 
Coiiriolence  and  Congratulation  to  the  King. 

*'  Sire,  Nov.  1,  1700. 

"  Amidst  the  congratulations  that  surround  the  Throne,  per- 
mit me  to  lay  before  your  Mjyesty,   a  heart,   which,    though 
oppresseil  with  age  and  infirmity,  is  no  stranger  to  the  joys  of 
my  Country.     When  the  melancholy  news  of  the  late  King's 
demiae  reached  us,  it  naturally  led  us  to  consider  the  loss  we  had 
sustained,  and  upon  what  our  hoi)es  of  futurity  depended.     The 
first  part  excited  grief,  and  put  aJl  the  tender  passions  into  mo- 
tion ;   but  the  second  brouglit  life  and  spirit  wHh  it,  and  wiped 
auay  the  tears  fVom  every  face.     Oh  !    how  graciously  did  the 
Providence  of  God  provide  a  Successor,  able  to  bear  the  weight 
uf  government  in  that  unexpected  event !     You,  Sir,   are  the 
Person  whom  the  People  ardently  desire :    which  affection  of 
theirs  is  happily  returned  by  your  Majesty's  declared  concern 
for  their  prosperity^  and  let  nothing  disturb  this  mutual  consent. 
Let  there  be  but  one  contest  between  them,  whether  the  King 
lotes  the  People  the  best,  or  the  People  iiini:  and  may  it  be  a  Iong« 
a  very  long  contest !   may  it  never  be  decided,  but  let  it  remain 
doubtfiii!  and  may  the  paternal  affection  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
filial  obedience  on  the  other,  be  had  in  perpetual  remembrance. 
This  will  probably  be  the  last  time  I  shall  ever  trouble  your  Ma- 
jesty.    1  beg  leave  to  expri'ss  my  warmest  wishes  and  prayers  on 
joar  behalf.    May  the  Gixi  of  Heaven  and  Earth  have  you  always 
under  his  protection,  and  direct  you  to  seek  his  honour  and 
^lory  in  all  you  do  j   and  may  you  reap  tlie  benefit  of  it,  by  an 
increase  of  hap|>iness  in  this  world  and  in  the  next  !'* 

He  die<l,  without  issue,  July  18,  in  the  ye<u*  1761,  and  in  the 
^th  year  of  his  age  }  during  the  last  eight  ye^irs  of  which  he 
hid  been  almost  entirely  deprived  of  the  use  ()f  his  limbs  and  of 
his  speech,  insomuch  that  he  could  be  understood  only  by  those 
who  were  constantly  about  him.  Under  this  uncommon  state 
of  weakness  and  decline,  nothing  was  more  worthy  admiration 
than  the  extraordinary  com|K)sui'e  of  his  mind.  Though  Bishop 
Sherlock  had  naturally  a  quickness  and  scnhibiiity  of  temper^ 
^t  and  sickness  were  so  far  from  stimulating,  that  they  served 
ruber  to  smooth  and  soften  it ;  as  infirmities  increased  upon 
him,  he  became  more  quiet  and  composed;  and,  though  in  the 
common  course  of  business,  and  his  general  intercourse  with 
the  world,  u  well  as  the  interior  oeconomy  of  his  own  family, 
incidents  must  have  arisen  frequently  that  were  dispK^asing  to 
him,  yet  nothing  could  ever  rufQc  that  constancy  of  mind,  and 
tint  unifbrm  tranqtuUity  and  com[)Osure,  that  liappily  possessed 

Yvvuu 


1 1 6  LITERARY  ANECDOTE  OF  [l  7  7  5  * 

•^  A  Catalogue  of  Genis,**   by  Mr.  James  Tassie, 
8vo.  —  This  little  Volume  was  afterwards  consider- 

him.  And  he  added  to  his  other  public  and  private  virtues,  a 
constant  and  exemplary  piety,  a  warm  and  fenent  zeal  in  preach- 
ihg  the  duties,  and  maintaining  the  doctrines  of  Christianity, 
an<l  a  large  and  diffusive  munificence  and  diarity.  He  was  in- 
terred in  the  church-yard  at  Fulham ;  where  a  monument,  with 
the  following  inscnption,  drawn  up  by  Dr.  Nichols  *,  who  suc- 
ceeded him  in  the  mastership  of  the  Temple,  is  erected  : 

"In  this  vault  is  deposited  the  body  of 

The  Right  Reverend  Father  in  God 

Dr.  Thomas  Shbrlock,  late  Bishop  of  this  Diocese, 

formerly  Master  of  the  Temple,  Dean  of  Chichester, 

and  Bishop  of  Bangor  and  Sah'sbury. 

Whose  beneficent  and  worthy  conduct 

in  the  several  high  stations  which  he  filled, 

'     entitled  him  to  the  gratitude  of  multitudes, 

and  the  veneration  of  all. 

His  superior  genius, 

his  extensive  and  well-applied  learning, 

his  admirable  faculty  and  unequalled  power  of  I'casoning, 

as  exerted  in  the  explanation  of  Scripture, 

in  exhortations  to  that  piety  and  virtue 

of  which  he  was  himself  a  gi*eat  example, 

and  in  defence  especially  of  Revealed  Religion, 

need  no  encomium  here. 

They  do  honour  to  the  age  wherein  he  lived ;  aiKl 

will  be  known  to  posterity,  without  the  help 

of  this  perishable  monument  of  stone.** 

Underneath,  on  another  Tablet,  is> 

"  He  died  the  ISth  day  of  July,  in  the  year 

of  our  Lord  1761,  and  the  84th  of  his  age. 

The  powers  of  his  mind  continuing  unimpaired 

throughout  a  tedious  course  of 

bodily  infirmities, 

which  he  sustained  to  the  last  with  a  most  cheerfid 

and  edifying  resignation  to  the  will  of  God." 

On  the  side  of  a  Monument^   to  the  memory  of  his  Lady, 

placed  on  the  top  of  the  above-mentiontd  Tablet : 

"Judith  Fuuntaine, 

was  married  to  Dr.  Thomas  Sherlock, 

Master  of  the  Temple,  Aug.  8,  1707- 

Died  July  23,  1764 )  aged  77." 

The  RcY.  John  Jones  of  Welwyn  adds  (in  MS),  "  Dr.  Chandler, 
a8  he  told  me  himself,  being  at  Tunbridge  about  the  time  of  the 
conclusion  of  the  Peace  at  Aix-la-Chapelle,  and  conversing,  upon 

•  <<A8  I  always  anderstood,  it  was  written  by  the  Ripbt  Hon.  Edward 
Weston,  who  married  for  his  second  wife  Anne  Fountayne,  niece  of  Mrs. 
Sherlock,   to  whom  bis  fiht  wife  also,  VeneVo^^  ^;nxv<\%>x^\!«  oC  By^ 
J^ttrick,  WMS  niece,"    Jhr.  OutrkM  ff  cstmi,  MS. 


1775.] 


not  EIGHTEEKTH  CENTURY.  917 


ftbly  enlarged^  and  published  in  two  Voluines  4to^ 
nnder  the  title  of  "A  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  a 
General  Collection  of  Antient  and  Modem  engraved 
Gems^  Cameos  as  well  as  Intaglios^  taken  from  this 
most  celebrated  Cabinets  in  Europe;  cast  in  co- 
loured Pastes,  white  Enamel  and  Sulphur^  by  . 
James  Tassie*,  Modeller;   arranged  and  described 

the  Walks  with  Bishop  Sherlock,    concerning  the  expediency 
and  utility  of  revising  the  Public  Liturgy  at  that  time,  had  this 
answer  given  him  by  the  Bishop,  viz.   '  That  he  concurred  in   • 
opinion  with  the  Doctor,  that  that  seemed  to  him>  to  be  a  very 
proper  time  for  applying  to  the  Government  in  the  behalf  of  a 
rex  iew,  provided  a  competent  number  of  the  Clergy  and  others 
ihoukl  be  found  to  fovour,  and  forward  to  abet,  so  useful  a  de- 
sign.'— Soon  after  the  publication  of  the  '  Free  and  Candid  Ka- 
qui^sitions,*  his  Lordship  held  his  Triennial  Visitation.    Tlie  Visi- 
tation Preachers  were  some  of  them  candid,  others  less  so,  with 
regard  to  the  Address  and  Proposals  in  that  Treatise. — The 
Bb^hop's  Oration  to  his  Clergy  on  that  subject  was  moderate, 
allowing  the  force  and  propriety  of  the  arguments  for  a  review 
in  several  instances,  and  at  the  same  time  observing  the  difficulty 
of  retlucing  eveiy  thing  to  the  true  standard.     Upon,  hearing 
thia  well-considered  Speech  of  his  Lordship,  Dr.  Jortin  (&om 
whom  I  had  this  account)  immeiliately  upon  the  spot  applied 
to  Dr.  Sykes,  and  both  of  them  to  some  other  worthy  and  judi- 
cious Clergymen  then  and  there  present,  to  join  in  a  Petition  to 
their  Diocesan,    to  publish  that  Speech.     They  addressed  his 
Lord^liip  in  a  bixly  (small  as  it  was  comparatively) ;   and  had 
thi:»  answer, '  Tliat  he  thanked  them  for  their  respcctftil  Address, 
and  would  consider  about  their  request.*    Thus  the  matter  ended. 
Dr.  Jenner  told  me,   that  the  Bishop  (in  the  opinion  of  most 
people)  had  altered  his  Will  for  the  worse  in  his  latter  days.    He 
was  immensely  rich,  &c.** — See  a  fiuther  account  and  character 
of  Bp.  Sherlock,  from  his  Funeral  Sermon,  preached  by  Dr.  Ni- 
chols, his  successor  at  the  Temple,  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XXXIL 
p.  ^. — There  are  two  excellent  Portraits  of  the  Bishop,  after 
a  fine  picture  of  him  by  Vanloo,  painted  in  1740  j   one  an  en- 
paving,  by  Kavenet,  the  other  a  mezzotinto,  by  Mac-Ardell, 
in  the  years  1756  and  1/57. 

*  "  Thb  truly  ingenious  Modeller,  whose  history  is  intimately 
connected  with  a  branch  of  the  Fine  Arts  in  Britain,  was  bom 
m  the  neighbourhood  of  Glasgow,  of  obscure  parents;  and  began 
his  life  as  a  country  stone-mason,  without  the  expectation  of  ever 
rising  higher.  Going  to  Glasgow  on  a  fair-day,  to  enjoy  him- 
tdf  with  bis  companions,  at  the  time  when  the  Foulis's  were 
attempting  to  establish  an  Academy  for  the  Fine  Arts  in  that 
city,  he  saw  their  collection  of  paintings,  and  felt  an  irresistible 
impulse  to  became  a  Fainter.  He  removed  to  Glasgow  *,  and  in 
the  Aeademf  acquired  a  knowledge  of  Jruwlng,  wUcb  unfolded 

and 


Sl8  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l775« 

by  R,  £.  Raspe^  and  illustrated  with  Copper- plates. 
To  which  is  prefixed^  an  Introduction  ou  the  vari- 

and  improved  his  natural  taste.  He  was  frugal,  industrious, 
and  peiBevering ;  but  he  was  poor^^  and  was  under  the  necessity 
of  devoting  hiuiself  to  stone-cutting  for  his  support :  notwith- 
out  the  hopes  that  he  might  one  day  be  a  Statuary  if  he  could 
not  be  a  Painter.  Resorting  to  Dublin  for  employment,  he 
became  known  to  Dr.  Quin,  who  was  amusing  himself  in  his 
leisure  hours  with  endeavouring  to  imitate  the  precious  stones 
in  coloured  paste,  and  take  accurate  impressions  of  the  engrav- 
ings that  were  on  them.  That  art  was  known  to  the  Antients  ; 
and  many  specimens  from  them  are  now  in  the  cabinets  of  tiic 
cuiious.  It  seems  to  have  been  lost  in  the  Middle  Age>',  was 
revived  in  Italy  under  Leo  X.  and  the  Medici  Family  at  Flo- 
rence ;  became  more  perfect  in  France  under  the  Regency  of 
the  Duke  of  Orleans,  by  his  labours  and  those  of  Homberg.  By 
thoee  whom  they  insti-ucted  as  Assistants  in  the  laboratory  it 
continued  to  be  practised  in  Paris,  and  was  carried  to  Rome. 
Their  Art  was  kept  a  secret,  and  their  Collections  were  small. 
It  is  owing  to  Quin  and  to  Tassic  that  it  has  been  carried  to 
imch  high  perfection  in  Britain,  and  attracted  the  attention  of 
Europe.  Dr.  Quin,  in  looking  out  for  an  Assiblant,  soon  dis- 
covered Tassie  to  be  one  in  whom  he  could  place  perfect  confi- 
dence. He  was  endowed  with  fine  taste :  he  was  modest  and 
unassuming:  he  was  patient  j  and  possessed  the  highest  integrity. 
The  Doctor  committed  his  laboratory  and  experiments  to  his 
care.  The  Associates  were  fully  successful  5  and  found  them- 
selves able  to  imitate  all  the  gems,  and  take  accurate  imuressions 
of  the  engravings.  As  the  Doctor  had  followed  the  subject  only 
for  his  amusement,  when  the  Discovery  was  completed  he  en- 
couraged Mr.  Tassie  to  repair  to  London,  and  to  devote  himself 
to  the  preparation  and  sale  of  those  pastes  as  his  pi*ofession.  In 
1766  he  arrived  in  the  Capital.  But  he  was  diffident  and  modest 
to  excess ;  very  unfir  to  introduce  himself  to  the  attention  of 
persons  of  rank  and  of  afiiuence :  bcAides,  the  number  of  en- 
graved Gems  in  Britain  was  small  ^  and  those  few  were  little  no- 
ticed. He  long  struggled  under  difficulties  which  would  have 
discouraged  any  one  who  was  not  possessed  of  the  greatest  pa- 
tience, and  the  warmest  attachment  lo  the  subject.  He  gradu- 
ally emerged  from  obscurity  j  obtained  com jjetence ;  and,  what 
to  him  was  much  more,  he  was  able  to  incitase  his  Collection, 
and  add  higher  degrees  of  perfection  to  his  Art.  His  name  soon 
became  ies|)ected,  and  the  first  Cabinets  in  Europe  were  open 
fbr  liis  use  j  and  he  uniformly  preserved  the  greatest  attention 
to  the  exactness  of  the  imitation  and  accuracy  of  the  engraving, 
so  that  many  of  his  Pkstos  were  sold  on  the  Continent  by  the 
^udulent  for  real  Gems.  His  fine  taste  led  him  to  be  peculiarly 
careful  of  the  impression ;  and  he  unifoimly  destroyed  those  with 
which  he  was  in  the  least  dissatisfied.  The  Art  has  been  prac- 
tised of  late  by  others  5  and  many  \);iou&^JiCi&  c&  ^Vsft  Von^  been 


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THE' BIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  Hg 


ous  Uses  of  this  Collection,  the  Origin  of  the  Art  of 
engraving  on  hard  Stones,  and  the  Progress  of  Pastes.** 

**  An  Essay  on  Musical  Expression  *,  by  Charles 
Anson,  Org:anist  at  Newcastle.'* 

**  A  Sermon  on  the  respective  Duties  of  Ministers 
and  People,  preached  in  Lambeth  Chapel,  at  the 
Consecration  of  the  Right  Reverend  Richard  Hurd, 
D.  D.  and  the  Right  Reverend  John  Moore,  D.  D. 

sold  as  Tassie's,  which  he  would  have  considered  as  injurious  to 
hi?  fiame.     Of  the  fame  of  others  he  was  not  envious  3   for  he 
uniformly  spake  with  frankness  in  praise  of  those  who  executed 
them  ^vtrll,  though  they  were  endeavouring  to  rival  himself.    To 
the  antient  Engravings  he  added  a  numerpus  Collection  of  the 
mobt  eminent  modern  ones ;  many  of  which  approach  in  excel- 
lence of  workmanship,  if  not  in  simplicity  of  design  and  chastity 
of  expression,   to  the  most  celebrated  of  the  antient.      Many 
years  before  he  died  he  executed  a  commission   for  the  late 
Empress  of  Russia,  consisting  of  about  15,000  different  engniv- 
ings  (see  the  article  Gem,  in  the  "  £ncyclop<£dia  Britannica**}. 
At  his  death,  in  1799,  they  amounted  to  near  ^0,000 ;  a  Collec* 
lection  of  Engravings  unequalled  in  the.  world.     Every  Lover  of 
the  Fine  Arts  must  be  sensible  of  the  advantage  of  it  for  im* 
provcment  in  knowledge  and  in  taste.    The  Collection  of  FeloisiL 
at  Pais  consisted  of  1800  aiticles  -,   and  that  of  Dehn  at  Roine 
of  2500.     For  a  number  of  years,  Mr.  Tassie  practised  the  mo- 
deling of  portraits  in  wax,  which  he  afterwards  moulded  and 
csttt  in  paste.     By  tliis  the  exact  likeness  of  many  eminent  men 
of  the  present  age  \^  ill  be  transmitted  to  posterity  as  accurately 
a»  those  of  the  philosophers  and  great  men  have  been  by  the 
autient  statuaries.     In  taking  likenesses  he  was,  in  general,  un- 
commonly happy  ;   and  it  Ls  remarkable,  that  he  believed  there 
was  a  certain  kind  of  inspiration  (like  that  mentioned  by  the 
Poets)  necessary  to  give  him  full  success.     The  Writer  of  this 
article,  in  conversing  with  him  repeatedly  on  the  subject,  alwaya 
found  him  fully  persuaded  of  it.     He  mentioned  many  instances 
in  which  he  had  been  directed  by  it  -,   and  even  some,  in  which, 
after  he  had  lalx)ured  in  vai|^4o  realize  his  ideas  on  the  wax,  he 
had  been  able,  by  a  sudden  flash  of  imagination,  to  please  lum- 
self  in  the  likeness  several  days  after  he  had  last  seen  the  origi- 
nal.—  He  possessed  also  an  uncommonly  fine  taste  in  Architec- 
ture, and  would  have  been  eminent  in  that  branch  if  he  had  fol- 
loived  it. —  In  private  life  Mr.  Tassie  was  universally  esteemed 
for  his  uniform  piety,  and  for  the  simplicity,  the  modesty,  and 
benevolence,  that  shone  in  the  whole  of  his  charatter/' — I  copy 
this  article,  relative  to  an  Artist  whom  1  well  knew  and  esteemed 
from  the  Enqfclopartiia  Britannica  -,   and  can  bear  full  testimony 
to  the  genend  fidelity  of  ihe  character. 
*  OrigiDallf  printed  in  1/51. 


HSO  LITXRAItT  AVECDOTES  OF  [l775- 

Lord  Bishop  of  Bangof,  Feb.  12,  17 75.  By  Thomag 
Balguy*,  D.  D.  Archdeacon  of  Winchester/'  4to, 

*  I  shall  begin  my  account  of  this  very  learned  Divine  by  some 
memoranda  respeccing  his  fkthcr,  John  Balguy*  who  H-as  of  St. 
John's  College,  Cambridge;   B.  A.  1705;   M.A.  1726;   vicar  of 
Northallerton,    and  prebendary   of  South  Grantham,    in  the 
church  of  Sarum ;    author  of  a  collection  of  *'  Tracts  Moral 
and  Theological,  1734,'*  8vo;  '*  The  peculiar  and  distinguishing 
Character  of  the  Gospel,  1738,"  8vo  ;    **Five  Sermons,  with  one 
on  Romans  xii.  10,  at  the  Assizes,  1739,"  8\o;    "An  E&say  on 
Redemption,  being  a  Seccmd  P^irt  of  Divine  Revelation,  1741," 
8voj  ''A  Collection  of  Practical  Discourses,  with  Six  others  bo- 
.  fore  published,  1748,"  8vo;  *'  Twenty  Sermons  (Fifteen  now  first 
printed),  1748,*'  8vo;  and  a  Second  Volume,  containing  Twenty 
more,  1750. — ^Thomas  Balguy,  the  son,  was  born,  it  is  believed, 
at  Northallerton ;  and  was  admitted  at  St.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, about  1739 ;  where  he  proceeded  B. A. 1737;  M.A. 1741; 
S.T.P.  1758.     He  was  presented,  by  his  Fathir,  Dec.  16,  1746, 
to  the  North  mediety  or  rector)*  of  North  Stoke,  near  Grantham 
in  lincolnshire,  which  was  probably  the  first  j)referment  he  had, 
and  which  he  vacated  in  1771,  on  being  presented  to  the  vicai-age 
of  Alton,  Hants.    He  obtained  a  prebend  at  Winchester  1757i 
became  archdeacon  of  Salisbury  1759;  and  afterwards  archdeacon 
of  Winchester. — He  published,  "A  Sermon  preached  in  Lambeth 
Chapel,  Feb.  19, 1769,  at  the  Consecration  of  the  Right  Reverend 
Dr.  Shute  Barrington,   Bishop  of  LandafF;"    which  produced 
"  Observations  on  Church  Authonty ;    occasioned  by  Dr.  Bal- 
guy's  Sermon  on  that  Subject,    preached   in  Lambeth  Chapel, 
^  and  published  by  Order  of  the  Archbishop ;  by  Joseph  Priestley, 
LL.  D.  F.  R.  S."     "A  Sermon  on  Church  Government,  preached 
at  the  Consecration  of  Bishop  Shipley,  1769,"  4to.     In  1772  he 
published  a  Charge  delivered  to  the  Clerg>-  of  his  Archdeaconry 
that  year;   a  very  able  defence  of  demanding  Subscriptions  to 
Articles  of  Religion ;   which  met  with  some  severe  censures ; 
particularly  in  "A  Letter  to  Dr.  Balguy,  on  the  Subject  of  his 
Chai^  delivered  to  the  Archdeaconry  of  Winchester,  in  the  year 
1779.     With  a  Postscript,  relative  to  certain  Obsermtions  con- 
tained in  the  Charge,  respecting  t^  Dissenters,  and  Toleration. 
By  John  Palmer."  —  In  1775  Dr.  Balguy  published  the  Sermon 
noticed  above,  at  the  Consecration  of  Bisho|)s  Hurd  and  Moore; 
which  again  called  forth,   "  Remarks  on  Dr.  Balgiiy's  Sermon 
preached  in  Lambeth  Chapel,  at  the  Cunsecmtiou  of  the  Bishops 
of  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  and  of  Bangor ;   in  a  Letter  to  that 
Gentleman,  by  a  Petitioning  Clergyman."    In  the  same  year,  he 
published  another  Sermon,  at  the  Consecration  of  Bishop  North  > 
and  *'An  Account  of  Dr.  Powell,  Master  of  St.  John's,  Cambridg;e, 
prefixed  to  his  Sermons,  1776."     In  1781,  nothing  but  the  de- 
i^niDg  state  of  his  health  (for  his  eye-sight  had  been  decaying 
some  time,  and  at  last  totally  faWed^  pit^veuted  his  acceptance 
^  the  Bbboprick  of  Gloucester  *,  to  wYuc\x  \a&  ^Aa^^V]  >  >xci»^ 


177«.] 


TtiM  EIGHTEENTH   CENTURY.  Stl 


1775. 

"  Extract  from  the  Statutes  of  the  House,  and 
Orders  of  the  Governors ;  respecting  the  Pensioners 
or  poor  Brethren"  [of  the  Charter-house  *  j ;  a  large 
single  sheet,  in  foho,  by  Dr.  Salter  •f-.*' 

licitedy  had  nominated  him,   on  the  death  of  Bp.  Warburton> 
from  a  partiailar  r^ard  to  his  talents ;  which  he  gratefully  ac- 
knowledges in  the  Dedication  of  his  Discourses  to  the  King. 
Bishop  Halifax,  who  obtained  the  see  of  Gloucester  on  that 
>-acancY^  re-published  Bishop  Butler*s  Charge  to  the  C^eigy  of 
Durham,  delivered  at  his  primar}',  and  indeed  only.  Visitation 
of  that  Diocese,  in  1751,  with  a  Preface,  giving  fK)me  account  of 
the  character  and  writings  of  that  pious  and  learned  Prelate, 
which  he  dedicated  to  Dr.  Balguy;  wherein  he  says,  **  When,  by 
his  Majesty's  goodness,  I  was  raised  to  that  station  of  eminence 
in  the  Church,  to  which  you  had  been  first  named,  and  which, 
on  account  of  the  infirmities  of  your  health,  you  had  desired  to 
decline ;  it  was  honour  enough  for  me,  on  such  an  occasion^  to 
have  been  thought  of  next  to  you ;  and  I  know  of  no  better  ru](e 
by  which  to  govern  my  conduct,  so  as  not  to  discredit  the  Royal 
Hand  which  conferred  on  me  so  singular  and  immerited  a  favour, 
than,  in  cases  of  difliculty,  to  put  the  question  to  myself.   How 
)Tm  would  have  acted  in  the  same  situation?'*— See  also  the  well- 
merited  encomium  bestowed  on  him  by  Bp.  Hurd,  in  vol.  V. 
p.  659. — In  17^2  he  published  "  Divine  Benevolence  asaeHed,  . 
and  vindicated  from  the  Reflections  of  antient  and  modem 
Sceptics}**  8\o.     In  1785  he  wrote  the  Preface  to  an  "  Essay  on 
Reikniptiou**  by  his  Father,  8vo. — A  Collection  of  his  Sermons 
and  Chaiges,  announced  at  the  end  of  that  publication  as  in  the 
press,  appeared  the  same  year,  under  the  title  of ''  Discourses  on 
\-arious  Subjects,   1/85  ;**   and  was  presented,  with  a  handsome 
Dedication,  to  his  Majesty.  —  The  good  Archdeacon  died  at  his 
prebendal-house  in  Winchester,  Jan.  1^,  1795,  aged  about  74. 

•  Of  thia  excellent  Foundation  a  very  ample  and  satisfieu;tory 
account,  compiled  from  the  original  archives  of  the  House,  has 
lately  been  puolished  by  Mr;  Malcolm,  in  his  "  Londinium  Redi* 
Mvum. 

See  also  "  An  Historical  Account  of  the  Charter-house,  com- 
|iiled  from  the  Works  of  Home  and  Bearcroft,  Harleian,  Cotto- 
nian,  aad  private  MSS.  and  other  authentic  Sources.  By  a  Car- 
thusian. London,  1808,  with  Plates,**  4to. 

t  Eldest  son  of  Samuel  Salter  {,  D.D.  Prebendary  of  Norwich 
and  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk,  by  Anne-Pcnelope,  the  daughter  of 
Dr.  John  Jefifery,  Archdeacon  of  Norwich.    He  was  educated  fbr 

X  Of  wtom,  then  is  a  small  portrait  [by  ViTares]  not  very  conmiMiv 
vitlMNit  any  Enf^ver^s  name,  marked  only  with  the  lettua  *'  &  S.  D^Q." 
aad  a  fisdl  Mcetmmt  ia  Hawkim's  Life  of  Jobason« 


Mt  •   LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l??^- 

"Sermons  preached  at  Lincoln VInn  between  the 
Years  1765  and  1776;  with  a  larger  Discourse,  on 

some  time  in  the  Free-school  of  that  city,  from  whence  he  re- 
moved to  that  of  the  Charter-house.     After  having  laid  a  good 
fi>undation  in  the  learned  languages,  he  was  admitted  of  Bene*t 
college,  Cambridge,  June  30,  1730,   under  the  tuition  of  Mr. 
Charles  Skottowe;    and,   socm  after  his  taking  the  degree  of 
B.  A.  was  chosen  into  a  Fellowship.      Mr.  Salter's  natural  and 
acquired  abilities  were  such  as  occasioned  him  to  be  taken  notice 
of,  not  only  in  the  university,  but  elsewhere  3  insomuch  that  his 
friends,  who  were  proper  judges  of,  and  well  acquainted  with  his 
merit,  recommended  him  to  Sir  Philip  Yorke,  then  Lord  Chief 
Justice  of  the  King's  Bench,  and  afterwards  Earl  of  Hardwicke, 
for  the  instruction  of  his  eldest  son,   who,    1737— -40,   with 
three  of  his  brothers,   in  compliment  to  Archbishop  Herring, 
were  educated  at  that  College.     As  soon  as  that  eminent  Lawyer 
was  made  Lord  Chancellor,  he  appointed  Mr.  Salter  Ids  domestic 
chaplain,  and  gave  him  a  Prebend  in  the  Church  of  Gloucester, 
which  he  afterwards  exchanged  for  one  in  that  of  Norwich. 
•  About  the  time  of  his  quitting  Cambridge,  he  was  one  of  the 
writers  in  the  *' Athenian  Letters/*  printed  for  private  use  in 
174 1>  and  of  which  100  copies  were  re-printed  about  1/80; 
for  select  friends,  by  the  late  Earl  of  Haixlwicke.     [I'he  other 
writers,  I  am  informed,  in  that  agreeable  Collection,  were  the 
Hon.  Philip  Yorke  (afterwards  Earl  of  Hardwicke),   the  Hon. 
Charles  Yorke,  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln  (Dr.  Gi-een),    the  Rev. 
George  Henry  Rooke,  D.  D.  master  of  Christ's,  the  Rev.  Henry 
Heaton,  M.  A.   (afterwards  prebendary  of  Ely),  the  Rev.  John 
Lawry,   M.  A.   (aflerwai-ds  prebendary  of  Rochester),    Daniel 
Wray,  esq.  and  Dr.  Heberden.     How  desirable  a  present  to  the 
publick  is  a  volume  from  such  characters !] — To  this  was  added 
the  rectory  of  Burton  Coggles,    in  the  county  of  Lincoln,    in 
1740 ;    where  he  went  to  reside  soon  after;    and,    marrjing 
Miss  Seeker,  a  I'elation  of  the  then  Bishop  of  Oxford,   conti- 
nued there   till  1750,    when  he  was   nominated   minister   of 
Great  Yarmouth,  by  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Norwich ;   where 
he  performed  the  duties  of  that  lai^e  parish  with  great  diligence, 
.till  his  promotion  to  the  Predchership  at  the  Charter-house,  in 
January  17S4;   some  time  before  which  (in  July  1751)  Arch- 
bishop Herring  had  honoured  him  with  the  degree  of  D.  D.  at 
.Lambeth.     In  1756  he  was  presented  by  the  Lord  Chancellor  to 
.'the  rectory  of  St.  Bartholomew  near  the  Royal  Exchange,  which 
was  the  last  ecclesiastical  preferment  he  obtained.     But  in  Nov. 
1761,  he  succeeded  Dr.  Bearcroft  as  Master  of  the  Charter-house, 
whom  he  had  before  succeeded  in  the  Preachersliip.     While  he 
was  a  member  of  Bene't  College,  he  printed  Greek  Pindaric  Odes 
on  the  Nuptials  of  the  Princes  of  Orange  and  Wales,  and  a  Copy 
of  Latin  Verses  on  the  Death  of  Queen  Caroline.     It  was  his 
custom  to  preach  extempore,  of  which  there  are  several  remark- 
.aAib  uieqdotea^    Besides  a  Sennou  pieacVv^^  ow  Qicca&\ou  of  a 


-  ^ 


I77«.J 


THE  EIGHTEfiNtH  CteKTVftf.  JWJ 


Christ's  driving  the  Merchants  out  of  the  Thnph, 
in  which  the  Nature  and  Knd  of  that  famous  Trans- 

Music-meeting  at  Gloucester,  another  before  the  Lord  Mayor, 
Sept.  2,  1740,  on  the  Anniversary  of  the  Fire  of  London,  and  a 
thini  before  the  Sons  of  the  Clergy,  1/55,  which  was  nilich  no- 
ticed at  the  time,  and  underwent  several  alterations  before  it  was 
printed,  he  published  "A  complete  Collection  of  Sermons  and 
Tracts  •  of  his  Grand fjsither.  Dr.  JefFery,  in  2  volumes,  8vo,  1751, 
with  his  Life  prefixed.  "In  August  1750,  an  Advertisement  was 
inserted  in  the  public  papers,  giving  notice,  that  a  Complete 
Collection,  in  one  volume  8vo,  of  the  Sermons  and  Tracts  writ- 
ten by  John  JefFery,  D.  D.  Archdeacon  of  Norwich,  was  in  the 
press,  and  would  be  speedily  published ;  and  repeated  inquiries 
after  the  descendants  of  Dr.  Jefiery  having  been  made  without 
success,  of  this  Collection  I  myself  undertook  to  be  the  Editor^** 
says  Mr.  J.  Payne  [then  Bookseller  in  Pater  noster-row,  and  af- 
terwards Acconiptant  of  the  Bank],  in  a  Case,  published  in  1761, 
8vo. — In  conse([uence  of  the  Advertisement,  Mr.  Payne  received, 
Sept.  13^  a  letter  from  the  Rev.  Samuel  Salter,  who  was  then  at 
Norwich,  informing  him,  *'  that  he  was  a  Prebendary  of  that 
Cathedral,  the  Grandson  of  Dr.  Jefllery,  the  sole  possessor  of  his 
MSS.  and  the  only  person  who  could  either  give  or  refuse  leave 
to  print  the  Collection  that  h:id  been  advertised ;  that  he  had 
ol^ections  to  many  parts  of  this  Collection  ;  that  he  would,  how- 
ever, concur  in  and  assist  any  scheme  towards  benefiting  the 
world,  without  dishonouring  the  memory  of  his  highly  esteemed 
Grandfather;  and,  to  give  weight  to  what  he  had  said,  and 
procure  respect  for  his  character,  that  he  had  had  the  honour 
and  happiness  to  be  Tutor  to  Lord  Chancellor's  son,  and  Chap- 
lain to  himself.**  Dr.  Salter's  assistance  was  accepted;  and  the 
Collection  extended  to  two  volumes.  An  intimacy  also  was 
formed,  which  led  to  the  loan  of  100/.  from  Dr.  Salter,  100/. 
from  his  father,  the  Archdeacon  of  Norfolk,  and  100/.  from 
Dr.  Plumptre ;  the  re-payine nt  of  wliich  sums  having  been 
demanded  somewhat  abru])t!y,  occasioned  the  publication  of  the 
above-mentioned  very  extraoi-dinary  Case,  of  which  only  a  small 
number  was  printed,  with  blanks  for  every  name  which  could 
potiibly  give  a  stmngir  the  least  idea  of  the  parties.  This  accoimt 
of  the  transaction  is  taken  from  a  Copy  which  was  in  the  possessioa 
of  Mr.  Isaac  Reed,  in  which  pU  the  blinks  were  filled  up  iu  MS. 
This  Copy  has  since  iNkssed  into  the  hands  of  another  literary 
Friend.  Dr.  Ix)rt  also  had  one,  whic:h  did  not  come  forward 
at  his  sale.  Dr.  Salter  alno  published  a  new  edition  of  *'  Moral 
and  Reli^ous  AphorLspis,"  by  Dr.  Whichcote,  with  large  Ad- 
ditions, ami  some  Letters  that  passed  between  him  and  Dr. 
Tuckney  concerning  the  Use  of  Reason  in  Religion,  &c.  and  a 
Biographical  Preface,  8vo,  17.')1.  This  volume  was  likewise 
undertaken  by  Mr.  J.  Payne,  in  conjunction  with  Dr.  Salter  j 
m  which  was  givea  a  good  historical  account  of  both  these 

I>oc\ott» 


S94  LITERART  ANECDOTES  OF  [iJjS. 

action  IS  explained.     By  Richard  Hurd,  D.  D,  Lord 
Bishop  of  Lichfield  and  Coventry,  and  late  Preaciier 

IX>ctors,  as  well  as  of  their  two  contemporaries  and  friends^ 
Doctore  Hill  and  Arrowsmith.  To  these  may  be  added^  "  Some 
Queries  relative  to  the  Jews/*  occasioned  by  a  late  Sermon^ 
with  some  otlKU'  Papers  occasioned  by  the  J^ueries,  published 
the  sama  year.  In  1773  and  1774  Dr.  Salter  revised  through 
the  press  Seven  of  the  celebrated  '*  Letters  of  Ben  Mordecai'* 
[by  the  Rev.  Mr.  H.Taylor,  of  Crawley,  Hants,  author  of  several 
other  very  valuable  publications]  ;  in  1776  he  printed,  for  pri- 
vate use,  '*  The  first  106  Lines  of  the  First  Book  of  the  Iliad ; 
nearly  as  written  in  Homer*8  Time  and  Country."  These  (witii 
Dr.  Salter's  sentiments  on  the  Digamma)  have  been  since  copied 
•  in  an  improved  edition  of  •*  Dawes's  Miscellanea  Critica,  OxfDrd, 
1781,"  8vo.  p.  434 — 439.  For  the  sake  of  the  learned  reader, 
I  will  transcribe  a  Note  from  the  Oxford  Editot* :  **  Huic  speci- 
mini  (cujus,  typis  impressi  sed  non  antehac  editi,  notitiam  amico 
cuidam  meo,  et  Salteri  fiuniliari  debeo),  novam  et  minusculam 
Digamma  formam  /  pro  vetusta  ilia  F  feci  curavit  Siiltcrus,  qua: 
cseteris  Uteris  conveniret  aeque  ac  7,  Q,  {,  ^c.  Kecordari  quoque 
potuit  notissimum  Popii  locum,  ubi  Satyricus  ille,  in  versibus 
quidem  facetis  et  admodum  ridiculis,  Bentleium,  et  Digamma 
fiocm  scilicet,  in  ludibrium  vertit  J,  ingeniosior  sane  qnani  doc- 
tior  poeta.  De  leco  illo,  cujus  sales  nonnihil  de8i])uit  ^tei*i  in- 
ventum,  vide  quoque  Fostenmi,  p.  133." — In  1777  Dr.  Salter  cor- 
rected the  proof-sheets  of  Bentley's  Dissertation  on  Pliahiris  (of 
which  her^ifter;  and  not  long  before  liis  death,  which  happened 
May  9,  177Bj  he  printed  albo  tliis  inscription  to  the  memory  of 
his  parents : 

"  M.  S. 
Quorum,  hospes,  ossa  hie  mixta  calcas  pulvere  -, 

Si  cnriosus,  quale  par  fuerit,  rogas : 

Hinc  disce :  doctus  et  tibi  ijjse  pi'Oi>;j<ice. 
Vix^re  quondam  hi,  vota  ni  s\ipei'stitcs 

Spes  lactat,  atque  illudit  error  devius ; 

(Amantiores  nempe  justo  ut  adsolet :) 

Chari  Deo  iidem,  iidemque  dilecti  Hoiuinibus  : 

Suis  et  occid^re  cunctis  flebiks. 

Hoc  vera  Pietas,  sancta  Probitas  hoc  dedit ; 

Gravit^ue  moi*um  et  summa  temperantia, 

Sibi  severa,  nuUi-acerba  aut  aspera; 

At,  comitati  juncta,  veniens  gratior. 

Nunc  hocce  mundo,  mundi  et  hisce  frivolis 

Valere  jussis,  unico  vivunt  Deo. 
Tu,  chare  lector,  quantulum  quantum  his  boat 

Ctiuque  inerat,  semufue  j   quoad  poles,  ac  decet : 

X  *'  Whik  tow'ring  o'er  your  Alphjkbet,  like  Saul, 

Stands  our  jD^aotnur,  sad  u'ertopt  them  all."    Dunciad,  i\\  211 . 

Si 


177ff-l  ^^*  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  825 

of  LincoIn^s  Inn.  Whilst  this  Volume*  was  in 
the  press,  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  every  admirer 
of  Virtue  and  of  Learning,  the  worthy  Author  was 
promoted  to  the  Bishoprick  of  Lichfield  and  Co- 
ventry, and  obtained  tne  important  office  of  Pre- 
ceptor to  the  Heir  Apparent  to  the  Crown  -f-. 

In  the  same  year  Mr.  Bowyer  printed  a  new 
Edition  of  this  learned  Prelate's  "  Commentary  on 
Horace,**  3  vols.  8vo ;  and  a  Fourth  Edition*  of 
his  "  Lectures  at  Lincoln's  Inn,"  2  vols,  small  8vo. 

"A  Description  of  several  of  Mr.  Vertue*s ;};  Prints," 
printed  for  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  folio. 

SI  forth  quid  perversa  adhsrebat  mall> 

iUt  fiunt  fer^  imperfecta  quae  mortalia) 
'Uge  cautus :  at  censura,  si  sapis^  tua 
Sit  parca  in  Alios ;  Tete  in  unum  libera : 
H08  perparum,  Hunc  ndsti  unus  omnium  optume. 
Aetemitatem  porro  cogita ;  et  Vale. 

Samubli  Salter^  S.T.  P.  et 
Annab-Pbnelopab  Jbfpbry, 
Parentibus  optimis ;  Filius  unicus  superste9> 

L.  M.  H.  T.  I.  J." 

Dr.  Salter  was  buried,  by  his  own  express  direction^  in  the 
moBft  private  manner.  In  the  common  burial-ground  belonging 
to  the  poor  Brethren  of  the  Charter-house. 

*  Two  more  Volumes  were  published  in  1780. 

t  His  Lordship*8  eminent  services  on  this  occasion  were  after- 
wards rewarded  by  a  translation  to  the  See  of  Worcester,  and 
the  respectable  office  of  Clerk  of  the  Closet  to  the  King.  See 
ml.VI.  p.489. 

t  Of  Mr.  George  Vertue  a  full  account  will  be  found  in  vol.  II. 
p.  246,  with  several  of  his  Letters  3 — and  a  few  more  shall  here 
be  given.  —  Mr.  Anstis  wrote  to  him,  Nov.  30,  1742,  "  that  he 
sent  him  draughts  relating  to  Abbot  Islip's  deatli  and  funeral, 
which  be  brought  from  Warwickshire  long  ago.  The  first  part 
represented  him  dying,  in  a  large  room,  not  Improbably  the 
Jerusalem  Chamber,  with  the  emblems  of  the  Four  Evangelists 
at  the  comers.  The  second  is  his  body  under  the  herse  or  cAo- 
pelU  ardent  in  Westminster  Abbey,  with  attendants.'* — A  se- 
cond letter  says,  '*  he  died  at  his  manor  of  Neyght,  now  called 
the  Neatlunues,  near  Westmhaster.  May  12,  1532."— Mr.  Anstis 
had  tbeCeremofnal  of  his  Funeral,  in  a  hand  of  that  age,  with  hia 
coat  of  arms,  Richmond  and  Lancaster  heralds  attending;  and 
^  description  of  the  herse.  It  was  in  a  long  roU^  and  miserably 
i  used,  before  Bfr.  Anstisjput  it  in  a  fhtme>  and  had  it  repaired 
ui  several  places. 

Vol.  III.  J0  •  T^^ 


■ 

226  LITERARY  AN£CDOT£S  02  [^77^7 

It  would  be  unjust,  if,  among  many  far  superior, 
obligations^    tlie  Collector  of  these  Anecdotes  did 

The  three  following  Letters  are  addressad  to  Dr.  Ducarel  ? 

^  Kind  Si  a.  The  same  day  I  received  your  letter,  I  had  before 
sent  for  you  a  print  of  Lord  Oxford,  to  choose  which  you  liked 
best.  The  Plan  of  London,  being  an  unfinished  work,  partly  by 
Hollar  and  other  workmen,  went  by  the  name  of  Ogiliys  Plan 
of  London ;  and  after  I  had  published  UoUar*s  Works,  I  foimd 
it  to  be  some  part  done  by  him  -,  but  nowhere  on  it  i^  his  name 
or  mark;  therefore  it  has  been  omitted.  Hitherto  I  have  looked 
over  all  my  books  and  the  Plans  of  I^mdon,  but  yet  find  nothing 
to  your  purpose  or  relating  to  Mountjoy's  House,  or  the  Doctors 
Commons.  In  time,  |)erhap9,  by  surveys  of  those  lands  built 
on  may  give  some  light  to  your  ijiquiries  j  however,  I  shall 
consider  farther  about  it  j  and  if  I  meet  any  thing  relating  to  it, 
1  will  certainly  acquaint  you.  I  thank  you  for  your  kind  invi- 
tation to  Peckham.  I  some  time  propose  niy^^elf  tliat  pleasure, 
hoping  to  meet  with  scmie  agreeable  companion  before  long, 
when  I  shall  be  veiy  willing  to  i>ay  my  due  respects ;  being 
dear  Sir,  with  great  sincerity,  your  very  much  obliged  servant 
to  command,  G.  Vertue.  Sept.  1,  1749.** 

*'  Dear  Sir,  I  return  my  thanks  for  the  favour  of  the  perusal 
of  the  inclosed  curious  remarks;  whereby  one  may  easily  conceive 
Mr.  Carte,  the  gentleman  that  writ  this,  is  an  excellent  Historian, 
and  well  skilled  in  Learning  and  Antiquities  of  this  Nation;  and 
a  most  valuable  acquaintance.  When  it  suits  your  conveniency, 
I  should  be  proud  of  his  personal  acquaintance.  When  I  left 
you  the  other  day,  I  went  straight  to  Tom  Martin ;  and,  inquir* 
ing  about  the  die  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  the  mc^dals  to  be  struck 
off  of  it,  Mr.  Martin  shewed  me  the  pieces  of  silver  he  has  l^ 
liim,  and  Lad  before  now  got  them  done  fur  you,  but  the 
(icntleman  who  was  his  neighbour  is  removed  near  thirty  miles 
on  the  other  side  of  the  county ;  but  as  be  goes  down  next  week 
he  will  make  it  in  his  way  to  call  on  him  for  that  purpose,  and 
proposes  then  to  get  it  done ;  which  he  will  afterwards  take  care 
to  c(mvey  to  yOu,  as  he  desired  1  should  tell  you  next  opportu- 
nity J  being,  Sir^      Your  veiy  assuretl  humble  servant, 

G.  Vertue.   Jwty  8,  1751.*' 

'*  Dear  Sir,  The  favour  of  your  letter  and  obliging  compli^ 
ments  of  friendship  I  received  tliis  day  with  great  pleasure,  and 
shall  be  at  leisure  to  receive  your  commands  about  the  Aquitaine 
Coins ;  and,  as  I  am  liappily  in  a  mending  state  of  health,  daily, 
I  have  great  hopes  to  continue  so  as  to  be  able  and  willing  to 
perform  thai  work  to  your  satisfaction,  and  to  see  your  curious 
observations  published  to  gratify  your  learned  friends,  whicl^ 
cannot  £ul  of  being  veiy  acceptable  to  them,  and  will  illus* 
tratc  a  point  of  history  hitherto  unknown.  I  shall  be  muck 
obliged  to  you,  when  you  please  to  favour  me  with  a  friendl; 
f  isit.      Your  ever  obliged  fxiend  and  servant  to  command, 

G.  Vertue    Jun€  27, 1765.*' 

not 


177^.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURt.  JK^f 


not  ac|;nowledge  the  assistance  he  received  from 
Mr,  Bowyer,  in  i-evising  "The  Original  Works  of 
William  King,  Advocate  of  Doctots  Commotis^ 
Judge  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  Keeper  of 
the  Records  in  Ireland,  and  Vicar-general  td  tfie 
Lord  Primate.  Now  first  collected  into  Thretf 
Volumes ;  with  Historical  Notes,  and  Mtoioirs  of 
the  Author  ♦,'*  8vo.  Many  useful  hints  were  sug- 
gested, and  illustrations  added^  by  Mf.  Bowyer^ 
as  the  sheets  passed  through  the  press.     The  same 

*  At  the  distance  of  neai'ly  36  years,  I  can  without  blushing 
transcribe  the  earlieat  Dedication  that  I  ever  wrote :   "  To  th^ 
Philanthropist  who  reads  with  a  disposition  to  be  pleased ;   an^ 
such  is  the  Patron  our  Author  would  himself  have  chosen  >  these 
Volumes  are  inscribed,  in  full  confidence  of  their  meeting  with- 
t  liberal  protection,  though  ushered  into  the  world  by  an  Ano- 
Dvmous  Editor."  —  *'  The  Editor  of  these  Miscellanies  will  not 
trespass  on  the  Reader's  patience  by  expatiating  on  their  value. 
The  peculiar  vein  of  humour  which  distinguished  Dr.  King  re- 
< tiling  fresh  graces  from  the  benevolence  of  his  heart,   as  it 
:«cured  hiui  the  esteem  of  sonic  of  the  best  and  greatest  of  hia 
contemporaries,  needs  no  better  recommendation  than  an  appeal 
to  his  Writings.    From  the  scattered  manner,  however,  in  which 
ihcy  have  been  hitherto  published,  but  few  of  his  admirers  have 
betti  able  to  obtain  a  complete  copy.     That  inconvenience  is 
here  remedied ;  and  some  pieces  are  prcsened,  which,  though 
tiiey  add  greatly  to  our  Author  s  reputation,  were  in  danger  o^ 
beii^  lost  to  the  world.     For  the  Notes,  indeed,  some  apology 
may  be  expected :  yet  the  Editor  will  rather  trust  to  the  candour 
of  the  Reader,  whose  convenience  he  hath  endeavoured  to  con* 
suit,  than  meanly  ask  for  applause  under  a  pretence  of  pointing 
wit  their  defects.    If  in  some  few  instances,  he  hath  said  too 
much,  let  it  be  understood  as  his  idea,  that  every  book  should 
'^^>ntaiQ  within  itself  ibT  necessary  explanation;  and  if  (by  giving . 
in  the  compass  of  a  few  lines  some  dates  or  interesting  events  iu 
the  lilc  of  a  remarka)>le  person)  the  Reader  is  saved  the  trouble 
of  searching  through  many  volumes,  he  flatters  himself  he  hath . 
perfunned  a  service  not  wholly  unacceptable.    March  30,  1776."  • 

A  BUUiommniaotU  Aneedote  respecting  this  publication  shall  be 
p%en  from  a  memorandum  made  in  a  copy  which  I  purchased!  ^ 
(ibr  21.  1^)  at  the  sale  of  Mr.  Reed:  "  Two  Copies  only  of  this 
H'ork  woe  printed  on  Fine  Paj^er;  of  which  this  is  one.  It  was 
given  me  b)r  the  Pruter  and  Editor,  Mr.  Nichols.  The  other 
Copjr  I  ^ve  to  Dr.  Ftoner ;  and,  at  the  sale  of  hLft  Library^  24th  - 
Ma>«  1796,  it  was  bought  by  Mr.  Dent  fbr  1/.  ISt." 

a  9  friendly 


228  tiTERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  {^TlG. 

friendly  and  judicious  assistance  Was  experienced  in 
the  **  supplement  *  to  the  Works  of  Dr.  Swift." 

In  hfkh  these  Publications  the  Editor  was  most 
inaterially  indebted  to  the  judicious  remarks  of 
Mr.  lified  of .  Staple  Inn>  whose  friendly  assistance 
also  in  many  instances  contributed  to  render  the 
former  Edition  of  these  Anecdotes  completer  than 
they  otherwise  could  possibly  have  been  ^. 

*  The  ftrst  Volume  of  this  Supplement  in  8vo  (which  forms 
TOlume  XXIV.  of  Swift's  Works)  was  published  in  1776 ;  the 
second  (vol.  XXV.)  in  1779. — The  whole  was  re-printed  in  one 
volume,  4to  (the  XlVth  in  that  size)  1779  >  and  at  the  same  time 
in  three  volumes  of  small  8vo,  and  18mo,  (vob.  XXV.  XXVI. 
XXVII.)  ',  and  have  since  been  incorporated  in  the  Editions  of 
1801,  1803,  and  1808,  published  by  Mr.  Nichols. 

f  Tlie  paragraph  above  was  written  in  1782 ;  after  which,  I  had 
many  repeated  proo&  of  Mr.  Reed's  regard)  see  vol.  II.  pp.  666' 
—669.  671. 

It  is  now  nearly  20  years  since  I  wrote  the  following  paragraph 
in  a  Preface  to  the  '•  History  of  Leicestershire  ;*'  "  The  informa- 
tion on  all  historical  subjects,  which  Isaac  Reed,  esq.  of  Staple 
Inn,  is  so  well  able  and  so  ready  to  give,  I  have  steadily  experi- 
enced in  this  and  every  publication,  in  which  I  have  been  en- 
gaged for  more  than  five-and- twenty  years." — To  him  also  I 
was  indebted  for  a  very  liberal  critique  on  the  foimcr  Edition  f 
this  Work,  which  he  inserted  in  the  "  European  Magazine." 

Making  every  allowance  for  the  partiality  of  friendship  — 
though  it  is  well  known  that  Isaac  Reed  was  not  much  addicted 
to  flattery— those  who  best  knew  him  will  readily  believe  that  in 
the  following  paragraph  he  spoke  his  real  sentiments :  "  Since 
the  publication  of  Wood's  Athenae  Oxonienses,  we  know  of  no 
work,  the  production  of  one  man,  which  contains  so  much  and 
such  variety  of  information  as  that  now  under  consideration. 
To  whatever  cause  it  may  be  owing,  the  lives  of  literary  men  arc 
seldom  recorded  while  any  remembrance  of  them  remains.  Ex- 
cept in  a  few  cases,  where  interest,  vanity,  or,  as  in  the  present, 
gratitude  are  concerned,  men  of  letters,  who  in  general  desen^e 
better  of  the  world  than  the  more  brilliant  characters  of  the  hour, 
the  courtier,  or  the  pseudo-patriot,  pass  unnoticed  to  the  grave, 
and  curiosity  is  seldom  awakened  about  them  until  the  opportunity 
of  gratifying  it  is  irrecoverably  lost  Much  praise,  therefore,  is 
due  to  the  present  Author,  for  preserving  from  oblivion  the 
memory  of  so  many  writers,  who  probably  would,  in  a  short 

time,  bave  been  known  only  by  their  wTitings In  1778  Mr. 

Nichols  became  associated  in  the  management  of  a  Work  which 
claims  the  merit  of  having  given  birth  to  every  pubHcation  simi- 
lar to  his  own;  we  mean  ' The  Gentleman's  Magazine :*  and 
candour  requires  us  to  acknowledge,  that  sevei-al  improvements 
We  appeared  in  coAducting  that  performance,  since  he  has 


177^.] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  9S9 


I 

A  Fourth  Edition,  corrected,  of  Lord  Lyttelton'^ 
'^  History  of  the  Life  and  Reign  of  King  Henry  the 

beoi  engaged  in  it.  We  give  this  testimony  with  the  more 
fieedom,  as  that  publication  and  the  present  have  such  difo«nt 
objects  for  their  claims  on  the  public  &vour>  as  to  be  in  no 
dinger  of  clashing  with  each  other.  His  engagement  with  '  The 
Gent)emain*s  Magazine,*  however,  produced  a  peevish  Pam«. 
phlet  *,  whose  title  we  have  fbigot,  arraigning  his  conduct  with 
some  degree  of  acrimony  -,  it  proved,  however,  a  mere  imbelle 
Ulmm,  and  the  Author  was  never  gratified  with  an  answer.'* 

The  fl[^owing  short  billets  are  an  example  of  the  frankness 
and  conciseness  of  Mr.  Reed's  communications : 

"  Dbae  Sih,  1  have  certainly  got  the  Pamphlet  you  want*  as 
I  have  certainly  put  it  where  I  cannot  just  now  find  it.  I  will 
look  again, .  and  hope  with  more  success.  If  it  had  been  said» 
that  'Death  am)  the  Lady'  was  not  in  half  a  do^en  Collections, 
I  should  have  denied  the  position,  before  I  had  looked  for  it.  I 
have  searched  every  Collection  (no  nnall  pumber)  that  I  have, 
but  cannot  find  it.  I  think,  however,  it  must  be  in  the  '  CoU 
lecdoD  of  Old  Ballads,  17S7  ;*  but  that  I  have  not  ggt.     I.  (L" 

"  I  believe  Towers's  Magazine  ceased  long  ago.  Waffstaffe't 
Funphlets  in  1697  and  1699,  I  am  informed,  are  not  the  best 
Editioas,  but  that  they  were  afterwards  re-published  together 
early  in  this  century.  I  have  enquired  whether  there  was  ^ny. 
Controversy  about  Charles  the  First's  Character  in  1738,  4nd  am 
told  there  was,  but  I  cannot  learn  by  whom.  If  you  send  to 
Mr.  Gough  soon,  pray  let  him  have  the  inclosed  Titles  [for  '  Bri* 
tish  Topography*].  Perhaps  he  may  not  have  seen  th^.  And 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  you  if  you  will  ask  him  whether  he  is  pos- 
sessed of  a  Pamphlet  which  he  has  mentioned,  called  *  The  Field 
of  Flowden,  a  descriptive  Poem,'  in  4to,  176S;  or  if  he  can  t^ 
where  it  is  to  be  had." — "  Mr.  Reed  sends  Stubbs's  ^  Anatomy  of 
Abuses*  for  Mr.  Cough's  perusal.  At  p.  107  he  will  find  an  account 
of  the  l/ordt  of  Misrule,  concerning  whom  he  was  enquiring.** 

Mr.  Reed  was  admitted  a  Fellow  of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries 
June  12,  1777,  on  the  recommendation  of  Mr.  Gough,  as  ''  a 
gentleman  distinguished  for  his  acquaintance  with  every  branch 
of  Pdlite  Literature." 

1  have  elseiPihere  mentioned  that  Mr.  Reed  and  myself  were 
frequently  walking  companions  to  Enfield.  To  a  proposed  ex* 
curskm  thither  the  fo]lo\%in^  note  alludes : 

"  Mr.  Steevens  has  just  left  me.  He  has  seen  Sir  Jan^  Marriptt 
this  morning,  .who  tells  him  that  the  King  will  be  at  Cambridge 
on  Thursday.  On  a  particular  circumstance  taking  place,  which 
wiU  be  known  by  a  Letter  expected  from  Dr.  Fanner  to-day» 
we  shall  set  off  immediately.  If  we  do  not,  I  wiU  wait  on  you 
atx  Friday ;  but,  as  Sir  James  Marriott  may  be  considcrea  at 
good  aathority,  I  doubt  it  will  not  be  practicable.*' 

*  See  Gtnt.  Mt;.  1781^  voL  U,  p.  185. 

Secoad^ 


.S30  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l77^« 

Second/*  8vo,  with  a  Third  Edition  of  his  Lord- 
ship's "  Miscellanies,''  3  vols.  8vo. 

**An  Account  of  some  German  Volcanos,  and 
their  Productions.  With  a  new  Hypothesis  of  tlie 
prismatical  Basaltes ;  established  u|X)n  Facts.  Being 
an  Essay  on  physical  (Jeography  Ibr  Philosophers 
and  Miners.  Published  as  supplementary  to  Sir 
William  Hamilton's  Observations  on  the,  Italian 
Volcanos.     By  R.  E.  Raspe  */'  8vo. 

*  Rndolphus  Ericns  Raspe,  a  foreigner  of  distinguished  repu- 
tation and  merit.  After  having  distinguislied  himself  as  Editor 
of  the  PopthuxnouB  Works  of  Leibnitz,  he  publbhcd,  "Specimm 
tfiikdricp  Naturalis  Giobt  Terraquei,  8fc.  Leipsig,  17C3  ;"  being 
*'  A  Specimen  of  a  Natural  Hi:itoiy  of  the  Earth  3  particularly 
teith  regard  to  the  Formation  of  Islands,  the  On^n  of  Moun- 
tains, apd  the  Phsenomcna  of  Pe'trified  Bodies  >  illustrated 
tnth  Plates;"  and  dedicated  to  the  Ro^-al  Society  of  Lon- 
don. In  1776,  he  published,  in  I^ndon,  an  Accpuut  of  some 
German  Volcanos  and  their  Productions,  in  an  octa\o  vc4ume. 
In  1777>  **  Travels  through  the  Bannat  of  Tameswar,  Transyl- 
Tania,  and  Hungary,  in  the  Year  1770 :  Dt^cribcd  in  a  Series  <tf 
Letters  to  PrpiF.  Ferber,  on  the  Mines  and  Mountains  of  these 
different  Couptries.  By  Baron  Inigo  Born,  Counbcllor  of  the 
Royal  Mines  In  Bohemia.  To  which  is  added,  John  James  Fer- 
bflr*8  Mineralogical  History  of  Bohemia.  Translated  from  the 
German ;  with  some '  explanatory  Notes,  and  a  Prefiicc  on  the 
Mechanical  Arts  -,  the  Art  of  Mining,  and  its  present  State  and 
future  Improvement.  By  R.  E.  Raspe.**  He  afterwards  pro- 
djuced  an  Essay  on  Oil  Painting,  in  quarto  ;  a  Translation  from 
the  German  of  Baron  Inigo  Bom's  New  Process  of  Amal^- 
mation  of  Gold  and  Silver  Ores,  &c.  in  a  quarto  volume  -, 
and  "  Tabby  in  Elysium,  a  mock  Poem  from  the  German  of 
F.  W.  Zacharias,  1781,"  4to.  "  Nathan  the  Wise,  a  Philosopliic 
Drama;  fi'om  the  German  of  G.  E.  I^essing,  late  Libi^anan  to 
the  Duke  of  Brunswick,  translated  into  English  1781,'*  8vo. 

To  Mr.  Raspe  I  was  indebted,  in  179*2,  for  a  very  curious  Ab- 
stract of  Domesday  Book,  as  far  as  relates  to  the  County  of  Lei- 
cester>  under  the  title  of  '•'  Conspectus  Tabellaris  Descriptionis 
Ledecestrescii^<e  factje  sub  WiUelmo  Conquestore  circa  10S6*.  Ex 
Apographo  Typis  vulgato  redigcnte  et  computante  R.  E.  Raspe, 
^an.  %  179^,  Londmi."  See  the  History  of  Leicestershire,  vol.  I. 
.  tip  published  also  in  the  PhUosoplncal  Transactions  "  A  Dis- 
^rtation  on  the  Bones  and  Teeth  of  Elephants,  and  other  Beasts, 
found  in  Aftica  and  other  Northern  Regions,  by  which  it  appt^ars 
they  are  the  Bones  of  indigenous  Beasts,**  vol.  LIX.  p.  126  5  **  On 
Ae  Manner  of  produc^ing  ^^hite  Marble,**  \6L.  LX.  p.  47  >  '^  Acr 
count  of  some  Basalt  Hi&  in  Hessia>**  ibid.  p.  180. 

''  Dis- 


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1776-] 


THE  EIG)FIT££NTH  CENTURY.  ajl 


**  Discourses  on  various  Subjects.     By  W.  S. 
Powell  *,  D.  D.  late  Archdeacon  of  Colchester,  atid 

♦  This  Volume  contained  the  following  Sermbnlfe ;   I.  Three 
Discounics  prejicheti  brfore  the  University:   1.  "Of  the  Vices  in- 
cident to  aa  Acndemical  life/'  1756* ;   ^. ''  Of  the  Subflcriptious 
required  iu  the  Church  of  Engiand,"  1757  i   3.  "  On  the  Anni- 
versary  of  tiie  Martyrdom  of  Charles  I. '  176*6;  II.  Thirteen  Dis- 
courses preached  in  the  College  Cha|x;l :   4.  '' The  Authenticity 
of  the  Bookb  of  the  New  Testament/'  176*5  ;   S.  *^  The  Credit  due 
to  the  Sacitxl  Hisstonans  ;'*  6.  ''The  Insufficiency  of  Mr.  Hume*^ 
Objection  to  the  Credibility  of  Miracles  j"   7.  "  On  the  Use  of 
Miracles  in  pro\  ing  the  Divine  (Mission  of  our  'Saviour  and  his 
Apueitks  ;*'  8.  and  9.  "  Of  the  Evidence  arising  firom  the  Prophe- 
cies of  the  Old  Testament  3 "    10.  ''  Of  the  Argument  drawn 
from  the  swift  Propagation  of  thf  Gos|iel$*'  1 1. ''  Of  the  Cliarac- 
ttff  given  by  Heathen  Writers  of  the  first  Christians  \'  19.  ''Re- 
capitulation of  the  Arguments  brought  in  support  of  Chriastia- 
mty  ;**  13.  "  Intcm])erance  in  the  Gratiiicatioa  of  our  Appetites^ 
not  con^iistent  with  spiritual  Improvements,"  1765  -,    14.  ^  Thib 
Prodigal  Son/*    15.  "The  Nature  and  Extent  of  Inspiration,  ' 
illustrated  from  the  Writings  of  St.  Paul/'  1770;*'    16.  "The 
Diversity  of  Character  belonging  to  ditferent  Periods  of  Life  j" 
HI-  A  Discourse  "on  Public  Virtue,  preached  before  theUni* 
tepsity,  November  5,  1775."    This  Discourse  was  added  (though 
out  of  place,  and,  perhaps,  out  of  season)  in  compliance  with 
the  desire  of  some  of  the  Author's  friencb ;   IV.  Three  Chas^ges 
^cliwred  to  the  Clergy  of  the  Archdeaconry  of  Colchester.: 
1.  "On  Ri'ligious  Controversies j**  2.  "On  the  Connexion  be- 
tween Merit  and  the  Reward  of  Merit  in  the  Profession  of  a 
Clei^yman  ;**  3.  "  On  the  Use  and  Abuse  of  Philosophy  in  the 
Study  of  Religion  f  *    V.  Dlsputatio  habita  in  Scholis  Publicii, 
anno  1756,  Pro  gradu  DoctoratiYs  in  Sacrdi  ThcologiL**    Of  this 
very  valuable  Votiuue,  and  its  excellent  Author,  I  cannot  give  a 
better  account  than  lias  been  alread}'  printed  in  vol.  1.  p.  567>  in 
the  words  of  the  Advertisement  preHxcd  to  it  by  Dr.  Balguy,  who 
superintended  the  publication.  —  To  those  satisfactory  particu- 
lars,   it  may  be  siiflicicnt  to  add,   that  Dr.  Powell's  Sermon 
nn  Subscription  wils  aniinadviTted  upon  with  much  severiQr  in  a 
Letter  addressed  to  him,  and  also  in  a  Pamphlet,  probably  bjp 
the  Author  of  "  The  Confessional,**  intituled,  "  llemarks  on  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Powell's  :Sermon  in  defence  of  Subscriptions,  preached 
before  the  University  of  Cambridge  on  the  Commencement  Sun** 
day,  1757»  whcn^n  the  Latitude  suid  to  be  allowed  to  Subscribeis 
to  the  Liturgy  and  Articles  of  the  Church  of  England  is  particu- 
larly considered.    With  a  Dedication  to  the  youiM^r  Students  in 
both  our  Univei'sities  who  are  designed  for  the  Ministry  of  the 
Church,  1758,"  8\o.     Di*.  Powell  is  mentioned  in  thf»e  pages 
not  merely  as  an  Author,  but  as  an  early  and  particular  Friend 
of  Mr.  Bowyer,  who  was  for  many  ycai:»  the  Doctor's  banker  in 

London, 


132  I4TERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l77ff- 

Master  of  St.  John*s  College,  Cambridge.  Published 
by  the  Reverend  Thomas  Balguy  *,  D.  D.*'   8vo. 

LondoDj  as  appears  by  the  following  friendly  and  familiar 
billet : 

"  Dear  Sih,  SL  John's  College,  May  3^  1771. 

*'  Though  I  was  punished  for  my  n^lect  last  year,  yet  the 
penalty  was  so  smaU>  that  I  have  again  suffered  the  time  of  pay-  ^ 
ing  the  tenths  of  Freshwater  to  ekipse.  Be  so  kind  as  to  take 
care  of  this  matter  for  me,  as  soon  as  may  be ;  lest  a  messenger 
be  sent  alter  me  to  the  Isle  of  Wight.  The  tenths  of  my  arch- 
deaconry, which  are  not  so  rigidly  demanded,  are  paid.  Pray 
excuse  the  trouble  here  given  you  by.  Sir, 

Your  very  affectionate  humble  servant,      W.  S.  Powell.*' 

<  Hii  Observations  on  '*  Miscellanea  Analytica,  1760/*  have 
been  mentioned  in  vol.  II.  p.  839.  A  short  "  Defence**  of  this 
Pamphlet  was  also  printed  for  him  in  that  year. 

Dr.  Powell's  Will  was  remarkably  precise,  neat,  and  elegant, 
which  was  the  characteristick  of  all  his  performances.  See  Mr. 
Ccde's  very  ample  Memoirs  of  him  in  vol.  I.  p.  566 — 584. 

*  Of  whpm,  see  p.  220. — In  a  Letter  to  Dr.  Warton,  April  6, 
1769,  Dr.  Balguy  says,  "  The  success  of  my  Sermon  has  been 
just  what  I  expected,  and  what  every  man  must  expect  who 
thinks  for  himself.  My  Bookseller  is  wishing  I  may  be  attacked 
\fj  Blackburn,  which  may  (as  he  supposes)  be  a  foundation  for 
-a  controversy.  But  in  this  1  should  certainly  disappoint  him^ 
not  having  the  least  inclination  to  ci^ter  the  Usts  against  such  an 
adversary.  I  shoiild  be  much  pleased  to  know  that  you  intend 
to  treat  the  wretched  Biographer  with  the  same  contempt.  He 
may  challenge,  indeed,  the  thanks  of  the  publick,  for  the  occa- 
sion he  gives  you  of  printing  your  second  volume;  but  I  hope  no 
part  of  that  volume  will  be  wasted  in  refuting  ofcgections  which 
have  met  with  universal  neglect.*'  See  Wool's  Life  pf  Dr.  Warton  j 
where  some  other  Letters  of  Dr.  Balguy  are  inserted. 

Dr.  Balffiiy  is  very  respectfully  mentioned  throughout  the 
Correspondence  of  Bp.  Warburton  and  Bp.  Hurd.  So  early  as 
1760  Mr.  Warburton  says,  "  It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  un- 
derstaiid  that  a  man  of  so  uncommon  merit  and  so  close  con« 
nexion  with  you,  as  Mr.  Bal^y  is,  meets  my  inclinations,  and 
imshes  tp  deserve  his  friendship  with  so  much  good-nature  and 
politeness.  I  shall  think  myself  extremely  happy  in  the  hearts 
of  two  such  men.  These  are  all  the  pluralities,  that  are  not 
sinecures,  which  I  would  accept  ^  and  the  only  ones  I  am  ambi- 
'  tioiis  of.  I  do  truly  rejoice  that  the  waters  at  Buxton  have 
been  of  service  to  him,  an(i  the  more  so,  as  I  had  been  given  to 
unclerstand  they  were  of  none.  But  as  this  has  happily  been  the 
case,  I  hope  he  will  think  of  completing  his  cure  at  Bath,  for 
.  we  understand  that  the  Buxton  are  only  the  Bath  waters  in  an 
inferior  degree,  and  less  efficf^^ious ;  and  I  have  more  reasons 

tliaq 


177^*J  ^^£  BIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  2$$ 

^'  Elements  of  Conchology,  or  an  Introduction  to 
the  Knowledge  of  SheUs.  By  Emanuel  Mendez  da 
Costa  *,  Member  of  the  Academia  Caesar.  Imper. 
Nat.  Curios.  Plinius  IV.  and  of  the  Botanic  Society 

than  one  to  wish  he  would  try  these/' — ^Dr.  Milner,  in  his  ''His- 
toiy  of  Winchester^  vol.  II.  p.  01,  says,  "  In  the  great  South  aile 
a  mural  monument  is  erected  to  tlie  memory  of  the  late  Dr. 
Balguy,  Archdeacon  of  the  diocese ;  who,  being  gifted  with  na- 
tural an<l  acquired  talents  which  must  have  insured  him  success 
and  feme  in  any  station  that  he  might  occupy,  had  yet  tho  rare 
moderation  of  declining  the  highest  dignity  of  his  profession, 
\vhen  it  was  in  his  }.ower  to  have  risen  to  it.  The  proof  of  this, 
suDongst  his  other  praises,  is  here  recorded  in  his  Epitaph !  The 
monument  is,  at  the  same  time,  bimple  and  elegant ;  being  ju*' 
dicio\isly  designed  and  masterly  executed.  It  consists  of  a  pro- 
per sized  urn  of  Parian  ipai  ble,  with  a  black  veined  marble  py- 
ramid, which  is  charged  witli  arms,  and  forms  the  back  ground. 
I'be  whole  Bnishes  at  the  bottom  with  grapes  and  foliage  of  the 
most  exquisite  workmanship." 

*  This  learned  Naturalist  (F.  S.  A.  1 759)  was  some  timelibrarian 
to  the  Rx>yal  Society,  at  their  house  in  Crane  Court;  and  commu- 
nicated several  papers  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions.     "A 
Dissertation  on  the  Belemnites,*'  vol.  XLI V.  p.  397 ;  *'  on  two 
beautiful  Echuiites,':  vol.  XLVI.  p.  143 ;   "  on  a  Fossil  found  at 
Dudley  in  Staffordshire,"  vol.  XLVIII.  p. 986;  "on  the  Impres- 
sion of  Plants  on  the  Slates  of  Coals,"  voL  L.  p.  228 ;  "  Experi- 
iDeats  on  several  Pieces  of  Marble  stained  by  R.  Chambers/*  vol.  LI. 
p.  30;  *'  Remarks  on  Mr.  Hubner^s  Observations  on  the  Produc- 
tions of  Tripoli,"  ibid.  p.  192 ;  "Account  of  some  Productions  In 
Scotland,  resembling  the  Giants  Causeway  in  Ireland,"  vol.  LI  I. 
p.  103;    ''An  Account  of  an  Encrinus,  or  Star- Fish,  with  a 
pointed  Stem^  taken  on  the  Coast  of  Barbadoes,  which  explains 
to  what  Kind  of  Animals  these  Kind  of  Fossils  belong,  called 
StoT'^ionei,  Asterup,  and  Astropodia,'*   Ibid.  p.  357<      He  was 
the  author  also  of  <'  A  Natural  History  of  Fossils.    By  Emanuel 
Mendez  Da  Costa,  Fellow  of  the  Royal  and  Antiquarian  Societies, 
and  Member  of  the  Imperial  Academy  Nature  Curiosarum  of 
Gottingen,  vol.  I.  1757,"  4to.    This  Voliune  was  published  by 
snbscription,  and  had  great  merit,  the  Author  being  at  that 
time  esteemed  "  the  greatest  master  of  the  subject  that  this 
country  had  then  produced."    And  of  Historia  Naturalis  Testa" 
eeorum  Briiannia,  or,  the  British  Conchology ;   containing  the 
Descriptions  and  other  Particulars  of  Natural  History  of  the 
Sbelb  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland.     Illustrated  with  Figures. 
In  English  and  French.    By  Emanud  Mendez  Da  Costa,  Member 
of  the  Imperial  Csesarian  Academy  Natum  Curiosorum  by  the 
name  of  Pliny  IV.  and  of  the  Botanic  Society  of  Florence, 
)7dO/'  4 to. — The  time  of  his  death  is  uncertain* 

of 


(. 


j|34  .    UXERART  ANECD0TB8  or  C^??'* 

'of  Florence.  With  Seven  Plates,  containing  Fi- 
gures of  every  Genus  of  Shells,'*  8vo. 

"  Dissertatio  de  Babrio,  Fabularum  ^sopicaram 
Scriptore.  Inseruntur  Fabulae  quaedam  ^sopeae 
nunquam  antehac  editae,  ex  Cod.  MS.  Bodl.  Acce- 
dunt  Babrii  Fragmenta."    By  Mr.  Tyrwhitt  *,  8vo. 

*^A  Description  of  the  Human  Eye,  and  its  adja- 
cent Parts ;  together  with  their  principal  Diseases  ; 
and  the  Methods  proposed  for  relieving  them.  By 
Joseph  Warner,  F.  R.  S.  and  Senior  Surgeon  to 
Guy*s  Hospital.     The  Second  Edition -f-." 

"An  Ap{>endix  to  the  First  Edition  of  the  Origin 
of  Printing  ;  containing  the  additional  Remarks 
which  have  been  inserted  in  tlie  Second  Edition  t.'* 

"The  Rudiments  of  War :  Comprizing  the  Prin- 
ciples of  Military  Duty,  in  a  Series  of  Orders  issued 
by  Commanders  in  the  English  Army.  To  which 
are  added,  some  other  Military  Regulations^  for  the 
Sake  of  connecting  the  former,"  8vo. 

"  The  Elements  of  Botany ;  containing  the  His- 
tory of  the  Science :  with  accurate  Definitions  of  all 
the  Terms  of  Art,  exemplified  in  eleven  Copper- 
plates ;  the  Theory  of  Vegetables ;  the  scientific 
'Arrangement  of  Plants  and  Names  used  in  Botany ; 
Rules  concerning  the  general  History,  Virtues,  and 

'  *  See  some.  Memoirs  of  this  illustrious  Scholar  in  p.  147  >  to 
which  may  be  added,  that  he  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robert 
tyrwhitt,  a  gentleman  of  considerable  eminence  in  Uie  Church ; 
who  was  of  Magdalen  College,  Cambridge ,  B.  A.  1718  3  M.  A. 
1722  i  D,  tK  Com.  Reg.  WZS ;  rector  of  St.  James's  Wtstiqijister 
172d>  which  he  resigned  in  1732,  on  being  appointed  a  canon 
residentiary  of  St.  Paul's.  He  held  also  the  prebend  of  Kentish 
Town  in  that  Cathedral ;  and  was  archdeacon  of  London.  He 
obtained  a  canonry  of  Windsor  in  1740  3  died  June  15,  1742; 
and  was  buried  in  St.  George's  cliapel  at  Windsor.  By  his 
mother  s  side  he  was  grandson  to  Bp.  Gibson.  At  the  age  of 
six  he  was  sent  to  school  at  Kensington,  and  thence  removed 
to  Eton,  in  1741.  He  was  appointed,  in  17^6,  Undersecretary 
at  War  to  Lonl  Barrington. 

t  Mr.  Bowyer  had  printed  the  First  Edition  of  this  scientific 
tract  in  1773. — Mr.  Warner  was  the  Author  of  some  other  pro- 
fessional Tracts. 

X  See  Monthly  Review,  vol.LVII.  p.  396. 

Uses 


U«e«  of  Plants.  Being  a  Translation  of  the  Phikh- 
Sophia  Botanica,  and  other  Treatises  of  thei  xxtle- 
brated  Linnaeus.    By  Hugh  Rose,  Apothecary,"  8vo. 

"A  Discourse  upon  some  late  Improvements  on 
the  Means  for  preserving  the  Healtn  of  Mariners. 
Delivered  at  the  Anniversary  Meeting  of  the  Royal 
Society,  Nov.  30,  1776.  By  Sir  John  Pringle,  Ba- 
ronet, President.     Published  by  their  Order."  4to. 

"  Dissertatio  de  Bysso  .^Egyptiorum,"  by  Dr.  John 
Reinhold  Forster,  8vo. 


1777. 

In  this  year  Mr.  Bomber  printed, 

*^An  Experimental  System  of  Metallurgy,  with 
|E;eneral  Remarks  and  Explanations.  By  the  late 
John  Henry  Hampe*^  M;D.  Fellow  of  the  Imperial 

♦  John  Henry  Hampe,  M.D.  F.R.S.  a  well  known  and  re- 
markable Physician,     had  the  honour^    in  August  1736,     of 
being  Physician  to  the  Princt-hs  of  Wales.      He  spent  e;reat 
part  of  a  long  and  laborious  life  in  vainly  seeking  the  Philoso- 
pher's Stone.    After  having  by  uncommon  abstinence  attained 
the  age  of  fourscoi-e,    he  determined  to  cw^municate  to  the 
world  the  experience  he  had  acquired  in  the  valuable  art  of 
making  gold  (an  art  which  Itad  unfortunately  reduced  our  vene- 
rable Physician  to  |X)vei'ty)  -,   and  with  this  view  began  in  177^ 
to  print  his  "Treatise  on  Experimental  Metallurgy;**   in  which 
some  progress  was  made  at  the  press,  when  the  learned  Author 
was  released  from  his  labours  and  penury,  in  the  beginning  of 
the  year  1777.    A  very  few  days  before  his  death,  I  had  occasion 
to  caU  on  him,  in  a  most  miserable  garret,  over  a  i^table  in  the 
lower  part  of  the  King's  Mews ;  and  seldom  have  I  witnessed  a 
scene  of  more  squalid  misery.    The  poor  man  had  literally  ex<« 
hausted  his  last  shilling  in  the  chimerical  attempt  of  converting 
inferior  metals  into  gold ;  and  tlie  cadaverous  appearance  of  his 
wrinkled  face,  with  the  corresponding  appearance  of  poi^ertj 
which  the  scantily  furaished  room  afforded,  were  sufficient  to 
ha\e  softened  the  most  obdurate  heart  to  melting  charity.    In  a 
few  days,  however,   his  misery  in  this  world  was  terminated. 
The  Volume  of  '*'  Experiments**  was  however  finished  under  the 
correction  of  John  $e)'ferth,  esq.  and  published  in  1777 >  by  Mr* 
\oiirse,  in  a  small  folio  Volume,  vrith  an  excellent  metzotinto 
portrait  of  the  Author,  scn^icd  by  Burke^  from  a  painting  by 

Angelica 


2^6  LTn&ART  ANECDOTES  OT  [l777. 

Academy  Natutas  Curiosarum,  and  of  the  Royal 
Society'  of  London  ;"*  folio. 

Angelica  Kauffman^  and  the  fiillowing  remarkable  inscription* 
written  by  the  Doctor  himself: 

"  FASTPOS  KPATEIN. 

Johannes-Henricus  Hampe, 

Siegena  Nassovicus, 

Medicine  Doctor  Duisburgensis  Clwantm, 

Medicus  Regius  tricenarius 

Practicus  Londinensis  quinquagenarius 

Acad.  Imper.  Nat.  Cur.  Societat.  Reg.  Lond.  Socius 

perantiquus ; 

Senex  octogenarius,  temperatissimus,  sanissimus; 

per  quindecim  aniios  vixit 

quoad  Uquida  inriuius  i/^^ototd; 

quoad  SOlida  Aa;^ayc-/uioi^o^yof 

sol^  ciborum  AwifMaKTWf  ci  paucitate  et  simplicitate 

perviridem  senectutem  astsecutus ; 

rarissim^  per  diem  ultra  duodecim  solidorum  uncias  consumepsi 

corporis  siccitate  et  mirit  agilitate  conspicuus* 

extemorum  et  intemorum  sensuum  integritate 

animlLque  perturbationibus  vacull  beatissimus 

ad  Kmgffivitatem  mortemque  sanam  omni  moi:ix>nim 

genere  vacuam  {wQxftca-^w)  aspirans 

utpote  felicitatem  mundanam  veram  et  unicam 

necnon  extremam  artis  salutaris  metam 

ad  quam  contingendam  nulla  datur  via 

nisi  per  illud  TJvQmyofy  Tarfg  K^OTUv 

Systematis  Metallurgiae  Experimentalis 
Angl.  idiom.  Autor.'* 

''On  account  of  the  singularity  of  such  a  publication  as  this, 
at  a  time  when  rational  chemistry  is  so  successfully  and  exten- 
sively cultivated,  and  the  dreams  of  the  Alchemists  are  scarce 
any  logger  remembered  -,  we  shall  first  endea\  our  to  satisfy  the 
n^osity  of  our  philosophical  readers  with  regan}  to  the  Author^ 
and  the  history  and  general  contents  of  these  his  remains.  With 
respect  to  tl^e  firsts  all  the  information  we  can  give  must  be  ex- 
tracted from  the  two  first  pages ;  and  particularly  from  an  in- 
scription in  Latin,  sprinkled  with  a  creditable  portion  of  Greeks 
accompanied  with  an  £nghsh  translation,  both  said  to  have  been 
written  by  the  Author  himself:  the  former  annexed  to  his  most 
venerable  phyz  in  raetzotinto,  which  fronts,  and  reflects  no  small 
dcercc  of  solemnity  on  the  title-page. — In  this  Memorial  of  him- 
ae$  our  Sage  informs  us  that  he  was  '  thirty  years  Physician  to 
H.  R.  H.  Princess  of  Wales  j  fifty  years  practised  physick  in 
London — ^being  an  old  man  of  fourscore,  very  temperate  and 
liealtl^^.    Laved  fifteen  years  as  to  drink,  withput  wine,  upon 

watef 


1 777-1  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  237 

•  "A  Journey  from  Gibraltar  to  Malaga ;  with  a 
View  of  that  Crarrison  and  its  Environs  $  a  partiou* 
lar  Account  of  the  Towns  in  the  Hoya  of  Malaga ; 
the  antient  and  natural  History  of  those  Citaes, 
of  the  Coast  between  them,  and  of  the  Moun- 
tains of   Ronda.      .Illustrated   with   Medals^    of 

water  \_Quoad  liquida  invinius  YopoTorn;] ; .  as  to  victuals^  upon 
herbs  and  puddings  [Quoad  solida,  Aa;^a»ori-Ma^oO«yoy]  :*  —  that 
k-  '  obtained  this  lively  old  age/  not,  as  we  expected  to  be  told, 
through  the  virtues  of  the  alkahest,  or  some  one  of  the  many 
utiicersal  medicines  given  in  this  work,  but  '  by  a  simple  and 
small  diet,'  and  principally  by  the  r«rfo?  x^«tiii»  of  Pythagoras, 
here  quaintly  translated,  *  Pythagoras's  appetUe-govemment,"-^ 
From  the  Editor  we  learn  only  that  the  Author  was  well-known 
*  to  the  learned  world  for  his  knowledge  in  these  subjects  ;*  that 
seventeen  sheets  of  the  present  Work  '  were  printed  befbrq  hts 
death,  under  his  own  care  and  inspection ;  and  that  the  remain- 
ing part  is  printed  from  a  £&ir  manuscript  copy,  in  his  own 
baad-Miiting.* "     Monthly  Review,  vol.  LIX,  p.  246. 

*  The  many  coins  engraved  in  this  Work  were  from  the  Col- 
kctioQ  of  the  celebrated  Spanish  medallist  Flores,  whose  cabinet 
Mr.  Carter  had  purchased  on  his  death,  and  disposed  of  the  du- 
plicates to  Dr.  Hunter.    He  had  just  completed  (and  had  actually 
printed  the  first  sheet  of)  "An  histoiical  and  critical  account  of 
early  printed  Spanish  Books  j"  in  which,  to  use  his  own  words, 
hL>  intent  was,  ''  to  write  an  historical  and  critical  account  of  ' 
the  most  early  printed  volumes  in  the  Spanisli  language,  which 
have  fidlen  into  my  possession  during  tlurty  years  diligently  col- 
lecting them,  both  in  Spain,   France,  and  England.     Of  the 
lives  of  the  Authors  he  proposes  to  give  a  summary  account, 
with  occasional  specimens  of  the  style  and  manner  of  their 
writings,  and  strictures  on  the  state  and  progress  of  learning 
and  poetry,  from  the  days  of  John  U.  king  of  Castile,  do^s'n  to 
the  present  age :   to  appearance  an  humble  and  easy  task,  but 
Hhich  will  appear  in  the  execution  to  require  no  small  labour, 
judgment,  and  experience,  and  be  evidently  of  great  advantage 
to  thobe  who  wish  to  enrich  their  libmrics  with  the  best  Spanish 
works,  and  be  informed  of  the  reputation,  merit,  and  rank,  each 
author  holds  in  the  literary  world.    A  specimen  of  this  curious 
Work  may  be  seen  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LIU.  p.  843.     **  The  Au- 
thor's intention  was,  to  have  gone  regularly  through  his  very 
matchless  collection  of  Spanish  Literature ;  with  the  laudable 
iiioti?e  of  pointing  out  to  the  world  the  intrinsic  value  of  each 
artkle,  in  case,  after  his  decease,  it  should  be  thought  expedient 
by  hiB  surviving  firiends  to  offer  them  to  public  sale.    As  I  iie- 
ceived  tbifl  &ct  from  his  own  mouth,  it  was  acting  in  conformity 
to  lufl  wishes,  when  I  communicated,  through  the  mean*}  of  your 
extensive^  circulated  Mbccllany,  this  fragment  of  Mr.  Carter's 

inedited , 


S38  LITERARY  ANECDOTR8  OF  [l77T- 

each  municipal  Town,  and  a  Chart,  Perspectives, 
and  Drawings,  taken  in  the  Year  1772,  by  Francis 
Carter,  Esq.  2  Vols,**  8vo ;  with  a  Volume  of  Plates, 
sold  separately  ♦. 

"  Poems,  consisting  chiefly  of  Translations  from 
the  Asiatic  Languages.  To  which  are  added  two 
Essays :  I.  On  the  Poetry  of  the  Eastern  Nations. 
II.  On  the  Arts  commonly  called  Imitative,"  by 
the  matchless  Orientalist  William  Jones -|-,  esq.  8vo. 

inedited,  but  curious,  observationfi."  —  Mr.  Carter  was  elected 
F.S.  A.  May  1,  1777.  He  died  at  Woodbrid^c,  yVugiist  I,  1783. 
*  Re-printed  in  1778,  with  the  pLites  inserted, 
t  After  the  satisfactory  Memoirs  of  Sir  William  Jones,  which 
liave  beefi  published  by  l>ord  Teignmoiith,  a  brief  account  will 
here  suffice,  but,  having  been  p'.ulicidarly  acq\iainted  with  this 
extraordinary  Scholar,  I  cannot  pass  him  by  wholly  unnoticed. 
Of  hb  Father,  a  full  account  has  been  given  in  vol.  I.  p.  4C3. — 
The  Son  was  bom  vSept.  2S,  174f> ;  and  had  scarcely  reached  hia 
third  year  when,  by  the  death  of  his  father,  he  was  left  to  the 
sole  care  of  an  excellent  Mother,  till  1753;  when  he  was  placed, 
under  Dr.  Thackeray,  at  Harrow  school.  At  this  fuiious  semi- 
nary, Lord  Teignmouth  infoims  us,  "  he  invented  a  political 
play,  in  which  Dr.  William  Bennett,  bishop  of  Cloyne,  and  the 
celebrated  Dr. Parr,  were  his  princiival  associates,'*  and  Dr. Ben- 
nett informs  us,  that  "  great  jiarticularity  of  thinking,  fondness 
for  writing  verses  and  plays  of  vainous  kinds,  and  a  degree  of 
integrity  and  manly  courage,    distinguishe<l  him  even  at  this 

,  period."  By  Dr.  Sumner,  who  became  Master  of  the  School  in 
17(>1>  young  Jones  was  particularly  distinguished.  In  1764  he 
was  entered  of  University  College,  Oxfoiti :  where  he  shewed  a 
peculiar  partiality  for  Oriental  literature.  In  the  summer  of 
1765  he  accepted  the  ofter  of  private  tutor  to  Lord  Althorpe 
(the  present  £arl  Spencer),  then  seven  yeai-s  old  *,   and  in  I766 

.  obtained  a  Fellowship  in  his  College  -,  which  (though  not  ex- 
ceeding 1002.)  appeared  to  him  a  sufficient  provision,  and  a  solid 
independence.  His  time  was  now  divided  between  Oxford, 
London,  Wimbleilon,  and  Althor|)e;  and  in  1767  he  visited  the 
Continent  with  the  Spencer  family ;  and,  in  this  short  trip,  ac- 
quired some  knowledge  of  the  German  language.  Before  set- 
ting out,  and  in  the  91st  year  of  his  age,  he  began  his  Commen- 
tary on  Asiatic  Poetry,  in  imitation  of  Dr.  Lowth's  Prelections  at 
Oxford  on  the  Sacred  Poetry  of  the  Hebrews  5  and  soon  after 
hi8  return,  in  the  winter  of  1767,  he  nearly  completed  his  Com- 
mentaries, transcribed  an  Asiatic  Manuscript  on  Egyi^t  and  the 
Nile,  and  copied  the  Keys  of  the  Chinese  Language,  which  he 
wished  to  add  to  his  other  acquisitions.  In  1768,  when  the 
Kinjp  of  Denmark  visited  this  country,  Mr.  Jones  (who  in  that 

year 


1 777*1  "ra*  KWHTEBNTH  CENTURT.  t39 

•*  Travels  through  Italy  ia  the  Yeats  17  71  and 
1772«     Des€ribed  in  a  Series  of  Letters  to  Baroa. 

fear  took  the  degree  of  B.  A.)  was,  not  witliout  reluctance^  per- 
suaded to  meet  that  Monai'cli's  wibhe:),  by  translating  into  the 
French  language  an  £astern  MS.  of  the  Life  of  Nadir  ^hah ;  for 
which  he  was  rewanled  by  a  diploma  of  F.  R,  S.  of  Copenhagen! 
Sept.  19,  1770,  in  his  24th  year,  he  vit\s  admitted  in  the  Temple; 
where,  amidst  the  severer  study  of  the  Law,  he  continued  his 
attachment  to  the  Muses;    and  published,   in  17<7^i«    a  small 
volume  of  Pot^ms,  consisting  chiefiy  of  Translations  from  the 
Asiatic  Languages,   with  two  Prose  Dissertations  on  Eastern 
Poetry,  and  on  the  Arts  commonly  called  imitative.     In  177^2  he 
^as  elected  F.  R.  S.     In  1773  he  took  the  dogi-ee  of  M.  A. ;   and 
composed  an  Oration,    intended  to  have  been  spoken  at  the 
Theatre,  though  not  published  till  ten  years  after.     In  1774  he 
published  his  "  Commentaries  on  Asiatic  Poetry ;"  and  in  that 
year  was  admitted  to  the  Bar,  and  applied  himself  almost  solely 
to  professional  studies.     In  1776,  he  was  appointed  a  Commis- 
tioner  of  Bankrupts ;   and  at  the  latter  end  of  this  year,  1  had 
the  pleasure,  by  the  reconmiendation  of  our  mutual  Friend,  Mr. 
tooant,  of  obtaining  some  substantial  proofs  of  his  regard  and 
confidence.    The  Second  Edition  of  his  "  Poems"  was  intrusted 
to  my  correction  at  the  press.    This  Volume  was  published  in 
1*77>  in  a  very  handsome  octavo  ^   and  early  in  the  following 
year,  Mr.  Jones  began  to  print  the  "  Orations  of  Isseus  ;**  which 
were  for  a  short  time  suspended,    during  his  absence  on  the 
Circuit:    his  anxiety  for  its   correctness  will  appear  by  the 
following  billets:     ''Worcester,   March  S,   177^.     When  I  left 
London,   I  thought'  it  would  be  very  easy  to  go  on  with  my 
h^uA  while  I  was  on  the  Circuit.     1  now  find  that  partly  busi- 
nes,  and  partly  dissipation,  render  it  impractiaible  to  proceed 
till  my  return.    You  will,  therefore,  suspend  the  Work  till  just 
before  the  30th  of  April,  when  1  shall  again  be  in  the  Temple. 
Jn  correcting  the  sheets  of  so  dilhcult  a  Work,  every  page  occa- 
•ioos  sonoe  little  doubt  or  other,  which  cannot  be  cleared  with- 
out consulting  a  number  of  books ;  and  my  reputation,  l)oth  aa 
a  Scholar  and  a  Lawyer^  depends  on  my  making  this  little  Work 
a:d  accurate  as  possible.    1  wish  to  sec  another  proof  of  the  sheet 
I«,  which  I  will  send  back  immediately  for  the  press,  and  then 
we  will  re»t  upon  our  oars  till  I  return.    1  shall  take  it  extremely 
kiod«    Sir,   if  you  will  desire  Murray,   op(K)site  St.  Dunstan*9 
cLarcfa,  to  send  me  a  copy  of  Dr.  Gillieh's  Lysias  and  Isocrates, 
and  a  copy  of  the  Bishop  of  London's  Isaiah,  as  soon  as  they 
4,aM  be  pcocured;  and  to  send  them  both  to  Oxford,  by  the  coach, 
directed  to  me  at  University  college ;   where  I  shall  be  in  Easter 
i»eek.     lam.  Sir,  your  very  obedient  servant,    W.  Jones."  — 
**  MawHomth,    March  l^,      1  hope  my  letter  ficm  Worcester 
came  safe  to  your  hands,  with  the  sheet  L,  whicii  I  will  mark 
for  the  proi,  when  I  have  had  a  revise,    llie  inclosed  sheet  M 


S40  UTERAftT  ANSCDOTBS  Of  '  [l777 

Bom,    on  the  Natural  History^    particularly  the 
Mountains  and  Volcanos  of  that  Country,  by  John 

may  go  to  the  press  with  care.  Here  we  will  stop  till  I  return 
I  am  more  and  more  convinced,  that  it  is  impossible  to  proceed 
accurately  in  this  whirlwind  of  business  and  dissipation.  W.  Jonbs 
From  thb  time  till  the  25th  instant  1  shall  be  in  England,  and 
my  direction  is  on  the  Oxford  Circuit;  after  that,  I  shall  be  in 
Wales,  and  letters  directed  to  me  on  tfie  Carmarthen  Circvit,  South 
Walei,  wiU  not  &il  to  reach  me.  There  T  shall  stay  till  the  1 5t])  Aprils 
after  which  my  direction  will  be  at  University  College,  Oxford, 
Excuse  this  trouble .  but  I  expect  letters  of  importance/' — This 
WoriL,  which  was  published  in  177S,  he  dedicated  to  EarlBathurst, 
who  as  yet  had  been  his  only  benefactor,  by  bestowing  oil  him 
the  office  of  a  commissioner  of  bankrupts.  The  elegant  stylCj 
profound  research,  and  acute  criticism,  displayed  in  this  Traufis- 
lation,  attracted  the  applause  of  eveiy  judge  of  classical  learn- 
ing. His  next  publication  was  a  L:ittn  Ode  to  Liberty,  under  the 
tide  of  ^'Julii  Melesigoni  ad  Lihertatem*"  an  anagram  of  Guli' 
tlmus  JonesiuB ;  in  which  he  somewhat  too  ftunkly  developed 
'  his  political  principles,  and  perhaps  lost  by  it  at  the  time  a  pro* 
motion  to  the  Bench  at  Bengal.  In  the  year  17  HO  he  published 
''An  Enquiry  into  the  legal  Mode  of  suppressing  Riots,  with  a 
constitutional  Plan  of  Future  Defence,**  a  pamphlet  suggested 
by  the  dreadfid  riots  in  London,  of  which  he  had  been  a  witness. 
And  about  the  same  time  he  was  advised  to  offer  himself  a  can- 
didate to  represent  the  University  of  Oxford  in  Parliament ;  but 
declined  the  contest  before  the  day  of  election.  —  In  a  "  Speech" 
which  he  intended  to  have  delivered  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Free- 
holders of  Middlesex  in  September  following,  he  more  explicitly 
avowed  his  sentiments  on  public  affairs,  and  in  language  rather 
stronger  than  usual  with  him,  though  suited  to  the  state  of  popular 
opinion  in  that  County.  During  a  short  visit  to  Paris,  he  formed 
a  design  of  writing  a  History  of  the  War.  On  his  return,  how- 
ever^ he  recurred  to  his  more  favourite  studies ;  and  his  Biogra* 
pher  has  printed  a  curious  memorandum,  dated  1780,  in  which 
Mr.  Jones  resolves  to  learn  no  more  rudiments  of  any  kind ;  but 
to  perfect  himself  in  the  languages  he  had  already  acquired ; 
▼iz.  Greek,  I^tin,  Italian,  French,  Spanish,  Portugueze,  Hebrew, 
Arabic,  Persian,  Turkish,  German,  and  English,  as  the  means  of 
acquiring  a  more  accurate  knowledge  of  history,  arts^  and 
sciences.  With  such  wonderful  acquisitions,  he  was  now  only 
in  his  33d  year.  In  the  Wititer  of  1780-1,  he  found  leisure  to 
complete  his  Translation  of  Seven  antient  Poems  of  the  highest 
reputation  in  Arabia  3  which  in  the  Autumn  of  1781  he  entrusted 
to  my  typographical  superintendance.  ''  UniverEity  college.  Ox* 
fordf  July  14,  1781.  Sir,  My  Arabian  Poems  are  almost  readj 
for  the  press.  If  possible,  I  will  send  the  two  first  befnre  the 
Circuit,  that  we  may  fix  the  form  of  the  page,  &c.  In  September 
I  shall  be  in  town^  and  the  whole  will  i^n  be  prepared.    Tlie 


U77-]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  241 

James  Ferber,  Professor  of  Natural  History  atMietaw 
inCurland,  and  Member  of  several  Literary  Societies. 

Bishop  of  Lon(lon*9  Isaiah  must  be  the  model;  for  my  Work, 
like  his  Lordship's,  will  consist  of  a  Dedication,  preliminary  Dis- 
course, the  text,  and  notes ;  and  I  would  observe  the  same  pro- 
portion in  the  size  of  the  leltei's.  If  I  can  send  you  two  Poems 
this  week,  I  should  be  glad  to  have  them  put  in  hand  immediately, 
aad  printed  in  charactcrii  as  lar^e  as  the  text  of  Isaiah,  except 
iht  arguments,  which  must  be  smaller.     W.  Jones. — July  25" 

*'  Let  me  request  the  favour  of  you  to  send  me,  if  it  be  printed, 
the  Bengal  Judicature  Bill,  which  passed  lately.     I  shall  not  be 
able  to  send  my  Arabians  to  the  press  till  September.  VV.  Jones,** 
—Sept.  8.    "As  I  shall  not  be  ii\  town  till  the  14^^,    I  send 
you  48  pages  of  m^-  Steven  Arabian  Poems:    they  contain  the 
three  first,    with   the  arguments.      Isaiah  1  have  fixed  as  the 
model  of  printing,    )>aper,    character,    &c.      The  arguments, 
therefore,  will  be  printed  in  the  same  letter  ^ilh  the  Bishop's 
jwdimiiiary  Dissertation,  and  the  Poems  themselves  in  the  same 
with  his  Translation.     I  shall  be  very  glad  to  find  the  first  proof 
on  my  table  in  the  Temple,  when  1  return  next  Friday  af.er- 
nooB.    W.  Jones.** — This  Volume  was  published  in  1783;  and 
he  celebrated,  about  the  same  time^  the  Nuptials  of  Lord  A.lthorpe 
with  Miss  Bingham,  in  an  elegant  Ode,  intituled,  "  The  Muse 
Recalled;*'  printed  at  Strawberry  Hill,  and  aftcrwaixls  re-printed 
at  Paris  4to.     In  his  professional  line  he  published,  '^AnE^say 
on  the  Law  of  Bailments,  1/8^2  ;"  and,  by  way  of  gratifying  both 
duty  and  indinatiim,  translated  an  Arabian  Poem  ''on  the  Mo- 
bamuiedan  Law  of  Succession  to  the  property  oi  Intestates."  — 
in  1789*  he  took  a  very  active  part  among  the  S(x;ieties  formed 
to  [Tocure  a  more  equal  representation  in  the  Commons  House 
of  Parliament.    The  S|)eech  which  he  delivered  at  the  Tendon 
TaFern  on  this  sul^ect  was  long  admired,  for  its  elegance,  per- 
spicuity^ and  independent  spirit.     He  was  also  elected  a  Member 
ofthe  Sbcicty  for  Constitutional  Infonuation,  and  bestowed  con- 
siderable attention  on  the  objects  it  professed.    The  '*  Dialogue 
between  a  Farmer  and  a  Countrv  Gentleman  on  the  Princijiles  of 
Govemment,**  which  he  wrote  some  time  before,  was  circulated. 
b}'  Chid  Society  with  much  industiy.    When  the  Dean  of  St.  Asapfi 
(tfterwards  his  brother-in-law)  was  indicted  for  publishing  an 
edition  of  it  in  Wales,  Mr.  Jones  sent  a  letter  to  L)rd  Kenyon, 
then  Chief  Justice  of  Chester,  avowing  himself  to  be  the  author, 
and  nalntaining,  that  every  position  in  it  wixs  strictly  conform- 
able to  the  Laws  and  Constitution  of  England.     "  The  publick,** 
my§  Bfr.  Gibbon,  ''  must  lament  that  Mr.  Jones  has  suspended 
the  pursuit  of  Oriental  Learning.*'  —  On  the  succession  of  the 
Sbcibunae  Adminbtration,  whose  views  of  political  afiFau^  were 
io  some  respects  more  consonant  to  Mr.  Jones's  principles  than 
those  of  their  predecessors,  by  the  particular  interest  of  I^rd 
A^burtOD,  he  achieved  the  object  to  which  for  some  time  past 
he  had  anxiowdy  aspired.    In  March  1783,  he  was  appointed  a 
Vol..  IIL  H  ]\xd^ 


84S  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l 

Tnin«Isted  from  the  (serman,  with  Explans 
Notes  9iikA  a  Preface  on  the  present  State  and  fi 
Improvement  of  Mineralogy.   By  R.  E.  Raspe," 

Judge  of  the  SuprctXK  Court  of  Judicature  at  Fort  Willian 
which  occafiion  the  honour  of  knighthood  was  conferred  ot 
In  April  following  he  married  a  youn^  lady  to  whom  h* 
been  long;  attached*  Anna-Maria  Shipley,  eldest  daughter 
fiishop  of  St.  Asaph.  He  had  now  secured,  as  his  friend 
Ashbuiton  congratulated  him,  "  two  of  the  first  objects  c 
man  pursuit,  those  of  ambition  and  love.** — His  stay  in  En 
after  these  events  was  very  short,  as  he  embarked  for  Ini 
the  month  of  April.  He  arrived  at  Calcutta  in  September 
wss  eagerly  wetcmncd  by  all  who  were  interested  in  the  f 
iitkm  of  a  ms^stratc  of  probity  and  independence,  of  a  sc 
who  was  cnnressedly  at  the  head  of  Oriental  Literature, 
one  in  the  prime  and  vigour  of  life,  who  bade  &ir  to  be 
the  ornament  of  the  British  dominions  in  India.  His  ow 
tis&ction  was  not  less  lively  and  complete.  He  left  behind 
the  inconstancy  and  the  turbulence  of  party,  and  felt  no  1< 
the  anxieties  of  dependence  and  deky.  —  And  here  I  shall 
the  remainder  of  his  interesting  History  to  the  pages  of  hi:« 
teriy  Biognqiher  Lord  Teignmouth,  and  the  judicious  abi 
ment  prefixed  by  Mr.  A.  Chalmers  to  Sir  William  Jone8*s  I 
in  the  late  Edition  of  the  "  English  Poets.**  Let  it  suffi 
say,  .that,  after  an  illness  of  seven  days,  of  an  ague  arising 
a  slight  ^okl,  he  expired  in  the  year  1794,  in  the  fiill  can 
&ne  and  fortune,  the  brightest  example  of  rational  amb 
alkl  of  extensive  leaiiiing,  virtue,  and  excellence,  that  mi 
times  hate  produced ;  and  he  must  ever  be  the  subject  of  i 
ration,  though  it  may  happen  to  the  lot  of  few  to  eqmli 
perhaps  of  none  to  excel  him. — In  1799,  his  Works  were 
llshevl,  in  six  volumes  quarto,  and  ha\e  bneen  unce  r&-prin1 
thirteen  vohinies  octavo,  with  the  addition  of  his  Life  by 
Teignmouth,  which  first  appeared  in  1804. — Among  the  { 
tributes  to  his  memory  are,  a  monument  by  Flaxman,  in 
versity  college,  at  tlie  expence  of  Lady  Jones;  a  mOAU 
erect«i  in  1^.  RiuFs,  ami  a  statue  at  Bengal,  both  vot^ 
the  honourable  East-India  Company.  A  Society  of  Gentl 
atBei^al,  who  were  educated  at  Oxford,  subscribed  a  sui 
a  PtijBe  Disaertation  on  his  character  and  merits,  which  wa 
judged  to  Mr.  Henry  PhiJpots,  M.A.  ^of  Magdalen  oo 
Among  the  many  poetical  tributes  paid  to  his  memory,  tk 
the  Iter.  Thomas  lli^urioe,  of  the  British  Museum^  seems  en 
to  "the  preference,  from  his  accurate  knowledge  of  Sir  Wi 
Jones*s  character  and  studies. 

The  monument  at  Universitv  college  is  thus  inscribed : 

•''M.S. 

GuLiRLMi  JoNBS,  Equitls  Aurati> 

qui  darum  in  Kteris  nomen  k  imtre  acceptam, 

magni  oumulavit  gloril. 


^7770  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  243 

<<  Four  Discourses,  translated  from  the  Spanish  of 
Fejjoo* ;  on  the  following  Subjects ;  the  Voice  of . 
the  People ;   Virtue  and  Vice ;  exalted  and  humble 

Ingemum  in  ilk>  emt  scientiarunn  omnium  capax, 
dlBcipMnisque  optimLs  dUigentisBiiri^  excultimi.. 

£rat  indoles  ad  virtutem  eximia, 
et  in  justiti^^  libertate,  rdigione  vindicandi^« 

maxima  probata. 

Quiccpiid  auteni  utile  vel  boneetum 

f«maiKis>  exemplo,  auctoritate,  vivus  promoverat» 

id  omBe  scriptis  suis  immortalibu8> 

etiam  nunc  tuetur  atque  ornal. 

Praestantissimum  hunc  virum> 

cum  k  Provinci^  Bengali, 
lihi  Judicis  integerrimi  munus 

per  decemiium  obierat, 

rcditum  in  patriam  meditaretur^ 

ijigruentis  morbi  ids  oppressit> 

ixkal.  JuB.  A.C.  icDccLxxxxiiii.  set.  xLviii. 

Vt  quibus  in  iEdibus, 

ipse  dim  sociiis  inclaruisset, 

in  ittdem  mcmoria  c^us  potissimtun  conservaretur^ 

honorarium  hoc  monunientum, 
-Anaa-Maria,  fiha  Jonathan  Shipley,  £pid.  Asaphv 

coi\jugi  suo  B.  M. 
P.  C." 

•  "  The  Author  of  these  Discourses  was  a  dignified  Clei^gy- 
mm  of  the  Church  of  Rome,  much  respected  for  his  learning 
and  candour;  and  the  Translator  adds,  that  his  Works  hava 
Wen  io  much  admired  in  Spain,  as  to  have  passed  through  eigliV 
«fitioiis.  —  It  is  no  inconsiderable  proof  of  the  general  increasa 
of  a  smrit  of  moderation,  that  a  Work  which  abounds  with  such 
fihtnl  sentiments,  and  which  so  boldly  attacks  vulgar  prejudices^ 
AanW  meet  with  so  much  encouragement  and  applause  in  a 
ecwntry  which  has  for  many  ages  been  one  of  the  strong-holds 
af  tenonincc  and  superstition.  The  Author  discovers  extensive 
ftamog,  and  treats  his  several  subjects  with  some  singularity  of 
STfle  nnd  method  indeed — but  with  that  boldness  which  ahvays 
CMricteriges  genfm.  Even  the  English  reader,  who  has  seen 
the  solgects  or  pofi^  and  morality  d^cus;.od  in  everv  variety  of 
flbm,  win  not  think  this  Work  destitute  of  the  ment  of  origi- 
nti^r  H<mthl^  Review,  vol  L  VIL  p.  S4 1 .  —  "  The  reputation 
ti  die  Spaniard  has  long  been  firmly  established ;  and  if  his 
Ei^Osh  g«rb  is  not  in  au  points  el^ant,  it  is  at  least  phiin  and 
decent.  Mr.  Brett  disclaims  all  pretensions  to  high  flights  of 
genius  or  literature ;  but,  in  the  language  of  plain  common  sense^ 
directed  by  loo^  experience  and  much  knowledge  of  the  world, 
has  gifcn  what  is  apparently  a  faithful  version  of  many  valuable 
Ea^  and  nsefiil  JLessons  of  Life."     Qent  Mag.  vol  LI,  p.  34. 

R  2  For- 


ft44-  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  Of  [1777- 

Fortune ;  the  most  refined  Policy/  8vo.  The 
Translator  of  these  Discourses  was  John  Brett*, 
esq-  senior  Captain  in  the  Royal  Navy. 

**An  Impartial  Inquiry  into  the  Case  of  the  Gos- 
pel Demoniacks,  With  an  Appendix,  consisting 
of  an  Essay  on  Scripture  Demonology.  By  William 
Worthington  f ;'  D.  D. 

*  In  1779  this  gentleman  published  Six  more  of  FexJooV 
Discourses;  and,  in  1780,  *•  Essays,  or  Discourses,  selected  from 
the  Works  of  Feyjoo,  and  translated  from  the  Spanish,  by  John 
Brett,  Esq.'*  —  Mr.  Brett  had  been  one  of  Lord  Anson's  Lieute- 
nants in  his  voyage  round  the  worlci ;  was  made  a  captain  io 
174^  *,  and  afterwards  commanded  the  Chichester,  a  70-gun  ship  j 
and  married,  first,  Miss  Sally  Bi  ad  by,  of  Hatton,  near  Tichfield. 
Hants ;  and  aft«;rwai'ds  Miss  Ward,  of  Gosport.  He  lost  a  con- 
$idci-able  degree  of  tmnquillity,  as  well  as  money,  by  being  involved 
in  a  suit  of  law  by  an  itinerant  quack ;  whom,  as  a  magistratCj 
be  wished  to  prevent  from  deluding  the  minds  of  weak  and  ig- 
norant people,  in  order  to  rob  them  of  their  health,  as  well  u 
money,  on  a  county  maiket  day.  I'he  Mountebank  had  somi 
diploma  or  other,  which  got  the  better  of  the  Justice.  He  diec 
in  London,  in  1785,  leaving  one  son  by  his  second  Lady,  wh< 
was  heir  to  most  of  his  younger  brother  Charles's  fortune,  or 
the  death  of  Chiistopher  Mason,  esq.  admiral  of  the  White. — 
Chai'les  Brett,  esq.  was  one  of  the  I^rds  Commissioners  of  thi 
Admiralty  during  the  time  Lord  Howe  was  at  the  head  of  th< 
Board,  and  represented  Sandwich  in  two  parliaments  (1776  and 
1784).  He  married  Mi<«  Hooker  of  Croom-hiU,  Greenwich 
grand-daughter  of  Sir  William  Hooker,  knt.  who  died  Jan.  13, 
1791 9  leaving  no  children.  He  died,  far  advanced  in  yean, 
Feb.  10,  1799. — ^Timothy,  a  third  brother,  a  most  mild,  benig- 
nant, and  amiable  chamcter,  was  some  time  Clerk  of  the  Chequf 
at  Portsmouth ;  and  died  at  Greenwich  in  1790,  unmarried  uid 
much  res^iected. 

t  This  learned  and  industrious  Divine  was  of  Jesus  college, 
Oxford;  M.A.  (incorporated  from  Cambridge)  July  3,  1758 ^  B 
Mid  D.  D.  July  10,  1768.  He  was  vicar  of  Blodwell  in  Shropshire^ 
and  of  Llanrhadi-a,  in  Denbighshire ;  a  prebendary  of  York  anc 
of  St.  Asaph.  He  published,  in  1743,  "An  Essay  on  the  ScheoM 
and  Conduct,  Procc<!ure  and  Extent  of  Man's  Redemption :  designed 
far  the  Honour  and  Illustration  of  Christianity.  To  which  is  an- 
nexed, A  Dissertation  on  the  Design  and  Argumentation  of  tb< 
Book  of  Job.  By  William  Worthington.  M.  A.  Vicar  of  Blodwell 
in  Shropshire,"  8vo ;  and  a  second  Edition  in  1748 ;  in  1751i 
a  work  equally  ingciiious  and  original,  intituled,  "  The  Historica] 
Sense  of  the  Mosaic  Account  of  the  Fall,  proved  and  vindi- 
cated," 8vo.  "  llie  Use,  Value,  and  Improvement  of  varioui 
R/?adings.  shewn  and  illustrated ;  in  a  Sermon  prcaichcd  befon 
the  Uiiiircrsity  of  OxXuiti,  at  St.  Mary's,  Oct.  18, 1761.    Df  Wil- 

liaH 


1777.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  «45 

'^  Poems,  supposed  to  have  been  written  at  Bris- 
tol by  Thomas  Rowley  and  others  in  the  Fifteenth 
Century  ♦ :  the  greatest  Part  now  first  pubUslied  from 
the  most  authentic  Copies,  with  an  engraved  Speci- 
men of  one  of  the  MS.  To  which  are  added,  a 
Preface,  an  Introductory  Account  of  the  several 
Pieces,  and  a  Glossary."  8vo. 

"  A  List-|-  of  various  Editions  of  the  Bible,  and 
Parts  thereof,  in  English,  from  the  year  I526  to 
^n^r  a  single  sheet, ^  Svo. 

"  Dialogues  moraux  et  amusantes  :  —  Moral  and 
entertaining  Dialogues  |,  in  English  and  French,  for 

liam  Worthing;ton,  D.  D,  Chaplain  to  the  Archbishop  of  York, 
mud  Author  of  the  Essay  on  Redemption."  "A  Disquisition 
concerning  the  Nature  of  tlie  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper, 
in  order  to  ascertain  the  right  Nature  of  it,  176*6/'  8vo.  <*  A 
Sermon  preached  at  the  Annual  .Meeting  of  the  Charity  Schools, 
1768,'*  8vo.  "The  Evidences  of  Cln istianity,  deduced  from 
Facts,  and  the  Testimony  of  Sense,  throughout  all  Ages  of  the 
Church,  to  the  present  Time,  in  a  Series  of  Discourses,  pi-eached 
for  the  Lecture  founded  by  the  Hon.  Robert  Boyle,  Esq.  in  the 
Ynrs  1766,  1767,  1768,'  2  vols.  8vo.  1769.  **  The  Scripture 
Theory  of  the  Earth,  throughout  all  its  Ilevolutions  and  all  the 
Periocb  of  its  Existence,  from  the  Creation  to  the  final  Rcno\a- 
tion  uf  all  Things,  1773,"  8vo.  "Irefticitm;  or,  the  Importance 
of  Unity  in  the  Church  of  Christ  considered,  and  applied  towards 
the  Healing  of  our  unhappy  Differences  and  Divisions,  177''>,*' 
8?o.  "An  impartial  Inquiry  into  the  Case  of  the  Gospel  Demo- 
niacks,  1777***  8vo;  wiiich  pitKluced  an  "Answer"  from  Dr. 
Hugh  Fanner,  a  learned  and  eminent  Dissenting  Divine,  in 
1778. — Dr.  Worthlngton  died  Oct  6, 177S}  but  he  hud  prepared 
a  Reply,  which  was  posthmnously  published,  umler  the  title  of 
"A  nirther  Inquiry  into  the  Case  of  the  Gospel  Demoniacks,  oc* 
casioned  by  Mr.  Farmer*s  I-^etters  on  the  Subject,  1779,**  Svo. 
•  ♦  Tills  volume,  which  led  to  an  almost  endless  controversy, 
was  published  by  Mr.T^rwhitl.     See  before,  p.  148. 

f  Of  this  List  an  improved  edition  was  printeii  in  1778,  at 
the  expence  of  Archbishop  Comwallis.  This  little  Volume  owed 
its  rite  to  a  maouBcript  List  of  English  Bibles,  copied  from  one 
foiD|iilQd  by  Mr.  Joseph  Ames,  and  presented  by  Dr.  Gifford  to 
the  Lambeth  Library.  It  was  completed  by  Dr.  Ducarel,  from 
hii  own  observations  and  the  later  discoveries  of  his  friends. 

X  **  It  seems  necessary  to  inform  the  Reader,  that  the  Author 
has,  in  this  Work,  two  objects  in  \1ew :  the  first  and  principal  is, 
to  guard  youth  against  the  dangers  of  the  passions, — and  with 
this  intention  she  has  joined  examples  to  loirguments ;  the  second 

'is. 


t4S  trrtRARY  AN£CDOTES  iff  '  [1777- 

the  Imppowment  of  Youth.  By  Madam  Fauques 
de  Vaucluse  *.*  limo. 

hi  to  ht\p  tliose  whh  arc  learning  either  of  the  two  famguages,— 
ibr  which  puqxsee  she  hsH  composed  sometimes  in  Engiish,  and 
sometimes  in  French;  and  always  translated  it  as  literacy  at 
elegance  would  permit."  Adverti&emeni.  —  *'  In  the  prosecution 
of  this  design,  Madam  de  Vauduse  has  acquitted  herseif  much 
to  our  satislkction,  and  her  own  credit.  Her  examples  are  well 
chosen,  her  sentiments  are  just,  her  French  is  elegant,  and  her 
English  is  more  perfect  than  couUi  have  been  expected  from  m 
Foreigner;  it  being,  indeed,  so  free,  easy,  andcoirect,  that  the 
{leader  viaOi  find  Kttle  or  no  reason  to  conchide  that  the  ingeni- 
ous lady  was  not  born  and  educated  in  this  country.**  Munthhf 
Review,  vol.  LVIl.  p.  320. 

*  This  cheerful,    communicative,   and  very  intelligent  old 
lady,  resided  in  Great  Wild-street,  Lincoln's-lnn  Fields ;  where 
she  was  patronized  by  the  celebrated  Lady  Craven  (the  present 
Margravme  of  Anspach),  who  intrusted  her  daughters  to  the 
rare  of  Madam  de  Vaucluse  for  their  instruction  in  the  French 
language.      But  the  lively  teacher  had   a  pujiil  of  infinitely 
greater  celebrity,  no  less  a  person  than  the  afterwards  justly 
celebrated  Sir  William  Jones.     This  illustrious  Scholar  disdainrd 
not  to  receive  improvement  in  the  French  language  from  this 
Veteran  I^y ;  and,  in  retimi,  condescended  t0  4>oli6h  the  style 
of  her  English  publications.     Should  this  assertion  be  doubted, 
it  may  be  suffici#»nt  to  refer  to  "  Tiie  Vizirs ;  or,  the  Enclianted 
Labyrinth,  an  Oriental  Tale,  in  Two  Volumes:  by  Madame  Fau- 
ques de  Vaucluse  ;**    in  which  tlie  introductory  Remarks  from 
D'Herbclot  and  the  History  of  Nader  Shah  sufficiently  bespeak 
the  learned  Communicator.     I  shall,   however,   tmnscribe  the 
Lady*s  Pre&ce :  "  It  is  generally  thought  so  easy  and  insignifi- 
cant a  task,  to  write  a  tale  or  a  romance,  that  many  of  my  rea- 
ders will  be  siu^prised  to  see  a  preface  at  the  head  of  this  work.-— 
Those  of  a  grave  and  solemn  turn  will  condemn  the  perform^ 
ance,  from  its  very  title,  and  call  it  an  abuse  of  reason  to  dis- 
course on  the  sallies  ef  a  wild  imagination  j   while  those  of  a 
gayer  and  more  airy  cast  will  open  the  work  with  eagerness,  and 
care  but  little  for  its  design  or  execution,  so  long  as  it  affords 
them  a  temporary  amusement.     These  two  kinds  of  censors 
require  an  answer  -,  fuid  a  preface  is,  therefore,  necessary,  in 
order  to  obviate  their  objections.    The  first  sort  must  not  so 
hx  despise  the  flights  of  imagination,  as  wholly  to  seclude  them 
from  the  exercise  of  reason  $  since  those  two  faculties  arc  so 
nearly  allied,  that  &ncy  without  judgment  is  capricious  and  irre^ 
gular»  and  judgment  without  ikncy  is  confined  to  verv  nairow 
bounds.    As  to  critics  of  the  second  class^  if  they  value  gems 
for  nothing  but  the  metal  in  which  they  are  set,  and  mistake 
every  thing  for  a  mere  toy,  which  is  not  recommended  hy  the 
cjiganec  of  the  workmanship,  1  would  advise  them  to  seek 

amusc' 


1777*1  '^^^  filCHTBJCKTH  CEKTURY.  S47 

« 

^^  Pieetf  written  by  Mons.  Falcouet  and  Moqa. 
Diderot,  on  Sculpture  in  General,  and  particularljr 

amusement  elsewhere :  this  casket  holds  not  jen-ck  to  their 
taste.  How  far  I  am  iutitled  to  say  this,  let  those  cblenaiuH^ 
in  whom  good  sense  and  good  nature  are  happily  united,  aii4 
who  have  oomsoqisently  a  right  to  set  a  value  on  works  of  genhii: 
tber  win,  perhaps,  allow  me  to  hoast  that  1  have  avoided  the 
rocka^  on  "which  the  writers  of  tales  and  novels  are  so  frcQu^ndy 
shipwrecked.  There  are  some,  who  arc  satisfied  with  lieapinf^ 
tegiether  a  number  of  brilliant  images^  incredible  events,  inchaot- 
■oents,  and  prodigies ;  where  the  meaning,  if  there  be  any,  » 
concealed  under  a  superfluity  of  words.  The  authors  of  such 
fierformances  desene  to  be  pitied,  and  arc  only  offensive  in  pro- 
poition  to  the  price  we  set  upon  our  time.  —  Aa  to  thofle  who 
gm.vm  no  other  view  than  to  initiate  their  readei^  in  the  dangerous 
mysteries  of  the  passions,  a  slight  attentitm  to  the  amiablencss  of 
■acial  virtues,  the  genend  benefit  of  laws,  and  the  happiness  of 
nuuikind,  will  be  sufficient  to  £11  us  with  hori'or  at  tlie  thought 
of  auch  poisonous  productions.  But  tiiere  are  some  errors  into 
wkich  writers  of  fine  parts  and  good  iutentions  have  often  fallen; 
mad  these,  since  an  early  experience  discos  ei^l  litem  to  me,  I 
luiTe  carefully  endeavomed  to  avoid.  As  a  youthful  mind  U 
duefly  cultivated  with  the  maiveUous,  and  cannot  relish  the 
•everity  of  historical  truth,  I  had  j?ead  the  romaivccs  of  Calppe- 
nede  and  Scudery,  before  1  coukl  briag  myself  to  open  Curtius 
or  livy  -,  and  the  charms  of  fiction  had  so  biassed  my  jiulgment, 
that,  when  I  perused  those  Historians,  I  accused  them,  in  every 
page,  of  representing  their  heroes  in  the  f«dHe  liicht  in  which  their 
own  inctinations  had  seen  them.  1  thought  Curtius  a  rash  fiar* 
faarian,  for  madding  Alexander  run  blindly  through  so  many 
dangers,  for  the  pretended  glory  of  subdiuBg  the  world ;  when 
I  was  sure  he  had  been  led  to  his  fatal  a£hievt>ments  by  tiie 
irresistible  power  of  Love  -,  1  wondered  at  the  unpolished  severity 
«f  Livy,  who  could  have  transformed  the  swoet-natm*ed  and 
gaflant  Brutus  into  a  rigid  Stoic,  and  a  furious  patriot.  It  was 
the  work  of  many  years  tp  make  me  reverse  the  itcntence  1  had 
yaysed,  and  to  find  that  the  author  of  a  romance,  who  draws 
feun  the  source  of  historical  truth,  must  not  be  allowed  to  dis- 
^gore  his  originals  hy  ^nting  then  in  tlie  colours  of  his  own 
thb  being  the  prii^ilege  of  those  who  crvate  their  own 
,  and  may  oonsequentiy  use  them  as  they  please.  But  if 
extensive  licence  be  granted  to  the  wiiters  of  tales,  they 
oi^ght  not  to  Kbuse  it  in  a  point  far  more  essential  than  tlie 
navepresentfltioB  of  characters :  tiiey  vuat  he  very  sparhig  in 
Che  machinery  of  supernatural  beings ;  axAsm^H  perpetually  bane 
me  lo  it,  in  order  to  extricate  tlieir  hero&,»or  rather  tketih' 
,  from  dll  difii<;«tties,  which  defeats  the  momli^od  of  aucj) 
;  as  It  discourages  virtue,  excuses  vicS^and  luUs 
prudenoe  aslaep.— Xbe  human  mind  is  kd  t^  iu  natural  tuq^per 

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248  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777* 

on  the  celebrated  Statue  of  Peter  the  Great,  now 
finishing  by  the  former,  at  St.  Petersburgh.  Trans- 
lated from  the  French,  with  several  Additions,  by 

to  the  regions  of  invisible  powers,  and  wants  no  inducement  to 
believe  in  chimeras,  and  fictions,  till  reason  has  directed  it  in 
the  path  of  truth.  Thence  it  may  hapi)en,  that  a  young  person, 
who  doubts  not  of  the  e\L*tence  of  Fairies  and  Genii,  waits  for 
their  interposition  on  the -most  trifling:  accidents,  and  runs  into 
the  danger,  which  a  little  caution  might  have  prevented ;  ex- 
pecting supernatural  gifts,  instead  of  taking  pains  to  acquire 
good  qualities :  and  even  when  th^  age  of  credulity  is  past,  the 
bent  to  error  and  indolence  remains. — As  to  thjsc  whose  judg- 
ment is  ri|)ened  by  years,  though  they  ^rc  fret»d  frnm  these 
dangers,  they  are  not  benefited  by  such  works ;  for  they  cannot 
set  a  value  upon  good  or  bad  actions,  which  have  been  performed 
by  involuntary  impulses;  and  will  not  take  the  trouble  of  search- 
ing for  the  secret  meaning  of  the  author  in  a  maze  of  unnatural 
fictions. — ^These  considerations  induced  me  to  lay  the  foundation 
of  this  work  upon  truth,  and  to  raise  it  witlun  the  compass  of 
probability  ;  for  though  I  sometimes  keep  up  the  appearance  of 
the  man'cllous,  yet  I  destroy  it  in  the  sequel,  and  prove  that  it 
is  the  fault  of  those  who  view  natural  things  in  a  false  light,  if 
so  many  absurdities  are  tiansmitted  to  posterity. — I  have  strictly 
preserved  the  characters  of  the  persons  whom  I  have  introduced 
as  they  are  represented  by  the  Persian  writei-s,  quoted  by  M. 
P'Herbelot,  in  his  Bibliotheque  Orietitale.  The  customs  of  these 
early  times  were  more  favourable  to  my  design,  than  such  as  are 
now  obsencd  by  tlic  Asiatics ;  for  the  women  were  not  then 
banished  from  society,  as  they  have  been  since  Mahomet  estab- 
lished amongst  them  the  plundity  of  \>ives,  and  by  giving  rise 
to  seraglios  and  jealousy,  has  proved  that  an  useless  accumula- 
tion of  treasures  creates  nothing  but  cares  and  avance.  —  By 
Locman  and  2k)roaster.  whom  the  Eastern  traditions  place  in 
the  same  age,  I  intended  to  supply  the  operations  of  gc#o<l  and  bad 
Genii,  without  fiedling into  the  inconveniencies  above  mentioned: 
as  a  wise  and  benevolent  man,  a  learned  and  malignant  one* 
may  fill  the  places  allotted  to  those  beings,  without  having  the 
tyrannical  influence  by  which  merit  is  excludetl.  Giamasb,  the 
bad  Vizir,  has  really  existed,  and  his  miscarriages  are  matter  of 
fact.  As  to  Saheb,  and  his  excellent  qualities,  I  must  confess  that 
they  are  entirely  of  my  own  invention  ;  but  I  hope  the  character 
of  a  good  Vizir  will  not  be  thought  the  most  improbable  part  of 
my  story. — 1  must  requjst  the  indulgence  of  my  readers  for  this 
'^ny  Jii'st  attempt  to  wrjfc  in  the  English  tongue ;  and  if,  in  some 
parts  of  my  work^rf^jiave  deviated  from  that  simplicity,  which 
'forms  tha  •lni|fT>eauty  of  the  language,  let  it  be  remembered, 
that  the  Oriental  style,  which  I  profess  to  imitate,  cannot  sub- 
sist without  continual  metaphors  and  allegories."  —  Madame  de 
Vautfusc  was  also  author  of  "  The  English  Belle  A^semblee :  or. 
^jff  .  Amuse- 


^777']  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  S49 

William  Tooke  *,  Chaplain  to  the  Factory  at  Saint 
Petersburg ;  and  illustrated  by  an  elegant  Plate  of 
the  Statue,-  4to. 

"  La  Vie  de  Jean  Frederic  Ostervald,  Pasteur  de 
Neufchatel  en  Suisse,  par  M.  David  Durand-f*,  Mini- 
stre  de  la  Chapelle  Fraiicoise  de  la  Savoye,  et  Mem- 
bre  de  la  Societe  Royale  J,  8vo. 

"  A  Catalogue  of  the  Coins  of  Canute,  King  of 
Denmark  and  England;  with  Specimens."  By  Mr. 
tiouch.  4to. 

*^  The  Repository,  a  Select  Collection  of  Fugitive 
Pieces  of  Wit  and  Humour,  in  Prose  and  Verse, 
by  the  most  eminent  Writers,*"  2  vols,  small  8vo; 
selected  by  Isaac  Reed,  esq. ;  by  whom  two  more 
Volumes  were  published  in  1783. 

**  The  Excursion,"  an  excellent  Novel  (though 
for  certain  personalities  it  was  severely  censured) ; 
by  Mrs.  Brooke ;  2  vols.   1 2mo. 

The  LXVllth  Volume  of  the  «  Philosophical 
Transactions,**  4to ;  which  he  had  continued  to 
print  from  the  Llld  inclusive. 

The  Fourth  Volume  of  the  "Archaeologia,**  for 
the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  4to ;  he  had  printed  the 
three  preceding  Volumes  in  1770,  1773,  and  1775. 

Anmsement  of  Polite  Liib :  interspersed  with  many  entertaining 
Histories  and  authentic  Anecdotes,  supposed  to  have  been  re- 
lated by  several  Persons  of  equality,  durinp^  their  retreat  from 
the  splendid  Circle  of  the  Gay  World,  1774/'  and  1  believe  of 
some  other  publications. 

♦  This  gentleman  (wlio  has  been  mentioned  in  vol.  11.  p.  559) 
has  since  distinguished  himself  by  a  valuable  *'  Hbtory  of  the 
Emprest  Catharine  ;**  and  another  of  "  the  Russian  Empire  ;** 
by  his  happy  "  Illustrations  of  Horace  3**  a  Translation  of 
"  ZoUikofier*8  Sermons  ;**  and  many  other  excellent  publica- 
tions. 

t  Of  whom  see  befbre,  vol.  I.  p.  343. 
•  X  '^^  Volume,  having  been  published  late  in  1777>  ib  dated 
(according  to  the  custom  of  Printers)  in  177B.  And  the  samt 
circamstaDce  (to  mention  it  once  for  all)  will  be  found  to  have 
bi^ypened  in  some  other  of  the  dates  which  occur  in  these  ''Anec- 
ddtes.**  The  Rale  in  general  observed  among  Printers  is,  that 
when  a  Book  happens  not  to  be  ready  for  publication  before 
November^  the  date  of  the  ensuing  year  is  used. 

Our 


MSO  UTJBRARY  ANXCDOTEi  OF  0777- 

Our  eminent  Printer  now  drew  to  the  end  of  hi» 
literary  career ;  but  he  had  fint  the  «atisfacdon  of 
completing  in  this  year  "  The  Rolls  of  Parliament*/' 
in  Six  Volumes  folio ;  and  Thirtv-one  Volume*  of 
•^The  Journals  of  the  House  of  Lords -J*." 

The  last  Publication  in  which  Mr.  Bowyer  as- 
sumed the  office  of  an  Editor,  was  a  new  impression 
of  the  "  Dissertation  on  the  Episjtles  of  Pnalaris." 
Dr.  Bentley ;{;  was  a  writer  whom  he  had  alwap 

-*  Tliesc  volumes  were  revised  through  the  press  by  the  Rer. 
l>r.  Strachey  (the  present  Archdeacon  of  Norwich,  and  Preacher 
at  the  Rn^)  from  a  copy  prepared  for  that  piirpose  by  Rk^iard 
Btyke,  esq.  the  Rev.  Philip  ftlorant,  Thomas  Astle,  esq.  and  John 
Topham,  esq.  To  ^ach  of  those  gentlemen  the  Pnnters  were 
greatly  indebted  for  their  kind  attention  to  iacilitate  and  expe* 
dite  the  busir.ess. 

f  *'  Which  were  wholly  superintentJed  by  George  Ro5e>  esq. 
whose  great  abilities  (to  soy  nothing  of  his  imcomoKm  diligence 
through  the  progress  of  so  large  and  important  an  tindertadkifig) 
are  too  well  known  to  require  the  encomium  of  one  who  is  proud 
to  acknowledge  the  various  instances  of  friendship  he  has  received 
itotn  hkn." — This  vas  written  in  1782 — a  tribute  to  private 
friendship — uninfluenced  by  the  high  rank  in  life  4o  whtch  the 
imcommon  industry,  distinguished  talents^  and  unsullied  inte* 
grity,  of  this  Right  Honourable  Statesman,  have  justly  and  emi- 
nently advanced  him.  I  will  only  add,  that  if  Mr.  Rose  did  not 
stand  pre-eminent  for  fmancial  abilities,  his  useful  htenory  la- 
bours would  have  entitled  him  to  an  ample  share  of  reputation. 

X  '^  This  Dis&ertation,  commonly  known  -by  the  name  of 
'  Bentley  sigainst  Boyle,*  having  long  been  out  of  piint^  the 
learned  world  are  obliged  to  these  English  Siephani  (^  who  can 
read  and  taste,  as  weu  ab  print  and  publish^  for  its  re-publicii- 
tion.  The  subject  of  this  controversy  is  so  wdl  known,  and  its 
merits  now  so  well  understood,  that  it  is  scarce  necessary  to  add^ 
thBi  wit  and  judgment,  as  it  often  happens,  were  here  at  vari- 
ance, each  of  them  occasionally  assisted  by  Jeamii^,  and  that  the 
bees  of  the  Christ-Church  hive,  Aldrich,  Atterbury,  Smalri4^> 
combined  their  forces  to  tease,  though  they  could  not  wound, 
this  Cambridge  Goliath.  That  Mr.  Boyle  was  thus  assisted, 
seems  allowed  by  Swift,  vfhen  in  the  '  Baltic  of  the  Books*  he 
introduces  him  '  dad  in  a  suit  of  armour  which  had  been  given 
Lioi  l>y  ail  the  gods ;'  whicb^  however,  his  son  (the  late  L^d 
Corke),  in  his  remarks  on  this  passage,  does  not  dispute^  Jbut 
IK  ell  observes,  '  that  the  gods  never  bestowed  celestial  annoMr 
escept  upon  heroes^  whose  courage  and  superior  j^rength  dis- 

§  '*Mr.  Nicbola,  w«  are  inlbrmcd,  lathe  BdHoT'cC  Dr.  King's  Works, 
and  the  la«t  VoliMae  «f  Swift.  As  to  Mr.  Boynyer,  -we  need  vxAy  meotion 
Jill  Greek  Testament." 

tinguished 


I7r7*3  '^^^  £I^IIT££NTH  C£NTURT«  451 

V 

held  in  the  highest  estimation.    In  the  re-pubKca*- . 
tioa  of  this  great  Critick*s  Dissertatioii,  Mr.  Bowyer 

tingahhed  them  ^mn  tke  i^st  of  maidund.*     Tliit  klltion  k   • 
rendered  more  vakiftble  by  the  maii^inJ  remarks  of  the  Editor 
(Mr.  Bowyer),  selected  from  the  writiags  and  peiMmd  commu- 
nication of  Bishops  Warbvrttoii  and  Lowih,  Mr.  Upton,  Mr.W. 
Clarke,  Mr.Markknd,  Di\  Salter  ^  Dr.  Owen,  imdMr.Toup." 
Ra.  y.  Buncombe,  in  Gent.  M4^,  17«7>  9oL  XLVU,  p.  35.—- 
Thb  Publication  gave  rise  to  some  ctminadversioBb  in  *'  The 
Critical  Review,**  by  die  Reverend  and  in^^enious  Mr.  Robert- 
son,  which  the  Reader  will  not  be  displeased  to  see  preserved. 
The   peoul4tf*itiPii  of  orthography  and  punctuation  (which  1 
cannot  vindicate)  are  not,    however,    to  be  ascribed  to  Mr. 
Bowytr,  but  to  his  friend  Dr.  Salter,  who  revised  also,  and 
in  the  same  whimsical  mode,  the  celebrated  **  Letters  of  Ben 
Mordecai.*'    His  "  Sermon  before  the  Sons  of  the  Clergy^  was 
printed  and  spelt  iu  the  same  manner. — "  There  ane  some  pe-  ^ 
euliarities  in  this  impression,  which  we  can  by  no  means  admire. 
The  Editor  has  given  an  air  of  stiffoess  and  foimality  to  fientley** 
language  by  his  method  of  pointing;  partly  by  the  use  of  the  se* 
mioolon,  instead  of  the  comma.  For  example:  'It  is  evident  then; 
that,  if  Atossa  was  the  first  inventress  of  Epistles  -,  these,  that  carry 
the  name  of  Phalaris,  who  was  so  macb  older  than  hcr«  nmst 
needs  be  an  irapoBtufe.'«-But,  if  it  be  otherwise ;  that  he  does  not 
describe  me  under  those  general  reproaches:  « small  satisfaction 
•hall  content  you ;  which  1  leave  you  to  be  judge  of  . . .  Fny^ 
let  me  hear  firom  you  i  as  soon  as  you  can.' — This  punctuation 
seems  to  be  calculated  for  short-winded  readers.    The  Editor 
has  Ukewise  adopted  a  mode  uf  q)elling,  which  has  the  appear- 
ance of  an  afiected  singularity.     For  instance:   ntsWm,  diidan^ 
nMied^  heard,  reared,  te.     These  words  are  indeed  in  the 
aotes;  where,  it  may  be  said,  the  Author  is  at  liberty  to  pursue 
his  omn  t>pinion.   But  what  shall  we  say  to  his  introducing  theae^ 
and  the  like,  innovations  into  Bentley*s  text  ? — buis'ness,  eko- 
tcr,  retein,  reproch,  .tuneable,  saught.     If  Bought  be  admitted, 
must  we  not  by  analogy  write,  bought,  instead  of  bought,  and 
tkmigkig  instead  of  i^mghi  ?    It  may  be  observed,  that  these 
wofds,  in  the  «Saxon,  are  f  ohte>  boh^se,  %obre.    The  Editor's 
akenition  therefore  seems  to  be  indefensible.    But  what  is  more 
jfmaritahle,  Irom  page  157,  to  the  end  of  the  volume,  these 
and  the  like  abbreviations  are  introduced :    '  Phalaris'  letters, 
Polybios' author,  Suidas' words,  Timaeus' time,  .£scfaylus*  plays, 
the  law  about  the  rope  was  Zaleucus*,   the  oration  may  weQ 
eooogk  be  Lyaias*,   the  bull  in  Agrigentum  was  shewn  £ar 
Phakris*.'    As  this  is  a  circumstance  of  some  importaBce  in  the 
fiamatioQ  of  our  language,  it  may  net  be  improper  to  enquire, 
vpon  what  principle  it  is  founded.    Dr.  Wallis  says,  that,  when 
a  proper  name  ends  in  «,  the  t,  which  forms  the  possessive  case, 

•  Master  of  the  Giarter-houftc ;  lee  p.  S99. 


S53  tlTEllARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777* 

inserted  the  remarks  which  had  occurred  to  him, 
in  the  course  of  many  years  attention  to  the  subjects 

is  often  omitted:  as,  '  Priamus  daughter,  for  Priamus's  daughter, 
Venus  temple,  for  Venus*s  temple.*  But  here  it  must  be  ob- 
served, that  he  does  not  pretend  to  justify  this  mode  of  writing, 
but  only  says,  *  fieri  non  rarb  solet,'  '  the  s  is  often  omitted  :' 
very  probably  by  Poets,  for  thie  sake  of  their  measure.  He 
adds :  *  Sed  et  plena  scriptio  retinetur,  et  quidem  nunc  dicrum 
frequentius  qukm  olim ;"  that  is,  *  the  word  itself,  and  the  addi- 
tional sign  of  the  possessive  case,  are  likewise  expressed  at  full 
length :  and  this  way  of  writing  is  indeed  more  fieqnently 
adopted  at  present,  than  it  was  formerly :  as  King  Charles's 
Court,  St.  James's  Park.'  W^Uisii  Gram.  p.  91,  erf.  1765.  If 
this  last  be  the  plena  acriptio,  the  genitive  case  at  full  length,  it 
must  be  allowed,  that  the  fnniier  is  only  a  contraction,  and 
should  not  be  admitted,  except  jn  poetry.  For  it  cin  never  be 
necessary  in  pros-e.  If  the  pn^nunciation  he  difficult,  we  can  at 
once  make  it  easy,  by  the  help  of  the  preposition  of.  If  we  do 
not  choose  to  say,  *  Ulysses's  son,*  we  may  alter  the  phrase, 
and  say, '  the  son  ot  Ulysses.'  In  this  circumstance  the  English 
has  the  advantage  of  the  French,  the  Italian,  and  other  modem 
languages,  which  have  only  the  signs,  rfii,  de;  di,  del,  dello,  della, 
&c.  If  we  go  back  to  the  source  of  the  English  language,  the 
Saxon,  as  it  stands  in  the  Anglo-Saxon  Version  of  Orosius,  said 
to  have  {.een  written  by  King  iElfi-ed,  in  the  latter  part  of  the 
ninth  centur}-,  we  find,  that  proper  names  ending  in  «,  form  the 
genitive  and  possessive  case  by  the  addition  of  es:  as,  Nom. 
Tiruf,  Gen.  'ircuy^y,  I'itus,  Titusesj  Tibepuif,  Tiberuufej-, 
Tiberius,  'liberiuses ;  Eijiuf,  Lijxuyey,  Cirus,  Cinises >  Ninuy, 
Nmuf ej*,  Ninus,  Nitiuses ;  Phihppuf,  Phihppuf ej*,  Philippus, 
Philippuses;  Iuhu|*,Iuiiu]-ef, Julius, Juliuses}  Pippuj*,  Pi;\|iu]rej-, 
Pirrus  [Pyrrhus],  Pimises,  &c.  and  that  s  or  es  makes  the  sign 
4>f  the  genitive  case  in  a  multitude  of  other  words :  as,  ])anniba], 
))annibii]e]^,  Hannibal,  Hannibales ;  Xlcxanbeji,  Xlexanb/iej^, 
Alexander,  Alexandres;  Eaj*epe,  Eafefiejp,  Casere  [Ctesar]  Ca- 
aeresj  loj-eph,  lofeper,  Joseph,  Josephes;  ffmilcop,  ^ffniilcopip 
Amilcor.  Amilooresj  Dob,  Dobej*,  God,  Godesj  tpij^,  EpijTej-, 
enlist,  CAribtes,  &c.  In  this  language  there  are  six,  or,  accord- 
ing to  some  Grammarians,  seven  declensions;  and  three  of  them 
tcinn  the  genitive  singular  by  taking  ejp;  as,  jmi'S  a  smith, 
pni^ejr  of  a  smith ;  anb^c  sense,  anb^rej-  of  sense ;  popb  a 
word,  popbejr  of  a  word ;  but  not  by  taking  ijp.  On  the  first 
Dr.  Hickes  makes  the  following  remark :  '  Indc  in  uostratium 
serroone  nominum  substantivonim  genitiviis  singularis  et  nomi- 
nativus  pluralis  exeunt  regulariter  in  s  vel  es,  ut  in  stones,  quod 
lapidis  et  lapides  signiBcat.'  Inst,  Gram.  Anglo-Sax.  p.  10. 
'  Hence,  says  he,  in  our  language  the  genitive  singular  and  the 
nominative  plural  of  noun  substantives  regularly  end  in  $  or  es: 
as,  stents f  which  may  either  signify  of  a  stone,  or  stones'    This 

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1777-]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CE>rrURY.  253 

there  treated  of;  and  he  hath  ascribed  them  to  the 
respective  Authors  from  whose  books  or  personal 
communication  they  were  selected. 

kaimed  Author  thus  describes  the  afRnity  between  the  Saxon 
and  the  English  language :  '  Lingua  Anglorum  hodiema  avits  ' 
Saxonicas  formam  in  plerisque  orationis  partibus  etiamnum  reti- ' 
net.  Nam  quoad  {larticulas  casuales,  quonindam  casuum  ter- 
minationes^  coi\jugationes  verborum^  verbum  substantivum^ 
fbrroam  passivae  vocis,  pronomina,  participia^  cor\junctiones, 
et  priepositiones  omnes^  denique,  quoad  idiomata^  phrasiumque 
maxiniam  partem^  ctiam  nunc  Saxonicus  est  Anglorum  Sermo* 
Hicknii  Tkesaur,  Ling,  S^pt.  praf.  p.^ji.  Nothing  indeed  can 
be  more  obvious,  than  the  affinity  of  these  two  languages,  in 
the  case  we  have  been  considering.  The  only  diflference  is  this : 
instead  of  writing  Dobej-  popb,  mannej-  pij-boni,  fnii^cj*  heop^, 
Epijfcejf  mobop,  Titujpej"  bpobop,  tipufej-  junu,  we  write 
God's  word,  man*s  wisdom,  smith's  heai'th  or  forge,  Christ's 
mother,  Titus's  brother,  Cyrus's  son,  &c.  with  an  apostrophe^ 
denoting  the  omission  of  the  e.  We  find  the  e  frequently  re- 
tained by  some  of  our  antient  writers.  ITius,  in  the  verses  on 
Seint  Vlnefrede,  which,  according  to  Bishop  Fleetwood,  are 
near  five  hundred  years  old,  or  j)erhai>s  much  older,  the  Author 
writes  kinges  sone,  and  Goddes  grace.  Gower,  who  lived  in  the 
fourteenth  century,  says  Goddes  folke,  Goddes  sande  [a  Saxon 
word  signifying  mission  or  be'w^  sent],  worldes  vvelth,  mennes 
helth.  Chaucer,  who  wrote  about  the  same  time,  has  Goddes 
sonne^  Christes  sake,  worldes  transiuutacion,  kynges  law,  ladyea 
name,  knyghtes  tale,  mannes  voice,  childos  play,  Agenores 
doughter,  Philippes  sonne,  Cupides  bowc,  &c.  [Ekiit.  1542]. — 
Our  old  English  writt^rs  were  however  extremely  inaccu^tKe  iti 
the  termination  of  the  genitive  case.  The  Poets  followed  no 
rule  in  this  respect ;  but  sometimes  inserted  the  e,  and  sometimes 
left  it  out ;  sometimes  cut  off,  and  sometimes  added  a  syllable, 
for  the  sake  of  the  measure.  Bishop  l^wth  observes,  that 
•  GofTs  grace  was  formerly  written  Godis  grace;*  and  J)r.  John- 
son remarks,  '  that  knit  is  is  used  for  knight's  in  Chaucer.*  But 
this,  we  apprehend,  is  an  irregular  mode  of  spelling,  not  sup- 
ported by  analogy,  or  agreeable  to  the  original  formation  of  the 
gepitive  case.  Several  eminent  writers,  to  avoid  a  harshness  in 
the  pronunciation  of  souie  genitives,  have  subjoined  to  the  sub- 
ftantive  the  pronoun  his:  a«,  'Asa  his  heart.'  1  Kings  xv.  15. 
'  Christ  his  sake.'  Liturgy.  *  The  first  book  of  Statins  his  Thc- 
bais.'  Pope's  Translation  of  Statins.  '  Socrates  his  fetters  were 
struck  off.'  Spect.  No.  183.  '  Uly-sscs  ftis  bow.*  Guard.  No.  99. 
Mr.  Addison  tells  us,  *  that  the  s  represents  the  his  and  her  of 
our  forefathers.'  Spect.  No.  135.  But  analogy  ea-^ily  overturns 
this  supposition,  for  '  the  queen  his  palace,'  '  the  children  his 
bread,*  would  be  absurd.  We  therefore  conclude,  that  the  ter- 
mination of  our  genitive  ca^e  in  '5  is  regularly  derived  from  the 
i  and  that  tlie  apostrophe  hnplies  the  omission  of  the 


tfi4  unuui&Y  AKECDQTSd  or  [i777« 

The  CMfity  BooJis  it%  whieh  he  much  interested 
himtelfy  aftier  the  publicttion  of  this  VcJume,  were^ 

letter  e,  as  we  have  already  obsen-ed.  Bishop  Lowth  remarks* 
'that  in  poetry>  the  sign  of  the  possessive  case  i»  frequently 
omitted  aner  proper  names  ending  in  $,  or  in  x;  as, '  the  wrath 
of  Peleus'  son**  'Ajax*  scv'n-fold  shield*  IV)pe.  But  '^his,  he 
addsy  'seems  not  so  allowable  in  prose:'  and  we  are  entirely  of 
his  opinion.  If  the  Editor  of  Bentley*s  Disseitations,  uhen  he 
omitted  the  second  9^  in  the  possessive  case  of  words  ending 
with  that  letter,  endeavoured  to  prevent  that  hissing,  which, 
Mr.  Addison  in  the  Spectator  says,  is  taken  notice  of  by  fo- 
reigners, he  has  attempted  to  obviate  a  fault,  which  is  entirely 
imaginary.  Mr.  Addison's  objection  may  with  much  greater 
reason  be  urged  i^ainst  die  Latin  language.  For  it  is  impossi* 
bJb  to  produce  a  sentence  from  an  English  writer,  in  which 
there  is  more  sibilation,  than  in  the  following :  '  Dicitur  Sulpi* 
cius  pretiosas  habuissfc  possessiones  in  Sicili^/— '  Receptos  ad  se 
Bocios  sibi  adsciscunt.*  Caesar  de  Bell.  Gall.  1.  4.  —  'Cum  levis 
BetheHis  delapsus  soranus  ab  astrb.*  Virg.  ^n.  v.  838.  In  the 
case  before  us  we  will  venture  to  affirm,  that,  to  almost  nine- 
teen ears  in  twenty,  the  usual  pronunciation  of  the  s's  in  Pha* 
laris*s  letters,  Polybius's  author,  Suidas's  words,  Tima>us*s  timc^ 
and  .Alschylus's  plays,  sounds  more  agi*eeably  than  Phalaris* 
letters,  Polybius'  author,  Suidas*  words,  Timaeus*  time,  and 
^Eflchylus*  plays.  The  reader,  we  will  allow,  perceives^  by  the 
apostrophe,  that  Phalaris*,  Polybius*,  &c.  are  in  the  genitive  or 
possessive  case.  But  how  would  an  unlearned  hearer  under* 
stand  the  fbUowing  sentence  ?  '  The  bull  in  Agrigentum  was 
shewn  fbr  Phalaris*.*  Would  he  not  suppose,  that  the  people  of 
Agrigentum  imposed  upon  strangers,  by  shewing  them  the  Bult 
fi)r  the  Tyrant?  If  Dr.  Bentley  has  treated  his  antagonist  witk 
contempt,  for  having  used  the  word  cotemporary,  instead  of 
cofttemporaiy,  what  would  he  say  to  some  of  the  innovations  we 
have  mentioned  ?  Would  he  thank  his  Editor  for  the  improve* 
meat  ?  or  rather,  would  he  not  look  upon  some  of  the  foregoix^ 
correctiona  and  defialcations  with  indignation  ?  There  is  a  de- 
.ference  due  to  the  character  of  one  of  the  most  illustrious  Critics^ 
that  has  ever  appeared  in  this  nation.  Not  a  phrase,  not  a 
lettf^  of  his,  should  be  altered,  upon  a  mere  hypothesis.  In 
points  of  orthography,  the  learned^  both  in  our  own  couutrjr 
and  in  others,  nay  even  the  literati  of  future  ages,  may  be  curiy^ 
bus  to  know  the  sentiments  and  practice  of  Dr.  Bentley.  It  ia 
therefore  a  piece  of  justice  we  owe  to  the  Republick  of  letters* 
to  exhibit  a  faithful  copy  of  a  W^ork,  which  will  be  transmitted 

with  applause  to  the  latest  posterity To  this  Work  the  £di» 

tor  h$is  subjoined  a  Letter  from  Dr.  Bentley  to  Dr.  Davies,  foimd 
4n  the  study  of  Dr.  Davies,  after  his  death,  by  his  successor  at 
Fenditton  in  Cambridgeshire,  twenty  years  after  it  was  written. 
This  Letter  contains  a  severe  criticism  on  fiarnes*s  Homer ;  and 
^as  printed  in  the  Monthly  Review  for  March  1756. . . .  The  last 

•  piece 


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•  Description  of  ^^A  Collection  of  Prints  in  Imita- 
tion of  Drawings;  to  which  are  anncKed^  Lived 
of  their  Authors,  with  Ebcplanatoiy  and  Criticid 
Notes,  by  Charles  Rogers*,  Esq,  F.  K.S.  and  S.  A/' 
2  volnmes,  foliow 

piece  in  this  Votuoie  is  a  letter  to  M.Gacon,  dated  Cambridge^ 
171 1»  concerning  two  passages  in  Anacreon/* —  Q-itical  Review , 
^ol.  XLtlL  p.  7-12.  —  In  addition  to  this  Critique^  it  may  not 
be  improper  to  refer  to  Mr.  Tyrwhitt*s  Glossary  to  Cliaucer, 
p.  969 ',  and  to  a  sensible  Correspondent  in  Gent  Mag.  1781j 
voL  LI.  p.  18. 

♦  Tins  Gentleman  was  bom  Aug.  2,  171 1*  in  Dean-street, 
Soho ;  and  received  the  first  rudiments  of  education  at  a  private 
school  near  the  Mews,  where,  he  has  been  frequently  heard  to 
declare,  be  acquired  no  useful  learning,  nor  made  any  proficiency 
whatever.  It  was  not  tin  he  had  quitted  all  assistance  from  &)« 
structors  that  he  began  to  aspire  to  literature.  He  then  exerted 
Chat  kmate  industry  and  application,  which  constituted  a  strik** 
ing  part  of  his  character^  and,  with  no  aid  but  his  own  abilities, 
overcame  aU  other  difficulties  which  stood  in  the  way  of  an  ac- 
quaintance \^th  learning  and  science.  May  3,  1/31,  he  was 
placed  in  the  Custom-house,  wliere  he  executed  the  duties  of 
(he  several  places  which  he  held  with  industry,  attention,  and 
integrity.  By  the  usual  steps  he  rose  in  the  office ;  and  on  die 
1st  of  April,  1747,  he  became  the  principal  of  that  department 
to  which  he  beloi^ed,  under  the  title  of  "  Clerk  of  the  Ccrtifi* 
cafes  ;*•  a  post  which  he  held,  and  of  which  he  performed  the  bu- 
finett,  almost  to  the  end  of  his  life.  From  the  time  of  his  admis- 
lioo  into  the  Custom-house,  he  employed  the  leisui*e  which  his 
place  aifiirded  hSm  in  the  cultivation  of  his  mind,  iu  the  acqui- 
utioQ  of  Literature,  and  in  forming  the  valuable  Collections  of 
Prints  and  Drawings  which  he  left  behind  him.  Tliese  were 
the  dejects  of  his  attention  -,  to  these  alone  he  devoted  his  reLix- 
atioDS  from  business.  In  the  course  of  his  pursuits,  he  becamo 
acquainted  with  several  persons,  whose  similarity  of  taste  led 
(heal  to  the  same  amusement.  Among  the  rest,  he  was  parti- 
cokriy  attached  to  Mr.  Pond,  a  gentleman  formerly  well  known 
for  his  regard  to  Virttl.  By  him  he  was  introduced  to  the  So* 
cietv  of  Antiquaries,  Feb.  23,  1752 }  of  which  he  became  a  vexy 
usenil  member,  and  was  several  times  chosen  of  the  council. 
He  afterwards  was  elected  a  member  of  tlie  Royal  Society.  After 
Mr.  Rogers  had  begun  to  form  his  Collections,  and  had  made  some 
pragreai  tKerdn,  he  conceived  some  idea  of  communicating  to  the 
puwick  specimens  of  the  manners  of  the  several  different  masters  ^ 
1  Woric  requiring  amazing  industry  and  perseveraqce^  and  at* 
tended  with  great  expence.  "  Quatenus  nobis  denegatitr  diu  vi- 
trre,  reRMouawmt  aUquid  quo  nos  vixisse  testtmur,^  was  his  ^vbu- 
rifie  aphonsm.    The  execution  of  this  undertaking  may  be  con* 

sidercd 


ft 

256  UlERARY  ANECDOTES   OF  [l777* 

The  Second  Edition  of  his  and  my  friend  Mr. 
Grough's  "Anecdotes  of  British  Topography,"  2  vols. 
4to ;  not  completed  till  17 So. 

ftidered  as  the  principal  object  of  his  life.  With  tliis  he  filled  up 
his  vacant  hours,  and  in  the  end  had  the  happiness  to  see  it 
completed.  It  contains  1 12  Prints,  together  with  Lives  of  tlie 
Artists*  and  Characters  of  their  Works  j  and  forms  two  volumes 
of  imperial  folio,  under  the  abo^e  title.  The  Lives  to  be  found 
in  this  Work  are  those  of  Lionardo  da  Vinci,  Michel  Angelo, 
Raffiielle,  Giulio  Romano,  Polidoro,  Baccio,  Bandinelli,  Batista 
Franco,  Perino  del  Vaga,  Federico  Zuccaro,  IlPassignano,  Pietro 
daCortona,  Bcrnino,  Andrea  Siacchi,  Stefano  della  Bella,  Roma- 
nelli,  II  Borgogpione,  Filippo  Laiiri,  Carlo  Maratti,  Ciro  Ferri, 
Cav.  Ghezzi,  Titiano,  Correggio,  Parmigiano,  Camillo  Pitxaccini, 
LodovicoCarracci,  Agoslino  Carracci,  AnnibaleCaiTacci,Caravag- 
gio,  Guido,  Albani,  Domenichino^  Guercino,  Schidoni,  Cantaiini, 
J^ola  Canuti,  Elizabetta  Simni,  Luca  Cambiaso,  Salvator  Rosa, 
FrancescoViefra,  Pouissin,  Le Sueur,  LaFage,  Boucher,  Breughel, 
Rubens,  Vandyck,  Rembi-andt,  Wouwerman,  VandeVelde,  and 
Rysbrack.  The  Plates  were  engraved  by  Bartolozzi,  Ryland« 
Bnre,  and  other  eminent  artists,  fi*om  original  diawings  in  the 
collections  of  his  Majesty,  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Marlborough, 
the  Earl  of  Bute,  Earl  Cholmondeley,  Earl  Si^neer,  Lord  Frederick 
Campbell,  Sir  Joshua  ReNUcjld^,  and  his  own.  The  heads  of  the 
dififerent  paintera,  and  a  Vtmely  of  fanciful  decorations,  are  also 
given,  in  a  peculiar  style  of  engraving  on  wood,  by  Mr.  Simon 
Watts;  and  the  whole  may  be  considered  as  a  perfoimance 
ii'hich  at  once  reflects  honour  on  the  counti-v,  as  well  as  on  the 
liberality  of  the  undertaker,  who  neither  was,  nor  is  it  supposed 
ever  expected  to  be,  reimbui'sed  the  great  expence  he  had  in- 
curred in  the  execution  of  it.  Mr.  Rogers,  however,  had  the 
pleasure  of  knowing,  that  the  book  was  placed  in  the  most  re- 
spectable cabinets ;  in  the  Royal  Library  particularly,  and  in 
those  of  the  Eiuperor  of  Germany,  the  Empress  of  Russia,  the 
King  of  France,  the  British  Museiun,  the  Society  of  Antiquaries, 
the  Royal  Academy,  and  in  many  other  veiy  capital  Collections 
both  in  this  kingdom  and  on  the  continent.  *' Hcec  studid,** 
says  our  worthy  Author  from  Cicero,  "  adolescentiam  alunt,  se- 
nectutem  obleciant,  secundas  res  orncint,  advejsis  perfugium  ac 
solatium  pnebeni,  delcctant  domi,  non  impediunt  forks,  pemociant 
nobiscum,  peregrinantur,  rusticantury  Not  long  befoi-e  his  death, 
Mr.  Rogers  had  an  intention  of  disposing  of  the  remaining  copiea 
in  Twelve  Numbers,  one  to  be  published  every  otfier  month,  at 
one  guinea  each  number,  a  project  which  his  ill  health  prevented 
his  adopting,  though  the  Proposals  fur  it  wefe  printed.  Besides 
this  Work,  Mr.  Rogers  printed  an  anonymous  "Translation  of 
Dante's  Inferno,  1782,**  in  4tp.  In  the  performance  of  this,  he 
chiefly  attended  to  giving  the  sense  of  his  author  with  Gdehty ; 
llie-character  of  a  Poet  not  seeming  to  have  l>een  tlie  object  of 


m 

m 

1777.]  THB  EIGHTEENTH  CSHT^ptT*  957 

•    "  Lord  Chesterfield's  Miscellaneotfe  Works,'  with 
Memoirs  of  his  Lordship's  Life  by  Matthew  Maty*^^ 

h'u  amhiticm.  He  also  published  in  the  '^Archceologia/*  vol.  III. 
p.  35,  a  Paper  on  the  Ajitiquity  of  Horse-shoes ;  and  in  vol.  VI. 
p.  lOTy  an  Account  of  certain  Masks  from  the  Musquito  Shore. 
A  curious  Letter  of  hb,  to  Mr.  Astle,  on  some  antient  blocks 
used  in  printing,  may  be  seen  in  Grent.  Mag.  vol.  LI.  p.  169 ,  and 
another  Paper,  which  was  read  at  the  Society  of  Antiquaries, 
Fd>.  18,  1779,  is  preserved  in  vol.  LIV.  p.9G5.  Mr.  Rogers  was 
never  married.  In  the  society  of  veiy  near  relations  he  passed  a 
domestic  life,  without  engaging  in,  or  interesting  himself  about, 
the  stxuggles  of  parties  or  i)olitical  contentions. 
"  Stranger  to  civil  and  religious  rage, 
Th^  good  man  walked  innoxious  thro*  his  age.**  Pops. 

In  the  bosom  of  retirement,  when  free  from  business,  in  the 
conveiBation  of  friends,  and  in  attentions  to  literary  concerns, 
he  wore  out  his  days.  At  length  the  inroads  of  old  age  began  to 
appear.  About  twelve  months  before  his  death,  a  degree  of 
feebleness  shewed  itself;  his  walks  fatigued  him;  and  on  Twelfth- 
day«  1783,  he  was  thrown  down  and  run-over,  in  Fleet-street, 
by  the  carelessness  or  brutality  of  a  butcher*s  boy  on  horse- 
back. From  this  period  his  constitution  evidently  declined,  and 
the  loss  of  several  friends  about  this  juncture  rendered  thtf  ap- 
proaches of  death  more  indifferent  to  him.  He  lingered  through 
the  summer ;  and,  when  that  season  was  over,  those  who  wera 
about  him  plainly  perceived  that  his  dissolution  was  near.  At 
length,  after  struggling  some  time  with  his  disorder,  he  resigned  .||| 
to  fiitc,  Jan.  2,  1784,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  vault  in 
8t  Laurence  Pountney  burying-ground.  The  following  epitaph 
he  left  to  his  representative,  to  place  on  his  tomb,  or  to. omit  it, 
at  his  pleasure :  as  it  contains  something  characteristical,  and 
what  e^'eiy  person  who  knew  him  will  sut^cribe  to,  we  need  not 
«y  that  it  luis  been  adopted : 

"Passenger> 
spare  to  obliterate  the  name  of 

Charles  Rogers, 

whose  body  is  here  deposited, 

unless  YOU  are  convinced  that  he  hath 

injured  you  by  wonl  or  deed. 

He  was  born  the  2d  of  August,  1711 ; 

and  died  (Jan.  2,  1784)." 

A  Portrait  of  Mr.  Rogers,    engraved  by  Bartolozzi  from  a 

Punting  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds,   and  intended  to  have  been 

prefixra  to  his  Book  of  Drawings,  was  given  by  him  to  some  of 

his  Irieiids;  and  b  copied  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  LIV. 

p.  159. 

*  Dr.  Blatthew  Maty  was  born  in  Holland,  in  the  year  I7I8. 
He  was  the  son  of  a  Clergyman,  and  was  originally  intended  for 
the  Church}  but  in  consequence  of  some  mortifications  hi$ 
Father  met  with  froju  the  Synod  on  account  of  some  particular* 

Vol.  IIL  S  senti- 


35d  .«JE|fBIA1IY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777« 

M .D,**  (who  htici  just  begun  the  "  Memoirs*'  prefixed 
to  the  Work,  which  were  finished  by  his  son-in-law 
Mr.  Justamond)^  2  vols.  4to. 

.sentiments  he  entertained  about  th^  doctrine  of  the  Trinitr, 
.turned  his  thonglits  to  Physick.     He  took  his  degree  of  M.  D  at 
Leyden;   and  in  ]740  came  to  settle  in  England,  his  Father 
having  determined  to  quit  Holland  fi)r  ever.     In  oi*der  to  make 
himself  known,  in  1750  he  began  to  publish  in  Fi«nch,  an  ac- 
count of  the  productions  of  the  English  press,  printed  at  the 
Hague,  under  the  title  of  the  "  Journal  Britannique."   This  Jour- 
nal, which  long  continued  to  hold  its  rank  among  the  best  of 
tliose  which  have  appeared  since  the  time  of  Baylc,  answered  the 
chief  end  he  intended  by  it,  -and  introduced  him  to  the  acquaint- 
ance of  some  of  the  mo§t  respectable  literary  characters  of  the 
country  he  had  made  his  own.     It  was  to  their  active  and  unin- 
terrupted friendship  he  owed  the  places  he  aftenvanis  iXMsessed. 
Mr.Duncombe,  in  a  letter  to  Abp.  Hening,  Nov.  ifj,  1754,  says, 
"  I  have  lately  commenced  an  acquaintance  with  a  fellow  of  the 
Royal  Society,   Dr.  Maty,   a  man  of  Icai-ning  and  genius.     He 
published  every  two  months  at  the  Hague  une  feuille  volante  (as 
the  Freirch  phrase  it),  intituled,  'Journal  Britanniquc.*     He  has 
continued  it  five  yeai*s.     In  his  last  number  there  is  an  ingeni- 
ous elogium   on  Dr.  Mead.      The  memoirs   were  communi- 
cated to  him  by  Dr.  Birth.     The  Doctor  is  in  ectsy  circum- 
stances, and  knows  nothing  of  my  mentioning  his  name  here." 
In  1758  he  was  chosen  a  Fellow,  and  in  17^5,  on  the  resigna- 
tion of  Dr.  Birch,  who  died  a  few  months  after,  and  made  him 
his  executor.    Secretary  to  the  Royal  Society.      JSome  French 
•Verses  by  Di\  Maty  on  the  Death  of  the  Count  de  Gisors,  were 
printed  in  "  The  Gentleman's  Magazine,"  1758,  p.  435. — He  had 
been  appointed  one  of  the  Under-Ubraiians  of  the  British  Museum 
at  its  first  institution,  in  1753,  and  became  Principal-librarian 
at  the  death  of  Dr.  Knight,  in  1772.     Useful  in  all  these  posts, 
he  promised  to  be  eminently  so  in  the  last,  when  he  was  seized 
with  a  languishiug  disorder,  which  in  177<>  put  an  end  to  a  life 
which  had  been  unifY)rmly  devoted  to  the  pursuit  of  Science  and 
the  offices  of  Humanity.     Hr  was  an  eariy  and  afctive  advocate 
for  Inoculation :   and  when  there  was  a  doubt  entertained  that 
one  might  have  the  small-pox  this  way  a  second  time,  tried  it 
dpon  himself  unknown  to  his  family.     He  was  a  member  of  the 
Medical  Club  (with  the  Doctors  Parsons,  Templeman,  Fother- 
giU,  Wat$on,  and  others)  which  met  every  fortnight  at  the  Queen's 
arms  in  St  Paul's  church-yard.  He  was  twice  manied,  viz.  the  first 
time  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Boisragon,  and  the  second  to  Mrs.  Mary 
Denei^.  He  left  a  son  and  three  daughter.  A  portrait  of  Dr.  Maty, 
by  his  own  order,  was  engraved  after  his  death  by  Bartolozzi,  to 
be  given  to  his  friends ;  of  which  no  more  than  100  copies  were 
taken  off,  and  the  plate  destroyed.     In  the  Philosophical  Trans- 
actions, yoL  JJCVII.  art.  31,  is  ^* A  short  Account  of  Dr.  Maty's 

Illness, 


1777J  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CEKTUEV.  859 

And  his  old  friend  Mr.  Thomas  Martin's  ^^  His- 
tory and  Antiquities  of  ITietford/'  4to. 

niiies6»  and  of  the  Appearances  in  the  dead  Body,  which  was 
examined  on  the  third  of  July  I776>  the  Day  after  his  Decease. 
By  Dr.  Hunter,  and  Mr.  Henry  Watson,  FF.  R.  S."— One  of  his 
three  daughters  was  married,  March  21, 1776,  to  Refers  Jortin» 
esq.  only  son  of  the  very  learned  Dx.  Jortin )  and  another  of 
theio  to  Ohadiah  Justamond,  sui^g:eon  to  the  Westniinster  Hos- 
pital and  F.  R.  S.  the  translator  of  Abb^  Raynal*s  '<  History  of 
the  East  and  We&t  Indies."  The  thii*d  continued  unmarried. 
Dr.  Maty*s  only  son,  the  Rev.  Paul  Henry  Maty,  was  bom  in 
1745.  He  was  educated  at  Westminster-school;  whence,  in 
1763»  he  was  elected  to  Trinity  college,  Cambridge.  After  a 
time,  he  obtidned  a  travelling  fellowship,  which  enabled  him  to 
pass  three  years  on  the  Continent;  and  in  1774,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Chaplain  to  Lord  Stormont,  then  Ambassador  at  the 
court  of  France.  Soon  after  this  he  married  one  of  the  daugb* 
ters  of  Joseph  Clark,  esq.  of  Weatherfield  in  Essex ;  whose  bro-  < 
ther,  Capt.  Charles  Clark,  afterwards  became  famous,  as  being 
successor  in  command  to  the  cclebratexl  (^ook,  in  that  unforta- 
nate  voyage  which  proved  futal  to  both  those  officei's.  By  this 
lady  he  had  one  son,  who  sunived  his  Father,  but  dif^d  while 
yet  at  school.  Mr.  Maty,  much  respected  for  his  abilities,  ac- 
quirements, and  character,  by  pereons  able  to  contribute  to  his 
advancement,  would  have  U^en  very  likely  to  gain  preferment  in 
the  Church,  after  his  return  to  England,  had  not  some  scruples 
arisen  in  his  mind  on  the  subjcjct  of  those  Articles  of  Faith  which 
furmerly  he  had  subscribed.  Pipm  that  time  he  determined, 
from  the  most  conscientious  motives,  never  to  accept  of  any  eecle- 
sia^tical  appointment ;  and,  after  the  death  of  his  lather,  in  177(>, 
he  withdrew  himself  entirely  from  the  functions  of  the  Ministry 
in  the  Elstablished  Church ;  his  reasons  for  ^liich,  dated  Oct.  2^, 
1777,  were  printed,  at  his  own  request,  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XLVIl. 
p.466.  His  life  was  thenceforward  more  particularly  devoted  to 
literary  pursuits,  which  were  highly  favoured  by  the  appoiutment 
be  obtained,  at  the  same  time,  of  an  Assistant  Librarian  in  the 
British  Museum.  He  was  afterwards  advanced  to  be  one  of  the 
Vnder  Librarians  of  the  same  Establishment,  in  the  department 
of  Natural  History  and  Antiquities.  In  November  1778,  on 
the  resignation  of  Dr.  Horsley,  he  was  ap])ointcd  one  of  the 
i^retaries  to  the  Royal  Society.  In  Januaiy  178^,  he  began  a 
Review  of  Publications,  principally  foreign,  which  he  continued 
with  considerable  success,  though  with  little  assistance,  till  Sep- 
tember 17B<>,  when  he  was  compelled  by  ill  health  to  discon- 
tinue it.  The  motto  which  he  took  for  this  Work  was  modest, 
and  well  appropriated :  **  Sequitur  pairem  non  passibus  aquis'f** 
alluding  to  the  Review  which  his  Father  had  published,  imder 
the  title  of  "Journal  Britannique  ;'*  and  the  truth  appears  to  be, 
that,  though  be  was  far  from  deficient  either  in  learning  or  cri- 
tical abiHties,  he  was  inferior  in  both  to  his  Father.  In  the  dis« 
futci  whicb  aroie  in  the  Royal  Society,  in  1784,  retpecUng  tVv% 

s  9  \%^ 


t69  UTERARY  AKECD0TE8  OF  [l777- . 

All  these  were  far  advanced  in  the  press  at  the 
time  of  his  death ;  but  he  lived  not  to  see  any  of 
them  completed. 

jre-instatement  of  Dr.  Tlutton  as  Secretary  for  Foreign  Corre- 
spondence, he  took  so  warm  a  part,  that,  becoming  very  angry^ 
"he  resigned  his  oftiee  of  Secretary.  In  thin,  as  In  other  instances 
in  his  life,  his  vivacity  out-ran  his  judgment.  As  a  Secretaryi 
an  ofhcer  of  the  Society,  he  was  not  called  upon  to  take  any 
acti\e  part;  and  the  advantages  he  derived  from  the  situation 
weic  such  as  he  could  ill  afford  to  relinquish.  In  preferring 
always  his  conscience  to  his  interest,  he  certainly  was  highly 
commendable,  but  in  this  question  his  conscience  had  no  occa- 
sion to  involve  itself.  To  make  himself  amends  for  this  diminu- 
tion of  his  income,  Mr.  ^laty  undertook,  on  moderate  terms,  to 
read  the  Greek,  I^tin,  French,  or  Italian  Classics,  with  such 
persons  as  might  be  desirous  of  completing  their  knowledge  of 
tl>ose  languages ;  but  it  does  not  a))pear  tliat  this  employment 
turned  out  very  profitable.  In  17S7  he  published  "  A  General 
Index  to  the  Philosophical  Transactions,  from  the  Fn'st  Volume  to 
the  End  of  the  LXXth  Volume.**  And  in  that  year  an  asthmatic 
complaint,  imder  which  he  had  loa^  laboured,  completed  the  sub- 
version of  his  constitution,  and  he  died  on  the  16th  of  January  in 
that  year.  His  remains  were  attended  by  Mr.  Penneck,  Mr.  Hai*- 
per,  Mr.  Planta,  Mr.  Woide,  and  Mr,  Southgate,  his  Associates 
in  the  Museum,  and  by  Dr.  Calder,  Dr.  Disney,  and  Mr.  Lindsey, 
who  i)erformed  the  funeral  service,  to  Bunhill  Fields,  where  he 
was  l^uried  as  near  as  possible  to  his  much-valued  friend  Dr. 

,  John  Jebb  Xp  whom  he  liad  thus  complimented  in  a  Review  of 
Sir  William  Foitlyce's  '*  Fragmenta  Chiruipca  et  Medica,"  in 
May  1785 :  "  As  Alexander  would  be  paintecf  by  none  but  Apelles, 
so  if  the  particulars  of  my  asthma  are  ever  to  be  laid  before  the 
publiek,  I  would  have  it  done  in  the  elegant  Latinity  of  Sir 
William  Fordyce  j — hien  entendu,  that  my  friend  Jebb,  to  whom 
the  puMck  has  long  been  indebted  for  this  idle  croak,  shall  fur- 
nish the  fotcts.**  He  had  soon  after  the  melancholy  office  of  at- 
tending the  funeral  of  his  friendly  Physician  -,  and  the  satis&c- 
tion  of  paying  this  just  eulogium  in  a  Review  of  his  "  Thoughts 

^  on  the  Construction  and  Polity  of  Prisons,  with  Hints  for  tlieir 
Improvement."  "'lliis/'  says  he,  "is  the  last  Work  of  the 
much-valued  a^d  much-lamented  John  Jebb :  he  was  correcting 
one  of  the  last  sheets  of  it  the  last  time  I  saw  him,  and  with  it 
he  closed  a  life  of  the  most  vigorous  and  unremitting  pursuit  of 
whatever  he  conceived  to  be  useful  to  his  fellow- creatures,  for 
whom  he  seemed  to  live.  Neither  a  variety  of  occupations  of 
another  kind,  nor  the  difference  of  opinion  I  could  not  help 
entertaining  upon  several  important  subjects,  would  have  pre- 
vented me  from  adding  my  slender  tribute  of  affectionate  regard 
to  my  friend's  memory^  as  I  had  promised  to  do,  had  not  Dr. 

I  Of  whom^ee  xol.  I.  p.  571. 


1777-] 


THE  XIGHTEBNXH  C£NTURT«  96l 


Two  large  and  very  handsome  folio  volumes 
of  the  most  invaluable  as  well  as  most  antient 
Record  in  this  or  any  other  kingdom,  known  bv 
the  name  of  ^^  Domesday  Book  V*  ^^^  k^P^  ^^"^ 

Disney  taken  up  the  Htirk.  To  him,  who  has  collected  ample 
materiab,  &c.  I  gladly  commit  it,  as  there  can  be  no  doubt  of  his 
uuwering  the  wishes  of  that  very  respectable  Last  of  Subscribers 
who  have  already  appeared  to  do  honour  to  the  memoiy  of  the 
wio9i  perfect  hMman  being  I,  and  I  believe  tb(J6c  who  ipproached 
kini  as  nigh  as  I  did,  have  ever  seen."  Ileview  for  May  i7S6.— 
Besides  his  Rfsview,  he  published  a  Tnubflation  of  "  Travels 
through  Germany ;  in  a  Scries  of  Letters,  written  in  German 
by  tl»e  Baron  I^iesbede,**  3  vols.  8vo ;  and  translated  into 
French,  the  accounts  of  the  Gems  in  that  magnificent  work 
the  '*  Gemma  Marlburientei,*^  which  Mr.  Br}'ant  had  firht  written 
in  Latin ;  and  only  100  copies  were  worked  (>if,  for  presents. 
For  this  he  received  100/.  from  the  Duke  of  Marlborough,  and 
a  copy  of  the  book  After  his  death,  a  volume  of  his  81 1  mons 
"was  published  by  subscription,  under  the  title  of  "Sermons 
preached  in  the  British  Ambassador's  Chapel  at  Paris,  in  the 
Years  1774,  1775,  1776  ;*'  in  which,  by  an  oversight,  that  has 
sooEietinies  hap{)ened  in  other  cases,  two  or  three  which  he  had 
transcribed  fit>m  other  authors  were  re-printed.  His  warm  and 
friendly  disposition  was  often  manifested  in  his  Re^'iew. 

*  **This  grand  repository  of  our  Topografihy  was  begun  in 
lORO,  and  finished  in  six  years^  for  the  universal  establishment 
of  tenures ;  in  which,  and  the  article  of  tallage,  its  authority 
stands  unquestioned.  It  contains  a  general  survey  of  the  gi-eatest 
part  of  the  kingdom,  divided  into  counties,  rapes,  lathes,  and 
hundreds,  and  subdivided  into  cities,  towns,  vills,  &c.  each  man*a 
proportion  of  arable,  pasture,  meadow,  and  wood-land,  with 
tibeir  extent-  and  value  f,  the  number  and  condition  of  men  in 
each  town,  &c.  in  the  time  of  the  Confiessor,  and  at  the  making 
of  the  survey.  The  first  volume,  a  large  folio,  finely  written  on 
three  hundred  and  eighty-two  leaves  of  vellum,  in  a  small  but 
plain  chaiacter  and  double  columnsj  ccmtains  thirty-one  coun* 
ties.  The  oth^r  is  in  4to,  written  on  four  hundred  and  fifty 
inch  leaves  in  single  ccdumns,  and  a  hxr  but  laige  hvod, 
containing  Essex,  Norfolk,  and  Suffolk.  This  is  supposed  to 
lave  been  the  original  survey,  like  the  Exeter  Domesday.  Part 
of  Rntkusd  la  Included  in  Northamptonshire ;  and  Westmore* 
knd  and  part  of  Lancashire  in  Yorkshire  and  Cheshire.  North- 
umberland, Cumberland,  and  Durham,  had  suffered  so  much 
fraa^  the  ravagas  of  war,  that  no  8ur\'ey  could  be  taken  of  them. 
Whether  the  ra^-ages  of  war  pre\-ented  this  survey  being  taken  in 
the  Nofthem  counties  or  not,  two  other  reasons  may  be  assigned  ^ 
tiiai  the  survey  was  never  finished  j  the  other,  that  there 


•f  Iiifalplnii  takes  care  to  infocni  as  his  abbey  of  Croyland  was  favoured 
kgr  tbt  ia^pititoffy  mho  ^ave  in  an  undcr-rate  and  under-measureoieiit 
of  their  estates.  We  aiay  suppose  many  other  ireUsiou%  bodies  met  with 
tie  like  favour. 


V 


i6i  LttEftAftY  anjKcdovxs  of  [1777^ 

yfety  grekt  safety  and  strictness  in  the  old  Chapter-^ 
hous^  at  Westminster,  were  be^n  ia  Mr.  Bowyer's 
life-time,  but  not  completed  m  1783,  under  the 
[proposed  *]  title  of  "  Domesday  Book*f*,  seu  Liber 

was  no  Terra  Regis  in  those  parts  J.  In  the  orthography  of  the 
plates*  names  the  Norman  scribes  made  many  mistakes^  seldom 
copying  them  from  other  writings,  but  setting  them  down  from 
Saxon  pronnnciation,  which  they  depraved  and  contracted  (Kennet's 
Farochial  Antiquities,  p.  64).  Whether  there  are  any  entire  and 
accurate  transcripts  of  this  record  now  extant,  except  one  in  the 
hands  of  Mr.  Arthur  Tri'vor,  used  by  Dr.  Grale,  does  not  appear 
(Appendix  ad  Hist.  Angl.  Script.)  But  at  the  end  of  the  Laber 
Eliensi^  [Cott.  Lib.  Tib.  A.  vi.  4.]  sure  some  of  the  original  rotuli 
whence  it  was  formed  for  Cambridgeshire ;  and  in  the  library 
of  the  Dean  and  chapter  of  Exeter  is  a  similar  survey  of  the  three 
Western  counties,  of  which  an  extract  is  prefixed  to  Mr.Hutchins's 
History  of  Dorset.  Abridgments,  and  some  returns  whence 
Domesday  Wiis  compiled,  have  been  mistaken  for  it."  Cough's 
Britigh  Topography,  tJie  Third  (unfmblishedj  Edition,  printed  m 
1806,  vol.1,  pp.  25— '29. 

*  I  use  the  word  proposed^  as,  alter  several  communications 
of  the  Lords  Committees  of  the  House  of  Peers,  with  the  Lords 
Commissioners  of  His  Majesty's  Treasury,  and  with  the  Council 
of  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  the  Title  not  being  finally  a4justed^ 
the  Work  was  delivered  to  the  Members  of  the  Two  Houses  of 
Farliament  without  any  Title. 

t  '*  It  Vf93  at  first  designed  to  be  done  by  fac-simile  engravings 
on  copper^plates  || :  but  the  expence  was  thought  too  considerable 
for  Government  to  undertake  so  laudable  a  design.  What  the 
public  treasury,  however,  was  thought  unequal  to,  has  been 
undertaken,  in  separate  parts,  by  individuals.  Mn  Manning  set 
the  liberal  example  for  the  county  of  Surrey  -,  and  was  fbllov?ed 
by  Dr.  Nash,  in  Worcestershire. 

The  following  items  are  taken  from  the  report  of  the  Presi- 
dent, &c.  of  the  Society  of  Antiqtiaries,  to  the  Treasury,  Jan.  33^ 
17  69 J  of  the  expence  of  engraving  it  in  fac-simile. 

ss*  9.  d,. 
1664  pages,  or  plates,  at  4l,  41.  each,  -  6988  16  O 
Copper,      -•----•-*-     58*^     8    Q 

Rolling  off, .-  2660    O    O 

Paper,      *.*--.-•--    2550    O    a 

12,681     4    O 


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X  London  seems  unaccountably  to  have  been  omitted.    H.  E. 

I)  "  There  is  a  fac-gimile  of  Domesday,  by  way  of  specimen,  at  the  end 
of  the  Introduction  to  Morant's  Etscx }  another,  in  the  Reffistrum  Ho» 
noris  de  Richmond ;  a  third  in  Nichol8*s  Leicestershire ;  and  a  bad  one  in 
Hiekes^s  Thesaurus.-- Ip  a  fine  old  Harleian  MS.  of  MUr*c*%  Saxon  Gram> 
tnar,  the  Numerus  Hidarum  is  more  correct  tb«a  in  Gale's  Appendix  ad 
UistorUs  Aof  licaoap  ScnptoveSt* 

"It 


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Cenioalis  Willelmi  Primi  Re^s  Angliaeiy  inter  Ar- 
chives R^ni  Domo  Capitulari  Westmonasterii  as- 

*'  Ft  was  next  proposed  to  have  been  carried  into  execution  by 
iffpes^  under  the  direction  of  the  late  Or.  Morton,  who  had  five 
liumired  pounds  for  doing  little  or  nothing,  and  nearlj  two  hun« 
died  more  for  types  that  were  of  no  use. — ^The  Work  was  at  length 
completed,  under  the  immediate  superintendance  of  Abraiiam 
Farley,  esq.  who  transcribed  every  line  of  it  fur  the  press  5  and« 
with  the  assistance  of  Mr.  Nichols,  attentively  superintended  the 
correction  of  the  proof-sheets.  Acon-ect  \\e\v  of  the  whole  having 
been  thus  obtained,  we  are  not  witliout  hopes  fi)r  the  illustrations 
of  our  Antiquaries  on  the  descriptions  of  each  County.  But,  if 
those  illustrations  are  not  better  conducted  than  that  of  "  South 
Britain/*  or  ihe  counties  of  Kent,  Sussex,  and  Surrey,  No.  1. 1 ;  99, 
4to.  the  Original  will  probably  remain  in  its  original  state. — Wilt- 
shire has  been  gi\en  to  the  puhlick  in  an  English  translation  by 
Mr.  Wyndham  -,  and  Leicestershire  by  Mr.  Nichols,  who  has  addecl 
an  ample  Dissertation  on  the  book  itself,  as  had  befoie  been  done 
by  xMr.  ilutcliins  for  Dorsetshire,  and  by  Mr.  Hose  for  Dr.  Nash's 
Wurcestersiiire.— J.  C.  Brooke,  esq.  of  the  Heralds'  college,  was 
applied  to  by  his  Patron  the  Duke  of  Norfolk  (then  Eail  oi' Surrey, 
and  one  of  the  Lords  of  the  Trcasui^)  to  write  a  Latin  preface. 
He  began,  177B>  making  Collections  for  a  Work,  which  he 
proposed  should  accompany  Domesday  when  pubiiahed :  a  His« 
lory  of  all  the  Tenants  in  CapUe  mentioned  therein,  with  their 
pedigrees,  and  an  account  of  tlieir  families,  as  long  as  the 
estates  continued  in  possession  of  the  nude  line ;  and  to  notice 
thoae  Camilies  who,  as  hell's  general,  still  inherit  property  by 
descent  from  theml  To  be  illustrated  with  deeds  in  the  time  of 
the  Conqueror,  seals,  and  other  monuments.  Likewise  an  ac- 
count of  such  Saxons  as  held  under  thein  as  va\  asors ;  and  to 
uotice  their  descendants  where  he  could  meet  with  them.  To 
notice  such  Churches  as  are  mentioned  in  Domesday,  and  which, 
I7  their  present  remains,  evince  their  existence  in  the  time  of 
the  Saxons,  \«'ith  views  of  such  Saxon  fragments.  Such  a  work 
would  throw  much  greater  light  on  the  state  of  the  Saxons  at 
the  Conquest  than  has  hitherto  appeared. — Mr.  Kelham  (who  at 
the  age  of  83  possesses  the  pristine  vigoiu*  of  his  mind)  has  also 
<  oatnbuted  greatly  to  its  iUustration  by  his  glossarial  kbours. 
Mr.  Nichols  is  possessed  of  Notes  on  this  Recoixl  by  the  Rev. 
Nicholas-Sambirook  Russell,  Rector  of  Bruntingthorpe  and  Sad- 
iagton,  lK)th  co.  Leicester ;  and  has  also  Mr.  Russell's  interleaved 
cftyy  oi  Spelmau's  '  Glossarium  Archaeologicum,*  filled  with  a  co- 
pious fund  of  legal  and  antiquarian  research.*'    Gough,  ubi  tup^a. 

In  addition  to  the  English  Versions  of  single  Counties,  nq« 
ticed  aboi'e  by  Mr.  Gough,  the  publick  are  indebted  to  the  Rev. 
WilliuD  Bawd  wen.  Vicar  of  Hooton  Pagnell,  Iprks^re,  for 
"  DoM  Boc ;  a  Translatiop  of  the  Rpcord  called  Doniefday,  so 
hr  as  relates  to  t)ie  County  of  York ;  including  also  Amounder- 
ness,  Lonsdale,  and  Fumess,  in  Lancashire,  and  such  Parts  of 
Wcdtmorehiid  anS  Cumberland^  as  arc  contained  Uji  tht^  Survey. 


9^4  .  UTBRART  AKBCIMmS  OF  [l777* 

tervatU8,r)ubente  Rege  Augastisshno  Georgio  Tertio 
Prelo  -mandatus.  Londini :  Typis  J.  Nichols.'*    On 

Also  the  Counties  of  Derby.  Nottingham,  Rutland,  and  Lincoln. 
With  an  Introduction,  Glossary,  and  Indexes,  1809."-^  This 
Tery  able  and  industrious  Divine  (who  proposes  to  publish  a 
Translation  of  the  ^hole  Record  in  Ten  (Quarto  Volumes),  thus 
speaks  of  the  Parliamentary  Publication :  ''  Under  the  liberal 
auspices  of  his  present  Ms^ty,  and  by  the  munificence  of  Far^ 
Hiaroent,  a  most  splendid  Edition  of  this  Record,  worthy  of  the 
Monarch,  and  worthy  of  this  great  Nation,  has  been  published, 
fbr  the  use  of  the  Members  of  both  Houses  of  Parliament,  aud  dt 
the  Public  Libraries  of  the  Kingdom,  from  the  original  Mana« 
script  in  the  Exchequer.  I  had  also  Mattered  myself,  that  what 
I  have  now  undertaken  might,  in  some  degree,  second  the  en- 
lightened views  of  the  Legislature  on  thb  subject,  and  respec* 
,  tively  place  the  purchase  of  it  within  the  reach  of  more  numer* 
ous  classes  of  his  Majesty's  subjects.  The  edition  alluded  to  is 
costly  and  voluminous  as  a  whole,  and  of  necessity  in  very  tew 
hands.  It  was  printed  on  an  exquisite  type,  prepared  for  th« 
purpose  by  Mr.  Joseph  Jackson.  This  ijiie  was  destroyed  in  the 
dreadful  fire  which  consumed  the  printiqg-office,  &c.  of  Messrs. 
Nichols,  in  Febiuary  1808." 

Under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioners  for  printing  thh 
Public  Records,  a  valuable  arlditi6n  has  lately  been  made,  under 
the  title  of  "  Libri  Censualis  vocati  ^omejAia?  ^ooli,  Indices ; 
printed  by  Command  of  His  Majesty  King  George  III.  in 
pursuance  of  an  Address  of  the  House  of  Commons,  1811;*' 
containing,^  **  1 .  Index  Locorum  secundtmi  Ordinem  Comitatuum; 
fi.  Index  Locorum  et  Posse^isionum  generalis ;  3.  Index  Nomi-^ 
num  Tenentium  in  Capite ;  4.  Index  Rerum  precipuarum.**^- 
Sbe  vol.  II.  p.358 ;  where,  in  the  note,  1.  40,  read  ''Censualis;'* 
and  *' Archivos  Regni."  —  A  fifth  Index,  however,  is  still  want- 
ing, for  statistical  information,  on  the  plan  of  the  very  excellent 
Tables  prefixed  by  Mr.  Raspe  to  the  First  Volume  of  the  "His- 
tory of  Leicestershire." 

Mr.Kelham,  noticed  above  by  Mr.  Gough,  was  the  oldest 
member  of  the  two  Societies  of  Lincoln's>inn  and  Staple-inn* 
He  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Kelham  (who  was  more  than 
50  years  vicar  of  Billingborough,  Threekingham,  and  Walcot, 
CO.  Lincoln,  and  died  April  23,  1752,  set.  75).  He  married 
Sarah,  the  youngest  daug;hter  of  Peter  and  Joanna  Gery,  of  the 
&mily  of  Gery,  of  Bilston,  Leicestershire.  She  died  Sept.  28, 
1774,  Bit.  53  ;  to  whose  memory  and  four  infiant  children  a  mo- 
nument in  the  church  of  St.  Michael  Royal,  London,  is  thus 
Inscribed: 

''S.M. 

Sab  AH  Kelham,  the  beloved  and  virtuous  wife  of 

Robert  Kelham,  of  Hatton  Garden,  Esq. 

This  monument  is  erected  by  him  as  the  last  oflice  of  love. 

She  died  Sept.  28th,  1774,  aged  53  years. 

Linpe  is  strong  as  Death.    SoL  c&p.  viii  vcr.  6, 

Also 


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TUB  KIOHTXBNTH  CEMrTORY.  9B& 


the  correctness  and  the  beanty  of  this  important 
Work  I  am  content  to  stake  my  t3qx>graphical 
credit*.     It  was  fall  ten  years  in  passing  through 

Also  in  memory  of 

Maiy>  John,  Peter,  and  Thomas,  fbur  of  the  seven 

Children  of  the  saivl  Robert  and  Sarah  Kelham^ 

who  all  died  infants. 

Likewise  of 

JoHK  Kelham,  sometime  past  of  Christ-church 

College,  Oxford,  who  died  of  the  small-pox^ 

Dec.^Oth,  1736,  aged  38  years; 

And  of  Richard  Kelnam,  who  died  Apiil  26, 1747, 

aged  95  years ;  Brothers  of  the  said  Robert  Kelham. 

And  also  of  Peter  and  Joanna  Gery, 

Father  and  Mother  of  the  said  Sarah  Kelham. 

So  teach  iu  to  number  our  days,  that  we  may 

apply  our  hearts  unto  wisdom.** 

From  the  earliest  period  of  Mr.  Kelham's  life  hfi  was  regarded 
by  all  lus  acquaintance  for  his  gentleness  of  manners^  his  strict 
integrity,  and  his  uniform  attention  to  all  Christian  and  relative 
duties.  He  was  blessed  with  an  unusual  shore  of  health,  having 
scarcely  been  confined  a  day  with  illness  (though,  during  his  last 
three  years  otherwise  infirm)  -,  and  had  hardly  omitted  regularly 
attending  divine  service  to  the  last  week  of  his  life.  JBesid^ 
acquitting  himself  as  a  good  Christian,  he  had  manifested  the 
most  persevering  industry  and  Ipaming  as  an  Author  and  an 
Antiquary,  as  appears  by  the  following  \'aluable  publications : 
1.  "An  Index  to Viner's  Abridgment  of  Law  and  Equity/*  24 
vols.  8.  "  Britton ;  containing  the  antient  Pleas  of  the  Crown  ^ 
translated,  and  illustrated  with  References,  Notes,  and  AxUient 
Records,  I7623"  8vo.  3.  "A  Dictionary  of  the  Norman  or- old 
French  langnage  ^  collected  from  Acts  of  Parliament,  Par- 
Bament  Rous,  Journals,  Acts  of  State,  Records,  Law  Books ; 
to  whkh  are  added,  the  Laws  of  William  the  Conqueror,  with 
sntient  Historians  and  MSS.  as  relate  to  this  Nation :  Notes  and 
References,  1770,"  8vo.  4.  *'  Domesday-Book  illustrated  -, 
containing  aa  Account  of  tliat  antient  Record ;  as  also  the 
Tenants  In  Capite  or  Seijeanty  therein  mentioned ;  and  a 
IVanslation  of  the  difficult  Passages,  and  oc&isioual  Notes }  an 
Explanation  of  the  Terms,  Abbreviations,  and  Names  of  Foreign 
Abbies ;  and  an  Alphabetical  Table  of  the  Tenants  in  Capite  or 
Seijeanty,  in  the  several  Counties  mentioned  in  that  Suney; 
1788,"  SvQ.  6.  "  The  Dissertation  of  John  Selden,  annexed  to 
Fleta,  translated,  with  Notes,  1781,'*  8vo.— Mr.  Kelham  died  at 
Bosh  Hill,  Edmonton,  March  29,  1808,  in  his  9 1st  year ;  leav*  * 
ing  one  son,  R6bert,  who  was  also  of  Staple  Inn,  and  died,  in 
LondoD,  unmarried.  Nor.  11 ,  181 1,  aged  56.  Mr.  Kelham  also 
left  one  daughter ;'  who  is  still  living. 

*  On  the  soligect  of  the  second  volume  of  this  Work  I  waa 
{MMioimd  bf  tlie  following  Letter  from  a  Noble  Peer^  to  vfYionx 


tS9  LrrSRARY  ANBCDOTSS  OF  [i777« 

the  press ;  requiring  a  very  considerable  degree  of 
manual  nicety,  and  no  ordinary  share  of  attention 
in  the  revisal  of  the  proof  sheets ;  and  the  expence 
was  comparatively  small,  the  two  volumes,  on  fine 
royal  paper,  having  cost  very  little  more  than  fifty 
shillings  a  sett. 

,.  Mr.  Bovvyer  had  always  been  subject  to  a  bilious 
colic,  and  during  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life  was 

Mr.  Bowyer  had,  by  a  nuncupatory  bcque«t,  directed  his  copy 
of ''  ChishuU^s  Travels/*  with  MS  Notes,  to  be  presented ;  which 
particular  copy  I  had  afterwards  occasion  to  borrow : 

"  SiH,  Ombersley  Court,  near  Worcester,  Aug.  3,  1779. 
*'  I  am  sorry  that  I  am  at  such  a  distance  from  London  that  I 
cannot  lend  you  ChishulFs  Book  till  the  meeting  of  Pailiamcnt, 
when  I  shall  return  to  my  residence  in  Portland  Place,  to  which 
I  removed  from  Bruton-street  a  few  weeks  before  I  left  London. 
Slaving  a  great  quantity  of  books  which  were  not  properly 
ranged  and  catalogued  since  I  came  to  my  new  house,  nobody 
can  find  Chishull  but  myself.  —  I  am  much  pleased  with  the  \ 
Specimen  you  sent  me  of  the  Second  Volume  of  Domesday;  and 
prefer  having  the  two  volumes  of  the  same  size,  before  one  in 
folio,  the  otner  in  quarto ;  more  especially  if  the  attention  of 
keeping  the  same  length  of  Hues  as  in  the  Original  be  strictly 
followed,  as  I  think  is  done  in  this  leaf  3  and  which,  if  my  me- 
xnory  docs  not  fail  me,  Mr.  Farley  told  me  he  would  take  care 
to  ao  through  this  whole  volume.  This  being  done,  nothing 
can  be  more  elegant  in  the  look  of  the  page,  and  the  prints  than 
the  leaf  you  sent  me.  I  shewed  it  to  Dr.  Nash,  vyho  was  ^^ith 
me  when  I  received  your  letter;  and  he  much  agreed  in  the  same 
senthnent  with  me.  I  desire  my  best  compliments  to  Mr.  Far- 
ley; and  tell  him  I  think  this  i)erforma!ioe  will  do  him  gi'eat 
honour  so  long  as  there  shall  be  any  memory  of  English  History 
in  the  world.    I  am,  Sir,  Yours  sincerely,  Sandys.** 

Mr.  Farley  was  many  years  the  Principal  Deputy  in  the  Tally 
•  Court  of  the  Receipt  of  the  Exchequer,  and  his  long  and  intimate 
acquaintance  with  the  original  Record  rendered  him  of  all  men 
the  properest  person  for  so  important  a  trust ;  and  whose  friendship 
I  am  glad  to  have  this  opportunity  of  acknowledging.    His  whole 
heart  and  soul  was  in  the  work ;  and  he  waa  for  a  little  time  sadly 
mortified  by  Dr.  Morton  having  been  appointed  his  associate  in 
^the  revision  of  the  press.    Ecce  signum!  ''  Mr.  Farley  apprehends 
it  will  be  less  trouble  for  him  to  ct^rrect  his  own  copies  entirely^ 
than  to  examine  them  after  Dr.  Moreton's  correction ;  therefore 
desires  Mr.  Nichols  will  return  him  this  copy  and  all  the  future 
fiheqts  as  usual^  that  the  business  may  not  be  retarded.    I  desire 
yoa  will  deliver  no  fair  sheet  to  anybody  till  you  have  my  direc- 
tions/'—This  worthy  geullemaa  dkdy  ^1  ^\eiY  advanced  age, 
W1791. 


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THE  SIpHTEENTH  CENTURY.  907 


afflicted  with  palsy  and  the  stone:  but^  notwitb^ 
standing  these  infirmities^  he  preserved,  in  general,, 
a  remarkable  cheerfulness  of  disposition ;  and  re- 
ceived great  satisfaction  from  the  conversation  of 
some  few  literary  friends,  by  whom  he  continued  to 
be  visited.  In  the  Spring  of  177G,  he  had  a  severe 
paralytic  attack,  which  for  several  weeks  *  severely 
afiected  him ;   but,  through  the  great  attention  of 

*  At  this  period  kis  old  friend  Mr.  Pegge  thus  describes  him : 
"  Mb.  Nichols^  H^hittington,  June  27, 1776. 

"  I  called  upon  my  old  friend  Mr.  Bowyer^  in  pursuance  of 
the  hint  vou  gave  me,  and  he  was  indeed  very  glad  to  see  me, 
though  perhaps  by  this  time  he  toay  liave  forgot  me,  his  memory 
is  so  much  impaiied.  However,  I  am  very  sensible  of  his  obli-  f. 
gations  to  you,  who  are  daily  endeavouring  to  make  his  life  td 
comfortable  as  you  can,  in  the  weak  and  <ilmost  helpless  situa- 
tion he  is  now  in.  When  you  was  so  obliging  as  to  give  me 
some  copies  of  my  paper  on  Kits-Coty-House,  to  be  inserted  in 
the  Fourth  Volume  of  the  Archseologia,  I  remember  you  said^ 
'  you  had  more  copies  than  what  Mr.  Gough  would  want.* 
Now,  Sir^  if  there  be  any  copies  to  spare  of  any  other  of  my 
pieces  that  are  to  go  into  tluit  Volume,  ]  certainly  frhUl  be 
highly  obliged  to  you  for  them.  Remember  me  to  Mr.  Gough 
when  you  next  see  him,  ibr  I  presume  he  calls  often.  1  shall 
detain  you  no  longer  than  to  wish  you  all  health  and  prosperity; 
and  to  say,  I  am,  Sir,  Your  most  obliged  servant,  Sam.  PaccB.*' 
The  following  Letter  from  the  same  Gentleman  was  in  answer 
to  a  request  of  mine  that  he  would  communicate  to  Mr.  Reed 
some  notes  on  "  Dodsley*s  Old  Plays  :** 

"  Mh.  Nichols,  fniittington,  Aug,  IS,  1777. 

*'  When  I  turned  over  the  Old  Plays,  now  many  years  ago,  I 

certainly  did  note  down  a  few  observations  upon  them;  not  many, 

^d  1  cbre  say  of  little  value.     However,  as  soon  as  I  can  find 

time  to  transcribe  them  (for  they  are  in  a  P^per-book  with  other 

things)  they  are  certainly  at  your  service,  or  any  friend  of  yours, 

WcNthlcfeB  as  they  are  j   and  I  am  happy  in  the  opportunity  of 

Obliging  you,  if  this  proves  any  obligation.    The  misfortuqe  is, 

I  am  extremely  pressed  for  time  just  at  this  instant ;  but  I  will 

pfoooed  upon  the  Transcript  as  soon  as  I  can.    Your  Friend 

^in  please  to  reject,  or  adopt,  just  as  he  finds  and  likes ;   for  I 

Assure  you  I  am  not  now  at  leisure  to  re-consider  or  examine 

%ny  one  oljservation  0/  those  I  am  to  send  him.    The  favour  I 

Vave  to  beg  of  him  is,  to  take  care  not  to  expose  me  by  printing 

^ny  thing  which  he  thinks  may  not  be  for  my  credit,  of  which 

lie  win  be  a  much  better  judge  than  I  can  be,  at  this  distance 

of  time,  and  without  a  reviewal,  for  indeed  I  have  not  time  to 

S^view.    Respects  to  my  old  friend,  Mr.  Bowyer,  concludes  me. 

Your  most  obedient  servant,  8\m.  V&ggb.'' 


158  literarVanecdotbs  or  ^         [iJ^T- 

Dr.  Heberden^  he  in  a  good  measure  got  the  better 
of  it.  The  iaculties  of  his  mind,  '  though  some- 
what impaired,  were  strong  enough  ta  support  the 
labour  of  almost  incessant  reading,  wfiich  had  ever 
been  his  principal  amusement  * ;  arid  he  regularly 
corrected  the  learned  Works,  and  especially  the 
Greek  Books,  which  came  from  his  press.  This 
he  did  till  within  a  very  few  weeks  of  his  death; 

,  which  happened  on  the  l8th  of  November  1777, 
when  he  had  nearly  completed  his  78th  year. 

He  left  several  MS  Notes — on  Middlcton's  Life  of 
Cicero  -f- ;  on  Bladen's  and  Duncan's  Caesar  ^ ; 
on  Theocritus ;  Baxter's  Horace ;  on  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments ;  on  Fleetwood's  Chronicon  Preci- 
osum ;  on  Whistoii's  Josephus ;  oh  Xenophon ;  on 
Stephens's  Thesaurus;  on  the  Lexicon  of  Hesy- 
chius;^,  1514;  on  almost  all  the  Roman  Poets  j  and 
on  many  other  books. 

.     The  publications  of  Mr.  Bow  ver  are  an  incontro- 
vertible evidence  of  his  abilities  and  learning ;    to 

*  Thouffh  Mr.  Bowyer  had  not  the  ambition  of  being  consi- 
dered as  a  Poet,  he  was  occasionally  a  writer  of  Verses.  Of  this 
see  some  slight  specimens  in  vol.  II.  pp.  143.  391. 

"  Being  desired  to  draw  up  a  concise  Epitaph  on  a  Family  in« 
terred  in  the  same  tomb  at  Hillingdon  in  Middlesex,  he,  in  an 
htoty,  alter  mentioning  the  names  of  the  parties  with  the  time 
•f  their  decease,  concluded  thus : 

''  Sleep^  kindred  Dust,  in  peace,  'till  Heav'n's  last  call. 
Which  shall  unite  these  parts,  dissolve  this  ball." 

This  Note  was  written  by  Mr. BoYfjer's  Son. 

t  The  Notes  on  Cicero  and  Caesar  are  printed  in  the  quarto 
volume  of  his  "  Miscellaneous  Tracts,  1785." 

X  "The  Dictionaiy  of  Hesycluus  is  a  collection  of  all  the  dif* 
iicuK,  scarce,  sin^Iar,  and  irregular  words,  which  a  studious 
tnan  has  remarked  in  all  the  antient  Greek  authors,  explained 
Uid  placed  in  an  alphabetical  order.  Few  words  of  that  sort  ar^ 
to  be  met  with  in  those  authors  but  what  are  here  interpreted. 
-  We  may  hereby  form  a  judgment  of  the  usefulness  of  this  Work ; 
but  we  see,  at  the  same  time,  the  difficulty  of  it  -,  how  liable  it 
W9S  to  the  errors  of  transcribers  and  the  licentiousness  of  gram* 
marians,  and  that  it  can  be  useful  only  to  those  who  aie  tho- 
roughly versed  in  Greek  literature.  Formerly,  a  man  who  had 
not  corrected  five  or  six  passages  in  Hesychius,  was  not  thought 
k  good  Critick.  The  Dutch  Edition  has,  without  doubt,  cleared 
it  firom  many  faults,  but  not  fh)m  all,  and  it  may  be  questioned 
irJkether  in  some  places  it  has  not  addbd  new  ones.*'    Huetiana. 

which 


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which  may  be  added,  that  he  was  honoured  with 
the  friendship  and  patronage  of  many  of  the  most 
distinguished  personages  of  his  age.  I  have  already 
had  occasion  to  mention  so  many  respectable  Scho- 
lars and  Antiquaries  of  the  eighteenth  century^ 
that  to  enumerate  them  here  would  be  superfluous. 

His  intimacy  with  Mr.  Markland  and  Mr.  Clarke 
appears  by  the  various  extracts  which  have  been 
given  from  their  epistolary  correspondence.     And 
nis  connexion  with  Dr.  Owen  and  Dr.  Heberden, 
those  ornaments  of  their  respective  professions,  and 
with  Richard  Gough,  esq.  so  well  known  by  his 
eminent  acquaintance  with  British  Topography  and 
Antiquities,  is  apparent  from  his  last  will ;  where 
his  obligations  to  Dr.  Jenkin,  Dean  Stanhope,  and 
Mr.  Nelson,  are  also  acknowledged. 
.    For  more  than  half  a  century  he  stood  unrivaHed 
as  a  learned  Printer:  and  some  of  the  most  masterly 
productions  of  this  kingdom  have  been  described  as 
appearing  from  his  Press.     Nor  was  his  Pen  un- 
known to  the  World  of  Letters.    Tlie  Work,  how- 
ever, which  stamps  the  highest  honour  on  his  name 
is  the  "  Conjectures   on  the  New  Testament,**    a 
Book  in  which  the  profoundest  erudition  and  the 
most  candid  criticism  are  happily  united.     And  of 
the  Sacred  Text,  there  is  not  an  edition  which  ever 
passed  through  his  correction,    but  what  has  its 
peculiar  vabie  *. 

To  his  literary  and  professional  abilities  he  added 
an  excellent  Moral  Character.  His  regard  to  Roli- 
gion  was  displayed  in  his  Publications,  and  in  the 
course  of  his  Life  and  Studies ;  and  he  was  particu* 
larly  distinguished  by  his  inflexible  probity,  and  an 
uncommon  alacrity  in  assisting  the  necessitous. 
His  liberality  in  relieving  every  species  of  distress, 
and  his  endeavours  to  conceal  his  benefactions, 
reflect  great  honour  on  his  memory.  Though  he 
was  natuaally  fond  of  retirement,  and  seldom  entered 
into  company,  excepting  with  men  of  letters,  he  was^ 
perhaps,  excelled  by  few  in  the  talent  of  justly  dis- 

•  S«^  Sx.  Knox's  "  iMays/'  vol.  I.  p.  36L 

cr\xnixva\\Tv^ 


970  UTERART  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777* 

criminating  the  real  characters  of  mankind.  He 
judged  of  the  persons  he  saw  by  a  sort  of  intuition ; 
and  his  judgments  were  generally  right.  From  a 
consciousness  of  literary  superiority,  he  did  not 
always  pay  that  attention  to  the  booksellers  which 
was  expedient  in  the  way  of  his  business.  Being 
•too  proud  to  solicit  the  favours  in  that  way  which 
he  believed  to  be  his  due,  he  was  often  disappointed 
in  his .  expectations.  On  the  other  hand,  he  fre- 
,quently  experienced  friendships  in  cases  where  he 
had  much  less  reason  to  have  noped  for  them  ;  so 
that,  agreeably  to  an  expression  of  his  own,  "  m 
what  he  had  received,  and  in  what  he  had  been 
denied,  he  thankfully  acknowledged  the  will  of 
.  Heaven."  The  two  great  objects  he  had  in  view, 
in  the  decline  of  life,  were  to  repay  the  benefactions 
I  tiis  Father  had  received,  and  to  be  himself  a  bene- 

factor to  the  meritorious  of  his  own  profession. 
These  purposes  are  fully  displayed  in  his  last  Will ; 
for  which  reason,  and  because  it  illustrates  the  turn 
of  his  mind  in  other  respects,  it  is  here  inserted^ 

*^  I  William  Bowyer,  Printer,  Citizen  and  Sta- 
tioner of  London^  being  mercifully  warned  by  the 
Decays  of  Age,  and  by  the  loss  of  almost  all  my 
Friends,  am  fully  sensible  that  I  have  not  long  an 
Abiding  here:  And  therefore  make  this  my  last 
Will  and  Testament ;  and  dispose  of  those  Worldly 
Goods  with  which  it  has  pleased  God  to  intrust  me, 
in  the  following  Manner.  My  Farms  in  Yorkshire, 
which  were  entailed  on  my  only  Son  Thomas*,  will, 

*  The  farms  both  in  Yorkshire  and  Essex  were  acquired  by 
Mr.  Bowyer  when  he  married  his  fi ret  wife,  who  was  niece  to 
Lis  mother,   and  was  left  under  the  guardiansliip  of  the  elder 
Bowyer  by  her  Father's  Will  (see  vol.  I.  p.  3S9). 
•  The  farm  at  Danby-Dale  had  long  bi»fore  been  subjected  to 

a  charitable  bequest,  as  appears  by  the  following  letter,  written 
by  Mr.  Bowyer's  Son,  in  1780 : 

'*  To,  the  Curate,  Church- wardens,  and  Overseers  of  the  Poor,  of 
the  Parish  of  I>EUiby-Da1e,  in  Cleveland,  in  the  County  of  ^ Ovk. 
'•  "Whereas  Samuel  Rabanks  left  by  Will,  dated  the  15th  of 
May  1633,  part  of  his  estates  at  Danby-Dale  and  Great  Brought 
ton  in  Cleveland,  in  the  County  of  York,  to  his  Nttphcw  Samuel 
Ppidom,  and  gave  out  of  the  said  estates  a  charity  fur  ever  to 

nine 


1 777-1  ™^^  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  "  S7I 

mt  my  Decease,  fall-in  to  him ;  and  that  at  Nave- 
stock  in  Essex,  which  he  has  given  to  me  by  past* 

nine  poor  people  of  Danby-Dale  and  Glais-Dale,  to  be  annually 
chosen  as  mentioned  in  the  said  Will ;  I,  Thomas  Bowyer,  sur- 
viving heir  of  the  said  Samuel  Prudom,  have  printed  a  few  copies 
of  that  part  of  the  Will  respecting  the  aforesaid  charity,  fbr  your 
better  information.  Being  a  stranger  to  the  neighbourhood  of 
Danby-Dale,  I  desire,  as  the  final  choice  now  centers  in  me,  that 
you  will  be  particularly  carefal  to  attend  strictly  to  that  part  of 
the  Will  respecting  the  persons  and  quality  of  the  eighteen  you 
nominate ;  fbr  should  you  nominate  other  than  such  persons  as 
are  specified  in  the  said  Will,  as  neai-ly  such  as  such  can  be  found, 
the  ^It,  which  will  be  no  small  one,  must  be  entirely  yours.  I 
would  choose  no  one  should  have  the  benefit  of  the  said  charity 
more  than  two  years  together,  a  yearly  election  being  appointed^ 
so  that  every  fit  person  may  receive  a  benefit  from  the  said 
diarity.  T.  Bowybb." 

"  Extract  of  such  part  of  the  Will  of  Samuel  Rabanks, '  as 
relates  to  a  charity  he  gives  to  the  Poor  of  Danby  and  Glais* 
Dale  in  Cleveland,  15  May,  1635.  —  Now  I,  the  said  Samuel 
Rabanks,  for  a  direetion  and  declaration,  to  what  intents  and 
purposes^  and  in  what  manner  and  form,  the  rents,  issues,  and 
ivofits  of  the  said  Messuages,  Lands,  Tenements,  Hereditaments, 
and  Prennses,  by  nie  the  said  Samuel  Rabanks  to  the  said  Samuel 
Pnidom  and  Thomas  Reeve  conveyed  or  mentioned  to  be  con- 
veyed as  aforesaid,  shall  be  after  ray  decease  employed  accord* 
ing  to  the  said  trust,  do,  by  this  my  last  Will  and  Testament  in 
writing,  limit  and  appoint  that  the  said  Samuel  Prudom  and 
Thomas  Reeve,  and  the  heirs  and  assigns  of  the  said  Samuel 
Pnidom,  shall,  from  and  after  my  decease,  out  of  the  rents, 
issues,  and  profits  of  the  said  messuages,  lands,  tenements,  and 
hereditaments,  to  them  conveyed  or  mentioned  to  be  conveved 
as  aforesaid,  upon  the  9th  day  of  June,  or  the  9th  day  of  i)e* 
cember,  which  of  them  shall  first  happen  after  my  decease,  and 
^00  thenceforth  upon  every  9th  day  of  every  month,  monthly* 
fur  ever,  hereafter,  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  to  nine  poor  people, 
to  be  from  time  to  time  nominated  and  elected  in  the  manner 
herein  by  me  appointed,  and  not  otherwise,  to  every  of  them 
nine-penee  a  week,  which  comes  to  every  of  them  three  shillings 
by  the  month,  and  araoimteth  in  all  to  17^.  11«*  for  the  whole 
yttr*,  and  also,  for  ever,  after  my  decease,  upon  every  9th  day 
day  of  December,  pay  the  sum  of  ten  shillings  of  lawful  English 
nmey  to  some  godly  and  able  preacher,  to  be  from  time  to 
time  Aominated  by  the  said  Samuel  Pxndom  and  his  heirs, 
nho,  upon  e^ery  9th  day  of  December,  yearly,  shall  preach  the 
^ord  c^  God  in  the  parish  church  of  Danby  afor^aid:  and 
the  laid  Samud  Prudom»  his  heirs  or  assigns,  shall,  immediately 
after  ueh  sermon  ended,  give  and  ddiver  one  peck  of  rie, 
not  only  to  every  such  of  the  said  nine  poor  people  as  shall  be 
Uieo  piticat  ia  the  said  church  during  tUl  the  time  of  the  said 

Sermon^ 


.« 


f7*  UTERAEY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777- 

ing  a  Fine  and  Recovery,  I  hereby  return,  give, 
and  devise,    to  him,    his  Heirs  and  Assigns   for 

tmmm»  but  also  to  ^uch  other  of  them  who  shall  be  then  absent, 
mod  not  able  to  repair  to  the  church,  by  reason  of  sickness  or 
otherwise.    And  I  do  hereby  further  limit  and  appoint  that  the 
said  Samuel  Prudom,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  shall  and  may  from 
time  to  time,  and  all  times  hereafter,  afier  my  decease,  receive 
and  retain  the  residue  of  the  said  rents,  issues,  and  profits  of  the 
said  premises  to  him  conveyed  as  aforesaid,  to  his  and  their  own 
use  and  uses  for  ever.    And  touching  the  nomination  and  elec- 
tion of  such  poor  people,  to  whose  benefit  I  appoint  and  intend 
.the  said  rie  and  monthly  payments,  I  do  hereby  limit  and  appoint 
that  on  every  9th  day  of  December  in  every  year  for  ever  after 
fny  decease,  the  curate,  church- wardens,  and  overseers  of  the 
poor  of  Danby  for  the  time  being,  shall  in  the  said  church  of 
Danby,  after  the  sermon  and  distribution  of  the  said  rie,  made 
according  to  my  said  appointment,  publicly,  in  the  presence  of 
the  said  Samuel  Prudom,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  if  they  will  be 
then  and  there  present,  and  of  such  other  of  the  parishioners  of 
the  said  parish  as  will  be  there  present,  nominate  eighteen  poor 
persons  of  the  said  parish  of  Danby,  whereof  six  shall  be  named 
by  the  curate,  six  by  the  church>wardens,  and  six  by  the  said 
overseers  of  the  poor  for  the  time  being,  and  shall  set  down  in 
writing  their  names  ^  and  of  those  eighteen  so  to  be  named,  there 
shall  be  nine  then  and  there  forthwith  and  immediately  elected 
by  the  said  Samuel  Prudom,  his  heirs  or  assigns.     And  if  the 
said  Samuel  Prudom,  his  heirs  or  assiga<;,  shall  be  then  absent, 
or  refuse  to  make  su(h  election  of  such  nine  persons,  or  any  of 
them,  then  such  nine  persons,  or  so  many  of  them  whereof  no 
such  election  shall  be  made  by  the  said  Samuel  Prudom,   his 
heirs  or  assigns,  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  elected  and  chosen  on  the 
next  Sabh$tSi-day  after,  by  the  curate  and  overseers  of  the  said 
parish  for  the  time  being,  or  any  three  of  them,  whereof  the 
curate  shall  be  one.     And,    as  touching  the  persons  so  from 
time  to  time  to  be  nominated  and  elected,  I  neither  prefer  men, 
nor  exclude  women}  but  as  touching  their  quality,  whether  men 
or  women,  I  define  and  appoint  that  no  person  or  persons  shall 
be  nominated  or  elected  to  take  any  benefit  of  this  my  gift,  but 
•uch  only  as  are  of  the  poorest  soil  for  estate,  and  the  best  re- 
port for  their  good  life  and  conversation ;  and  of  tliose  so  to  be 
elected  and  qualified,  I  desire,  limit,  and  appoint,  that  they  shall 
be  all  of  Danby  only,  if  there  be  so  many  there :   and  if  in  case 
there  shall  not  be  so  many  there  of  the  poorest  and  most  needfiil 
persons,  the  number  wanting  shall  be  supplied  out  of  Glais-Dalc, 
BO  that  supply  exceed  not  the  number  of  three  persons  at  any 
time :  and  to  such  nine  persons  so  to  be  elected  and  qualified  I 
intend  the  said  payments  and  rie,  and  no  other  $  but  for  their 
persons,  estates,  lives,   and  places  of  dwelling,   as  aforc^said. 
And  I  desire  all  such  to  whose  care  I  have  entrusted  the  dispo- 
sition hereof  and  the  nomination  and  election  of  the  said  per- 
son?. 


1777*1  ^""^  IMHTBKNTlt  CANTOftY.  S7S    • 

4vcr,  tM^tfaer  with  the  Land  since  added  to  it  by 
Lord  Waldegrave^s  Donation  in  Lieu  of  my  Right 
of  Commonage.  I  |fhre  and  bequeath  to  my  said 
Son*  Twenty  Pounds  per  Annum  in  the ''Bank 
Long  Annuities,  which  now  stand  in  our  joint 
names.  I  gi^e  and  bequeath  the  Sum  of  Six 
Thousand  I\)unds  Four  per  Cent.  Consblidated 
Bank  Annuities,  to  be  pbc^  in  the  j(Hnt  Niuties  of 

sooB,  that  they  would  peifonn  the  same  with  the  same  respect  oT 
diarity  I  intend  it'* 

A  square  brMs  jAate,  fixed  against  the  wAll»  te  the  chancd 
ef  the  church  of  Danby-Dale,  is  thus  inscribed:       - '  : 

"  Fincenti  dahitur  corona  ri/«. 

Consecrated  to  the  precious  memory 

of  Samuel  Rabanks,  ^nt. 

hte  Steward  to  the  Right  Honourable  Earl  of  ptnby . 

Hb  life  was  an  academy  of  virtues, 

his  conversation  a  precedent  for  piety,  '[ 

his  estate  a  store-house  for  charity, 
his  good  name  a  place  for  innocency,  ' 

his  death  a  passage  to  eternity^  , 

his  eternity  a  perfection  of  glory ; 
where  now  he  sits,  triumphs,  and  sings,  with  angds,  archangels, 

and  cherubins  and  seraphins ; 

Holy,  holy,  holy, 

to  hin}  that  is,  and  that  was,  anid  that  is  to  come. 

Halleligah. 
He  died,  aged  66  years,  in  the  year  of  Grace  16S5,  Dec.  14.** ', 

*   *  In  Mr.  Thomas  Bowyer,  (who  was  the  second,  but  only 
mrviving  Son)  an  afibctionate  Father's  fondest  hopes  were  cen- 
tered; and  to  him  Mr.  Bowyer  looked  forward  as  the  heir 
to  his  fortune,  and  successor  to  the  credit  which  he  had  ob- 
tiined  as  a  learned  Printer.    With  this  view,    after  a  gram-. 
Qitical  education  at  Merchant  Taylors  school,  the  young  man 
«ss  initiated  in  the  profession,    imder  the  immediate  tuition 
of  Mr.  Emonson,  a  relation  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  and  afterwards  for 
iome  time  his  partner.    Unfortunately  he  conceived  a  dislike 
to  the  bnsiness;    which   was   not  lessened   by   the   reproofii 
occasionally  received  from  his  Father ;  and  was  again  height- 
caed  by  the  mortification  of  seeing   a  son  of  Mr.  £monson 
(to  whom  the    second    Mrs.   Bowyer  had  been    godmother, 
and  who  was  at  the  same  period  an  apprentice)    on  many 
occasions  brought  forward,   as  a  contrast,   for  diligence  and 
sUUty.     Hence  little  jealousies  and  bickerings  arose,  which  le^ 
to  serious  disagreements;    and  young  Bowyer  detennined  to 
rellnquiah  the  pursuit  of  business  entirely.    With  the  consent  o( 
his  Father,  he  paid  a  long  visit  to  his  godfather,  Mr.  Penoyre, 
in  Hefefordshire;  and,  fi^ng  his  inclination  on  the  Church,  he 
Vol.  UI.  T  was 


jmm,  vay'^n  a^  my  Eteoilloffc:  herapftpr.  n^me^ 
In  TyH$ti,  :that  my  saM  Son.ofiay  rec^ite  tti^Pivi* 
;-dend|»  jttifa^f;  for  his  Life,  fbs  his  9o|e  V^ii  with 
:ithis  expieas  Pcovisdp  that  iriy.8^  J^K^ciiUirs  sh$kU 
j0Qt  coooent  to  the  selling  or  alienatiag  9ny  Part 
thereof,  ;pr  A>f  the  jaid  IJdvid&nds  thereof,  during 
jniy  sfud  $00*8. JUife;  hut  that  he  may,  iby  bis  WiH, 
ldiS|)Q9#V0f  i};  {to  Whoin.h^  pleases;  or^  fM<ca#e  ie 

-'wsit  ord^i^c^.by  ^.ilofkdkf.m^i  lor  sosfie  timet. officiated  as 
Curate  to  an  old  Fiiend  of  his  Father,  the  {lev.  Ricj^slrd  M1U:$, 
tVioar  o£,fHiWPgpipO  in  MiddJIeaBi;.  But.b#i»  aor. Unsettled  dis- 
position permitted  bim  not  long  t.o  rrai^io.  He  es^^baiaged  the 
clerical  for  the  military  garb;  and  that  again  for  the  sombre 
habiliments  of  a  Quaker  -,  lor  spqh  he  was  wben  1  for  tlie  first  t  ime 
saw  him,  a  year  or  two  only  before  his  Fatlieii's  death  -,  at  which 
period  he/ was  restdent  ;^t  a  secluded  ^'iJls^f  midway  between 
Durham  "and  Darlington^  where  he  chose  to  drop  liLs  sur- 
name, and  be  Jkj^iQwn  only  as  Mr,  TTiomas)  a  circumstance  uhii-h 
induced  the  next  of  kin  to  his  Mother  to  dispule  his  legitimacy, 
and  claim  the.)yorkshire  i^'ceholds  under  an  entail  in  his  grand- 
father Prudom's  Will  (see  voL  I.  p.  S90).  —  On  this  sul^ect  Mr. 
Matthews  (Mr.  Bowyer*s  agent).  May  12, 1778,  after  acknow- 
lodging  a  Legacy  left  him  "  by  the  late  worthy  Mr.  Bowyer,** 
adds,  "  Please  to  make  my  best  conmliments  to  tlie  young  Gen- 
tleman, and  acquaint  hiip,  that  I  tnink  it  may  be  pitipor  for 
him  to  pass  a  fine  or  sufier  a  recovery  shortly  of  his  estates  in 
Yorkshire,  in  order  to  give  him  a  power  to  do  what  he  pleases 
with  Uiem ;  foK  his  Mother^s  relations  in  these  parts  were  very 
busy  iii  pretending  claims  to  them  on  his  good  Father's  decease, 
la  though  he'  had  left  no  issue."  Again,  Aug.  2^,  "  Mr.  Bowycr 
v^t  6ft' from  hence  about  a  fortnight  airo  for  London,  and  I  was 
in  hopes  to  have  heard  from  him  before  this  time,  of  his  safe 
arrival.  1  cannot  say  he  has  met  with  candid  treatment  from 
all  his  Tenants,  or  fitnn  those  persons  who  pretend  to  be  his 
Mother*s  Relations.  Two  of  the  former  have  refused  to  pay  him 
any  rent,  being  prevailed  on  to  do  so  by  the  pretences  and  insi- 
nuations of  the  latter ;  who  at  first  insisted  on  a  Copy  of  the 
Hester  of  Mr.  Bowyer's  Baptbm,  and  now  on  a  Copy  of  the 
eke  of  his  Father's  and  Mother's  Marriage  5  which  he  seemed 
willing  to  procure  for  their  satisfaction.** 

In  the  mean  time,  Mr.  T.  Bowyer  had  himself  thus  written : 
"Friend  Nichols,  London,  Avg,  19,  1778. 

*<  I  hn\ e  had  much  trouble  with  the  people  in  Yorkshire  about 
Ihe  estates  there.  Tliey  have  taken  possession,  but  say  they  will 
iresign  upon  my  producing  a  certificate  properly  attested  of  my 
Father's  maniage  to  my  own  Mother.  As  I  hate  law-suits  if 
they  can  possibly  be  avoided,  shall  be  glad  if  thou  canst  procure 
o  certificate  of  the  marriage  ag^  soon  as  may  be.      I  shall  be 

obliged 


1777']  THE  £IGHT£EKTH  €ENTU»Y.  »75 

fmrries  with  the  Consent  iffjniff  Executors  in  fFrin 
tfng^  that  he  may  niake  suc|i  Settlement:  ^of  it,  for 
the  Benefit  of  himself^  his  Wife,  and  Children,  as 
^  shall  think  proper :  and,  in  ^case  he  marries 
with  such  Consent,  I  give  fend  beqpbtoth  to  him  .the 
farther  Sum  of  ThreeThousaria  routxcls  Four  per 
Cent.  Consolidated  Bank  Annuities^..:  I  also  give  to 
my  said  Son  all  my  Household  Goods,  Furniture^ 

'obliged  to  thee  if  thou  wilt  also  give  me  the  name  of  the  Broker 
who  usually  transacted  business  for  my  Father.  I  shall  be  glad 
to  meet  him  at  the  Bank  on  Friday  morning  at  ten'  o*c]ock,  in 
order  to  my  receiving  the  dlviidend ',  and  disposing  of  part  in 
such  manner  as  he  shall  think  most  advisable.  I  much  want  th§ 
^,  that  I  may  discharge  it. — I  shall  also  be  glad  to  have  the 
Note  underneath  signed.  If  not  worded  to  thy  liking,  desire  it 
may  be  altered.  If  Hardy  hath  not  paid  thee  the  rent,  would 
go  over  and  receive  it  myself. — 1  shall  be  pleased  to  be  informed 
ivhat  time  will  suit  thee  best  to  meet  me.  I  am  not  absolutely 
fixed  on  a  place  to  stay  at  during  my  short  continuance  in  the 
South.  However,  I  shall  receive  a  line  safely,  directed  for  me. 
No.  269,  in  the  Borough,  Southwarlc 

Thy  respectful  friend,  T.  Bowtbk. 

"  Should  the  note  be  approved  of,  it  may  be  easily  transciibed.** 

The  Certificates  were  accordingly  obtained ;  and  the  Note 
ivhich  he  requested,  with  some  slight  correction,  was  signed,  by 
all  Mr.  Bowyer*s  Executors,  in  the  following  words : 

"  We,  the  Executors  of  the  Will  of  Mr.  William  Bowyer,  being 
my  devious  to  remove  every  impediment  which  may  obstruct 
Us  Soa's-  design  of  marriage,  do  hereby  assure  the  Friends  of  any 
Ud|y  whom  Mr.  Thomas  Bowyer  may  address  with  that  view,  that 
we  shall  cheorfoUy  give  pur  concurrence  to  his  marrying  any 
pcnon  of  good  character  and  reputation  that  he  may  desire  to 
ibrai  auch  an  alliance  with :— it  being  by  no  means  our  wish  or 
ittention  to  throw  any  frivolous  objections  in  the  way  of  his  own 
(hoio^  and  inclinations  in  this  respect.** 

la  coowquenoe  of  the  entail  in  Mr.  Prudom*s  Will,  as  men- 
tkned  in  p.  S74,  the  representatives  of  Eleanor  Talboyes,  Mariel 
QiUib^>  and  Mai]^;aj:et  Audas  (sisters  and  coheiiesses  of  the 
Testator  Thomas  Prudom).  put  in  their  plea,  in  Easter  Term, 
U  Geofge  III.  to  obtain  possession  c^  the  Estates,  on  the  fH- 
mlous  pretence  that  the  doer  Mr.  Bov^r  was  dead  without  legi- 
timita  male  istiae.  A  pretence  so  groundless  met  of  course  with 
tlie  hte  it  deserved.  It  occasion^  however,  no  little  troybla 
and  expenoe  to  Mr.  Thomas  Bowser,  who  was  under  the  neces- 
lily  of  obtainiog  regular  certificates  of  his  Father*s  marriage  at 
k,  ClflB^eat  Oanes  j  his  Mother*8  and  his  own  baptisms  at  tha 
iuae  dmiehi  and  his  Mother's  and  Brother's  burials  at  Low- 

T  2  Le^ton, 


976  LITBRARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777' 

and  Utensils  not  in  Partnership,  except  my  Old 
Bureau  in  the  little  Back  Parlour,  tdiich  I  give  to 

Lejton.  These  woe  att  printed  on  the  occasion;  with  a  ci»f|r 
of  Mr.  Prudom's  Witt }  the  ''  PfaintifTs  l^ea»  in  order  to  get  tha 
Estates  belonging  to  Mr.  Thomas  Bowyer  ;**  and  the  foUowinf 
Extract  of  a  Letter,  diited  Nov,  28,  1778,  from  Mr.  James 
Emonson :  "  In  answer  to  your  enquh-y,  I  send  this  to  inform 
joj,  that  I  lived  with  your  GrandJEsther  and  Father  at  the  time 
of  your  birth.  1  £EUther  remember,  that  when  your  Mother  n-as 
in  labour,  I  was  sent  for,  and  fetched  the  Midwife,  whose  name 
was  Baker,  and  who  lodged  at  Mr.  Parsons*s,  tiie  comer  of 
White-Fryers  Gateway,  Fleet-Street :  I  cannot  at  present  te- 
collect  any  other  Person  alive,  who  lived  with  your  Grandfather 
and  Father  at  that  period )  but  if  any  one  should  occur  to  me 
hereafter,  1  will  inform  you  of  it.  The  above  1  am  ready  to 
attest.    I  am,  &c.  James  EMONsotf.*^ 

Establbhed  in  the  potsession  of  his  freeholds,  he  passed  the  short 
remiunder  of  his  life  principally  in  his  old  retreat  near  Darlington. 

"  The  testamentary  arrangement  of  his  father,**  I  now  use 
his  own  words,  "  having  secured  to  him  a  comfortable  mainte- 
nance ',  and  having  been  a  witness  to  the  troubles  and  incon- 
veniences  attending  the  pursuit  of  business ;  the  Son  of  Mr. 
"Rowyer  preferred  the  retil-ement  of  a  country  life,  to  which  he 
had  long  been  accustomed.*' 

He  occasionally,  however,  visited  London,  to  receive  his 
Navestock  rents  :  but  in  one  of  these  visits,  I  was  alamied  by 
the  following  letter : 

"SiK,  Crown-inn,  Romford,  Etsex,  Oct,  W,  17SI. 

''Mr.  Bowyer  is  now  at  my  house,  very  ill,  and  was  afraid  would 
have  been  dead  before  I  could  inform  any  b<Kly  of  the  matter;  hut 
Providence  have  just  now  brought  one  Mr.  Peppes,  who  'was 
kind  enough  to  inform  me  that  you  are  a  relation  or  iKquaint- 
ance  of  his.  I  have  often  persuaded  him  to  let  me  write  to 
somebody,  but  without  effect.  I  should  be  glad  you  or  some- 
body belonging  to  him,  will  be  with  him  as  soon  as  possible. 

I  am.  Sir,    Yours,  &c.  W.  Humprbsys.'* 

I  need  not  add,  that  I  hastened  to  his  assistance ;  nt  that 
he  vfras  on  the  same  day  penuaded  to  remove  to  the  house 
whieh  once  had  been  his  Father's  y  where,  by  medical  advke 
and  good  nursing,  he  soon  recovered ,;  and  in  about  six  weeks, 
again  moimting  his  poney,  returned  inio  the  country;  where 
he  died,  Dec.  97$  1783 ;  leaving  his  freehold  estates,  mid  the 
greater  part  of  his  property,  to  Mr.  Francis  Mewbum,  apothe- 
cary, at  Durliam,  who  was  a  distant  kinsman,  and  from  whoni 
I  received  the  following  lettor : 

''Dear  Sir,  Jan.  I,  1784. 

"  I  am  very  sorry  to  inform  you  our  Worthy  friend  Mr,  Bowyer 
departed  this  life  SJth  of  last  month.  He  has  remembered  you 
in  his  Will,  the  particulan  of  which  1  hope  to  communicate  to 
you  soon  in  person.    His  late  oj^nents  threaten  to  give  every 


1777*1  TRX  SIGHTESKTO  CENTURT.  S77 

Mr.  John  Nichols,  my  present  Partner  in  Busings, 
to  sunrey  and  preserve  017  Papers  in.  I  likewise 
give  to  my  Son  all  my  Plate ;  except  the  small 
Silver  Cup  which  was  given  to  my  Fatlier  (after  his 
Loss  .by  Fire)  by  Mrs.  James,  and  which  /  give 
to  the  Company  of  Stationers  in  London,  hoping 
they  will  preserve  it  as  a  Memorial  *• 

jfgive  and  bequeath  to  Mr.  John  Henry  Browne-f* 
and  Mr.  Natbanael  Conant  j^,  two  of  my  Executors 
herein  after«-n^entioned,  Five  Hundred  rounds  each. 
If  I  die  within  Five  Miles  of  London,  1  desire  to  be 
buried  at  Low  Leyton  in  Essex,  where  the  rest  of 
my  Friends  are  laid,  in  as  private  a  Manner  ^  as 
possible,  with  a  Hearse  and  a  Coach  and  Four; 
attended  only  by  the  aboye-named  Mr.  John  Ni- 
chols, and  my  Neighbour  Mr,  Nevil  Fetlier  |1,  to 
whom  I  give  Twenty  Pounds, 

epposition  in  their  power  respecting  the  Yorkshire  Estates. 
TVishing  you  many  happy  returns  of  the  season,  I  remain,  with 
great  regard,  dear  Sir,    Yours  most  sincerely,     F.  MBWBumir.** 

After  Mr.  T.  Bowyer's  death,  the  Relations  of  his  Mother  again 
ooDtested  the  freehold  estates,  at  an  Assize  Trial  at  York,  on 
the  plea  of  insanity.  There  were  some  grounds  for  that  plea^ 
but  not  sufficient  to  inralidate  the  Will,  which  had  been  duly 
witnaMed,  and  was  finally  established  by  the  veitlict  of  a  Jury. 

•  Sae  befim,  toL  1.  p.  309. 

f  Son  of  Mr.  Daniel  Browne,  a  wvll-known  and  eminent 
Bookselkr  in  the  Strand.  He  was  fur  a  few  years  a  wholesale 
SCsdcNier  in  Lpthbunr  $  but,  having  an  inclination  for  the 
Chvrch*  was  ordaiped  by  Abp.  Cornwallis ;  and  was  presented, 
by  Lord  Viscount  Newark,  heir  to  the  Duke  of  Kingston,  to 
^bt  ractory  of  Eakring  in  Nottinghamshire ;  where  he  still  re- 
•idei,  highly  respected  for  hb  piety  and  benevolence.  In  1796  he 
printed,  but  not  fbr  sale,  "  A  Serious  Address  to  the  superior 
Mfaabitants  of  the  Feurish  of  Eakring;"  8vo. 

X  Thid  tnihr  vespectable  gentleman  (whom  fbr  more  than 
half  a  century  I  have  been  proud  to  call  my  Friend)  is  too  well 
Iwown,  by  his  public  conduct  as  a  Magistrate,  to  ne«;d  my  feeble 
dieoiDiiim  s  but  those  only  who  have  witnessed  his  amiable  con* 
duet  in  social  and  domestic  life  cau  duly  appreciatv  his  merit. 

I  Tlui  was  strictly  observed  so  far  as  related  to  the  cere- 
Booial*  But  the  remains  of  thia  excellent  man  wen^  followed 
to thegrave  by  numbei^  of  his  surviving  frierd:^  from  l^adon. 

II  tEIi gentleman  and  his  wife,  who  residcil  in  Great  Kirby* 
door  to  Mr.  Bowyer,  were  paiticuiariy  kind  and  atten* 

tive 


27^  .UTERART  AKECDOrBS  QV.  [^777* 

.  And  DOWy  having  <x>mmittcd  my  Bo<fy  to' tfaelbrtl^. 
I  would  testily  my  Puty  and  Gratitude  to  my  few 
Belations,  and  numerous  Benefactors  after  my  Fa- 
therms  Loss  by  Fire.  I  gi^^  and  bequeath  to  my 
Cousin  Scott*,  lately  of  Westminster,  Brewer,  and 
to  his  Sister,  Fifty  Pounds  eadi.  I  give  and  bequeath 
to  my  Relations  Mr.  Thomas  Linley-f-  and  his  Wife 
One  Thou>and  Pounds  Four  per  Cent.  Consolidated 
Annuities,  to  be  tnmsferred  to  them,  or  to  the 
Survivor  of  them ;  and  which  I  hope  they  will 
take  Care  to  settle,  at  their  Deaths,  for  the  Be- 
nefit of  their  Son  and  Daughter.     Another'!^  Reta- 

live  to  him  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life.  Mr.  Fcthcr  was  one  of 
the  worthiest-hearted  men  that  ever  existed.  He- was  formerly 
an  eminent  sword-cutler  in  Great  New-street,  but  had  retired 
some  years  from  business,  and  devoted  his  whole  time  and  atten- 
tion to  acts  of  beneficence  and  humanity.  He  died  Jan.  lO, 
1785,  in  his  76th  year;  and  his  neighbours,  both  in  town  and 
at  Enfiield,  where  he  had  a  country-house,  had  great  cause  to  re- 
gret the  loss  of  so  worthy  a  friend,  and  the  necessitous  t^  lament 
their  benefactor. — Mrs.  Fether  survi^-ed  till  Augu*»t  1793  j  when 
bhe  bequeathed  a  considerable  property  among  numerous  rela« 
tioQs  of  her  own  and  of  her  husband ;  300^.  to  a  lady  who  had 
been  some  time  a  companion  to  her ;  500/.  and  her  cloaths  to 
one  of  her  maids,  and  100?.  to  another. 

*  This  name  occurs  among  the  benefactors  to  hb  Father.  — 
Mr.  Scott  (an  eminent  Brewer  of  Westminster)  was  married  in 
173 1,  to  Miss  Wilson  of  Dedlington  in  Norfolk,  a  lady  of  6000/. 
fbrtime. 

t  A  Watch-maker  in  Cold-Bath  Fields. 

4  See  vol.  IL  p.  260.  The  degree  of  consanguinity  will  appear, 
at  the  close  of  this  note,  in  p.  279.. 

*'  My  sister  Sarah  married  twice :  first,  Thomas  Whatley,  by 
whom  she  had  two  daughters,  living  in  1778.  1.  Selina,  mar- 
ried to  Richard  Stokes,  a  Glazier.  They  had  no  children }  and 
bhe  has  had  the  use  of  one  side  taken  from  her  by  a  palsy  stroke, 
and  probably  will  ever  continue  helpless. — 2.  Mercy,  second 
daughter,  a  year  or  two  younger  than  her  sister,  unmarried^ 
She  lives  with  her  aunt  Mary.  By  my  sister  Sarah*s  second 
husband,  Peter  Davis,  she  had  one  only  daughter,  named  Sarah, 
now  about  40  years  of  age.  She  married  to  Charles  EUton,  Sor- 
geon  and  Apothecary ;  who,  dying  some  years  since,  left  her  and 
her  son  unprovided  for.  She  now  lives  with  me,  and  behaves^ 
very  well.  1  have  her  son  Charles  apprentice.  He  has  served 
about  half  his  time,  and  is  between  17  and  18  years  of  age.  He 
has  a  good  capacity,  has  had  a  pretty  good  school  education  in 

Latin, 


THE  wmnmnt  cunuiT.  979 


1777] 

tiom  I  httve^  Sarhomi  as  he  imiBtt  ^riot  injr  Assist- 
inoe,  rl  draw  a  Vicil  oven^*  Jlghie  tbtiie  two  Sons 
and  one  DafUjOjhtet  of  the  late  Rewsrend  Mr.  Mau* 
rice  of  Gotiienbuv^  in  Sweden,  who  married  the 
only  daoghteF  of  Mr.  Richard  Williamson  *,  Book^ 
seller  (m  Return  for  her  Father's  Friendship  to 
mine).  One  Thousand  Pounds  Four  jper  Cent.  Con- 
solidated Annuities -f*,  to  be  divided  equally  betweeli 

Latin,  ftc^und  I  hope  will  tiim  out  wdl>  as  he  is  the  last  of  my 
branch.  My  sistcrMary,  now  living,  is  near  68  years.  She  kept 
herself  bingle,  to  bring  up  the  above  three  children  of  her  sister 
Sarah.  She  now  begins  to  grow  infirm.  I  have  assisted,  and 
shall  alwav's  continue  to  assist  her.  She  has  much  merit,  and  I 
should  be  gla^l  to  assist  her  further  than  I  do.*' 

iVr.  James  Emonson  to  Mr.  T.  Bomyer,  Nov.  28,  1773. 

**  William  Kin^,  Citizen  and  Vintner  of  London.    He  kepi;, the  Kinf^t- 
Head Tavern  in  the  Poultry;  and  had  one  son  and  one  'dai|^hter,  vu. 

r : " 1 

^Mlliam  Kin^,  %vbo  succeeded  his  MaryKing^.    She  married  with  Joba 

father  in  business.    He  had  seve-  Bowycr,  Grocer.   He  not  succeed- 

nlchildi^n;  but  only  one  daugh*  itig  in  business,  and  dying  sovn 

ter  survived  biui,  vix.  after,  the  Widbw  was  taken  hoaw 

,                          A,                       ^  by  her  Brother,  with  her  only  Son, 

Kiibccca  King,  married  to  Thomas  t          ,                 ^'                          ^ 

Davie,  wbo  ser\-ed  hii»  time  with  William  B«>wyer,  who  was  bom  in 

ind  succ*^*ded  her  father  in  bus]-  July  1663.   He  was  twice  married, 

nets.     She  had  several  children,  By  his  first  wife  he  had  no  issue ; 

who  all  clied  without  issue,  ex-  by  his  second  he  bad  two  children; 

cepl  ^  1^1  .  ■     1^ 

i                        ^                        '-^  I.  Willian,  mar-  &  Dorothy,  shft 

ilary  Davie,    married  to  Samuel  i;pedOct.  9f  HSBy     married      with 

Eoidnson.       They    had    several  to  Ann  Prudom,     Peter  Waiiisfy 

children,  three  of  whom  survived  by  whom  he  had     Jewt'ller,        ill 

them,  viz.;  ^.  .A ^^     Flect^str.  They 

t ^ ^  l.WiUiam, buried     badtwoortbree 

Jime^  Eownson,   Sarah,    Mary,liv.  at  Low  Leyton,    'children,who  all 

''who  died  in    deceaied.    Ing  1779.  Feb.  6,  17^9-30.      ^•A      infaottf 

1780.  having  S.  Thomas  [died     wd  Mr.  W a. lis 

survived  bit  Dec.  27,  1783].      died  soon  after 

onfysoo].  8.  Of  a  third,  Mn.     them.          Vlr^. 

Bowyer  died  in     Wallii  died  Apr. 
child-birth.  14,  1731,  aged 

53. 

♦  Who  died  Jan.  7,  1736-7,  aged  51.  He  was  successor  to 
B€r.  Sare,  deputy  receiver-general  of  the  Post-o^ce  revenue, 
and  clerk  of  the  mis-seiit  and  mis-directed  letters. 

t  "  SiE,  bothenbuTg,  Dec.  13,  1777. 

"  At  the  desire  of  Mrs.  Mavurice  of  this  place,  1  com  e  to 
answer  your  letter  to  her  of  the  S28t^  ult. ;    wherein  you  arc  so 

:  Mr.  Pletcr  WalUs  died  in  1742,  or  1743;   leaving  Mr.  Bowycr  joint 
cs^reotor  with  Jdit.  Anne  Wailis,  the  Testator's  mother* 


S8«  unoLAKT  AmcDORs  or  [1777* 

dieni^  and  to  be  tnnsferred  (after  deducting  wbat  I 
have  already  advanced^  or  shall  advance,  on  their 
Account,  in  my  Life-time,  snch  Acoompt  to  be 
ascertained  by  my  Books  of  Accompt)  to  whom 
they  shall  order  for  that  Puipose.  —  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  Mrs.  Catharine  Alarkland,  Sister  to 
my  late  worthy  Friend  Mr.  Jeremiah  Markland  *, 
Three  Hundred  and  Fifty-one  Pounds,  deducting 
from  that  Sum  whatever  I  shall  from  this  Time 
advance  to  her  in  my  Life-time,  such  Accompt  to 
be  ascertained  by  my  Books  of  Accompt.  •  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  Dr.  Henry  Owen-f-,  of  St.  01ave'a> 
Hart  street.  One  Hundred  Pounds ;  to  Mr.  Lockyer 

kind  as  to  inform  her  of  the  legacy  of  lOOOf.  bequeathed  to  her 
three  childf^n  by  her  late  wortl^  friend  Mr.  Bowyer.  You  desire 
her  to  send  to  some  friend  in  England  proper  powers  (siened 
by  herbeif  and  children)  to  transact  this  business.  It  will  be 
done  by  my  friend  Mr.  Joseph  Dcnison,  of  Jeflfries-square  -,  but, 
as  we  are  at  a  loss  to  know  the  forms  of  writings  used  in  such 
afidrsy  1  think  it  best  to  have  proper  copies  from  London,  b> 
which  the  business  can  be  done  regularly.  I  have  wrote  fully  tc 
Mr.  Denison  concerning  this  transaction,  and  he  will  consult  with 
you  about  it.  —  Mrs.  Maurice  and  her  children  offer  their  best 
compliments  to  you.  They  wiU  be  very  thankful  for  the  good 
offices  you  may  be  pleased  to  render  them.  Tuo.  Exskine.** 
Peter,  the  eldest,  a  cadet  in  the  Swedish  East-India  Cou.pany'f 
service,  was  bom  in  London,  IT**! ;  Biaysmor,  the  seeond»  in 
Gothenbuig,  June  14,  17G0 ;  and  Catharine,  the  you^  ^est 
Septembers!,  1761.  To  the  eldest  son  his  proportion  of  th< 
Legacy  was  transferred  in  1779.  The  shares  of  tlic  other  twc 
chiMren  (thdr  ages  having  been  identified  by  a  certificate  undei 
the  hand  and  official  seal  of  Christopher  Durant,  Town  Clerl 
and  Notary  Public  of  Gothenburg),  were  transferred  in  17B4. 

*  He  had  befbre  advanced  1491.;  makirg  in  the  whole  500/. 
and  had  given  Mrs.  Markland  permisaion  to  draw  upoD  him  foi 
tl)e  whole  sum  if  she  thought  proper.  He  had  some  years  be 
fore  made  the  same  ofier  to  her  brother  -,  see  vol.  IV.  p.  302. 

t  "  Dear  Sir,  Edsnonton,  Nov.  96. 

"Though  nothingcouldwril  add  to  the  esteemi  had  for  ourwortb] 

Friend,  yet  I  count  the  memorial  you  mention  of  infinite  valui 

as  a  token  of  his  regard  for  me — and  look  upon  myself  a^  pecu 

liarly  honoured  by  the  mention  he  has  made  of  me  in  his  Will 

1  am,  dear  Sir^  yours  sincerely,  H.  Owen.** 

Of  this  pious  and  benevoknt  Dhrine  see  vol  IL  p.  433 ;  and  i 
this  volume,  p.  81. 

Davii 


1777.] 


THE  JU«BTIlllTa  cmruET.  $81 


Davis*,  One  Hundred  Pounds;  to  Mr.  James  Dod^ 
sley  ^,  One  hundred  Pounds ;  to  Mr.  Nathanael 
TbEMnas^,  of  White  Fryars,  Fifty  Pounds;  and  t» 

*  To  Mr.  Davit's  Legacy  wts  added  a  present^  of  no  mat  ^^ 
trinaic  value,  tut  which^firom  a  particular drcumstaaec^  fir.IHtfik 
wifthed  to  poaicaa  a  sett  of  knives  and  forks,  the  bamHes  of 
which  were  made  out  of  the  Oak  which  had  formed  part  of  the 
fiuDOUs  Omen  Stakes  in  the  time  of  Julius  Cssar,  and  which 
had  been  piebented  to  Mr.  Bowyer  by  the  Speaker,  tiie  Right 
Honourable  Arthur  Onslow  ^  which  H-as  thus  acknowledged : 

*'  Mr.  Davis's  best  respects  wait  on  Mrl  Nichols,  with  thanks 
for  t lie  draft  (uhich  came  abundantly  sooner  tban  was  at  all 
necessary)  and  for  the  other  favour,  which  is  considered  as  a 
memorial  of  hb  friend.** 

t  Of  whom,  s«;e  vol.  VI.  p.  436. 

X  A  gentleman  of  great  learning,  sound  judgment,  and  sin- 
gular modesty ;  a  not  iinfre^uent  nor  un^'aluable  Contributor  to 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine ;  and  well  known  as  a  Collector  of    - 
Coizw  and  Medals,  b^  ing  a  professed  admirer  and  much  versed 
in  I  he  science  of  Antiquities.    He  was  the  son  of  Mr.  Thomas,  a 
gentleman  of  ivspectable  family  in  Cardifi';   and,  in  1741,  was 
entered  of  Jesus  coUegc,  0\fonl ;  but,  not  choosing  to  subscribe 
to  the  Articles,  he  retired,  in  175^2>  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and 
gave  up  his  promotion  in  the  Church,  for  which  he  had  been 
designed.      Upon  qiutting  hi.^  studies  at  Oxford,  he  came  to 
Lrtndon,  in  searc'U  of  enjpkiyropnt  amongst  the  Booksellers.  His 
first  effort  was  ''  Eutropius,  *'  with  notes,  for  the  use  of  schools. 
The  next  uas  ai)  abridged  and  inii^wved  edition  of  Ainsworth*s 
Latin  Dictionary,  whkh  he  performed  to  the  entire  satisfaction 
of  the  learned  world.    He  was  the  first  who  translated  Marmon- 
tel*s  Files  into  English,  and  abo  Condamine's  l*our.    These 
were  his  prineipcd  productioik:  in  the'  bo^k  line  of  Literature 
previous  to  his  connexion  (176*1)  with  tlia  9t  James's  Chronicle, 
of  which  respectable  publication  he  was  Editor  from  its  institu- 
tioD ',  and,  in  a  shon  time  (by  the  pecuniary  assistance  of  Mr. 
Heniy  Baldwin,  the  original  Printer  of  the  paper)  became  one  of 
the  proprietors  of  it*,  and  in  that  situation  so  ctmducted  himself  as 
to  acquire  very  general  esteem .  He  married ,  in  1 757>  Miss  Roinilly, 
eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  Isaac  Roniilly  *,  F.  R.  S.  (then  partner  in 
the  house  of  the  late  Sir  Samuel  Fludyer,  bart.)  by  whom  he  had 
several  children. — He  died  in  Salisbury-square,  Fleet-street,  March 
1,  1795,  in  his  6*5th  year.  —  His  eldest  son,  Nathanael,  went 
to  India,   as  superiutcndant  of  the  Orphan-house  at  Calcutta, 
and  was  there  appointed  Secretary  to  the  Embassy  to  the  Court 
of  Delhi     He  soon  after  died  of  a  fever ;   and  tliis  loss  to  Mr. 
Thomas  was,  in  a  shoit  tinie,  follcjwed  by  the  death  of  his  on^ 
daughter,  aged  13,  a  person  of  very  extraordinary  endowments. 
One  son  and  a  grandson  survived  him ;  the  rcbt  of  the  children 
died  young.  — See  a  pleasant  communication  on  the  sale  of  his' 
CoUectkm  of  0>ins  and  Medals,  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXV.  p.  365. 

•  Who  (Bed  Dec.  19,  1759,  »t.  49.    Sec  bis  epitaph  in  Gcat.  Mag*  voL 
LXV.  p.  350. 


MrlMtfllhewfl*;*  Attorney,  of  l^keiglet  in  Yorkshire, 
hd4Af]Willfi(a  Redknapd4*,'Clefk  io  die^  Hudson^s 
ifo^rCotipiilf/'to  MnEdfmbnd'StelArfd!{:/and  to 
]^r,  Anthppy  Wyllan  &,  sooietime  Servant  to  the 
Bight  Honourable  Arauir  Onslovr,  Thirty  Pounds 
each ;    to  -Mr.  John  Farmer  If,    Senior,   who  has 

.  *  See  before,  p.2r4. 

t  Mr.  tfowye|:*s  constant  as^ist^nt  in  matters  of  accompt. 

X  Nephew  toMr.Penoyre,  fui  ol^  Fellow  CoU^ian  with  Mr. 
Bowycr  -,  of  inborn  see  vol.  IV.  p.  444. 

"Siji,      Moor,  near  the  Hay,  Brecknockshire,  Dec.  1777' 

*'  I  am  obliged  to  }  ou  for  calling  on  my  Brother,  to  inform  me 
of  Mr.  Bowyer's  unexpected  frieiidship  towards  me  by  his  legacy 
of  thirty  pounds,  which  1  shall  be  obliged  to  you  to  pay  to  my 
Brother  in  Leadenhall-street,  as  i  know  not  when  1  shall  be  in 
London.  The  recovery  of  my  health  brought  me  into  the 
country;  which  is  much  better  than  when  1  saw  you;  but  my 
not  retun[iii^  is  occasioned  by  the  death  of  Mr.  Peno)Te*s  Sister, 
as  be  was  left  with  a  large  faim  and  family  of  sentint^,  and  my 
attention  at  present  is  to  render  the  decline  of  life  more  easy  to 
my  uncle. — As  I  have  heard  ]Vlr.  Bo^^yer  me  ntion  yoor  merit,  I 
should  be  glad  to  be  fdvoured  with  your  acquaintaiK^  ;  and  if 
either  your  pleasure  or  business  should  dispose  you  to  come  into 
this  country,  I  should  be  very  desirous  to  see  you  3  and,  as  Mr. 
Bowyer  befriended  ine,  I  should  be  glad  to  know  something  of 
his  Family,  if  it  should  happen  to  £dl  in  the  small  circle  of  my 
power  to  return  some  service  to  them.  My  uncle  desires  his 
respects  to  you,  and  woidd  be  glad  to  know  where  his  godson 
Mr.  Bowyer  is.    I  am,  ^c.  £dm.  Stallard.*' 

§  Honest  Anthony  was  many  yean  "  Porter  at  his  Honour^s 
gate,"  in  Soho-sqiiafe^^  and  I  do  not  forget  that  it  was  by  his 
attention  I  was,  wnen  a  young  apprentice;,  a  frequent  partaker 
of  the  good  old  Speaker's  hospitality.  Mr.  Wyllan  survived  his 
Master  a  considerable  time  5  and  lived  happy  and  content  in  a 
moderate  competence. 

II  This  worthy  and  industrious  Compositor  continued  to  work 
in  the  office  of  his  old  Master  till  his  own  death ;  before  which 
he  had  the  comfort  of  having  his  name  enrolled  on  the  list  of 
Mr.  Bowyer's  Annuitants.  His  Petition  to  the  Court  of  Assistants 
on  this  occasion  was  in  these  words:  '*  Gentlemen,  I  did  not 
presume  to  trouble  you,  on  the  death  of  my  late  worthy  master 
Mr.  Bowyer,  as  I  was  at  that  time  under  sixty-three  years  of 

S;e :  but,  on  the  present  vacancy,  occasioned  by  the  death  of 
r.  Robert  Page,  1  humbly  beg  leave  to  solicit  your  Worships 
to  admit  me  as  an  Annuitant ;  and,  if  so  happy  as  to  succeed, 
your  Petitioner,  as  in  duty  bound,  will  ever  pray.  J.  Farmer.** 
To  which  I  thought  it  right  to  annex  the  following  Certificate  x 
**  Jan,  24,  1781.    I  beg  leave  to  recommend  Mr.  John  Farmer  to 

\OWP 


U77a 


THE  £IGHT££KTi0  C£;NTUlty.  ^9$ 


wrought  long  with  me.  Twenty  Pounds ; .  and  to  mf. 
Maid  MarthaChadiey  "^^  if  she  be  living  with .om 
at  my  Decease^  Si^  Hundr^  Pounds.  ...  :  r 

Among  my  Father's  '  numerous  Benefactors *fv 
there  is  not,  that  I  can  hear  of,  one  alive:  Xa 
several  of  them  I  made  an  Acknowledgment  But 
one  respectable  Body  I  am  still  indebted  to,  the' 
University  of  Cambridge;  to  whom  I  give,  or  rather 
restore,  tlie  Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds :{:,  in  return  for  the 
Donation  of  Forty  Pounds  made  to  my  Father  at 
the  Motion  of  the  learned  and  pious  Master  of 
Saint  John's  College,  Dr.  Robert  Jeukin :  to  a 
Nephew  of  his  1  have  already  given  another  Fifty 
Pounds  ^,  as  appears  by  his  Receipt  of  the  Thirty* 

your  particular  consideration,  as  the  man  whom^  of  all  others, 
I  am  confident  Mr.  Bonyer  himself  intended  to  partake  of  his 
bounty  -,  though,  till  the  present  vacancy^  he  has  not  been  old 
enough  to  ^pply  for  it.  J.  Nichols." 

* '  She  survived  her  Master  several  years  -,  and  lived  comfoit* 
ably  and  independently  on  his  bounty. 

t  Amongst  these,  he  always  considered  Mr.  Timothy  Goodwin 
f^ec  ToL  I.  p.  60)  to  have  been  one  to  whom  he  was  most  in- 
debted ;  and,  to  my  certain  knowledge,  he  took  great  pains  (bu^ 
without  success)  to  discover  any  relations  of  Mr.  Goodwin  to 
trbom  a  liberal  present  would  have  been  acceptable. 

I  In  answer  to  the  infvrmation  given  of  this  legacy  I  was 
bvoured  with  the  following  letter : 

'* Ms. Nichols,  Queens  college,  Cambridge,  Dec.  10,  1777. 
*'  I  had  immediately  U(;on  my  coming  into  office  on  the  3d 
instant  your  obliging  letter  of  the  1st,  containing  the  clause  of 
the  late  Mr.  Bov\yer's  Will  respecting  his  bequest  to  this  Univer- 
sity, and  expressing  your  readiness  to  pay  it.  lliere  will  go  by 
this  post  to  Messrs.  Gines  and  Atkinson,  No.  50  Lombard-street, 
a  proper  discharge  to  you  as  Executor  for  that  Legacy.  If^ 
therefore,  whenever  it  may  suit  your  convenicney,  you  will  pay> 
the  money  there,  and  take  up  that  receipt,  you  will  oblige. 

Your  humble  servant,  R.  Plumptre.** 

i  Previous  to  this  donation,  he  wrote  the  following  anony* 
mous  letter,  which  was  conveyed  to  Mr.  Jenkin  thtough  the 
hands  of  the  Writer  of  this  Note : 

"  aEV.  81K,  May  18,  1770. 

"As  yoa  are  the  Grandson  ♦*,  I  understand,  of  Dr.  Jenkin,  the 

late  worthy  Master  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  who  by  his 

interest  ditained  a  donation  of  Forty  Pounds  from  that  University 

to  my  Father,  after  his  loss  by  fire,  in  Jan.  1713  3  I  beg  your 

**  The  feBtlenan  wis  Nephew  to  Dr.  Jenkio.    He  died  Oct.  8,  177B. 

accept* 


!|84  UTERA&Y  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777« 

^t  of  May,  One  Thousand  Seven  Hundred  and 
Senrenty.  The  denefactions^  which  my  Father 
received  from  Oxford,  1  can  only  repay  with  Gra- 
tiiuder  as  he  received  them,  not  from  tlie  University 
as  a  Body,  but  from  particular  Members.  I  givs 
lliirty  Pounds  to  the  bean  and  Chapter  of  Canter* 
bury  *,  in  Gratitude  for  the  Kindness  of  the  worthy 
Doctor  Stanhope  (sometime  Dean  of  Canterbury)  to 
my  Father;  the  Remembrance  of  which  amongst 
the  Proprietors  of  his  Works  I  have  long  out-lived, 
as  I  have  experienced  by  not  being  employed  to 
print  them-|-:  The  like  1  rnigh^  say  of  the  Works 

acceptance  of  Fifty  Pounds  in  return ;  which  I  8haU  send  you  in 
a  bank  note  the  next  post  after  I  hear  this  letter  safely  reaches 
you,  desiring  you  will  not  mention  it  during  my  life  at  least.  I 
shall  further  bee  you  will  send  me  a  receipt  of  it,  as  I  have  men- 
tioned  it  in  my  will ;  but,  thinking  it  will  be  more  acceptablis 
now,  I  beg  leave,  in  this  instance,  to  be  my  own  executor.  I 
am,  Sir,  your  sincere  ffiend  and  humble  servant.         A.  fi.  C.*' 

The  answer  was  short,  but  significant : 

"SIR,  Mmf97,l770. 

"  Your  proposal  expresses  your  ^titude  in  the  most  eminc&t 
manner;  and  I  wish  I  knew  your  name,  to  set  fojth  yo^r  maise. 
i  am.  Sir,  your  greatly  obliged  and  humble  servant.** 

The  money  was  immediately  sent )  which  produced  the  fol» 
lowing  acknowledgment : 

"SIR,  ilfc^  31, 1770. 

"  I  return  you  my  earliest  and  most  hearty  thanks  for  your 
genteel  and  valuable  present,  which  is  still  enhanced  by  the 
occasion  of  it ;  that  points  out  in  the  most  friendly  manner  the 
value  your  Father  set  upon  an  interest  in  Dr.  Jenkin,  apd  t^e 
honour  and  service  you  have  done  me  in  my  relation  tp  him. 
Gratitude,  Sir,  is  a  virtue  that  will  shine  with  great  kr^tn^ss 
in  that  pious  apd  learned  man ;  and  I  can*t  but  wi$h,  ifn^  ](iope 
!br,  the  honour  of  a  fixture  knowledge  of  yoi^  my  ^nefisLCtcDr, 
who  eminently  resemble  him  ya,  that  capital  ornament  of  i^ 
Christian.  1  am.  Sir,  your  most  obliged  and  most  obedient 
humble  servant  to  command,  Robert  Jes^ ui. 

"  Received  May  31, 1770,  of  A.  B.  C.  by  the  hands  of  Mr.  Jo^m 
Nichols,  Fifty  Pounds  as  a  free  gift  in  return  for  a  dana« 
tion  made  him  by  the  interest  of  the  Rer.  th,  Jenkin, 
Master  some  time  of  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge. 

Per  ROBIIT  jBNKIlf.'* 

*  This  sum  was  appropriated  by  the  respectable  gentlemen 
who  received  it  to  the  purchase  of  valuable  books,  as  the  most 
honourable  mode  of  pei^ietuating  the  Testator's  gratitude.** 

t  See  vol  IV.  p.  162. 

of 


17770  "niK  SIORtESKTH  CENTCRY.  »8S 

m 

of  Mr*  Nelson,    another   respectable  Friend  and 
Pilnm  of  iny  Father^  and  of  many  other^^ 

I  give  to  Dr.  Williarfa  Heberden^  my  little  CalMi- 
net  of  Coins^  with  Hicke^'s  Thesatirus,  Tristan  and 
the  odd  Volume,  Spanheim's  Namismata,  Harduin^'s 
**  Omera  Selecta''  in  Folio,  "  Numtni  Populorum  et 
CTrMf mT!  in  Qoarto,  and  any  other  of  my  Books  he 
chooaes  to  accept :  To  the  Reverend  Doctor  Henry 
Owen,  such  of  my  Hebrew  Books, land  Critical 
Books  on  die  New  Testament,  -  as  he  pleases  to 
take :  To  Richard  Gough,  Esqnire,  inUke  Manner, 
my  Books  on  Topographical  Subjects :  To  the 
before-named  Mr.  John  Nichols,  all  Books  that 
relate  to  Cicero,  Livy,  and  the  Roman  History, 
particularly  the  Cenotaphia  of  Noris  and  Pighios, 
my  Grammars  and  Dictionaries,  with  Swift's  «f^nd 
Pope's :|:  Works:  To  my  Son,  whatever  Books  (not 
(fescribed  above)  he  thinks  proper  to  take. 

And  now  I  hope  I  may  be  allowed  to  leave  some- 
what for  the  Benefit  of  Printing.  To  this  End,  I 
nve  to  the  Master  and  Keepers  or  Wardens  and 
Commonalty  of  the  Mystery  or  Art  of  a  Stationer 
of  the  City  of  London,  such  a  Sum  of  Money  as  will 
purchase  Two  Thousand  Pounds  Three  per  Cent. 
Reduced  Bank  Annuities,  upon  Trust,  to  pay  the  Di- 
yidenda  and  Yearly  l^roduce  thereof,  to  be  divided  for 
^er  equally  amongst  Three  Printers,  Compositors 
or  Pressmen,  to  be  elected  from  Time  to  Tmie  by 
the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Assistants,  of  the  said 
Company,  and  who  at  the  Time  of  such  Election 
shall  be  Sixty-three  Years  old  dr  upwards,  for  their 
respective  Lives,  to  be  paid  Half-yearly ;  hoping 
that  such  as  shall  be  most  deserving  will  be  preferred. 
And  whereas  I  have  herein  before  given  to  my  Son 
the  Sum  of  Three  Thousand  Pounds  Four  per  Cent. 

*  See  before,  p.  71. 

t  Mr.  Niched  has  sinoe  published  several  Editions  of  Dean 
Swift's  Works,  ilhistrated  with  Notes. 

X  Mr.  Bow]rer*s  Notes  on  Pope  were  communicated  to  Dr. 
JoMph  Warton. 

Con- 


986  ;Un»4mT:JJCECMiTB8  4>r  [t77K 

Con^dalaBd  AnmdtieS)  m  case  he  marms  with  6ie 
Consent  of  my  £a£Cuton :  Now^  I  do  hereby  gi^fe 
4nd  bequeath,  the  Dnridends  atid.  Interest  dl  uiat 
Sum,,  .till  6uch>' Marriige  takes  Place,  to  theiaid 
iCompaay  of  .Stationers,  to  be  divided  eqbihDy  Jb^ 
tween  Six  other  Printers,  Compositots  or  PreMofiterr, 
«3  aforesaid,  in  Manner  as  aforesaidt;  and^  'i^  my 
ttaid  Son  shall  die  unmarried,  or- married  wtdioht 
Isuch'iCotisent  as'  afotesaid,  then  I  give  ar^  bequeath 
the  said  Capital  Sum  of  Three  Thousand  Pounds  & 
the  :said  Coihpanyof  Stationers,  the  DiViddids- ahd 
Yearly  Produce  thereof  to  be  divided  for  ever  e^uaUf 
amongst  Six  1  bther  such  old  Printers,  Compositot% 
,ar  Pressmen,  for  their  respectivie  Lives,  to  be  qiMU- 
iiiied,  chosen,  and  paid,  m  Manner  as  aforesaid. — 
ILt  has  long^  been  to  me  Matter  of  Concern,  •  that 
such  Numbers  are  put  Apprentices  as  Compositors^ 
without  any  Share  of  School-learningj*  who 'ought 
to  have  the  greatest :  In  hopes  bf  remedying  thfe,  I 
^ive  and  bequeath  to  the  said  Cotnpany  of  Stationers 
such  a  Sum  of  Money  as  will  purchase  One  Thou- 
sand Pounds  Three  per  Cerit.  Reduced  BanlcAv^ 
Inuities,  for  the  Use  of  One  Joumeymah  Compositor, 
Aoch  as  shall  hereafter  be  described;    with  thi^ 

.        :       _      f         , 

*  Tliat  this  was  not  a  new  ide^  with  him,  will  appfaor  from 
^the  following  advertisement,  which  he  many  years  agp  ipserted 
in  a  public  paper :  "  Wanted,  an  apprentice,  with  some  share  of 
Learning,  the  more  the  better;  to  a  Fi*eeman  of  London;  Fif^y 
Pounds  to  be  paid  down.  Thirty  of  whlcli  shall  be  retUmed  $k 
the  end  of  seven  years,  if  .the  pci*son  tmhaves  well  during  thak 
term,  which  shall  be  left  to  the  judgment  of  two  or  three  indif- 
ferent arbitrators.  The  master,  on  th^  otfierhand,  to  be  at 
liberty  to  return  him  to  his  friends,  tiny  time  after  the  first 
grear,  and  befoi'e  the  last,  if 'he  behaves  ill.  Any  res^onable 
complaint  against  the  master  shall  be  redressed,  at  any  time ; 
or  the  indentures  dissolved  'oa  such  terms,  as  the  arbitratoi^ 
•hall  iktei-mine.  Direct  for  Z.  Z.  expressing  the  name,  circum- 
i^ances,  and  place  of  abode,  of  the  person  proposed  :  an  answer 
will  be  retunied  within  ten  days." — When  /  was  bound  to  him, 
tny  Father  received  from  Mr.  Bowyer  a  promissory  note  to  return 
half  the  appi-entice-fee,  at  the  expiration  of  the  seven  years,  on 
condUion  that  I  behaved  suitable  to  his  expectation.  This  sum  he 
▼ery  honourably  paid  me  in  February  1766.    /.  N. 

special 


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special  Tra^t,  Ybit-^  the  Mastev,.  Wird^m^  a»d  At- 
9istants,  shall  pay  theDivAdeiidiS  and Produceitbereof 
Half-yearly  to  such  Compositor.  *:.  Tiie  aaid  Master^ 


ii 


*  It  may  not  be  improper* to.. obsene,  tba^  this  afunuity  was 
bestowed^  by  the  Company  of  Stationei-S/  on  IVlr.  Jac(^b  VVragg^  a 
compositor  in  every  respect  de^r\1Vig  of  it.     He  was  a  man 
of  real  learning,   and  had  been  patronized  by-Dr.  Jbrtin/  on 
whose  first  volume  of  tho  Life  of  lilnismus  Kc  had  hken  em^ 
plo>'ed  at  Mr.  j^ward  Say*8.    It  ha^  boon  remarked,  howevei^ 
as  a  somewhat  strange  circuni6tanco>  that  in  an  occupation  so 
nearly  allied  to  Literature  as  that  of  Piinting,  .a  siijgle  caor 
didate  only  shoald  have  offered  himself  as  qualified  to  enjojf 
90  comfortable  a  stipend.    Mr.  Wragg  died  at  Uur^,  liQ.ESebri^ 
ar>-  1781 ;    iunl  after  his  death  then^  were  scyi^  candidate 
when  Mr.  Fletcher  (formerly  printer  of  a  newspaper. at  Cam- 
bridge)  was  elected.     Mr.  Fletcher  died  in  1796,*'  and  was  .shc- 
ceedi-d  by  Mr.  VVilliam  I^avcniKirt,  a  young  man  of  considetlMe 
ability,  the  son  of  a,Perg)man'$)|!f  Lei<|ester^.  who.ha4  been  aji- 
prcnticed  to  Mr.  Strahan,  on  the  regominendation  of  Dr..Joh{i« 
son.  He  died  Jan .2,1 792;  and  was  succ^ded b'yMr! itic^rtf  Dond,, 
formerly  a  printer  and  bookseller  of  some  leikiihehce  af  Gloif col- 
ter i   where  success  ntit  attending  hia*exertioas,  ha  rdlirujuislMd 
liu&iness,  but  left  liuhiud  .4um  a;  character  fur  integrity;  which 
\%as  recollected  to  his  advantage  throuah  a  long  life.  .  About  30 
years  before  his  death  he  found  an  asylum,  as  a  compositor,  in 
the  -;?r%ice  of  Mr.  Bowyer ;  and  contiinietF,  to  (he  hst  hour  of 
his  life*  able  to  amuse  himself  with  any  thing  thit  in  the  least 
resembled  work,  in  the  cmphj^meut  of  Mr.  Aiichols.    Having 
had  the  benefit  of  a  decent  schuListic  education,  and  being  na- 
turally of  a  serious  turn,  his  irclinations,  after  his'' fedluiie  in 
business,  were  strongly  directed  to^vai'd  the  Cltiirch  -,  and  the  late 
Bi^fthop  Horsiey  would  have  ordained  him^    but  tlie  want  of  a 
regular  passpoxt  through  one   of  ,tlie  Universities  proved  an 
insurmountable  banier.     He  rcceived^*^  however,   a  substantial 
OS  ^'ell  as  a  flattering  testimony  to  his  merits  from  tlic  Qim- 
pany  of  Stationers.      As  a  writer,   Mr.  Dond  never  ventured 
to  publish  beyond  a  detached  Essay,  or  a  Poem.    His  rhymes* 
were  numerous  5   and,  if  not  excellent,  were  at  least  innocent, 
and  always  good-tcmi)ei*ed.    His  manners  were  mild  and  placid; 
his  habits  of  life  temperate  in  the  extreme ;   and  there  was  no 
one  who  ever  knew  him  tliat  did  not  regi-et  hi^  loss,  though  he 
had  attained  tlie  full  age  when  life  becomes  labour  and  tarrow. 
He  died  July  2,   1805,  in  his  80th  year,  and  left  a  widowed 
partner,    nearly  of  his  own  age,    who   is   since   dead.  —  Mr. 
Bond    was   succeeded    by  Mr.  Matthew  Brown    (only  son   of 
Mr.  Robert  Brown,  who  was  Master  of  the  Company' in  1777, 
and  died  in  1781),  who  for  many  years  had  carried  on  the 
business  of  a  Printer  with  considerable  reputation,   but    un« 
fortunately  not  with  adequate  success.  —  The    other    annul- 
liei  were  judiciously  given  to  nine  deserving  and  necessitous  old 

printers ; 


UBS  citkftARt  Mrfeenom  nr         [1777- 

Wandcns^  and  AMstMiti,  of  the  mid  Cempny,  dull 
nominate  for  this  Purpose  a  Compotitor  who  is  a 
M^A  of  good  Life  and  Conversation,  who  shall  osaally 
frequent  some  Place  of  Public  Worship  eveiy  Sun- 
day unless  prevented  by  Sickness,  and  shall  not 
have  worked  on  a  Newspaper  or  Magazine  for  Fouf 
ilTears  at  least  before  such  Nomination,  nor  shall 
ever  afterwards  whilst  he  hokb  this  Annui^,  which 
may  be  for  Life  if  he  continues  a  Journeyman :  He 
shall  be  able  to  read  and  construe  Latin,  and  at 
least  to  read  Greek  fluently  with  Accents ;  of  which 
he  shall  bring  a  Testimonial  from  the  Rector  of 
St  Martin's  Ludgate  for  the  Time  ^being :  I  could 
wish  that  he  shall  have  been  brought  up  piously 
and  virtuously,  if  it  be  possible,  at  Merchant  Tay^ 
lors,  or  some  other  public  school,  firom  Seven  Years 
of  age  till  he  is  full  Seventeen,  and  then  to  serve 
Seven  Years  faithfully  as  a  Compositor,  and  work 
Seven  Years  more  as  a  Journeyman,  as  1  would 
not  have  this  Annuitv  bestowed  on  any  one  under 
Thirty-one  Years  of  Age :  If  after  lie  is  chosen  he 
should  behave  ill,  let  him  be  turned  out,  and. an- 
other be  chosen  in  his  stead.  And  whereas,  it  may 
be  many  years  before  a  Compositor  may  be  found 
that  shall  exactly  answer  the  above  IJescription, 
and  it  may  at  some  times  happen  tliat  such  a  one 
cannot  be  found ;  I  would  have  the  Dividends  in 
the  mean  Time  applied  to  such  Person '  as  the 
Master^  Warden,  and  Assistants,  shall  think  ap- 
proaches nearest  to  what  I  have  described.  And 
whereas  the  above  Trusts  will  occasion  some  Trou- 
ble; I  give  to  the  said  Company,  in  ca^e  they  thitik 

roper  to  accept  the  Trusts,    jTwo  Hundred  and 

ifty  Pounds. 

I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  Rest  and  Residue  of 
my  Personal  Estates,  not  herein  before  disposed  of, 

printers ;  and  from  the  circumstance  of  none  being  admitted 
under  tlie  age  of  63«  there  have  been  numerous  vaoancies. — 
Three  of  those  who  now  enjoy  the  legacy  (John  Drew,  who  it 
totally  blind  -,  Thomas  Bennett,  and  Philip  Rousseau)  were  my 
Fellow  Workmen  in  lbs  service  of  Mr.  Bowyen 

and 


I' 


1777-] 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  289' 


unto  the .  said  Mr.  John  Nichols,   for  his  own  use 
and  benefit.      And   I  nominate  and  appoint  the 
said  John  Nichols,  John  Henry  Browne,  and  Na- 
thanael  Conant  (all  of  them  being  Liverymen  of 
the  Company  of    Stationers),    Executors   of    this 
my  Will ;   hereby  declaring,  that  neither  of  them 
shall  be  answerable  for  the  Acts,   Deeds,   or  Re- 
ceipts, of  the  others  or  other  of  them. 
In  Witness  whereof,    I  have  hereunto  set  my 
Hand  and  Seal,  this  Thirtieth  Day  of  July,  in 
the  Year  of  our  Lord  One  Thousand  Seven 
Hundred  and  Seventy-seven  *. 

(Signed,  sealed,  &c.)  W.  Bowyer.'* 

Mr.  Bowyer,  agreeably  to  his  own  direction,  was 
buried  in  the  church-yard  of  Low-Leyton  in  Es- 
sex; near  the  South-west  corner  of  the  church, 
where  the  following  inscription  +  is  placed  to  the 
memory  of  himself  and  his  Relations : 

•  *  The  making  of  a  Will  has  been  very  properly  called  "the 
last  great  act  of  a  wise  nian's  life."  That  of  Mr.  Bo\v}cr  was 
framed  from  the  result  of  long  dqliberation.  In  his  latter  years 
some  improvement  perpetually  occurred  to  him  in  the  form  of 
Ms  charitable  bequests,  concerning  which  he  always  took  care 
to  have  the  most  respectable  legal  advice.  Whenever  a  new 
Will  was  made,  he  of  course  canceled  those  which  had  preceded, 
^'hich  were  preserved,  however,  in  a  paper  thus  indorsed,  "  Wills, 
all  of  which  are  canceled  and  revoked  by  me  W.  Bow7er ;  who 
f^ara  not  to  leave  these  testimonies  of  his  mind  at  dififerent 
periods,  that  those  whom  it  may  concern  may  see  how  uniform 
H  has  been,  or  how  variable." 

t  The  following  illustration  of  this  Epitaph  was  communis 
cated  by  my  worthy  friend  the  Rev.Weeden  Butler,  May  13,  1801: 
"  In  a  curious,  small  old  MS  Book,  '  On  Tiaist  in  God,'  of 
near  400  pages,    I  have  just  fimnd  the  Memoranda  hei-ewith 
sent  you.     The  Essay  appears  to  be  written  by  ilichard  \Vharfe, 
In  1G44,  and  veiy  neatly  legible.     It  came  into  my  liands  about 
thirty  years  ago ;   yet  the  Family  Notes  never  struck  my  atten- 
tion till  yesterday.    The  Names  you  are  well  acquainted  with, 
and  1  hoi)e  the  extract  may  at  least  amuse  you,  if  it  does  not  i 
add  to  your  information.     '  There  is  a  knot,'  as  old  Jedidiah  used 
to  say.    The  relationship  to  Mr.  Bow}er  of  the  Ichubod  Dawks 
(«o  named  by  Steele  and  Addison)  seems  to  be  rcndei-ed  doubt- 
ful, if  his  Father's  name  was  Ichabod.    The  namesake  in  the 
present  List  claims  Thomas  for  his  immediate  parent.     And  yet 
lus  age  corresponds  exactly  with  your  statement  in  the  Bowyerian 
Vol..  HI.  iJ  '  Kuei:. 


t 


9^9  MTSILABY  ANECDOTES  Ot  [l 7 


{ICHABOD  Dawks,  died  Feb.  27*  1730,  aged  70. 1 
Sarah,  his  wife,  died  June  G,  1737>  aged  80.  J 
rWiLLiAM  BowTBR,  Sen.  died  Decern.  27»  1737,  aged  S 
<  Dorothy,  his  Wife,  Sifter  to  I.  Daavks,  died  December  2 
\^  17^27,  aged  63. 

rWiLLiAM  BowTFR,  .lun.  died  Nov.  18,  1777,  aged  77. 

^  Anne,  his  first  Wife,   died  Oct.  17,  1731,    agtd  26. 

LElizabbth,  his  second  Wife,  died  Jan.  14, 1771,  aged  70.. 

In  the  Church  also  there  is  a  neat  marble  mc 
ment  erected  to  his  Father's  memory  and  his  o 

Anecdotes.  In  the  MS  Volume  arc  some  other  little  re 
•ntries  of  property,  copies  on  hand,  &c.  ^\\  Butli- 

[The  knot  will  be  unra>clcd,  by  reutling,  in  vol.  1.  p.  2. 
daughter  of  Thomas  Dawks,  and  sister  of  Icliahod.] 

Thomas,  the  Father  of  Ichabcxl,  was  the  only  Son  of  an 
lier  Thomas,  who  was  also  a  Printer.  He  w  as  born  at  Kel 
cote  in  Oxfordshire,  Oct.  8,  16*3(> :  iuid  admitted  at  Merc 
Taylors  school  April  2,  16*49. 

"The  Children  of  Thomas  and  Anxe  Dawks. 
The  Place  and  Time  of  my  dear  Children's  Birth. 
1.  My  first-bom,  Ichabod,  at  Westerham  in  Kent,  Sept 
16*61,  at  almost  12  o'clock  at  noon. 
[Ichabod  manied  Aug.  3,  16*87.] 
^,  My  son  Thomas,  on  St:  Laurence  Pountney  Hill,  Marc 
1663,  between  10  and  1 1  morn. 

3.  My  daughter  Dorothy,  March  6,  1(jG5,  nigh  5  in  the  n 

at  St.  Laurence  Poijltney's  Hill. 
[Dorothy  manied  Oct.  10,  1685.] 

4.  My  daughter  Ann  July  24,  1666,  between  11  and  1 

night,  in  Scroop's-court  [Ann  married  Jan.  !22,  ir;*)3] 

5.  My  daughter  Jemima,  at  Low  I^yton,  in  the  little  h 

Feb.  27^  1668,  between  3  and  4  in  the  morn. 
[Jemima  married  June  23,  1692.] 
§.  AdoAiah,  Low  Leyton,  the  great  house,  July  1,  16C9,  a 
5  in  the  morning.    Dead.    Died  Feb.  7,  1670. 

7.  Dorca^  Low  Leyton,  the  great  house,  about  1 2  at  i 
July  17,  1672.     [Dorcas  married  May  5,  1691.] 

8.  Deborah,  Black  Fryers,  Feb.  7,  1('75,  at  2  morn. 

9.  My  dear  William,  Black  Fryers,  April  24,  1677,  morn 

10.  Another  William  >  born  died 

11.  Malchiel^  Puddle-dock,  Dec.  12,  almost  5  morn. 

The^llowuQig  Notes  are  by  Ichabod  Dawks,  the  person 
liooed  in  Tatler,  Nos.  18,  178 ;   and  Spectator,  No.  457. 

"  In  1651  my  Father,  Mr.  Thomas  Dawks,  began  to  wo 
Printing,  at  Mr.  Du-Gard's.    He  was  manied  in  Dc 
ber  1660. 
1  Id»bod,  bom  Sept  22,  1661. 
Jff  grandmother,  ]An.Isa]^S^X>VK^>  4i&<i&Iay  1, 166 
XowljgtQiu 


1777*]  THB  £IGI!T8E)mf  CEMTURT.  §§1 

wiUi  the  following  inscription^  written  by  himself 
anany  years  before  his  death : 

HUIC  MURO  AB  EXTRA 

VICINUS  JAC£T 

GULIELMUS  BOWTERy 

TYPOGRAPHUS  LONDINENSIS^ 

D£  CHRISTIANO  £T  LITERATO  ORBS 

BENE  MERITUS  ; 

AB  UTRQGIUE  VICISSIM  REMUNERATUS  t 

aUIPPE  CUNCTIS  BONIS  £T  FORTUNIS  SUI» 

SUBITO  INCENDIO  PENITUS  DELETIS, 

MUNIFICENTIA  SODALIUM  STATIONARIORUM^ 

ET  OMNIUM  BONORUM  FAVOR, 

ABREPTAS  FACULTATES  CERTATIM  RESTAURAVERE*  ; 

TANTI  HOMINEM  VITiE  INTEGRUM, 

SCELERISaUE  PURUM,   y'ESTIMANTES, 

UT  INGENII  PRi£MIO  EXUTUM 

REDONARENT  MERCEDE  VIRTUTIS  : 

VIRIDEM  DEPOSUIT  SENECTAM,   DEC.  27, 

^       f  iETATIS  74. 
ANNO  <  \T.«^ 

ISALUTIS  1737. 

PATRI,    PATRONIS,   POSTERISaUE  EORUM, 

My  dear  Grandfather^  Mr.  Thomas  Dawks>  died  Mayll^  1070!, 

at  Low  Lay  ton. 
In  the  year  1672  I  b^an  to  work^  with  my  Father^  at  Mr. 

Darby's,  in  Bartholomew  Close. 
%  16,  1673,  Father  and  I  went  to  work  at  Mrs.  Maxwell's. 

He  w^Ls  her  Overseer. 
Oct.  5,  1673.    We  went  to  work  at  Mrs.  Flesher's. 
May,  in  the  year  1674^  my  Father  set  up  to  be  a  Master^  in 

Black  Fryars. 
Sister  Allport  married  Oct.  10, 1685.  This  answers  to  Dorothy. 

I.  Dawks  married  Aug.  3,  1687 Ichabod. 

lister  Prudom  marri^  May  5,  1691 Dorcas. 

Jemima  Baldry  married  June  23,  1692 See  above, 

Anne  Bishop  married  Jan.  22,  1692-3 Ditto. 

Anne  Ryland  married  July  8,  1693. 

*  In  grateful  remembrance  of  these  ample  benefactions,  the 
^der  Mr.  Bow}'cr  had  several  metal  cuts  engraved,  representing 
%  Phoenix  rbing  from  the  flames,  with  suitable  mottoes ;  which 
^ere  used  by  him,  and  by  his  Son,  as  ornaments  in  8(^e  6(  iW 
iXMst  capital  bocdcr  tbeyjmnted    See  one  of  these  original  Taxi* 

V  3  \S 


tgj"  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l777* 

IN  PII  ET  CRATI  ANIMI  MONUMENTUM 
,    PON  I  CURAVIT  FILIUS, 
MORIENS  NOV.  l8,    1777,' 
ANNUM  AGENS  SEPTUAGBSIMUM  OCTAVUM. 

Another  Epitaph,  proposed  for  Mr.  Bowyer,  was 
jrawn  up  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Clarke : 

"  McMUoria;  Sacrum 

WiLHKLMi  Bowyer, 

J^ograpbonuii  post  Stepluini)s  et  Commdinos 

loiigb  doctissiini : 
linguariim  Latinae,  GraH*;e,  ct  Hebraicse 

])eritissiini : 

adcii  lit  cognovisse  videatur 

naturs  atqiie  orbis  ulpbabetuui. 

Quot  et  quanta  Oi)eRi 

ab  illius  Prclo 

splendid^,  nitid^,  et,  quod  majus  est^ 

fide  et  integritate  sunimd 

tanquam  ex  cquo  Trqjano 

mcri  princi  pes  exierint ; 

Annales  Typograpbici  et  nunc  et  olim 

testati  sunt : 

«t  pi'secipuli  quod  acta  diiirna 

Miperioris  Caiuere 

Britannici  Farlianienti 

suo  Prelo^  sua!  fidci 

honorifict^  commissa  fucrant. 

Ha?c  Typograpbo  debcntur ; 

sed  quod  se  semjKir  gcssit, 

ut  virum  decuit  boucstissimuiu, 

amicissinium  et  pium, 

in  sui  ipsius  et  familia;  decus, 

nuyorem  laudcm  cedet. 

Tanti  Tjrpograpbi  et  Hominis  MeniorisB 

Moercns  iiiscripsit  Saxum 

olim  Familiaris, 

et  nunc  Amicus. 

Obiit  18  die  Novenibris, 

annum  agcns  septuagesimum  octavum^ 

Mm  Christiana  1777." 

A  bust  of  him  is  placed  in  Stationers  Hal] ;  witk. 
a  good  portrait  of  his  Father^  and  another  of  hi» 
Patron^  Mr.  Nelson. 

A  brass  plate  under  the  bust  is  thus  inscribed^  iiB- 
Ills  ofRi  words,  in  conformity  to  a  wish  he  had  many 

yeuM  before  commumcat&ato\vv^¥^iVxLet*« 


1777.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CE^fTURY.    -  S93 

"  T«  Hie  united  miinifirencc  of 

THE  COMPANY  OF  STATIONERS. 

anil  ulher  numerous  Bcnefoctura : 

when  n  calamitous  Fire,  Jan.  30,  1712-13, 

liad  ill  une  night  destroyed  tiie  eSects 

of  WitLiAM  lIuwYEE,  Priolcr, 

repaired  the  lusa  witli  unparalleled  huihanit)' : 

William,  his  only  guniung  ^n, 

being  continued  Fninter  of  the  Voles  of  the  House  of  Commous, 

by  his  ^tiler's  merits, 

and  the  indulgence  of  three  Honourable  Speakers } 

and  api)oint(.-d  to  print  the  Journals  of  tlie  Houde  of  LonlSj 

.   at  near  LXX  years  of  n^, 

by  the  patvona^  of  u  noble  Peer*; 

Hn^ijling  with  a  debt  of  gr.ttitiule  which  could  not  be  repwlf, 

left  this  Tiiblet  to  ^iigKVst 

what  nurii-out  Nature  couUntut  express. 

EX  VOTO  PATHONI   OPTIMI   AMIC1SSIHI 
PONI   LI;BBNTeR   CUKAVirCLIESS  DBVINCTUl 

i.  NICHOLS,  MDcct-xxvia." 

•  The  Earl  of  Marchmont ;  see  %oI.  II.  p.  614.  vol.  III.  p.  41. 

1  Aft tT  this  line  Mr-hoivyer  liad  uriti;inally  written  oa  follows: 
"^^■Itianallachmcnt  to  Uteratiiiv  whith  ouuld  not  be  indulged; 

Miih  deluKivi;  hofiTn  from  a  College  interci>t  or  reputation ; 

ttpcrienced  the  conflicts  of  two  opixisite  passions,  rcsig^iation 

and  ambition." 


Uarty 


I 


1^  ^nSEAET  ANECDOTBS  OV  DTJS^ 


Eaiiy  in  I778,  on  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Pegge  •, 
tome  short  Biographical  MemcHrs  of  Mr.  Bowyer, 
the  ^*  little  brochure^  of  52  pages  mentioned  by 
Mr.  Cold^j  was  pinted  as  a  present  to  his^  parti-* 

t       *  ^  DBAS  Sia»  WhiUmgttm,  Nov.  34, 1777- 

'^  I  am  truly  sorry  for  the  death  of  my  old  friend  Mr.  Bowyer ; 
though^  in  regaid  to  him,  I  pmumie  it  may  be  rather  an  happy 
^  event.  I  doubt  you  are  too  fiili  of  business  to  give  us  some 
*  memorials  conoeming  him  and  hb  Father,  both  eminent  in 
their  way;  but,  as  this  last  Gentleman  was  an  excellent  Scholar^ 
eogagfid  in  much  business  and  veiy  considerable  Publications, 
and  extended  his  life  to  a  long  stretch,  asketch  of  hb  Life  would 
be  highly  acceptable  to  the  publick. — You,  I  apprehend,  are 
now  sole  at  his  press.-— I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  your  share 
of  trouble  about  my  Archieologia,  which  I  have  just  now  re« 
ceived;  and  I  thank  you  much  for  your  kind  present  of  the 
copies  of  my  Pftper  on  St  George.  —  I  pray  God  send  you  the 
cmoyment  of  better  health,  and  am.  Sir,  your  truly  aflfectio- 
sate,  and  most  obliged  servant,  Sam.  Pegge.** 

f  See  voL  I.  p.  565. — Of  this  pamphlet  only  90  copies  were 
printed  $  one  m  which  was  sent  to  St.  John^s  College,  Cam- 
nri^ge,  and  the  others  to  particular  Friends  of  Mr.  Bowyer. 
Some  of  them  are  accounted  for  by  the  foUo\%ing  notes : 

''  Sept  5,  1778.  Dr.  Ducard  thanks  Mr.  Nichols  for  his 
kind  present  of  two  of  Mr.  Bowyer*s  Lives  (wishes  to  know 
whether  Mr.  l\itet  might  be  £avoured  with  one)  will  put  the 
'  other  in  the  Lambeth  Library  as  soon  as  the  Archbishop  comes 
to  town.*'-—''  Sir  John  Pringle  returns  Mr.  Nichols  many  thanks 
for  his  late  publication,  which  he  was  so  good  as  to  make  a 
present  of  to  him.  Sir  John  PHi^le  wishes  that  Mr.  Nichols 
may  to  the  end  of  his  life  find  all  his  friends  as  grateful  to  him 
as  he  has  been  to  his  bene&ctor;  and  that,  when  he  has  finished 
his  course,  his  heirs  may  be  as  studious  to  do  justice  to  his  me* 
mory,  as  he  has  been  to  honour  Mr.  Bowyer*s.  Pall  MaU,  S^t. 
10,  1778.'  —  SepL  II,  "  Mr. Tuitt  presents  his  compliments  and 
thanks  to  Mr.  Nichols  for  his  kind  present  of  the  Anecdotes  of 
Mr.  Bowy'er.  The  plague  and  distraction  of  a  house  full  of  work- 
men has  prevented  Mr.  Tutet  from  returning  sooner  his  thanks.*' 
*—<'  SepL  11.  I  am  much  obliged  to  Mr.  Nichols  for  his  Me* 
moire  of  Mr.  Bowyer ;  and  only  wish  he  had  such  materials  for 
those  of  Mr.  Clarke  and  Mr.  Markland.  R.  Gough.** — "  I  am 
ordered  by  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Trustees  of  the  British 
Museum,  to  signify  to  you,  that  they  have  received  the  present 
of  a  pamphlet,  intituled  'Anecdotes  Biographical  and  Literary  of  . 
tile  J^  Mr*  Willian^  Bowser,  Printer/  which  you  were  pleased 

lateljr 


1778.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  StjJS 

cular  friends ;  and,  at  the  request  of  my  friend  Mr.* 
David  Henry,  with  whom  I  had  in  that  year  bne- 
come  an  associate  in  the  management  of  the  Gentle- 
man's Magazine,  the  Article  was  there  given  at  large, 
in  vol.  XlVIII.  pp.  409  &  scqq. 
.  la  March  1782  (as  has  been  noticed  in  p.  II3)  9, 
new  and  enlarged  Edition  was  published,  in  quarto, 
of  Mr.  Bowyer's  "  Conjectures  *  on  the  New|- Testii- 

latoly  to  make  tlioni,  and  to  return  you  their  thanks  for  the 
same.  Jos.  Planta,  Secretary.  BrUhh  Museum,  Sept.  1 1, 1778." 
— •'  Mr.  As  tie's  best  coiiipliments  attend  Mr.  Nichols,  and  the 
Chartej's,  &c.  relating  to  the  Abbey  of  Bee,  are  very  much  at  hii 
sen  ice.  Mr.  As  tie  linils  only  pait  of  a  Seal  of  Bee.  Mr.  Astle 
is  truly  obliged  to  Mr.  Nichols  for  his  Anecdotes  relating  to  the 
late  Mr.  Bowyer.  Sept.  25.'* — "  I  am  obliged  to  you  for  your  civi- 
Lty  in  sending  me  Dr.  King's  Works  and  Mr.  Bowyer's  Memoirs ; 
which  have  given  mc  much  amusement.  If,  at  any  time  here«- 
after,  it  comes  within  my  sphere  to  assist  you  in  any  undertak- 
ing, I  shall  do  it  with  great  pleasure  3  and  am.  Sir,  your  most 
humble  servant,  John  Bradley.  Lincoln,  Jan.  31,  1779." -t 
**  Harlq/'Street,  Ftb.  11,  1779.  If  I  had  known  to  whom  I  was 
obliged  for  the  anonymous  Memoirs  of  Mr.  Bowyer's  Life,  I 
should  have  i*eturned  more  early  acknowledgments  to  you  for 
that  fa\our.  I  was  much  ])1eased,  in  the  perusal,  to  see  tlie 
Jiteniry  merit  of  your  rricnd  pointed  out  by  such  respectable  tes- 
timonies, from  those  who  were  of  no  small  fame  in  the  Repub- 
lick  of  Letters  3  anioiigbt  whom  every  line  of  Mr.  Clarke's  will 
please  a  leader,  whilst  it  does  honour  to  his  subject.  His  Will 
thew.'s  how  much  he  wi&hod  to  improve  the  press  by  the  abilitiea 
r#t' the  iKT^ons  to  be  employed  in  it;  and  I  am  glad  to  find  that 
worthy  object-?  have  been  found  to  receive  tlie  benefit  of  his  ap* 
pointmcnt.  1  doubt  not  of  your  endeavours  to  keep  up  the  cre^ 
till  of  hin  hous4»  iind  bubinesbj  and  am.  Sir,  Yoiu*  veiy  humble 
bL-nant,     Jer.  Millks.*' 

*  'l'li<!  **  C onjcctuns"  had  been  translated  into  the  German 
Lin«.niat;e,  and  re-printed,  by  John  Christopher  Frederick  Schulz'v 
J^rolVs-or  of  l)i\inity,  of  the  Oriental  and  Greek  Languages,  and 
AntHpiItii'5,  rA!ip>ic,  1774,  Svo. 

•  A  I'-turth  Kdition  of  the  **  Conjectures*'  will  be  published  earl]( 
in  \HVl,  conrcted;  enriched  witli  some  valuable  additions  bf 
lii>hop  Barrington,  Dr.  Owen,  Mr.  Stephen  Wenton,  Professor 
Schnl/,  K<-.  &c. 

•  \  **C«)i?jt:(  tin*al  criticir^m,  particularly  when  it  Is  exercised  oi| 
X\iv  .Sacred  V\  liting**,  is  jK-culiarly  delicate  and  hazardous.  It 
rcquiri^  great  sagacity  and  gi*eat  caution.  Of  blind  and  bol4 
arl\rntiiri*rs  tlie  list  is  numeruihs :— of  those  whose  vanity  tempted 
tbt  in  to  iirlk^:  out  of  tj)«^  beaten  path  in  qiickt  of  somelhii^ 

ncwi 


S96  UTERARY  AN£CDOT£S   OF  [l783. 

»  ment ;"  and  in  the  middle  of  that  year  the  "  little 
brochure'^  had  extended  itself  into  a  large  and 
closely  printed  quarto  volume;  the  reception  of 
which  by  the  publick  at  large,  and  the  liberal  cri- 
ticism *  it  received,  have  encouraged  the  Author  to 

new  5  or  of  those  whose  bifi:oted  attachment  to  some  darling 
system  hath  given  every  conjecture,  that  tended  to  support  it, 
the  credit  of  truth.  .  This  Publication  presents  us  with  many 
of  each  class.  We' have  Arians  conjecturing  in  spite  of  the  Tri- 
nity 5  and  the  Socinian  in  bold  defiance  of  the  Atonement.  We 
have  Athanasians  making  reprisals  on  the  one,  and  Calvinists  oa 
the  other ;  while  the  liiiidel,  standing  aloof  from  the  dubious 
•tiife,  is  indift'ei-eht  who  wins,  so  long  as  Religion  loses  the 
day !  That  there  should  be  much  futile  criticism,  and  many 
idle  and  improbable  conjectures,  in  so  large  a  Work  as  the  pre- 
sent,  is  not  to  be  wondei-ed  at.  However,  the  wonder  would 
have  been  greater  if,  from  so  learned  a  Collector,  the  curious 
Reader  had  not  met  with  an  ample  recompence.  Of  the  first 
edition  of  this  valuable  work  we  gave  some  account  at  its 

original  publication " — *'  We  observed  in  the  beginning  of 

this  Article,  that  conjectural  criticism  is  too  hazardous  to  be  \en- 
tured  on  without  great  cautiou,  and  without  a  distinguished 
share  of  natural  acuteness  and  acquired  knowledge.  InfideL*  w  ill 
.avail  themselves  of  this  licence,  when  rashly  exercised  by  Critics 
and  Commentatoi's  on  the  Sacred  Scriptures  j  and  will  question 
the  whole  from  the  fi*eedom  taken  with  a  part.  It  is  difficult  to 
draw  the  line  between  a  blind  and  bigoted  attachment  to  tlie 
present  state  of  the  Greek  text,  and  a  temerarious  and  wanton 
departure  fi*om  it.  It  betrays  weakness  to  a  high  degree,  to 
object  to  every  emendation,  however  well  authenticated  by  an- 
'  tient  MSS.  or  antient  versions ;  and,  on  the  other  hand,  when  a 
person,  without  such  authorities,  alters  the  J^acrod  text  at  plea- 
sure, to  serve  a  system,  or  to  get  rid  of  a.diflieuhy,  he  betvays 
an  irreverence  for  the  Divine  Oracles  j  and,  instead  of  removing, 
only  increases  the  cavils  of  infidelity,  and  gives  some  colour  tq 
the  cautionary  pleas  of  Popery.  Nevertheless,  Mr.  Bowycr's 
Work,  particuLirly  in  the  present  very  improved  edition  of  it,  hath 
its  utility  in  many  respects :  for,  on  the  whole,  it  may  be  consi- 
dered as  a  very  valuable  repositoiy  of  hints  for  emendation  and 
illustration,  which  the  judicious  student  of  the  New  Testament 
may  avail  hiuLself  of,  and  derive  improvement  and  information 
from  J  and  in  this  view  it  merits  our  recommendation." 

Monlfdy  Review,  vol  LXVIL  p.  113—123. 

*  Dr.  Johnson's  opinion  of  the  Work  may  be  seen  in  vol.  II, 
p.  55^5   and  Mr.  Reed's  in  vol.  III.  p.  228. 

Mr.  D' Israeli,  in  one  of  his  earliest  publications,  observes, 
**  Mr.  Nichols,  in  his  Life  of  Flowifcrt  has  made  a  most  valuable 
Itccession  of  contemporary  anecdote.*' 

Mf.  Mdty,  in  the  Rki  Volume  of  his  "  New  Rc\ iew,"  thus 
•^       ■  mention^ 


1783.]  THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  f97 

continue,  from  time  to  time,  the  pleasing  task  of 
enlargement,  and,  be  hopes,  improvement. 

mentions  the  "  Anecdotes  :**  "  Frobenius  scattering  flowers  over 
the  grave  of  Aldus,  and  taking  the  op[)ortunity  at  the  same  time 
of  (laying  literaiT  honours  to  Erasmus,  and  tlie  Worthies  who 
made  his  learned  press  sweat  under  tiieui} — in  plainer  words,  • 
an  account  of  a  vei-y  di^tinguibhed  and  very  worthy  Prudter, 
who  renaid  Literature  what  he  had  received  from  it,  by  that 
clause  in  his  Will  which  makes  provision  for  tiie  maintenance 
of  a  learned  Compositor  of  the  press.    Together  with  the  ac- 
count are  given  Anecdotes,  some  longer,  some  shorter,  of  the 
Writers  who  piinted  at  Mr.  Bowj'cr's  press :   the  Warbiurtons, 
/     the  Sherlocks,  the  Marklands,  the  Jortins,  the  Taylors,  tlie  De 
Missys,  the  Gales,  the  Stukele^'s,  &c.  &c.  &c.     The  use  of  this 
Work,  which  ujll  grow  more  precious  the  older  it  grows,  is, 
that  sevei*al  memorials  of  Works  and  Authors  ^ill  hereby  be 
preserved,  which  otherwise  would  have  sunk  in  oblivion ;   and 
chat  even  he  who  has  not  time  enough  to  consult  the  whole 
may  at  any  time  satisfy  himself  of  a  literary  date,  or  controverted 
fact,  by  rt'curring  to  the  Index,  which  will  easily  lead  him  to 
what  he  wants.'* 

The  Rev.  John  Dunrombc,  in  the  Gentleman*s  Magazine,  ob« 
sencs,  **  A  vast^  an  accumulated  debt  of  gfatitude,  a  rare  produc- 
tion in  this  degenerate  age,  has  produced  this  bulky  volume,  which, 
if  it  be  not  more  the  iiihtory  of  Mr.  Bowyer  th^  of  his  Literary 
Contemporaries,  is  certainly  a  collection  of  many  valuable  Anec- 
dotes, illustrating  the  State  of  Liter.Uure  among  us  for  80  years. 
The  Compiler  (which  is  no  mean  praise)  unites  the  characters  of 
Authfir,  Historian,  Bioii^rapher,  AntiquaT)',  Critic,  and  Printer— 
a  vcn'  Frobenius,  Aldus,  Stephens ;  and,  to  speak  more  like  an 
Englishman,  the  Canton,  W.  de  Worde,  and  Finson,  of  the 
eighteenth  centiu*y  -,   a  gi-utclVd  scholar  and  a  worthy  8UCce5»sor 

of  W.  Bowyer After  having  announced  this  very  singular 

publication,  we  purposely  withheld  both  commendation  and 
extract,  lest  they  might  have  been  su])))Osed  to  arise  from  par- 
tiality to  a  liteniry  Coadjutor :  but  the  concurring  voice  of  eveiy 
respectable  Reviewer  coinciding  with  our  0))iui()n,  a  longer 
silence  would  be  unjust.  To  trace  the  progress  by  which  the 
volume  has  fp:o\\n  to  its  present  bulk,  would  be  an  amusing 
enquiry.  Our  readers  may  ivcolk^t  the  outlines  of  it  in  tho 
Gentleman's  Mag:rzine  for  177 ^^  and  four  years  hsjve  since  been 
eni;ilmed  on  it  at  the  press,  in  which  |)eri(>d  many  '  new  and 
uiiex[)ected  informations*  have  addtnl  to  the  store,  and  furnished 
Mr.  Nichols  with  an  equitable  excuse  for  cKcasional  anachro- 
•  nisms.  Ihe  perpetual  enquiries  of  our  Corre-^pondeuts  after 
anecdotes  of  eminent  writers  may  be  feiil)  mentioned  as  a  proof 
of  *hc  utility  of  such  a  book  a^  that  before  Ut,  as  well  as  of  the 
extreme  difficulty  of  obtaming  satisfactory  information.  Let 
tiie  Reader  recollect  the  name  of  any  single  Author  whose  writ- 
ings 


Sg8  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l?8j» 

In  1783,  Mr.  Nichols  had  the  satisfaction  of  pre^ 
senting  to  the  pubUck  (what  Mr.  Bowyer  had  long 

logs  have  delighted  him,  with  whom  he  has  ever  been  acquainted, 
but  of  whom  no  Hfe  has  hitJierto  been  written.  Let  him  minute 
down  the  result  of  his  recollection;  ami  he  will  immediately 
perceive  how  deficient  the  narrative  will  appear  in  &ct5  and 
dates.  He  may  apply  to  some  common  acquaintance,  who  will 
mdd  a  single  circumstance ;  a  second  will  suggest  that  an  en- 
quiry of  some  third  person,  who  lives,  perhaps,  at  the  extremity 
of  the  kingdom,  may  lead  to  information.  Here  some  light  ap- 
peal's to  dawn ;  but,  v>hen  an  answer  comes,  the  distant  corre- 
*fipondent  recollects  nothing  with  certainty ;  and  is  perhaps  of- 
fended at  being  troubled  with  what  he  considers  as  an  imperti- 
nent enquiry.  After  much  difficulty,  the  Biographer  learm 
where  the  deceased  Author  was  buried,  and  dispatches  a  request 
to  the  minister  of  the  parish,  for  tlie  date  of  his  interment,  and 
a  copy  of  the  monumental  inscription.  When  this  can  be  ob- 
tained, it  is  a  great  acquisition.  But  now  the  labour  of  re- 
search begins  agiun.  Discovering  by  ilie  epitaph,  that  the  man 
of  eminence  was  born  in  sue  li  a  town,  and  \\  as  educated  at  such 
a  college,  recourse  must  \jc  had  to  the  place  of  his  nativity,  fi)r 
the  histoi-y  of  his  birth,  family,  and  early  habits;  and  to  Oxford 
or  Cambridge,  for  the  dates  of  his  admission,  his  degrees,  &c. ; 
when  a  new  enquiry  arises,  after  ecclesiastical  or  civil  prefer- 
ments; and  another,  more  useful,  but  not  quite  so  difficulty 
after  the  various  boolis  he  has  (mblished.  This  is  not  an  ima* 
ginary  process.  By  such  kind  of  laborious  pei-severance  only 
can  a  work  like  the  '  Anecdotes  of  Mr.  Bo\vyer'  be  compiled. 
And  we  wish  any  gentleman,  who  may  doubt  this  assertion^  to 
try  the  exi)erimciit  with  some  of  the  lives  that  have  been  en- 
quired after  in  our  Magazine ;  for  example,  with  that  of  Mr. 
Martin,  the  cclebi-ated  Optician  and  lecturer,  whom  every  body 
knew,  who  has  published  an  infinity  of  curious  treatises,  and 
who  died  so  lately  as  within  the  present  year"  [1782.] 

Should  these  be  suspected  to  have  been  somewhat  biassed  by 
friendship,  let  us  turn  to  the  ixmaiks  of  other  Critics,  to  whom 
I  was  then  an  utter  stranger.  A  Writer  in  tlK*  *'  Critical  Review," 
(the  Rev.  Joseph  Robertson,  j\s  I  afterwards  accidentally  disco^ 
\ered),  sa}S,  "We  have  now  befoi-e  us  a  Work  of  a  singular 
kind,  the  Memoirs  of  an  eminent  IVinter,  uceompanied  with 
a  hiogi-aphical  account  (;f  almost  all  the  learned  men  who 
were  connected  with  him,  either  by  friendship,  or  the  casual 
intercourse  of  business  iu  his  profession.  In  the  Text,  the 
Compiler  has  chiefly  confined  himself  to  the  Life  of  Mr.  Bow- 
yer, and  a  chronological  detail  of  the  Works  of  others,  which 
he  printed.  In  the  Notes,  he  has  inserted  all  the  authentic 
Anecdotes,  which  couUl  be  collected  by  a  long,  diligent,  and 
exj)ensive  enquiry,  relative  to  eveiy  author,  and  eveiy  person  of 
note,  whom  he  had  occasion  to  meatioii  in  tlic  course  of  th^ 

narra- 


1763*]  THB  EI6IITBBNTH  CXKTUEy.  Hift 

wished  to  see  accomplished)  i  handsome  volume  in 
quarto,  under  the  title  of  ^^  Novum  Testamentun^ 

narrative.*'  —  On  the  ])assap:e  relating  to  Layer's  head  (vol.  V. 
p.  41^)  Mr.  RuberUoQ  remarks,  ''  Imagine  this  venerable  Anti- 
quary and  his  comuanion  auaking  out  of  their  slumber,  how 
would  the  former  be  amazed  and  mortified  on  his  perceiving; 
that  he  had  been  taking  to  his  bo^om,  not  the  head  of  a  coun- 
sellor, but  the  worthlesb  iiatc  of  some  strolling  mendicant,  soma 
footpad,  or  some  su|)enmuuated  harlot !  Thei^  is  a  memorable 
story  of  the  same  kind,  relating  to  the  bones  of  Livy.  In  the 
year  1 413,  the  citizens  of  Padua,  in  digging  for  the  foundation 
of  a  chapel,  found  a  sort  of  cofHn,  on  uiiich  was  inscribed, 
"  T.  Livtus/ '  &c.  The  whole  city,  imagining  that  it  contained  the 
remains  of  the  celebrated  Historian  of  th:\t  name,  was,  on  this 
event,  a  scene  of  univerBal  exultation ;  and  these  supposed  illus- 
trious relicks  were  removed  with  great  pomp  and  soienmity  to 
the  most  conspicuous  and  honourable  situation  in  the  city, 
where  a  statue  was  erected  to  the  memory  of  Livy,  with  a  suit- 
able inscription.  In  1451,  AlphonsusV.  king  of  Arragon,  hear- 
ing of  this  wonderful  discovery,  employed  an  ambassador  to 
it^quest  that  the  Magistrates  of  Padua  would  send  him,  upon 
any  terms,  the  bone  of  that  arm  with  which  their  famous  coun- 
tryman had  written  his  history.  Upon  obtaining  this  favour,  he 
caused  tlie  bone  to  be  conveyed  to  Naples  with  the  gi*eatest 
ceremony,  and  presen  ed  as  a  most  valuable  relick.  But  many 
years  afterwaids  the  eolebrated  Gudius,  on  an  accurate  examina- 
tion of  the  inscription  which  was  originally  placed  over  the 
body,  incontestably  demonsti*ated,  that  the  bones  which  had 
been  preserved  with  so  much  veneration,  wei-e  nothing  more 
than  the  remains  of  one  Halys,  who  had  been  a  slave,  and  on 
receiving  his  free<lom,  had,  as  u.sual,  annexed  to  his  own  the 
name  of  his  master,  T.  Livius,  which  hiul  belonged  to  many 
persons  at  Padua,  besides  the  celebrated  Historian.  Yet,  not- 
withstanding the  detection  of  this  gross  mistake,  seveial  mo- 
dem writers  have  gravely  told  us,  that  the  bones  of  Livy  were 
discovered  at  Padua  in  the  year  1413  !  Such  deceptions  bhould 
put  Antiquaries  on  their  guaixl  against  a  wc^  and  ridiculous cre- 

dality The  limits  of  our  Review  oblige  us  to  conclude 

this  Article,  though  we  could  extend  it  much  farther  with  plea- 
sure to  ourselves  and  advantage  to  our  roadei-s  j  for  it  is  but 
jiL^tice  to  the  accurate  and  ingenious  Author  to  declare,  that 
this  Work  contains  a  copious  treiisure  of  biotrrapliical  informa- 
tion; and  may  1^  siiid  to  form  a  valuable  history  of  tlie  progress, 
and  ad%ancenient  of  Literatiu^e  in  this  kingdom,  from  the  begin- 
ning of  the  eighteenth  century  to  the  end  of  the  year  1777." 

The  Compiler  of  the  article  on  **  Domestic  Literature"  in  the 
"  \evr  Anaual  Register  for  1782,"  p.  328.  say.s.  *'  The  lovers 
ar^l  the  writers  of  Biiigriphy  arc  under  no  small  obligation  to  Mr. 
Nichols  for  his  '  Biogra])hieal  and  Liferaiy  Anecdotes  of  William 
fiowTer>  Pdnter,  and  of  many  of  liLs  learned  Friends.'     This 

work. 


300  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  J[}7^3* 

Graecum,  ad  fidem  Graecorum  soliim  Codicvm  MSS. 
expressum,  adstipulante  Joanne  JacoboWetstenio; 

work,  besides  giving  a  full  account  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  contains  the 
lives  of  nearly  all  the  men  of  Literature  who  have  floui'ished  dur- 
ing the  present  contury.  It  is,  in  fact,  the  History  of  Learning 
for  a  period  of  more  than  seventy  years.  So  large  a  body  ot 
biographical  materials  hath  not  been  collected  together  for  a 
long  time.  Mr.  Nichols  may  be  considered  as  the  Anthony 
Wood  of  the  age,  but  not  in  petulance  and  bigotry.  It  is  only 
in  the  excellencies  of  Wood  that  the  resemblance  holds :  in 
diligence  of  collection,  and  in  an  ardent  zeal  to  perpetuate  the 
memoiy  of  our  Englibh  writers." 
^To  this  hour  i  know  not  the  Author  of  the  following  critique: 
*'  •'The  life  of  a  private  Tixuiesnian,  however  distinguished  as 
a  Scholar,  cannot  be  e\j)cctc(l  to  abound  tcitk  adventure.'  Our 
industrious  Bicjgrapher  ib  fully  aware  of  the  objections  that  may 
be  made  to  his  undertaking,  from  tlie  want  of  curious  and  im- 
portant incidents  in  the  life  of  a  nvm  of  so  retired  a  character; 
and  acknowledircs  that  the  Anecdotes  of  Mr.  Bowver  arc  few, 
when  compared  to  the  many  tliat  are  intnxluced  of  his  learned 
Friends.  V\  ithout  the  latter,  the  former  would  have  affoixied 
little  inrormation,  and  less  euteilainment,  as  the  Anecdotes 
which  more  immediately  respect  Mr.  Bowyer  consist  chiefly  of 
details  relating  to  the  trade  of  publication,  which  arc  calculated 
to  aftbrd  amusement  but  to  a  vcit  small  class  of  readers.  *  The 
l)rincipal  figure  of  the  piece  stancU,  howe\er,  c\ery  where  fore- 
most on  the  canviiis  ;  aiwl  the  other  persons,  of  whom  anecdotes 
.aie  occa'^ionally  introcUiced,  were  connected  with  him  by  the 
ties  of  friendship  or  of  business.'  In  this  view  the  work  before 
us  acquires  some  dcirree  of  conse(|uence  5  is  curious  and  amus- 
ing:-and  contains  a  vast  stoie  of  literary  and  biographical  in- 

foi*mation From  this  inuneni>e  storehouse  we  are  at  a  loss 

what  to  make  choice  of  for  the  amusement  and  infoiiuation  of 
our  Readers.  We  have  anec^dotes  on  anecdotes :  for  it  is  the 
disposition  of  the  indefatigable  Compiler  of  thej»e  Memoirs  rather 
to  give  too  much  than  too  little  ;  and,  to  gratify  a  hungr}*  hunter 
of  Biography  with  all  the  sport  he  can  desire,  starts  more  game 
than  a  person  less  keen  in  the  chaee  hath  any  inclination  to 
pui"sue,  or  any  appetite  to  partake  of.  Amidst  a  multitude  of 
curious  and  original  papers  relating  to  the  Literature  of  the 
Eighteenth  Century,  we  are  presented  w  ith  Anecdotes  of  some  of 
the  most  distinguished  Autliors  who  have  ilgured  in  it:  —  the 
bare  recital  of  wiiose  name>s  would  fill  many  pages  of  oiu*  Re- 
.•  view. .  . .  Mr.  Nieliols's  resourees  ha^e  been  \ery  numerous,  and 
very  respectable.  He  tolls  u-,  that  he  had  once  an  intention  of 
giving  an  alphabetical  List  of  all  the  Friends  who  have  aflbnled 
him  assistance  in  th.s  (labonite  imdertaking;  but,  says  he, '  they 
are  now  so  numerous,  that  to  name  them  would  certainly  be  consi- 
dered as  ostentation  ;  and  to  some  of  them  (to  Sir  John  Pi  ingle. 
Dr.  Richardson,  Dr.  Fothcrgill,  and  Mr.  Costard)  those  thauk.^ 

wouid 


3.]  THE  EIGHTKENTil  CENTURY.  JOl 

a  Sectiones  Jo.  Alberti  Bengelii  divisum ;  et  novft 
^rpunctione  sirpius  illustratium.   Editio  secunda. 

Id  come  too  late,  which  to  the  sunivino^  Contributors  are 
rtheless  very  cordially  ^laid/  Some  anachronisms  have  un* 
iably  arisen  from  the  Work's  hii\ing  been  so  long  passing 
ugh  the  press.  IMany  of  them,  however,  are  corrected  in 
appendix,  which  is  exceedingly  co])ious,  and  abounds  wkh 
I  stores  of  literary  information  and  entertainment;  and  in 
ih  the  Author  chooses  rather  to  appear  triflinp:ly  minute^ 
i  to  sufier  articles  to  remain  which  it  was  in  his  power  to 
ect  or  improve.  From  the  multifai'ious  matter  which  lies 
re  us,  we  will  select,  for  the  amusement  of  our  Readers,  the 
unt  given  of  that  truly  great  Scholar,  and  original  Writer, 
IVarburton,  the  late  Bishop  of  (iloucesier."  —  In  a  subse- 
it  number  the  Reviewer  thus  pi-oceeds :  "  Having  giwn  a 
:  %iew  of  the  materials  of  which  this  elaborate  work  is  com- 
d,  and  of  the  \arious  kinds  of  entertainment  and  infbrma- 
which  it  will  afford  to  the  curious  and  inquisitive  Reader, 
low  proceed  to  the  s{)ecimens  of  Literary  flistor^'  promised 
ur  last.  The  first  of  these  &i)ecimens  is  the  account  here 
D  of  that  very  eminent  writer,  the  late  Bishop  Mf'arburton 
ich  is  accordingly  given]. — '*  Wc  are  informed  by  Mr.  Nichols, 

a  complete  and  elegant  Editiim  of  this  kerned  Prelate's 
tings  is  intended  for  the  Pul)lick,  by  his  all-accomplished 
id,  the  Bishop  of  Won-ester.  A  tribute  due  to  such  distin* 
hed  merit :  and  we  doubt  not  but  that  it  will  be  discharged 
manner  e^ery  way  worthy  of  the  memory  of  one  great  Pre- 

and  the  al»iiities  of  another.  Nor  is  this  only  the  tribute 
notice  to  li*arning,  but  of  afratitmle  to  friendship. — ^We  shall 
:lude  our  extracts  of  this  Work  with  the  account  which  the 
:or  hath  given  us  of  two  persons  of  far  dificrcnt  fame ;  viz. 
liam  Lauder  and  Auditor  Benson — both  of  them  Editors  of 
(iston  the  old  Scotch  Physician's  Latin  Version  of  David's 
van :  the  former  immortalized  by  his  own  infamy,  and  the 
r  by  Pope's  Dimciad."  —  "The  Author  is  entitled  to  the 
iks  of  the  curious  for  the  pains  he  takes  to  giatify  them  in 
ters  which  lie  out  of  the  I'each  of  common  instruction ;  and 
vish  him  succe<.s  and  encouragement  in  his  future  enquiries 
pursuits."  Monthly  Review,  \7S%  vol.  LA^flf.pp.  270—339. 

shall  subjoin  a  short  I^ettcr  or  tw  o  from  Mr.  Walpole : 
April  . .  178'^.     As  it  is  said  to  l>e  so  much  desired,  the  Au« 
coa«;ents  to  let  the  whoUu»f  the  Letter  on  Chatterton  be  printed 
le  Gentleman's  Magazine ;  but  not  in  ^  separate  pamphleL** 
"Sir,  Berkeley-gf^fi.\^,  June  \9,  17&2' 

Phis  was  Mr.  WaJpole's  letter  on  Chattorton  5  originally 
ted  at  Strawbei^r)'  Hill.  See  it  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LIL  pp. 
«47.  300.  347.] 

Just  this  moment,  on  opening  your  Rfth  volume  of  Miscel'* 
mis  Poems,  1  find  the  Translation  of  Cato's  Sjieech  into 
a,  attributed  (by  common  fjune)  to  Bi!>hop  Attcrbury.    t 

caa 


1 

$0i  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [l?^^* 

Londini,Cura,Typis,etSumptibusJohanni8Nichols.'* 
"  Reverendo  doctissimoque  Viro,  Henrico  Owen, 
S.  T.  P.  banc  Editionem,  ipsius  auxilio  concinna- 
tara,  Amicitiae  &  Gratitudinis  ergo,  dat,  dicat,  dedw 
catque  J.  Nichols.*' 

In  the  same  year  was  pubhshed,  a  small  pamph<> 
let,  intituled,  •*  An  Apology  for  Mr.  Hooke*s  Olh 
servafions  concerning  the  Roman  Senate ;  with 
an  Index  to  the  Observations  * ;  by  Mr.  Bowyer.** 
r  In  1785,  a  quarto  volume  was  published,  under 
the  title  of  "  Miscellaneous  Tracts,  by  the  late  Wil- 
liam Bowyer,  Printer,  F.  S.  A.  and  several  of  his 
learned  Friends ;  including  Letters  on  Literary  Sub- 
jects, by  Mr.  Markland,  Mr.  Clarke,  &c.  &c.  Col- 
lected and  illustrated  with  occasional  Notes,  by  John 
Nichols,  Printer,  F.  S.  A.  Edinb.  lySs-f-. 

can  most  positively  assure  you,  that  tliat  Translation  was  the 
work  of  Dr.  Henry  Bland,  afterwards  Head-master  of  Eton 
School,  Provost  of  the  College  there,  and  Dean  of  t>urham.  1 
have  more  than  once  lieard  my  fatlier  Sir  Robert  VValpole  say, 
that  it  was  he  himself  who  gave  that  Translation  to  Mr.  Addison, 
who  was  extn^mely  surprized  at  the  fidelity  and  beauty  of  it.  It 
may  be  worth  while,  Sir,  on  some  future  occasion,  to  mention 
this  fiact  in  some  one  of  your  valuable  and  cuiious  piiblications. 
I  am.  Sir,  with  fp-cat  regard,  Uor.  Walpolb.** 

''  June  30.  "  Mr,  Walpole  is  much  obliged  to  Mr.  Nichols  for 
the  prints,  and  will  beg  another  of  Mr.  Bowycr  for  his  Collection 
of  Heads,  as  he  shall  put  the  one  he  has  received  to  Mr.  Bowycr's 
Life.  Mr.  Walpole  has  no  objection  to  being  named  fox  the  anec- 
dote of  Dr.  Bland's  translation,  as  it  is  right  to  authenticate  it.'* 

*'  Strawberry  Hill,  Aug.  18,  178«. 

"  Mr.  Walpole  is  extremely  obliged  to  Mr.  Nichols  for  the 
books  and  prints  •,  and  begs,  when  he  sees  Mr.  Gough,  to  thank 
him  for  his  obliging  present  of  Mr.  Brown's  tract." 

*  "  Nichols,  Typographus  Anglus,  successor  celeberrimi  Bow- 
yeri,  cui  neque  artis  peritiSl  neque  doctrin^  &  diligently  impar 
est,  cdidit  Bowyeri  Apologiam  Opinionum  Hookii  quoad  Senatum 
Romanum,  &  Anecdota  Literaria  de  Bowyero.**  Annales  LiU'^ 
rarii,  Helmstad,  by  B runs,  June  1783,  p.  671. 

t  ''  Little  is  necessary  to  be  said  to  introduce  a  Collection  of 
Miscellanies  which  claim  for  their  author  the  last  of  learned 
Printers.  The  Publick  have  been  sufficiently  apprized  of  Mr. 
Bowyer's  early  attention  to  every  department  of  Ljterature^  and 
to  every  book  which  came  under  his  Father's  or  his  own  press, 
while  finishing  a  learned  education  at  the  University,  and  while 
applying  the  store  of  knowledge  there  treasured  up^  to  improve 
Vie  classic  authors  which  he  priuled>  or  to  criticize  those  pub- 


Js-l 


TI»  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY*  30$ 


'*  To  perpetuate,  as  far  as  these  pages  may  extend, 
5  well-earned  fame  of  the  most  learned  Printer 
his  age,  these  remaining  testimonies  of  Mn  Bow- 
l's inaustry  and  abilities  are  selected  by  J.  Nichols, 
grateful  remembrance  of  an  early  friend  and  gene- 
is  benefactor  ♦.     Hie  Cc&tus  Artemque  reponitJ* 

0d  by  bis  friends.  Mr.  Bowyer*s  Life  is  tbe  best  illustration 
his  Miscellanies ;  and  the  EcUtor  of  theui  thinks  be  could  not 
bim  greater  credit  tlian  in  leaving  liini  to  speak  for  himself  in 
Tsrious  forms  of  Author,  Commentator,  Critic,  and  Cor- 
pondent,  on  and  with  some  of  the  first  Litei*ati  of  his  age. 
>  Commentary  on  the  New  TestHiiiont  is  a  copious  memorial 
bis  critical  talents ;  and  though  it  needs  not  to  be  set  off  by 
r  lesser  work,  we  trust  the  loose  notes,  from  the  margins  oif 
interleaved  Classic;*,  will  not  be  deemed  unworthy  to  follow 

If  the  publication  of  marginal  notes  on  books  stand  in 

id  of  any  apolog}%  the  Editor  cannot  make  a  better  than  by 
erring  to  those  multifarious  and  learned  notes  which  compose 

•  two  volumes  of  "  Miscellaneous  Obsen^ations,*'  by  Dr.  Jor« 
I  and  his  friends.  Let  it  not  be  supposed,  however,  though  this 
lume  is  professedly  a  collection  of  fragments — that  it  contains 
t  gleanings  of  Mr.  Bowyer's  library.  An  ample  liarvest  yet 
nains  on  the  mai^ins  of  many  of  his  books,  which,  though 
if  may  be  too  minute  perhaps  for  extraction  in  the  present 
)de,  would  be  of  no  small  utility  to  future  Editoi's  -,  and  they 
ill  be  commimicated  to  any  gentleman  who  may  in  fnturc  be 
gaged  in  the  tiisk  of  publication.  Were  even  the  several  indexes 
ikh  Mr.  Bowyer  drew  up  to  various  books  for  his  own  use  pro* 
r  subjects  for  detached  or  collective  publication,  the  Editor  is 
Kuaded  lie  sliould  obtain  the  thanks  of  the  most  superficial,  as 
ill  as  of  the  most  attentive  Reader.     How  many  books  would 

benefited  by  an  index  made  out  by  such  an  hand,  which 
Mild  at  once  be  a  glossary,  a  syllabus,  and  a  table  of  correc- 
!  Nor  was  our  learned  Printer  so  devoted  to  the  ancient 
as  not  to  pay  a  proper  n^gnrd  to  thcjse  of  his  own  coun* 
r.  Buty  after  all,  should  this  tribute  of  private  gratitude  be 
emed  uninteresting  to  the  literary  [niblick,  the  Editor,  while  be 
Julgcs  his  own  feelings,  will  not  rcgi-et  tliat  he  has  introduced 
the  workl  tlie  correspondence  with  Mr.  Bowyer's  fiiends,  and 
:b  iUustrious  names  in  the  Hepublick  of  lictters  as  close  this 
hime,  and  form  at  least  a  third  part  of  it.**  Preface,  pp.  vii.  ix. 

•  •♦  Perhaps  the  grateful  rcniembi-ance  of  his  earlv  Patron 
i  liberal  Benefitctor  may  have  too  much  biassed  the  judgment 
Mr.  Nichols  in  behalf  of  some  pieces  in  thb  collection,  wliich 
our  opinion  are  unworthy  of  a  liberal  mind  or  an  enlightened 
derstaading.  Butj  says  the  Editor,  after  Garrick  (who  also 
ike  of  the  **  god  of  his  idolatr\'*'). 

It  is  my  pride,  my  joy,  my  only  plan. 
To  Iqic  no  drop  of  tlus  inunortal  man. 

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304  LITERARY  ANECDOTES  OF  [ijSS* 

The  Volume  is  tlius  inscribed :      ^ 

*^  To  Richard  Gough,  Pisq.  these  remains  of  Mr. 
Bowyer,  whom  he  valued  as  a  friend,  and  respected 
as  a  scholar,  are  inscribed  by  the  Editor,  in  acknow- 
ledgement of  many  literary  favours  conferred  on  his 
predecessor  and  himself." 

The  motive  does  honour  to  his  feelings ;  and  if  we  had  no  praise 
to  bestow  on  this  collection,  we  should  have  sufficient  i-eason  to 
commend  the  jirinciple  that  f^ve  birth  to  it.  These  Tracts  aro 
the  produition  of  the  late  learned  Mr.  Bo^vyer  and  his  Friends ; 
particularly  of  Gale,  Clarke,?  and  Maikland  :  extracts  from  the 
correspoudeucc  vnih  the  two  last  form  a  considerable  part  of 
the  volume.  Of  the  learnim^  and  abilities  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  the 
Publick  have  liail  frequent  and  ample  proofs,  in  his*  various  produc- 
tions, which  have  illustrated  and  aclonied  almost  every  depart- 
ment of  Literature.  The  materials  of  the  present  volume  (though 
of  imequal  merit  and  importance)  would  confirm  the  received 
opinion  of  his  talents  and  erudition,  if  the  fame  of  Mr.  Bowyer 
Mood  in  need  of  any  additional  confirmation.  Many  of  the 
articles  in  this  Miscellany  seem  to  have  been  written  amidst  the 
baste  and  fatigue  of  his  profession ;  and  that  which  in  others 
would  have  been  the  result  of  laborious  study,  was  nothings  more 
than  a  relaxation  to  his  vigorous  and  well-furnishe^  mind.  His 
llemarks  on  Kennett's  Roman  Antiquities ;  Bladen's  translation  of 
Caesar j  on  the  Roman  history,  commerce,  and  coin;  and  the 
Notes  on  Middieton's  Life  of  Cicero,  display  his  accui-ate  know- 
ledge of  Roman  learning  and  customs.  Various  errors  and  mis- 
takes in  the  last  celebrated  work  are  j^ointed  out  and  corrected  : 
—these,  and  indeed  the  greater  part  of  his  criticisms,  are  written 
with  so  much  candour  and  moderation,  that,  while  his  learning 
and  abilities  command  our  resj)ect,  his  urbanity  and  benevolence 
conciliate  our  esteem.  This  liberal  conduct  of  the  learned 
Printer  is  i)articularly  deserving  of  praise,  when  we  consider 
that  few — very  tew  examples  of  it  were  afforded  him  by  his  con* 
temporaries,  who  took  the  lead  in  criticism  aiid  controversy : — 
that  he  lived  when  the  Republick  of  J-<etters  was  disgraced  by  the 
strife  of  literary  gladiators;  and  when  the  contest  concerning 
the  Epistles  of  Phalaris  had  been  agitated  with  all  the  powers  of 
ridicule,  invective,  and  slander.  The  Publick  are  indebted  to  the 
care  and  gratitude  of  Mr.  Nichols  for  this  collection  of  the 
remains  of  his  early  Friend,  whom  he  styles,  in  a  short  and  sen- 
sible Preface,  "  the  last  of  learned  Printers."  The  accuracy, 
however,  of  the  present  publication,  and  the  other  labours  of 
our  Editor,  bear  respectable  testimony  that  at  least  the  love  of 
leai'ning,  and  a  desire  to  promote  its  interest,  is  not  yet  extin- 
guished among  the  Printex-s  of  this  Country.'*  .  M,  Review,  vol. 
LXXiy.  pp.  167—175. 


ESSAYS 


V 


THE  EIGHTEENTH  CENTURY.  3O5 


KSSAYS   AND    ILLUSTRATIONS. 


No.  I. 
REV.  C^SAR  DE-MISSY. 

Caesar  De-Missy,  born  at  Berlin,  June  2,  IJOS^ 
Has  eldest  son  of  Charles  De-Missy,  merchant  at 
Berlin,  native  of  the  province  of  Saintonge,  by  his 
wife  Susanna  GodeffVoy,  grand-daughter  'of  John 
(iodeffroy,  esq.  I^rd  of  Richal,  who  was  mayor 
and  captain  general  of  the  government  of  Rochelle, 
t%hen  besieged  by  Lewis  XIII.  He  studied  first  at 
the  French  college  at  Berlin,  and  from  thence 
removed  to  the  University  of  Francfort  on  the  Oder*. 

• 

*  This  article  is  fonned  out  of  a  communication  vhich  I  re- 
ceived in  \7ii%  with  the  following  letter : 

"Sir,  Jaw?  ^9,   1785. 

*'  Mr.  Woide  havin":  informed  me  that  vou  wished  for  some 
oi(»e;ra[)hical  account  of  my  worthy  and  ev«r  regrettctl  husbands 
I  thouglit  that  which  was  publislied  about  four  yeai-s  ago  at  Ber- 
lin might  not  be  uuacceptable,  and  the  more  as  the  foreign 
publications  find  their  way  with  great  difficulty  to  London: 
therefore  (having  only  one  copy  of  the  printed  sheets,  which  a 
Kclation  sent  me  at  the  time  by  the  post)  1  1k»vc  tnmscribed  it 
for  you.  You  have.  Sir,  my  free  consent  to  print  the  wl\ole,  or 
any  part  thei*eof,  either  in  its  present  language,  or  in  English, 
if  you  see  any  impropriety  in  inserting  French  in  your  work :  and 
it  you  should  de!>ire  to  know  any  thing  moiv,  relative  to  Mr.  l>e 
Missy,  whatever  intelligcnct!  mav  be  in  my  power,  I  shidl  very 
willingly  impart. — 1  return  you  my  hearty  and  mt^st  grateful 
acknowledgments  for  )(?iir  kind  aitenticm  to  my  dear  Mr.  l>e 
Mis«y's  memory  ;  and  join  my  thanks  with  those  of  thepublick, 
for  the  solicitiide  you  ha\e  moie  than  cmce  j»hewn  to  pTeser\iB 
fioni  oblivion  names  which  deserve  to  be  i*ememlH.'i*ed  with  es- 
icfni.  1  am.  Sir,  Your  obliged  humble  servant,     E.  Dr  IMissy." 

Vol.  hi.  X  lU 


306  LITERARY   ANtCDOTtS, 

• 

He  was  examined  for  the  degree  of  Cundidat  *  at 
Berlin,  and  his  letters  of  recej)tion  were  dated  1725: 
but,  by  a  kind  of  ecclesiastical  tyranny,  the  candi- 
dates for  the  ministry  were  obliged  to  sign  an  act  of 
orthodoxy  |)eculiar  to  the  Prussian  dominions ; 
which  certain  scruples  entertained  by  Mr.  De-Missy 
and  Mr.  Franc,  another  candidate,  who  liad  been 
examined  and  received  with  him,  not  permitting 
them  to  do  without  reserve,  it  was  eleven  months-}" 
before  they  could  obtain  their  letters,  at  the  end  of 
which  time  they  were  allowed  to  sign  with  every 
restriction  thev  could  wish.  To  avoid  the  incon- 
venience  of  this  act  which  ministers  were  then 
obliged  to  sign  also  when  they  were  called  on  to 
serve  a  church,  notwidistanding  some  eminent  mi- 
nisters at  that  time  at  Berlin  had  never  signed,  Mr. 
De-Missy  resolved  to  quit  the  country ;  and,  after 
haying  preached  about  iive  years  in  different  towns  of 
•the  United  Provinces,  from  whence,  as  well  as  from 
Berlin,  he  brought  the  most  flattering  testimonies  of 
approbation  and  esteem,  he  was  invited  to  London 
•in  1731,  and  ordained  to  serve  the  French  Chapel 
in  the  Savoy ;  and  in  1 762  he  was  named  by  the 
Bishop  of  London  10  succeed  Mr.  Serces  as  one  of 
the  French  chaplains  to  his  Majesty  in  his  Chapel 
at  St.  James's,  a  preferment  which  he  held  for  many 
years.  Several  little  poetical  pieces,  some  of  whicn 
nave  been  set  to  musick,  essays  both  in  sacred 
and  profane  literature,  epitomes  of  books,  memoirs, 
dissertations,   &c.  &c.  by  Mr.  De-Missy,  with  his 

•*  Candidal  is  the  title  given  at  Berlin  to  such  gentlemen  as, 

Cfter  examination,  are  acknowledged  capable  of  the  holy  ministiy^ 
ut  have  not  yet  any  living  or  ecclesiastical  preferment, 
i'  This  tune  was  passed  m  examinations  and  altercations ;  and 
the  affair  probably  would  not  have  terminated  as  it  didj  had  it  not 
been  for  the  death  of  a  prime  minister,  who  was  uncommonly 
ftrenuous  for  the  act,  which  was  peculiarly  distressing  to  delicate 
consciences,  even  though  orthodox.  There  yet  exists  (m  some 
copies  of  letters  written  at  the  time)  a  full  account  of  this  petty 
penBecution,  which  is  curious  enough,  but  perhaps  not  an  object 
^^tteption  here.  ' 

initials 


CJESAR  DC-MIS8T.  iOf 

initials  C.  D.  M.  or  some  assumed  naftie^  and 
frequently  anonymous,  appeared  in  different  col-^ 
lections  and  periodical  journals  in  Holland,  France, 
and  England,  from  1721.  He  seldom  published 
any  thing  except  occasionally,  or  in  consequence  of 
certain  unforeseen  engagements,  or  the  importuniUr 
of  friends.  Such  was  a  little  piece  printed  m  March 
1722,  on  the  recovery  of  Lewis  aV.  composed  by 
the  author  while  at  college  at  the  solicitation  of 
his  music-master ;  some  pieces  in  the  "  Mercure  de 
France,"  and  Mr.  Jordan's  "  Recueil  de  Literature^ 
de  Philosophie,  et  d'Histoire,  I73O;'*  the  verses  to 
Voltaire  in  Jordan's  "  Voyage  Literaire,  fait  en 
U33)"  printed  in  1735;  the  Addresses  to  the 
Quetm  of  England  and  the  Princess  of  Wales, 
printed  in  the  Dutch  Gazette,  1736  ;  the  four 
poetical  pieces  in  the  French  Translation  of  Pamela, 
J  741 9  and  .some  in  the  ^^  Bibliotheque  Britannique,** 
and  the  ^^  Magazin  Francois  de  Londres  ;'*  a  Greek 
epigram,  with  a  translation  and  letters  relating  to  it, 
in  the  Public  Advertiser,  May  31,  June  4,  15,  2I3 
1763.  In  1725,  at  the  invitation  of  Mess.  De 
Beausobre,  he  wrote  a  little  poem  on  the  tragical 
affair  at  Thorn  *,  which,  after  having  been  printed 
by  their  order  in  Holland,  with  their  translation  of 
Jablonski's  "  Thorn  afflig^,**  was  suppressed  without 
their  knowledge  before  the  book  was  published^ 
The  same  year  he  transcribed  and  translated,  for  the 
elder  De  Beausobre,  some  old  MS  German  letter^ 
for  his  History  of  the  Reformation  in  Germany^ 
which  still  remains  in  MS.  probably  because  no 
bookseller  (notwithstanding  the  author's  reputation) 
has  been  found  willing  to  engage  in  it  on  liberal 
terms. 

In  17f8  or  1729,  being  at  Amsterdam,  he  assisted 
his  friend  Mr.  De  Chevriere  in  his  History  of  Eng- 
land. Among  other  authors  who  are  indebted  to  him 

*■  Tlie  persecution  there  of  the  Protestants  was,  at  the  time, 
thought  so  remarkable,  that  it  was  said  to  have  been  foretold  in 
the  Ibefelttioiis^ 

%  2  wete., 


Slt9  JLITEEAftT  AKECDOTE^. 

were,  Professor  We tstein  in  his  splendid  edition  of 
the  Greek  Testament  * ;  Dr.  Jortin,  in  his  Life  of 
Erasmns  -f* ;  Mr.  Bonyer  and  the  Writer  of  these 
Anecdotes,  in  "  Two  Essays  on  tlie  Origin  of  Print- 
ing, 1774/'  and  the  new  edition  with  additions,  I776; 
throughout  the  A|^ndix  to  which  many  of  his  va- 
luable remarks  are  scattered. 

In  1728  a  bookseller  at  Amsterdam  proposed 
to  him  to  undertake  a  quarto  volume,  to  connect  the 
History  of  the  Councils  by  Leniant  and  Father 
Paul;  but  from  this  he  excused  himself,  and  re- 
commended Mr.  De  Beausobre,  senior,  whose  criti- 
cal Essay  on  the  History  of  Manicheism  was  the 
fruit  of  this  negotiation. 

In  1735  Mr.  De-Missy  was  appointed  to  preach 
in  the  French  church,  called  the  FatentCj  in  Soho, 
on  the  Anniversary  of  the  Revocation  of  the  Edict  of 
Nantes  (for  a  pastor  of  that  church,  who  a  month 
before  had  broke  his  1^) ;  and  he  was  requested  to 

fmblish  a  sermon,  which  is  now  out  of  print,  hxxt 
las  {lassed  through  several  editions,  the  best  of  which 
istbatof  1751  J. 

Among  Dr.  Birch's  MSS.  is  a  letter,  in  French, 
from  Mr.  De-Missy,  in  1736,  recommendiag  his 
Brother  to  some  employment  in  one  of  the  Medi- 
terranean Islands. 

Some  Criticks  have  very  bitterly  reproached 
him  for  a  little  quarto  piece,  intituled,  ^^  Remarques 
de  Pierre  le  Motteux  sur  Rabelais,  traduites  11^ 
brement  de  TAnglois  par  C.  D.  M.  et  accom* 
pagn^  de  diverses  Observations  du  Traducteur. 
Edition  revue,  &c.  k  Londres,  1740,"  or  rather  1 741 ; 
in  which  work  he  engaged  from  motives  of  pure 
friendship  and  honour,  of  which  he  had  no  more 

*  See  Tom.  I.  p.  AG.  n.  I«.  p.  50.  n.  44.  p.  5J.  n.  G9.  p.  58.  xi. 
106.    TonauII.  p.S71. 

t  Sec  Val.  II.  pp.  ^6.  89.  414. 

X  Conc^mii^thA  first,  see  BibUotb.  Brit.  Tom.  VII.  whei-^  U 
also  a  Difisertation  on  the  137th  f^m,  whence  the  text  is  takea  } 
.  and  on  the  latter,  the  Journal  Brit.  Tom.  Y .  p.  S2^2^ 

reason 


i;.i:sAR  jDE-missy.  30^ 

« 

reason  to  l^e  ashamed  than  of  the  work  itself  *.  In 
the  **  Bibhotheque  Britannique''  are  several  otlier 
j>ieces  by  Mr.  De-Missy,  as  critiques  on  new  books, 
<lissertations,  and  pieces  in  verse ;  and  in  tlie  "  Jour- 
nal Britannique,"  among  others,  some  letters  on  the 
Vatican  MS.  cittxl  by  Father  Amelot,  concerning 
the  three  that  bear  record  in  heaven  ;  one  by  w^ay 
of  answer  to  a  kind  of  anonymous  criticism,  which, 
after  having  aj>j>eared  in  tlie  additions  to  the  Dutch 
edition  of  the  '*  Journal  des  Scavans,"  and  in  a 
certain  periodical  paj)er  printed  at  the  Hague  -f-,  still 
fuller  of  falsehoods  and  the  greatest  abuse,  appeared 
a  little  divested  of  these  ornaments  even  in  I3r. 
i\Iaty'i3  Journal,  which  falsehoods  and  abuse  Mr. 
Prosper  Marchand,  or  his  editor,  thought  proper  to 
re-print  in  his  note  under  the  name  of  David  Martin, 
in  liis  "Dictionaire  Historique,"  I758.  In  1749 
and  17;";oappc*arcd  two  little  English  Poems  by  Mr. 
De-Missy,  on  the  political  feuds  of  the  time,  com- 
posed while  a  pretty  severe  fit  of  the  gout  forbad  him 
any  great  aj)plication :  one  intituled,  "Dick  and 
Tiju  r  the  other  "  Bribery,  a  Satire;};." 

Towards  the  close  of  176'")  he  was  consulted  by 
!iis  learned  friend  Mr.  Bowver  about  a  Preface,  which 
the  latter  undertook  to  draw   up  for  Mr.  Vaillant^ 

I 

*  On  tins  sec  IVibliotli.  Brit  Tom.  XVIL  p.  4^.  and  Jouraa 
Prit.  XI.  9^2—1)5. 

t  The  pKKl  ptH)|rfe  at  tl*o  Haf^^ic,  who  printed  these  things, 
wont  >JO  fill*  a«»  to  "send  copies  by  the  post  to  London,  accompanied 
"uith  a  letter  wiitten  in  the  name  of  a  resi)ectable  lady,  whose 
sig^nature  they  were  not  ash^mcti  vo  forge,  lint  this  proceedings 
iii«*t  %\ith  the  tieatnuMU  it  I'e.seived.  A  late  learned  English 
prelate,  who  s^iiiKliines  ^pent  an  hour  in  iMr.  De-Missy's  library, 
and  had  i>een  infoi med  of  the  whole  allkir,  Kiid  to  him,  taking 
him  bv  the  hand,  **  Make  vourtielf  ejisv,  >,ir ;  it  is  tlie  lot  of  men  of 
fnerit  to  be  atlactked  by  those  wlio  have  none  :  good  men  will 
fsttrni  vou  the  more." 

J  Of  clicfcc  see  the  '*  NouveUcs  Litteraircs,"  in  the  "  Magazin 
Fnincois  de  i^ndres,"  1.  llo — IIC. 

§  Paul  Vaiilant,  Escj.  an  opideut  and  respectable  bookseller  in 
the  .Strand.  He  died  Fob.  1.  180*2,  in  his  87th  yi'ar ;  licing  at 
lliat  time  Father  of  the  Coip|>any  of  Stationers,  of  which  he  had 
i>ccDa  Liver}  man  64  years.     He  left  tv\o  sons  ;  one  of  them  in 

hol^ 


310  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

the  bookseller,  who  proposed  to  publish  a  work,  or 
rather  prolegomena  of  a  posthunious  work,  of  Father 
Hardouin,  the  MS.  of  which  he  had  purchased 
abroad,  which  Preface  Mr.  Bowyer  solicited  his 
friend  to  draw  up  ;  and  Mr.  De-Missy  having  made 
some  curious  remarks  on  this  extraordinary  work, 
found  himself  in  a  manner  obliged  by  Mr.  Bowyer's 
Preface  to  publish  them  in  lj66  m  a  pamphlet, 
intituled,  "  De  Joannis  Harduini  Jesuitae  Prolego- 
Dienis  cum  autographo  collatis  Epistola,  quam  ad 
amicissimum  virum  Willielmum  Bowyerum,  iisdem 
nondum  prostantibus,  scripserat  Caesar  Missiacus 
[vulgd  Caesar  De-Missyl,  Reg.  Brit,  k  sacris  Gallice 
peragendis.  Prostant  Harduini  Prolegomena  Lon- 
dini  apud  P.  Vaillant,  1766;* 

holy  orders ;  the  other,  well  known  and  respected  as  a  gentleman 
of  great  literary  talents  j  and  eminent  as  one  of  the  Counsellors  at 
Law  in  the  Corporation  of  London.  In  1/39,  or  40,  Mr.  Vail- 
lant went  to  Paris,  for  the  purpose  of  superintending  the  famous 
edition  of  Cicero  by  the  AbbiS  01i\et ,  and  again,  in  1759,  to 
settle  the  plan  for  a  new  edition  of  Tacitus,  by  the  Abb^  Bro- 
tier.  He  was  one  of  the  sheritFs  of  London  and  Middlesex  in 
1760,  memorable  for  the  conviction  of  a  noble  Earl,  who, 
previous  to  his  execution,  made  Mr.  Vaillant  a  ))resent  of 
his  stop-watch,  with  many  acknowledgments  for  his  polite  at- 
tentions and  civilities  j  and  he  was  also  in  the  CiJiiimission 
of  the  peace  for  Middlesex. — His  grandfather  (Paul  Vaillant) 
was  of  a  respectable  Protestant  family  at  Samur,  in  the 
French  province  of  Anjou.  At  the  time  of  the  revocation 
of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  he  escaped  with  his  life  from  the  bloody 
Dragonade  of  the  Hugonots  by  that  merciless  tyi'ant  Louis  XIV.  5 
and^  1686,  settled  as  a  Foreign  Bookseller  in  the  Strand,  opposite 
Southampton-stj^et }  where  himself,  his  sons  Paul  and  Isaac,  his 
grandson  the    late  Mr.  Vaillant,   and  Mr.  Elmsly,  succeisi\cly 

'  canied  on  the  same  trade,  in  the  same  houst;,  till  nearly  the  end 
of  the  eighteenth  century — when  Mr.  Elmsly  reigned  the  busi- 
ness to  his  shopman  Mr.  David  Bremner :  whose  anxiety  for  ac- 
quiring wealth  rendered  him  wholly  careless  of  indulging  hiuu*elf 
in  the  oidinary  comforts  of  life,  and  hurried  him  prematiu'cly  to 

.  the  grave.  He  was  succeeded  by  Mess.  James  Payne  and  J.  Mack- 
inlay  'f  the  former  of  whom  was  the  youngest  son  of  the  late  welU 
known  and  muc^-respected  Mr.  Thomas  Payne,  of  the  Mews-gate ; 
^he  latter  shopman  to  Mr.  Elmsly.  ^Both  these  are  also  lately 
idead ;  Mr.  Payne  having  unfortunately  fallen  a  victim  to  a  long 
and i^ruel  confinement  as  a  prisoner  in  Fiance,  and  the  latter 
frying  unfortimateliy  peiishcd  in  a  momentary  absence  of  reason. 

In 


CAESAR  DE-MISSV.  Jii 

In  17(?9  appeared  a  first,  in  1770  a  second,  an4 
in  1776  a  third  edition*  of  "  Paraboles,  ou  Fables-^;! 

*  To  this  edition  were  annexed,  "  Vcrade  I\ionsieiir  De-Mi«sy, 
pour  le  Tableau  de  la  iiouvelleJEI^lisc  de  St.  Jean,  mis  eu  vile  ihwj^ 
la  Cliambre  Consistoriale  do  In  ditc  Eglibe.  Aux  quels  on  a  joint 
une  petite  Epttre  dn  nit^nie,  qu'on  a  intitu!(;c  Envoi  des  Vei-s  pre- 
cedens  h,  Mons.  Beuzeville,  Pii^teur  de  la  sus'>dite  Efrlisc.*' 

fin  this  collection  are  iatersi>ersed  the  Biust  sublime,  serious  j 
useful.  Christian  idca^,  such  as  the  author  always  strove  to  incul- 
cate in  his  itermons  and  conversation,  expressed  with  all  the 
chamifl  of  poetry.  The  thinl  edition,  with  considerable  correc- 
tions, was  ready  for  publication  when  the  author  died,  and  was 
publishe<i  in  1/76  with  a  head  of  4iim  in  a  medallion,  a  most 
striking  likeness,  en^pra^ed  by  G.  Powle,  in  1773^  and  inscribed 

VOLBNTIIiUS  AMICIS. 

"  Three  of  Mr.  De^Missy's  French  Fables  freely  translated 
by  himself,  in  usum  Amicoruni,'*  were  printed  in '177%  8vo; 
the  shortest  of  which  is  here  subjoined  as  a  specimen: 

Fortune,  Db/vth,  and  Tim, 
(from  No.  9,  of  the  French)  ;  » 

Tim  after  Fortune  ran  full-har4y> 

While  Death  was  running  after  Tim : 
But  he  for  Fortune  proved  too  tardy. 

And  Death,  alas !  too  swift  for  him. 
Thus  Fools  fall  victims  to  a  fate 

Which  easily  the  Wise  will  shun. 
For  Death  mid  Fortune  let  us  wait ! 
*Tis  mad  for  eitlier's  hake  to  run, 
^me  striking  particulars  of  iiLs  character,  translated  from  the 
French  Advertisement  prefixed  to  the  third  edition,  may  be  seen' 
in  vol.  IV.  p.  17  ;  wliich  were  printed  in  the  former  edition  of  thiir 
M'ork,  with  tlie  full  consent  of  his  amiable  widow. 

"  Sir,  July  29,  1776. 

"  The  note  you  projioso  to  insert  cannot,  I  tlunk,  be  altered 
for  the  better;  and  I  tliiuk  my  most  sincere  thanks  due  to  you 
and  to  Mr.  Howler,  for  the  testimony  of  your  wishes  to  do  jus^ 
tice  to  the  memory  oF  uiy  wcv  dt^ar  and  worthy  husband ;  and  if 
I  am  not  niistukcnin  >u])i)(»-.iiig  tlmt  the  approbati(m  you  cxprest 
of  the  httlc  couclnsion  of  his  untinishe^l  Advertisement  seems, 
by  your  niJUUK-r  of  expresain<;  it,  to  iuflicate  a  hint  tliat  some* 
thing  of  the  baoie  kind  might  tiiid  a  j)lace  in  your  work,  should 
bt'ir  to  know  in  what  way  vou  conceive  it  could  be  done  :  if  I  am 
midtaken^  hope  you  will  excuse  the  mistake.    Eliz.  De  Missy.'* 

"  July  30.  Mn>.  De  Mi-sy  has  no  objection  to  the  Adtertiie* 
went  bcnng  quoted.  As  to  the  three  lines  of  N.  B  it  is  so  strictly 
true  that  the  picture  was  enj^raved,  not  only  by  the  care,  but  also 
at  the  ezpence  of  some  friencU«  that  Mrs.  J).  M.  has  not  possession 
of  the  plate." 

et 


ilt  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

et  autres  petites  narrations  d'un  Citoyen  de  la  Re- 
publique  Chretieiine  du  dixhuitieme  si^cle  mises 
en  vers  par  Caesar  De-Missy,  &c." 

In  1770  he  addressed  to  Mr.  Bowyer  some  very 
excellent  remarks  on  Walton's  Polyglott  *  ;  and  in 
1775  was  busily  employed  in  an  Essay  on  the  Com- 

{)lutensian  Polyglott,  which,  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
le  had  not  quite  finished  -jf. 

A  collation  of  some  Greek  MSS.  of  the  New  Testa- 
ment, with  notes,  &c.  by  him,  was  preparing  for 
the  press  in  Germany  in  1782. 

Mr.  I)e-Missy's  first  wife  was  a  lady  of  a  con- 
siderable French  family  which  had  taken  refuge  in 
England ;  and  on  her  deatli  he  took  a  second  wife, 
who  survived  him,  and  to  whom  his  memory  will 
be  forever  dear.  In  his  youth  he  was  personally  ac- 
quainted with  the  most  distinguished  scholars  of  his 
native  country,  Mr.  La  Croze,  Mr.  Chauvin,  Mr. 
Lenfant,  and  Messrs.  De  Beausobre ;  and  corre- 
sponded with  the  latter  after  he  left  Berlin,  as  he  did 
also  with  the  celebrated  Mr.  Jordan,  his  friend  and 
relation  Mr.  Benjamin  GodetTroy,  jjastor  of  the 
French  church  at  Dresden,  since  deceased,  his  bro- 
ther-in-law Mr.  Emanuel  Focke,  first  pastor  of  the 
church  of  Ballenstat,  with  some  French  Clergymen  of 
the  United  Provinces,  with  Professor  Wetstein,  with 
the  Bishop  of  Lombcs,  who  was  a  relation  of  his  first 
wife,  and  died  177I,  and  with  Mr.  Formey  at  Berlin. 
Jn  England  he  enjoyed  the  esteem  ^qd  friendship^  of 

*  This  is  printcil  in  tlic  Fourth  VoUimc  of  these  Anecdotes,- 
pp.1— 14. 

t  l'J^^'5  is  also  in  the  same  volume,  pp.  1 5 — 32.  One  of  the 
last  kind  letters  he  wrote  on  this  subject  is  here  given : 

**  Dear  Sir,  Balsover-streety  Jwne  ^20,   1775. 

**  I  am  ashamed  I  kept  Meerman's  Book  so  lon^,  and  return 
it  with  many  thanks  for  the  use  of  it.  It  is  with  no  small  jilea- 
wire  that  I  heard  ;igain  both  of  you  and  Mr.  Bowyer.  As  to  my 
poor  contributions  to  your  proposed  farther  inquiries,  all  I  can 
promise  at  pixjsent  is,  that  whenever  I  find  leisure  to  get  any 
thing  ready  that  may  answer  your  intention,  it  shall  be  heartily  at 
your  ser\'ice :  since  1  remain  as  usual,  deiu'  Sir,  your  and  Mr. 
jPpwyer* s  most  obedient  humble  servant,  C.  de  Missy." 

several 


<5.T,S*AR  DE-MISSY.  313 

several  persons  of  eminence  both  in  the  hterary 
world  and  the  church,  most  of  whom  he  survived. 
There  are  still  i-emaining  several  letters  which  passed 
between  him  ami  Mr.  De  \'oltaire,  from  1741  to 
1743,  which  may  |)erhaps  some  time  or  other  be 
published. 

Mr.  I)e-Missv  was  a  determined  Christian,  without 
superstition  or  bigotry.  With  much  natural  gaiety 
of  temper,  and  tl]€  most  sociable  and  communicative 
disposition,  he  possessed  a  solid  though  lively  turn 
of  mind,  a  strong  judgment,  a  very  delicate  taste^ 
and  the  most  disinterested  love  for  truth,  and  was 
capable  of  the  closest  application.  The  advance- 
ment of  Christianity,  which  lie  called  the  Truth 
by  way  of  eminence,  was  the  great  object  of  his 
life  and  wishes.  His  character  was  such  as   must 

s 

command  the  warmest  love  and  esteem. 

On  Sunday,  July  30,  1 7  75,  he  preached  twice  with 
his  usual  zeal  and.  vivacity ;  and  in  the  evening  was 
iveized  with  the  painful  disorder,  which  carried  him 
off  the  10th  of  Ao^ust  following,  at  the  age  of  72 
vears  and   10  weeks. 

We  cannot  draw  a  better  character  of  him  thau 
in  the  words  of  ohe  of  his  friends,  in  a  Sermon 
preached  soon  after  his  decease*.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  year  1*780  appeared  three  volumes  of 
^'  Sermons  sur  divers  Textes  de  TEcriture  Sainte ; 


*  *' After  mentioning  his  talents  and  knowledge,  it  is  but  justice 

to  his  memoiT  to  say  something  of  his  virtues.     At  the  head  of 

th«>e  nii«;ht  be  placed  his  lovo  Of  truth,  his  indefatigable  assiduity 

'\\\  seeking  it,  and  the  exquisite  pleasure  he  felt  in  communicating 

it  to  othei*s.     We  nmst  next  speaic  of  his  ardent  zeal  for  the 

glory  of  (iod,  and  the  interests  ofj^ligion  and  revelation  and 

llie  most  essential  jiarts  of  l>oth.     Thli».;^eal  made  him  attentively 

vatch  the  progress  and  arts  of  irreligion  and  its  partisans  :  hi.< 

luiiveri-al  juatit  e  extende<i  itself  even  to'the  enemies  of  truth,  and 

his  disintereste<lness  made  him  overlook  every  other  use  of  money 

tlian  that  of  satisfying  his  wants  and  doing  goo<l  to  others.     In  his 

hmnaDit}»    charity,    compa-ision.    and    beneficence,    all    were 

equally  shard's  ;  the  poor,  .strangers,  and  e^en  his  enemies,  and 

the  undeserving.     It  was  a  grief  to  him  not  to  be  ablc»  to  do  all 

llic  g^ood  he  widhcd^  and  to  afford  relief  iu  every  case/* 

par 


314  LitERARY    ANECDOTES. 

par  feu  Monsieur  Cesar  De-Missy,  un  des  Chape- 
lains  Fran9ois  de  sa  Majeste  Britaiinique,"  8vo. 

There  remain'  among  his  papers  several  pieces 
of  poetry,  detached  remarks  on  the  original 
text  of  Scripture,  and  many  classic  authors,  some 
dissertations,  &c.  which,  though  they  did  not 
receive  his  finishing  hand,  deserve,  in  the  opinion 
of  his  friends,  to  see  the  Hght  in  their  present  state. 

His  valuable  Library  was  sold  by  auction,  by 
Messrs.  Baker  and  Leigh,  March  l8 — 26,  1778; 
among  which  the  following  books,  and  several  others, 
were  enriched  with  his  MS  notes;  Cicero's  Acade- 
micsy  in  French,  by  Durand,  I74O;  Stephens's  Hie- 
saurus  Linguae  Graecae;  Poetae  Minores  Graeci,  Cant 
1677;  Bibliotheque  de  Du  Verdier,  1585;  Aldus*s 
Lucian,  1532;  Barnes's  Homer ;  Pauw's  HorapoUo; 
Montfaucon*8  Palaeographia  Graeca. 

There  were  also  several  valuable  MSS.  of  the  Old 
and  New  Testament ;  Lectionaria ;  Psalters ;  the 
Fathers;  Plutarch,  Hesiod,  Sophocles,  and  Euripi- 
des. Kuster's  edition  of  Mill's  Greek  Testament, 
the  margin  of  which  was  filled  with  Mr.  De-Missy's 
neat  writing,  was  purchased  for  the  British  Museum. 
Several  of  the  most  curious  printed  books  were  pur- 
chased for^his  Majesty's  Library;  and  others  by  Dr. 
Hunter,  who  also  bought  several  valuable  MSS. 


Nd. 


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■Ji-^ 


No.  II. 

SIR  WILLIAM  BROWNE. 

3 IS  worthy  old  Knight  was  the  son  of  aPhy-^ 
1.  He  was  born  in  1692 ;  and  in  1707  was  en- 
[  at  Peter  house,  Cambridge ;  where  he  de- 
es himself,  in  17 11,  as  in'  his  Soph's  year,  and 
itively  studying  the  Articles  of  the  Church  of 
land.  He  took  the  degree  of  B.  A.  1^10.; 
L  1714;  and  M.  D.  1721 ;  soon  after  which  he 
?d  at  Lynn,  where  he  practised  with  consider- 
success  ;  though  even  then  he  shewed  some  de- 
of  eccentricity.  Once,  in  particular,  a  pam- 
t  having  been  written  against  him,  he  nailed  it 
gainst  his  house-door. 

I  1735  he  commenced  author,  by  publishing 
third  edition  of  "  Dr.  Gregory's  Elements  of 
^ptrics  and  Dioptrics.  Translated  from  the 
n  Original,  by  William  Browne,  M.  D.  at 
n  Regis  in  Norfolk.  By  whom  is  added, 
i  Memod  for  finding  the  Foci  of  all  Specula, 
^ell    as    Lens's   universally;   as  also   magnify- 

or  lessening  a  given  Object  by  a  given 
?ulum,  or  Lens,  in  any  assigned  Proportion. 
i  Solution  of  those  Problems  whicli  Dr.  Gregory 

left  undemonstrated.  3.  A  particular  Account 
licroscopes  and  Telescoj)es,  from  Mr.  Hu}^ensi 
I  the  Discoveries  made  by  Catoptrics  and  Diop-  ^ 
s.  The  second  edition,  illustrated  with  useful 
jj  curiously  and  correctly  engraven  by  Mr.  Senex, 
.     Price  5*.  *" 

To  this  edition  was  prefixed  a  recommendatory  introduction 
>r.  Desaguliers,  who  added  an  Appendix,  containing  the  His- 
of  the  two  reflecting  telesicopes,  with  their  several  improve- 
ts  at  that  time. 

By 


'Gl6  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

By  the  epigram  transcribed  below  ^,  he  appearst ) 
have  been  the  champion  of  the  fair  sex  at  Lynn  in 
the  year  1748. 

Having  acquired  a  competency  by  his  profession, 
he  removed  to  Oueen's  Square,  Ormond  Street, 
London,  where  he  seems  to  have  cultivated  his  at- 
tachment for  Apollo,  as  the  Patron  both  of  Poetry 
and  Physic ;  and  a  great  number  of  lively  essa3*^s, 
both  in  prose  and  verse,  the  production  of  his  pen, 
^ere  prmted  and  circulated  among  his  friends. 

As  a  member  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians, 
he  was  appointed  in  1751  to  deliver  the  Harveian 
Oration;  and  in  1765  had  the  honour  of  being 
chosen  President  of  the  Colleofe ;  an  office  which  he 
held  for  two  years  ;  and  on  quitting  the  chair,  de- 
hvered  an  Oration,  in  which  he  thus  delineates  his 
own  character : 

"The  manly  age  and  inclination,  with  conformable 
studies,  I  diligently  applied  to  the  practice  of  physic 
in  the  country :  where,  as  that  age  adviseth,  I 
*?ought  riches  and  friendships.  But  afterward, 
being  satiated  with  friends,  whom  truth,  not  flattery, 
had  procured,  satiated  with  riches,  which  Galen, 
not  toitune,  had  presented,  1  resorted  immediately 
to  this  College :  where,  in  farther  obedience  to  the 
'?anic  adviser,  I  might  totally  addict  myself  to  the 
service  of  honour.  Conducted  by  your  favour, 
instead  of  my  own  merit,  I  have  been  advanced 
'throuirh  various  degrees  of  honour,  a  most  delightful 
climax  indeed,  even  to  the  very  highest  of  all  which 
the  whole  profession  of  Physic  hath  to  confer.     In 

*  Domino  Wilhelmo  Browno,  Milili. 

Sit,  IVIiles,  tciTor,  castie:atorqiio.  (iie^antis, 

\ictinui  cui  Virgo  nocte  dieque  cadit. 
Herculoo  monstris  purc:ata  est  Lerna  Liborc, 

Monstris  purgctur  J^'iina  labore  luo. 

In  Ene:lish. 
JRi'  thon,  O  Knight,  t!ie  Giant's  scourge  and  dread, 
W  ho  night  and  day  preys  on  the  victim-maid. 
llercuWn  labour  l^rna  s  monsters  slew  -, 
Oh,  may  thy  labour  those  of  Lyim  subdue  1 

this 


SIR  WILUAM  BROWNE.  JIJ 

this;  chair  therefore,  twice  received  from  the  Elects, 
shewing   their   favour  to  himself,    he   coniSL'ss^h^' 
much  more  than  to  the  College,  your  Praesident 
Acknowledges,  that  he  has  hajipy  been. 
And,  now,  content  with  acting  this  sweet  scene^ 
Chuses  to  make  his  exit,  like  a  guest 
Retiring  pam})er'd  from  a  plenteous  feast : 
in  order  to  attach  himseU'and  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  no  longer,  as  before,  solely  to  the  College,  but, 
by  turns,  also  to  the  medicinal  springs  of  his  own 
country ;  although,  as  a  Physician,  never  unmindful 
of  his  duty,  yet  after  his  own  manner,  with  hilarity 
rather  than  gravity :  to  enjoy  liberty  more  valuable 
than  silver  and  gold,  as  in  his  own  right,  because 
that  of  mankind,    not  without  pride,   which  ever 
ought  to  be  its  inseparable  companion. 
Now  the  free  foot  shall  dance  its  favourite  round. 
Behold  an  instance  of  human  ambition !  not  to  be 
satiated,  but  by  the  conquest  of  three,  as  it  were, 
medical  worlds  ;  lucre  in  the  country,  honour  in  the 
College,  pleasure  at  medicinal  springs !    I  would,  if 
it  were  possible,  be  delightful  and  useful  to  all -.'to 
myself  even  totally,  and  aequal :  to  old  age,  though 
old,  diametrically  opposite,  not  a  censor  and  chastiser, 
but  a  commender  and  encourager,   of  youth.     I 
would  have  mine  such  as,  in  the  Satire, 
Crispus's  hoary  entertaining  age. 
Whose  wit  and  manners  mild  alike  engage, 
llie  age   of  praesiding,    by  the  custom   of    our 
praedecessors,  vva^s  generally  a  lustniniy  five  years ; 
although   our   Sloane,    now   happy,    like    another 
Nestor,  Hved  to  see  thrc^  ages,  both  as  Praesident, 
anil  as  man.     But  two  years  njore  than  satisfy  me  : 
for,  that  each  of  the  Elects  may  in  his  turn  liold  the 
wptre  of  prudence,  far  more  desirable  than  power, 
given   by  Caius,    which    the   law  of  justice   and 
aequity  recommends. 

No  tenure  pleases  longer  than  a  year. 
But,  in  truth,  amone  such  endearing   friendship! 
with  you,  such  deliglitful  conversations,  such  use- 
ful 


)  . 


3l8  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

ful  communications,  with  which  this  amiable  sittia« 
tion  hath  blessed  me,  one  or  two  things^  as  is  usualj 
have  happened,  not  at  all  to  my  satisfaction.  One^ 
that,  while,  most  studious  of  peace  myself,  I  hoped 
to  have  praeserved  the  peace  of  the  College  secure 
and  intire,  I  too  soon  found  that  it  was  not  other- 
wise to  be  sought  for  than  by  war  :  but,  even  after 
our  first  adversary,  because  inconsiderable,  was 
instantly  overthrown,  and  his  head  completely  cut  oflF 
by  the  hand  of  the  Law,  yet  from  the  same  neck,  as 
if  Hydra  had  been  our  Enemy,  so  many  other  heads 
broke  out,  yea,  and  with  inhuman  violence  broke 
into  this  very  Senate,  like  monsters  swimming  in  our 
medical  sea,  whom  I  beheld  with  unwilling  indeed, 
but  with  dry  or  rather  fixed  eyes,  because  not  sus- 
pecting the  least  mischief  from  thence  to  the  College, 
and  therefore  laughing,  so  far  from  fearing.  The 
other,  '  in  reality  never  enough  to  be  lamented, 
that,  while  I  flattered  myself  with  having,  by  my 
whole  power  ofpursuasion,  in  the  room  of  Orphaean 
miisic,  raised  the  Croonian  Medical  Lecture  as  it 
were  from  the  shades  into  day,  if  there  could  be  any 
faith  in  solemn  promises ;  that  faith  being,  to  my 
very  great  wonder,  violated,  this  Lecture,  like 
another  Eurydice,  perhaps  looked  after  by  me  too 
hastily,  beloved  by  me  too  desperately,  instantly 
slipped  back  again,  and  fled  indignant  to  the  shades 
below."  He  used  to  say  he  resigned  the  President- 
ship because  he  would  not  stay  to  be  beat : — alluding 
to  tlie  attack  of  the  Licentiates. 

The  following  verses  w  ere  sent  to  Sir  William 
Browne,    by  unknown  initials,    D.  G.  (or  rathei 
written  by  himself)  vindicating  him    against    the 
abuse^  and  anger,  of  Scots  Rebel  Licentiates. 
Ad  Pvscvm,  EaviTEM,  Praesipem^ 
Horace,  Ode  XXH.  B.  L 
Integer  vitae,  scelerisque  purus, 
Non  timet  Scoti  obloquium,  neque  iram^ 
Nee  venenatis  gravidam  sagittisj 
FvscE,  pharetram. 


I 


SIR  WILUAM  BROWNE.  Si^ 

Pone  Te  Scotis  ubi  nulla  campis 
Arbor  aestiva  recreatur  aura  ; 
Dulce  ridentem  comites  Te  liabebunt^ 
Dulce  loquentem. 

To  Browne,  Knight,  Praesident. 

Me,  whose  just  life  due  honour  bears, 
Nor  Scot's  abuse  nor  anger  fears, 

Nor  his  full-loaded  quiver : 
Browne,  let  him  try  his  treacherous  arts. 
To  wound  Thee  with  his  poison  d  dart$, 

THou  shalt  retort  them  ever. 
Place  Thee  in  Edin's  foulest  air, 
Which  neither  tree,  nor  nose  can  bear. 

Nor  lungs  with  pleasure  take  in  : 
Ev'n  there,  such  Spirits  flow  in  Tliee, 
Thee  sweetly  laughing  all  shall  see. 

All  hear  Thee  sweetly  speaking. 
Sept.  10,  1767. 

As  soon  as  he  was  out  of  office,  he  entered  on  his 
plan  of  visiting  the  medical  springs.  Whilst  he  was  at 
Badi,  he  paid  a  visit  to  Bp.  Warburton  at  Prior  Park ; 
and  the  learned  Prelate  has  exhibited  a  most  capital 
literary  portrait*  of  him;  which  every  one  who  knew 

*  **  V\lien  you  see  Dr.  Heberden,  pray  communicate  to  him  aa 
unexpected  honour  I  have  lately  received.  'Hie  other  day,  word 
was  brou^^ht  nie  from  below,  that  one  Sir  William  Browne  sent 
Mp  his  name,  and  should  be  glad  to  kiss  my  hand.  1  judged  it  to 
be  the  famous  Physician,  whom  I  had  never  seen,  nor  had  the 
liiHioiu'  to  know.  When  I  came  (iown  into  the  drawing-room,  I 
^•a-i  accosted  by  a  little,  roimd,  well-fed  gentleman,  with  a  lai^ 
mff,  in  one  hand,  a  small  Horace,  open,  in  the  other,  and  a 
»p)iiig-glass  dangling  in  a  black  ribbon  at  his  button.  After  the 
tir^t  salutation,  he  informed  me  that  his  visit  was  indeed  to  me ; 
but  princ'i]xilly,  and  in  the  first  place,  to  Prior-Park,  which  had 
so  inviting  a  prospect  from  below ;  and  he  did  not  doubt  but,  on 
rxamination,  it  would  sufficiently  repay  the  trouble  he  had  given 
iiimself  of  coming  up  to  it  on  foot.  We  then  took  our  chairs  -,  and 
tlu*  first  tiling  he  did  or  said,  was  to  propose  a  doubt  to  me  conceiti- 
iog  a  passage  in  Horace,  which  all  this  time  he  had  stiU  open  iu 
Jri-  band.  Before  I  could  answer,  he  gave  qac  the  solution  of  thi^ 

Ion- 


390  LITERARY  AKECDOTBS. 

Sir  William  Browne  will  pronounce  to  be  an  excel 
lent  likeness. 

A  Speech  *  on  the  Royal  Society,    Nov.  ifl 


€C 


lonp^  misunderstood  passage,  and,  in  support  of  his  explanatior 
hacl  the  charity  to  repeat  liis  own  paraphrase  of  it  in  English  verse 
just  come  hot,  as  he  said,  from  the  brain.  When  thb  and  chooo 
hite  were  over,  having  seen  all  he  wanted  of  me,  he  desired  t< 
see  something  more  of  the  seat ;  and  ))articular]y  wliat  he  calle 
the  monument,  by  which  I  undei-stood  him  to  mean,  the  Prior' 
tower,  Willi  your  inscription.  Accordingly  I  ordered  a  servant  ti 
attend  him  thither;  and,  when  he  had  satisfied  his  curiosity 
either  to  let  him  out  from  the  j)ark  above  into  the  Down,  or  fron 
the  garden  below  into  tlie  Road.  Which  he  chose,  I  never  asked 
and  so  this  honourable  visit  ended.  Hereby  you  will  undcrstanc 
tluitthc  dcrii^n  of  all  thisw;ts,  U)  he  admired.  And,  indeed,  h< 
had  my  admiration  to  the  t'ull ;  but  for  nothiog  so  much,  as  fo] 
his  beinjx  able,  at  past  eigliiy,  to  perform  this  expedition  on  foot 
in  no  good  weather,  and  W'tli  all  the  alacrity  of  a  boy,  both  ii 
body  and  mind.*'     Letter  to  Dr.  IlunI,  Nov.  18,  1/07. 

*  *'  Sir,  1  have  sonvthine:  very  interesting  indeed,  to  recom- 
mend to  the  coib^idemtion  of  the  Society,  previously  to  pro|>osiDj^ 
names  for  the'new  Council :  and,  to  gi\eit  the  weight  it  deseiTcS; 
must  desire  leave  to  read.,  as  pait  of  i^y  spceeh,  jxiil  of  an  ad- 
dress from  that  great  mathematician  Dr.  James  Jurin,  who  then 
honoured  one  of  our  sei'retL»ries*  chairs,  to  that  greater  mathe- 
matician, and  universal  scholar,  Martin  Folkes,  e?q.  then  a  mosl 
worthy  vice-president  to  tlr.it  greatest  of  all  mathematicians  that 
ever  existed,  or  perhaps  e\er  will  e\ist,  Sir  Isaac  Newton,  then 
president. — It  is  signeil  James  Jurin,  and  addressed  to  Martio 
Folkes,  esq.  vice-president  of  the  Royal  Society. 

**  Honoured  Sir, ^1  shall  not,  1  presume,  need  any  other  apo- 
logy for  prefi.xuig  your  name  to  tliis  Thivly-fourth  Volume  d 
Plulosophical  Transactions,  when  1  decbire,  that  the  motive  ol 
my  doing  so  was  the  same  whieji  induced  the  greatest  man  that 
ever  lived  to  single  you  out  tu  till  his  chair,  and  to  preside  in  the 
a.ssemblies  of  the  Royal  Society,  when  the  frequent  retmiis  of 
Alls  indisjiObition  would  no  lunger  permit  him  to  attend  them 
with  his  usual  assiduity.  The  motive,  Sir,  we  all  know,  wai 
your  uneoumion  love  to,  and  your  singular  attainments  iOj 
those  noble  and  manly  sciences,  to  which  the  gloiy  of  Sir  Isaac 
]\ewton,  and  the  reputation  of  the  Royal  Society,  is  solely  and 
entirely  owing.  That  great  man  was  sensible,  that  something 
more  than  knowing  the  name,  the  shape,  and  obvious  qualitia 
qf  an  insect,  a  pebble,  a  plant,  or  a  shell,  was  requisite  to  form 
a  Pliilosopher,  even  of  the  lowest  rank,  much  more  to  quali^ 
one  to  sit  at  the  head  of  so  gre;it  and  learned  a  body.  We  aU 
of  us  remember  that  sayiilg  so  frequently  in  his  mouth,  "  That 
^Natural  History  might  indeed  furnish  materials  for  Natural  Phi- 
loi^phy ',  butj^  however.  Natural  Uidtory  was  not  Natural  Philo- 

aophy  i 


Z  ' 


ft 

SIR  WILLIAM  BR0WN£.  321 

177a,  recommending  Mathematics^    as  the  Para- 

sophy  ',**  and  it  was  easy  to  sec  with  what  intent  he  so  often  used 
this  remarkable  expression.  We  knew  his  love  to  the  Royal  So- 
ciety, and  his  fears  for  it.  It  was  not  that  he  despised  so  useful 
a  branch  of  Learning  as  Natural  History,  he  was  too  wise  to  do 
80 ;  but  still  he  judged  that  this  humble  Handmaid  to  Philoso- 
phy, though  she  might  be  well  employed  in  amassing  imple- 
BientB  and  materials  for  the  service  of  her  Mistress,  yet  must 
nry  much  forget  herself,  and  the  meanness  of  her  station,  if 
e?er  she  should  presume  to  claim  the  throne,  and  arrogate  to 
benelf  the  title  of  the  Queen  of  Science." 

"  Thus  far  Dr.  Jurin.    From  hence,  Sir,  I  would  remark, 
bow  egregiously  they  must  mistake  the  title  of  our  Society  for 
promoting   Natural  Knowledge;   who  think  Natural  History^ 
which  consists  only  in  most  accurately  clasi>ing  and  describing 
the  various  and  numberless  productions  of  Nature,  in  w)iat  are 
called  by  the  sujierb  name  of  Three  Kingdoms,  Animal;  Vege- 
table, Mineral,  to  mean  the  same  thing  with  Natural  Know- 
Use  :  and  consequently  to  be  a  i^ufficient  qualification  for  our 
cbsur.    Whereas,' on  the  contrai^,  it  appears  from  what  has 
been  read,  and  is  certain  to  demonstration,  that  Natural  His* 
txxy  is  the  very  lowest  and  least  part  of  Natursil  Knowledge ; 
whose  great  empire  extends  far,  infinitdy  far,  beyond  our  single 
globe,  even  as  &r  as  to  the  created  universe.    I  mean,  as  far  as 
\am$n  sagacity  and  observation  may  possibly  be  able  to  examine 
and  search  into  It.     Mathematics  being  the  only  key,  capable  of 
opening  the  doors  to  such  vast  researches  -,  it  follows,  that  this 
capital  and  principal  part  of  Natural  Knowledge  must  be  infi- 
nitely superior  to  that  mean  part  just  mentioned :  that  is,  in  a 
proportion  greater  than  any  that  can  possibly  be  given  or  assigned. 
This  key  the  immortal  Sir  Isaac  Newton  has,  indeed,  cotnpleted, 
tad  made  a  master-key,  by  his  consummate  considerations,  on 
Infinite  Series,  Quadratiure  of  Curves,  Nascent  and  Evanescent 
Quantities,  Prime  and  Ultimate  Ratios,  in  short,  by  his  most 
admirable  invention  and  doctrine  of  Fluxions :  now  perfectly 
dpfadned  to  aU  mathematicians,  by  that  excellent  controversy 
I    oooceming  it,  in  the  Republic  of  Letters,  and  Works  of  the 
j    Learned,  tor  the  years  1735  and  1736  3  between  Mr.  Bcf\jamin 
'    Kobins,  Dr.  Henry  Pemberton,  Dr.  James  Wilson,  on  the  one 
I    pirt,  and  Dr.  James  Jurin,  Dr.  Robert  Smith,  Master  of  Trinity 
CoQ^e,  Cambridge,  on  the  other  part ;  the  total  of  which  was 
promised  to  me,  and  has  been  since  published  in  the  works  of 
Mr.  Robins,  by  his  most  intimate  and  learned  fiicnd.  Dr.  Wil- 
ion,  after  the  irreparable  loss  of  the  Author  in  India  -,  who  was 
10  ?ery  great  a  genius  as  likely,  if  he  had  lived,  to  have  become 
a  seoond  Sir  Isaac  Newton.    With  this  master-key  Sii*  Isaac  has 
Umsdf  almost  opened  eveiy  apartment  of  Natural  Knowledge  : 
and  left  it  easy  tor  succeiMling  Mathematicians  to  open  all  the 
rest  ttot  may  possibly  be  at  au  accessible  to  the  Human  Under- 
Vol.  III.  Y  standing. 


3S3  LITERAllY  ANECDOTES. 

mount  Qualification  foi*  their  Cliair.  By  Sir  Wil- 
liam Browne,  F.  II.  S." 

standing.  —  Mathematics  had  just  begun  to  gain  ground  in  tlM 
University  of  Cambiidgc,  in  the  year  1707,  when  I  was  admSttec 
a  student  there  at  the  age  of  15,  principally  by  the  encouragemeni 
of  Di*.  Laughton,  a  noted  Tutor  in  Clare-hall,  who  then  had  Mr 
Martin  Folkes  under  his  tuition,  and  happened,  as  has  oftel 
been  the  case,  to  be  soon  siupas^ed  in  his  own  new  doctrine 
by  the  great  genius  of  this  l^lpil.  He  had  published  a  sheet  ct 
questions  for  the  use  of  the  Soph  schools,  on  the  Mathematica 
Newtonian  Philosophy;  and  when  Ploctor,  in  the  year  1711 
most  zealously  promoted  disputatious  on  them  there,  to  the 
great  credit  and  reputation  of  the  disputanti:,  he  himself  chusix)| 
to  moderate  in  them,  instead  of  appointing  a  Moderator  an 
usual.  Sir  Isaac  Newton's  Mathematictil  Principles  of  Nt/ 
tural  Philosophy  or  Knowledge,  a  book  originally  but  o; 
ten  or  twelve  shillings  price,  had  risen  so  high  above  par,  tha 
I  gave  no  less  than  two  guineas  for  one,  which  v^-as  thei 
esteemed  a  \ery  cheap  purchase,  as  it  quickly  appeared  a  rer 
valuable  one.  But  the  two  succeeding  editions,  by  Dr.  Halley 
and  by  Dr.  Pemberton,  have  since  brought  it,  on  easy  terms 
into  the  hands  of  every  mathematician.  The  eighteenth  century 
thei'efore,  in  which  we  are  now  so  far  advanced,  most  justly  de 
serves  thedistingubhing  appellation  of  the  Mathematical  Age;  fixm 
whence  it  may  reasonably  be  expected,  that  no  person,  who  i 
not  a  Mathematician,  will  now  either  judge  himself,  or  hi 
judged  by  otliers,  qualified  to  lake  the  chair  of  Natural  Know 
ledge.  It  must  consequently  appt^r  proper  to  recommend  Xi 
the  consideration  of  the  Societ} ,  as  so  many  members  are  Ma- 
thematicians, that  ten  of  the  most  descning  may  be  nominatec 
for  the  New  Council,  out  of  whom  the  most  eminent  may,  boll 
receive  himself,  and  do  the  Society  the  honour  of  becomii^ 
their  President. — I  am  sensible  and  aware.  Sir,  that  my  enemiei5> 
those  at  least  that  have  so  ridiculously  named  me  in  the  ncw8< 
papers  as  a  candidate,  though  I  am  not  so  much  as  a  Member  o1 
the  Council,  and  of  course  not  at  idl  eligible,  will  be  ready  to  si|^- 
gest,  that  all  I  have  now  said  means  only  to  recommend  myselftc 
be  named  for  the  New  Council,  with  a  vain  view  of  obtaining  tbii 
cbair.  But  all  my  friends  know,  and  I  would  have  all  my  ene- 
mies also  know,  that  when  T  addressed  my  farewell  speech  to  the 
chair  of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  left  the  College,  by  the 
name  of  Warwick  Castle,  as  it  had  been  made  impregnable  to 
the  attack  of  Scotch,  Irish,  French,  English,  for  such  was  tbell 
mixture.  Rebel,  and  College-breaking  Licentiates,  under  toj 
Governorship,  wnich  began  and  ended  in  one  and  the  same  daj^ 
being  the  last  of  my  Presidentship,  I  had  then  determined  nevd 
to  be  tied  again  to  any  chair  i  but  to  be  at  full  liberty  to  t^ 
the  pleasure  of  my  profession,  at  Tunbridge,  at  Bath,  or  ebe 
where,  after  having  undergone  the  diiidgery  of  it  for  more  thai 

ha] 


SIR   WILLIAM  BROWNE.  $3$ 

*^  An  Address  *  to  the  Royal  Society ,  Nov.  26, 
1772." 

blf  a  century ;  and  to  enjoy  for  the  rest  of  my  days,  what  Sir 
William  Temple  declares  to  be  "  one  of  the  greatest  pleasures 
in  life^  such  a  degree  of  liberty,  as  to  be  able  to  walk  one's  own 
[see,  and  one's  own  way.*'  —  I  shall  conclude,  horn  a  most  ear- 
nest zeal  only  for  promoting  Natural  Knowledge,  with  a  most 
samest  wish,  that  the  Society  may  observe  that  golden  rule^ 
Ditur  Dignwri,  in  the  disposal  of  their  chair :  on  which  ought 

0  be  inscribed^in  letters  of  gold,  that  motto  put  by  Plato  on 
he  doors  of  his  Academy,  Ovhl^  ayiufAiTfnr^  ilarii  u.  Let  none 
tnter  here,  who  is  not  a  Mathematician. — Let  the  Natural  His- 
orian  horizontally  i-ange  the  whole  globe  in  search  of  '*  an  in« 
ect,  a  pdbble,  a  plant  or  a  shell  ;'*  but  let  him  not  look  up  so 
ligh  above  his  level  or  element,  as  even  so  much  as  to  di^eam  of 
scending  or  clinging  to  the  Cliair  of  Natural  Knowledge. 

Tractent  Fabrilia  Fabri.    Hor." 

*  *'  Sir,  Having  read  on  Sunday  last,  at  a  cofibe-house  in  St. 
ames*s-street,  in  the  postscript  of  the  London  £vening  Post  of 
lie  day  before,  the  following  short  paragraph  relating  to  this 
ociety,  I  was  as  j^reatly  offended  at  it  as  becomes  a  Member  who 
as  the  honour  or  the  Society  so  very  much  at  heart. 

'  If  the  Royal  Society  are  not  Scotchified  enough  to  elect  Sir 
ohnPiingle  their  President,  another  of  the  King's  Friends  is  to 
e  nominated — no  less  a  person  than  the  noted  Pinchbeck,  Buckle 
od  Knick-knack  maker  to  the  King.* 
**  However,  Sir,  for  my  own  part,  I  as  little  expect  to  see  the 
ormer  of  these  two  in  this  chair,  as  the  latter  of  them :  because* 
r  his  own  words  deserve  to  be  credited,  he  cannot  be  permitted 
3  attend  it.  The  College  of  Physicians,  on  the  day  after  Michael- 
das  day  last,  elected  Sir  John  Pringle  one  of  their  Junior  Cen* 
an  for  the  year  ensuing ;  who,  not  being  present,  wrote  after- 
rards  a  letter  to  the  President,  desiring  to  be  excused ;  becauso 

1  health  would  not  permit  him  to  attend  that  office.  Now  the 
ffioe  of  Censor  i^uires  only  an  attendance  once  a  month  on 
be  first  Friday.  Therefore  it  is  argumentum  i  fortiori,  that  the 
me  ill  hsalth  cannot  permit  him  to  attend  this  chair,  which 
equires  an  attendance  once  a  week.  Q.  e.  d.  It  is  my  duty,  as 
lonber  of  both  Societies,  truly  to  state  this  fact.  If  it  be  con* 
tadicted,  I  shall  say  with  Demea  in  Terence,  Hunc  suo  sibi 
imdiojugulo ! — Sir,  Your  chair  is  so  important,  that  a  deceased 
Hnesident  ought  to  be  supplied  by  the  same  solemnity  as  a  de- 
CMed  Representative  is  by  a  Coimty.  A  General  Meeting  should 
e  appointed  before  St.  Andrew's  day,  to  nominate  by  majority 
i  voices  ten  most  noted  Mathematical  Philosophers,  to  be 
entched  for  the  New  Council,  that  the  most  eminent  may  be 
lected  President ;  the  worthiest  successor  to  Sir  Isaac  Newton 
leiiig  solely  Qualified  for  this  office,  most  honourable  indeed 
ikui  possessed  by  Natural  Philosophy,  but  when  only  by  Natu* 
il  History  the  very  reverse.** 

Y  2  Sir 


324  LITfeHARY   ANECDOTES- 

^  Sir  William  Browne  died  at  his  house  in  Queen- 
square,  Bloomsbury,  March  10,  1774,  at  the  age  of 
S2.  His  lady. died  July  25,  l/Gs,  in  her  64th 
year. 

Many  pleasant  stories  were  related  of  the  peculia- 
rities of  the  worthy  old  Physician  ;  some  of  which 
will  be  found  below  *. 

His  Will  was  remarkably  singular,  much  Greeir 
and  Latin  being  interspersed  In  it.  By  one  of 
the  clauses,  if  his  grandson  Martin  Folkes  (then 
late  Fellow  Commoner  of  Emanuel  College,  Cam- 
bridge) should  die  without  issue,  upwards  of  a  lOOO/. 
per  Annum  was  to  devolve  to  that  University.  He 
left  annuities  to  all  his  servants;  and  amongst  other 
legacies  2s.  a  week  to  a  favourite  Italian  Greyhound. 

He  left  two  prize-medals  to  be  annually  con- 
tended for  by  the  young  Cambridge  Poets;  on 
which  is  his  portrait,  and  d.   gvlielmvs  browne 

EaUES.  NAT.  III.  NON.  A.  I.  MDCXCIII.       Motto,    ESSE 

ET  viDERi.     Reverse,  Apollo  presenting  a  wreath 
to  a  Physician,  svnt  sva  praemia  lavdi.  electvs 

COLL.  MED.  LOND.    PRAESES.  A.  S.  MDCCLXXV. 

Besides  the  Work  mentioned  in  p.  3 14,  Sir  Wil- 
liam Browne  published : 

1 .  '^  Oratio  rlarveiana-J^jPrincipibus  Medicis  paren- 

*  On  a  controverBy  for  a  Raker  in  the  parish  where  he  lived  in 
London,  carried  on  so  wannly  as  to  open  taverns  for  men,  and 
coffee-house  breakfasts  for  ladies,  he  exerted  himself  greatly  j 
wondering  a  man  bi  ed  at  two  universities  should  be  so  little  re- 
garded. A  parishioner  answered,  "  he  had  a  calf  that  sucked  two 
covrs,  and  a  prodigious  gi-eat  one  it  was/*  —  He  used  to  frequent 
the  annual  ball  at  the  ladies  boarding  school,  Queen*s  Square, 
merely  as  a  neighbour,  a  good-natured  man,  and  fond  of  the  com- 
pany of  sprightly  young  folks.  A  Dignitary  of  the  church  being  there 
one  day  to  see  his  daughter  dance,  and  finding  this  upright  figure 
stationed  there,  told  him  he  believed  he  was  Hermippus  redivi* 
VU8,  who  lived  anhelitu  puellarum.  —  At  the  age  of  80,  on  St. 
Luke*s  day,  1771,  he  came  to  Batson's  coffee-house  in  his  laced 
coat  and  band,  and  fringed  white  gloves,  to  shew  himself  to  Mr. 
Crosby,  then  Lord-Mayor.     A  gentleman  present  obsening  that 
he  looked  very  well,  he  replied,  **  he  had  neither  wife  nor  debts." 

•f*  This  Oration  (inscribed, "  Prsesidi  dignissimo,  colendissiiDO  J 
doctl5simis>   amicissimis  Collegis  -,  hanc  Orationem»   quam  ^^ 

volueruot 


SIR   WILLI ASI   BROWKE.  33^ 

tans;  Medicinam,  Academias  utrasque  laudans; 
Empiricos,  eorum  cultores  perstringens ;  CoU^ium 
usque  k  natalibus  illustrans :  in  Theatre  CoTlegii 
Regalis  Medicorum  Londinensium  habita  Festo 
Divi  Lucse,  mdccli,  k  Gulielmo  Browae,  Equite 
Aurato^  M.  D.  Cantab,  et  Oxon.  hujusce  CoUegii 
Socio,  Electo,  Censore,  F.  R.  S.  et  k  Consiliis. 
Solidorum  duorum  pretio  venalis  1751,"4to.  This 
oration  was  embellished  with  Sir  William's  arms  in 
the  title-page;  ahead  piece*,  representing  theTheatre 
at  Oxford,  the  Senate-house  at  Cambridge,  and  the 
Collie  of  Physicians;  and  an  emblematic  initial 
letter.  These  ornaments  accompanied  all  his  future 
publications. 

2.  "  A  Letter  from  Sir  William  Browne,  Deputy 
Lieutenant  of  the  County  of  Norfolk,  to  his  Tenants 
and  Neighbours,  seriously  recommended  at  this 
lime  to  the  Perusal  of  all  the  People  -f*  of  England^ 
1757,"  8vo. 

3.  *^  Ode  in  Imitation  of  Horace,  Ode  III.  L.  III. 
addressed  to  the  Right  Honourable  Sir  Robert 
Walpole,  on  ceasing  to  be  Minister,  Feb.  6,  1741 ; 
designed  as  a  just  Panegyric,  on  a  great  Minister, 
the  glorious  Revolution,  Protestant  Succession,  and 
Principles  of  Liberty.  To  which  is  added,  the 
Original  Ode,  defended,  in  Commentariolo,  by  Sir 
William  Browne,  M.  D.  1765,"  4to:}:. 

4.  "Opuscula  varia  utriusque  Linguae,  Medicinam ; 
Medicorum  Collegium ;    Literas,    utrasque  Acade- 

rduerunt,  ofBciuni,  amorem,  pnestans,  dat,  dicat,  uti  parest^ 
Dntor  Hanreianus)"  >vas  accompanied  with  the  following  admo- 
aitory  dLsticli : 

'*  Docti  et  justi  nomen  parvi  penderet, 
Qui  Si^nnonem  hunc,  invito  me,  verteret" 

*  Inscribed,  **  £t  cantare  pai*es,  et  respondere  parati ;"  and 
mder  a  6^re  of  the  Sun,  **  Mihi  magnus  Apollo.** 

t  On  the  fii-st  institution  of  the  Militia^  Sir  William 
Browne  had  the  honour  of  being  appointed  one  of  the  Earl  of 
Mord's  deputy  lieutenants,  and  was  named  in  his  Lordship's 
iret  commission  of  the  pieace. 

\  Tliis  edition  of  the  Ckie  to  Sir  Robert  Walpole  was  inscribed 
0  (Jeorge  Earl  of  Orford,  as  an  acknowledgement  of  fanmra 
conferred  by  his  Lordship,  as  well  as  by  his  father  and  grand* 
auhcr. 

mm  \ 


JSff  LITEEART  ANECDOTES. 

mias;  Empiricos,  eorum  Cultores;  Solidtatoren 
Fraestigiatorein ;  Poeticen,  Criticen;  Patronim 
Pktriam ;  Religionem,  Libertatem,  spectantia.  Cat 
Praefatione  eorum  editionem  defendente.  Auctor 
D.  Gulielmo  Browne,  Equite  Aurato,  M.D.  utriusqn 
et  Medicorum  et  Physicorum  S.  R.  S.  1765)**  4to.  = 

5.  "  Appendix  Altera  ad  Opuscula;  Oratiuncali 
CoUegii  Medicorum  Londinensis  Cathedrae  vak 
dicens.  In  Comitiis,  postridie  Divi  Michaeli! 
MDCCtxvii,  ad  CoUegii  administrationem  renoiran 
dam  designatis ;  Machinaque  Incendiis  extinguendi 

Sta  contra  Permissos  Rebelles  munitis'f- ;  habita 
,   Gulielmo  Browne,   Equite   Aurato,   Prssidc 
17(58."  4to. 

6.  "  A  Farewell  Oration,  &c,  a  translation  of  th 
preceding  aiticle,  1768,  4to.; 

7.  '^  Fragmentum  Isaaci  Hawkins  Browne,  Anr 
sive  Anti-Bolingbrokius,   Liber  primus  :|:,     Trans 

*  This  little  volume  (which  was  dated  "  ex  Arek  dktk  Regioal 
UPCChXV,  III  nonas  Januarias,  ipso  Ciceronis  et  Auctor 
natali)  contained,  1.  "  Oratio  HarveLinai  in  Theatrp  CoIIeg 
'Medicorum  Londinensis  habita,  1751.**  t.  '' A  Vindication  < 
the  College  of  Physcians,  in  reply  to  Solicitor  General  Mum; 
17&3.**  3.  "  Ode>  in  Imitation  of  Horace,  Ode  I.  addressed  t 
the  Duke  of  Montagu.  With  a  new  interpretation,  in  Gid 
mentariolo,  1765.**  4.  The  Ode,  above  mentioned,  to  Sir  Robe 
Walpole.  [This  Ode  is  also  preserved  in  the  *'  Select  Collectic 
of  Miscellany  Poems,  1780,**  vol  VI.  p.  ^5.]  Some  time  befor 
Sir  William  had  published  "  Odes  in  Imitation  of  Horace ;  a< 
dressed  to  Sir  John  Dolben,  to  Sir  John  Turner,  to  Docti 
Askew,  and  to  Robert  Lord  Walpole.** 

^  The  active  part  taken  by  Sir  William  Brpwne,  in  the  conte 
with  the  licentiates,  occasioned  his  being  introduced  by  M 
Foote  in  his  "  Deyil  upon  Two  Sticks."  Upon  Foote's  exact  r 
presentation  of  him  with  hb  identical  wig  and  coat,  tall  figur 
and  glass  stiffly  applied  to  his  eye,  he  sent  him  a  card,  compl 
menting  him  on  having  so  happily  represented  him  3  but,  as  1 
had  forgot  his  muff,  he  had  sent  him  his  own.  This  goo( 
natured  method  of  resenting  disarmed  Foote. 

t  The  Author  modestly  calls  this  "  a  very  hasty  performance 
and  says,  "  In  my  journey  fi-om  Oxford  to  Bath,  meeting  wit 
continued  rain,  which  kept  me  three  days  on  the  road,  in  cor 
passion  to  my  servants  and  horses ;  and  having  my  friend 
pocket-companion,  I  found  it  the  best  entertainment  my  t 
dious  baiting  couM  afford,  to  begin  and  fini9h  this  translatioi 
Tbis  was  dated  Oct  ^^  1768  i  and  his  sefx)nd  part  i^as  cch 

plet 


SIR    WILLIAM    BRO^\^«JE.  Jg/ 

lated  for  a  Second  Religio  Medici.  By  Sir  William 
Browne,  late  President,  now  Father,  of  the  College 
of  Physicians;  and  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society, 
1768,"  4to. 

8.  "  Fragmentum  Isaaci  Hawkins  Browne  com- 
plrtum,  1769,  4to. 

9. "  Appendix  ad  Opuscula  *  ;  Six  Odes  -f,  1 7  70," 
4to. 

10.  ITiree  more  "  Odes,  1771,"  4to. 

Iilfted  on  the  20th  of  the  following  month :  *'  My  undertaking,** 
lie  ttjs,  ''  to  complete^  as  well  as  I  could>  the  Fragment  of  my 
FHend  hath  appeared  to  me  so  very  entertaining  a  work,  even 
amongst  the  most  charming  delights,  and  most  chearfiil  con- 
icnations  at  Bath  $  that  I  have  used  more  expedition,  if  the  very 
I     many  avocations  there  be  considered,  in  peiformiug  this,  than 
j     in  tint  former  translation.    To  this  part  was  prefixed  a  con- 
;     patulatory  poem,  "  to  Isaac  Hawkins  Browne,  Esq. ;  son  of 
hit  deceased  friend,  on  his  coming  of  age,  Dec.  7»  1706" 
*  The  good  old  Knight's  *'  Opuscula**  were  continually  on  the 
.     increase.    The  Master  of  a  College  at  Cambridge  used  to  relate  a 
stoiy  of  him,  that,  waiting  for  Sir  William  in  some  room  at 
tile  College  where  he  was  come  to  place  a  near  relation,   he 
I     found    him  totally  absorbed  in  thought  over  a  fine  quarto 
-     folome  of  these  "  Opuscula,"  which  he  constantly,    he  said« 
cirried  about  with  him,  that  they  might  be  benefited  by  frequent 
itFiflils. 

t  1.  "  De  Senectute.    Ad  amicum  D.  Rogeriun  Long,  apud 
Gintabrigienses,    Auke  Custodem  Pembrokianae,  Thcolqgum, 
Aitronomum^    doctissimum,    jucundissimum,     annum    nona* 
gesimum    agentem,    scripta.     A^jecta  Versionc  Anglic4.    Ab 
Amicu  D.  Gulielmo  Browne,  annum  agente  fei-^  octogesimum.*' 
2.  "  Dc  Choreis,  et  Festivitate.     Ad  Nobilissimum   Ducem 
Leodensem,  diem  Walliic  Principis  natalcm  Aeidulis  Tunbrigien* 
libus  celebrantem,    scripta.     A  Theologo  fcstivo,   D.  Geoigio 
LL*wift§.     Ac^ecta  Vcndoue  Anglica  ab  Amico,    D.  Gulielmo 
Browne.'*    3.  "  De  Ingenio,  ct  Jucunditate.    Ad  Lodoicum  % 
Amicum,  Sacerdotem  Cantiauum,  ingenioeissimum,  jucundis- 
simum,   scripta.    Adjecta  Versione  Ajdglica.     A  D.  Guliehno 
Browne,  E.  A.  O.  M.  L.  P.  S.  R.  S.'*    4.  "  De  Wilkesio,  et  liber- 
Ute.     Ad  Doctorem  Thoiuam  Wilson,  Theologum  doctissimum, 
I3>rrrimum,  tam  mutui  .\inici,  Wilkesii,  Amicum,  quamsuum, 
icripta.**     5.  **  De  Otio  Medentibus  debito.    Ad  Moysaeum|| 
.\miciun,    Medicum    Bathonis   doctissimiun,    humanissimum, 
icripta.**    6.  *'  De  potiore  Metallis  Libertate :  ct  omnia  vincente 
Fortitudine.    Ad  eorum  utriusque  Patromim,  Guliclmiun  iUum 
PIttium,  omni  ct  titulo  ct  laude  nuyorem,  scnpta.*' 

I  Vicar  of  Wcsterham  in  Kent,  famorts  for  his  performance  of  l(piora« 
nw  whcu  a  Wcfttniinstcr  &ch«jiar.  }l  Dr.  Moysy* 

11. 


388  LITERARY  ANECDOTES, 

11.  "A  Proposal  on  our  Coin  * :  to  rem^y  all  pn 
sent,  and  prevent  all  future  Disorders.  To  which  ai 
praefixed,  praeceding  Proposals  of  Sir  John  Baman 
and  of  William  Shirley,  Esq.  on  the  same  subjec 
With  Remarks,  1771,"  4to. 

12.  "  A  New  Years  Gift.  A  Problem  and  Dc 
monstration  on  the  XXXIX  Articles -f-,  1772,"  4t< 

*  **  To  the  most  revered  memory  of  the 'Right  Honourabi 
Arthur  Onslow^  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  durin 
XXXIII  years;  for  ability^  judgement,  eloquence,  intregit 
impartiality,  never  to  be  fi3rgotten,  or  excelled :  who,  sitting  i 
the  Gallery,  on  a  Committee  of  the  House,  the  day  of  publishin 
this  Proposal,  and  seeing  the  Author  there,  sent  to  speak  wit 
hiiQ,  by  the  Chaplain  -,  and,  after  applauding  his  performano 
desired  a  frequent  correspondence,  and  honoured  him  with  pai 
ticular  respect,  all  the  rest  of  ]n&  life  -,  this  was,  with  the  mot 
profound  veneration,  inscribed/* 

f  ''  This  Problem,  and  Demonstration,  though  now  fin 
published,  on  account  of  the  praesent  controversy  concemiu 
these  Articles,  owe  their  birth  to  my  being  called  upon  to  sul 
scribe  them,  at  an  early  period  of  life.  For  in  my  Soph's  yeai 
171 1>  being  a  Student  at  Peter-house,  in  the  University  c 
Cambridge,  just  nineteen  years  of  age,  and  havitig  perfbrm«i  a 
my  exercises  in  the  Schools,  (and  also  a  First  Opponency  es 
traordinary  to  an  ingenious  pupil  of  his,  afterwards  Di 
Par^ard,  Prebendary  of  Norwich),  on  Mathemetical  Quae 
tions,  at  the  particular  request  of  Mr.  Proctor  Laughton,  c 
Clare-hall  (who  drew  me  into  it  by  a  promise  of  the  Senio 
dptime  of  the  year),  I  was  then  first  informed,  that  subscribini 
these  Articles  was  a  necessary  step  to  taking  my  degree  of  B.  ^ 
as  well  as  all  other  degrees.  I  had  considered  long  before  a 
school,  and  on  my  admission  in  1707>  that  tlie  universal  pro 
fession  of  Religion  must  much  more  concern  me  through  life,  t 
provide  for  my  hii})piness  hereafter ;  than  the  particular  profes 
sion  of  Physic,  which  I  proposed  to  pursue,  to  provide  for  m 
more  convenient  existence  here :  and  therefore  had  selected  ou 
of  the  library  left  by  my  father,  (who  had  himself  been  a  regula 
l^hysician,  educated  under  the  tuition  of  Sir  John  Ellis,  M.  E 
aftenvaixfe  Master  of  Caius  College,)  Chilli ngworth's  Religion  c 
a  Protestant;  the  whole  famous  Protestant  and  Popish  Contrc 
versy ;  Commentaries  on  Scripture  j  and  such  other  books  a 
suited  my  purpose.  I  particularly  pitched  upon  three  for  pej 
petual  pocket  companions,  Bleau's  Greek  Testament,  Hippc 
cratis  Aphorismata,  and  an  Elzevir  Horace ;  expecting  from  th 
first  to  draw  Divinity,  from  the  second  Physick,  and  from  tli 
last  Good  Sense  and  Vivacity.  Here  I  cannot  forbear  recoUectin 
my  partiality  for  St.  Luke,  because  he  was  a  Phycician ;  by  tli 
particular  pleasure  I  took  in  perceiving  the  superior  purity  of  h 
Gieek,  over  that  of  the  other  Evangelists.  But  1  did  not  the 
know,  what  \  was  afterwards  taught  by  Dr.  Freind's  learnc 

Histo] 


SIR  WILLIAM  BROWNE.  339 

13.  "  The  Pill  Plot.  To  Doctor  Ward  »,  a  Quack 
of  merry  Memory,  written  at  Lynn,  Nov.  30,  1734, 

1772,  4to. 

14.  Corrections  in  Verse-f-,  from  the  Father  of  the 
College,  on  Son  Cadogan's  ^  Gout  Dissertation :  con- 
History  of  Physick,  tliat  this  purity  was  owing  to  his  being  a 

Pbysician,  and  consequently  conversant  with  our  Greek  Fathers 
of  Ph)'8ick.  Being  thus  fortiiied,  I  thought  myself  as  weU  prae- 
pared  for  an  encounter  with  these  Articles^  as  so  young  a  person 
could  reasonably  be  expected.  I  therefore  determined  to  read 
them  over  as  carefully  and  critically  as  I  could  :  and  upon  this 
met  with  so  many  diiiiciiUies,  utterly  irreconcileable  by  me  to 
the  Divine  Original^  that  I  almost  despaired  of  ever  being  able 
to  subscribe  them,  fiut,  not  to  be  totally  discouraged,  I  resolFed 
to  reconsider  tliem  with  redoubled  diligence  5  and  then  at  last 
hftd  the  pleasure  to  discover,  in  Article  VI,  and  XX,  what  ap- 
piared  to  my  best  private  judgement  and  understanding  a  clear 
solution  of  all  the  difficulties,  and  an  absolute  deieazance  of  that 
exceptionable  authonty,  which  inconsistently  with  Scripture  they 
leem  to  assume.  I  suscribe  my  name  to  whatever  I  offer  to  the 
public,  that  I  may  be  answerable  for  its  being  my  sincere  sen- 
timent :  ever  open  however  to  conviction,  by  superior  Reason 
*im1  Aliment.  William  Browne/* 

♦  Dr.  Joshua  Ward,  the  celebrated  Quack ;  who  first  began  to 
practide  Pliysic  about  1/33 ;  and  combated,  for  some  time,  the 
umt^  efforts  of  Wit,  Learning,  Argument,  Ridicule,  Malice* 
and  Jealousy,  by  all  of  which  he  was  opposed  in  every  shape  that 
tan  be  suggested.  After  a  continued  series  of  success,  he  died 
Dec.  1 1, 1761,  at  a  very  advanced  age. 

t  Although  the  corrections  are  jocular,  it  is  not  intended  that 
they  should  be  less  but  more  sensibly  felt,  for  that  very  reason : 
according  to  the  rule  of  Horace. 

<« .__—  Ridiculum  acri 

Fortius  et  melius  roagnas  plerumque  secat  res. 

AD  FILIVM. 

Vapulans  lauda  Baculum  Paternum, 

Invidum.  FILI,  fuge  suspicari, 

Cujus  i{-denum  trepidavit  aetas 

Clauderc  Lustrum." 
The  Author  repeating  these  verses  to  Dr.  Cadogan  himself, 
who  censured  their  want  of  rhyme ;  he  answered,  that  "  the 
guut  had  a  fourth  causo,  study,  which  was  never  his  case :  if  he 
did  not  understand  law  and  gavelkind,  he  would  not  talk  to  him; 
for  there  were  two  sorts  of  gout,  freehold  and  copyhold  :  the 
first  where  it  was  hereditary,  the  other  where  a  person  by 
debauchery  took  it  up.** 

I  OccaaioDed  by  a  pamphlet  which  at  the  time  made  a  consi- 
deiable  noise  in  the  world,  under  the  title  of  "  A  Diseertation  on 
*he  Goiit^  aad  aU  chronic  Disorderb  >  jointly  considered,  as  pro- 


^30  UTEAARY   AN£CDOTfi8. 

taining  False  Physic^  False  Logic,  False  Philosopl 
177^/4to. 

15. "  Elogy  and  Address,  1773,"  4to. 
16.  "  A  Translation  of  Job  into  Latin  Verse," 
unfinished   work,    of    which  only  36  pages  wc 
printed,  in  March  1774,  a  very  few  days  before  I 
death;  4to. 

I  shall  subjoin  a  well-known  Epigram  *,  by  5 
William  Browne,  which  the  Critics  have  pronouno 
to  be  a  good  one : 

^^  The  King  to  Oxford  sent  a  troop  of  horse. 
For  Tories  own  no  argument  but  force ; 
With  equal  skill  to  Cambridge  books  he  sen^ 
For  Whigs  admit  no  force  But  argument." 
Sir  William  Browne's  only  daughter,  Mary,  w 
the  second  wife  of  William  Folkes,  esq.  counsell 
at  law;  whose  only  son,  Martin  Browne  Folkes,  es 
of  Hillington,   co.  Norfolk,    was  made  a  Baron* 
May  3,  1774.     He  married,  Dec.  «8,  1775,  Fann 
daughter  and   coheiress  of  Sir  John  Turner,    • 
Warkton,  co.  Norfolk,  Baronet;   and  lias  sever 
dhildren.     This  gentleman  was  M.  P.  in  the  la 
parliament,  and  is  in  the  present,  for  King's  Lyni 
The  following  facetious  "  Dialogue  between  S 
William  Browne  and  George  Pookcf-,  two  modei 
Poets,  in  their  respective  styles,*'  was  printed  in  tl 
public  Newspapers. 

ceeding  from  the  same  Causes ;  what  those  Causes  were }  and 
rationad  and  actual  Method  of  Cure  proposed.  Addressed  to  1 
Invalids.  By  William  Cadogan,  Fellow  of  the  College  of  Ph; 
sicians,  1771/*  8vo.  This  work  produced  mnumerabie  Remari 
and  Answers,  amongst  which  one  of  the  most  fiicetiouB  was  i 
the  doggrel  rhymes  of  our  doughty  Knight 

*  The  following  by  an  Oxonian>  which  gave  rise  to  that  t 
Sir  William^  is  at  least  as  good : 

*'  The  King,  observing  with  judicious  eyes^ 
The  state  of  both  his  universities. 
To  Oxford  sent  a  troop  of  horse ;  and  why } 
That  learned  body  wanted  loyalty : 
To  Cambridge  books,  as  very  well  discerning 
How  much  that  loyal  body  wanted  learning/' 
f  If  any  Reader,  after  perusing  this  Dialogue,  should  be  du 
posied  ta  enquire  further  respecting  George  Pooice,  and  lias  n 
oluection  to  a  hearty  lau^ ;  let  him  turn  to  Monthly  Review 
f^.  jpm.  p.  ^1  i  voL  ^VU.  p.  158  ',  VOL  XXXYII.  p.  315. 


SIR  WILLIAM  BROWNS.  3|l  . 

81ft  WILLIAM. 

George  Pooke^  I  much  commend  your  itul. 
For  wridng  of  Britaimia*ft  Weal^ 
And  singing  of  her  Glory ; 
When  Chariot te*s  Royal  Yacht  set  sail, 
Rome,  Scarlet  Whore^  at  once  turned  p^. 
And  Terror  seized  each  Tory. 

GEORGE. 

Sir  Knight^  I  *m  glad  you  praise  my  loyal  Verse ; 
fiut  you  know  not  how  I  rehearse 

In  a  bold  Ode  the  wicked  ways 
Of  Surgeons  to  get  Bodies  now-a*day6  ? 

How  they  &  dig  from  under-ground, 
A  Corpse,  whose  Biuial  cost  its  Friends  five  Pound. 

It  is  a  shameful,  monstrous  thing. 

That  which  I  in  my  Ode  did  sing ; 
And  as  you  are  one  of  the  Faculty, 
1  hope  you*ll  put  a  stop  to 't  before  I  die. 

For  I  would  not,  both  for  France  and  Spain, 
Whea  George  Pooke*s  buried,  that  he  should  be  taken  up  agiui|. 

Nor  when  once  my  Life  is  gone^ 
Would  I  be  a  dissecting  Feast  for  the  King's  Suigeon* 

SIR  WILLIAM. 

Well  said.  Old  Steady ;  thou  shalt  sleep 
Within  the  Ground,  full  ten  feet  deep : 

For  Surgeons,  never  dread  them : 
As  Pm  a  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
I  *11  make  the  Knaves  their  rapine  cease. 

Or  with  an  Axe  behead  'em. 

CRORGB. 

Then  I  will  sing  of  Royal  Charlotte's  Yacht, 
Where  our  fair  j^een  on  velvet  Cushion  sate : 
Sometimes  she  looked  to  M ecklenberg  again, 
And  then  she  ask*d  how  far  it  was  to  Britain. 
Ancaster*fi  noble  Duchess  her  did  comfort  $ 
And  as  to  the  Jack  Tars,  they  made  her  some  sport. 
She  had  good  wine,  and  sweetmeats  of  the  best. 
And  she  knew  the  Garter  was  not  tyed  in  jest 
jRxyund  Hai*court*s  h^, — ^The  Court's  bound  by  Proxj 
The  Queen  for  to  maintain,  both  wet  and  dry. 
And  when  she  thought  of  such  a  certain  Thingi 
She  nothing  feared  from  marrying  the  King. 

SIR  WILLIAM. 

Thy  namesake,  George,  in  blest  abodes. 

Will  surely  tell  bis  brother  Gods 

Of  all  thy  songs  divine ; 

For  me,  my  Odes  should  be  resign*d ; 

I  'd  turn  my  backuiion  Mankind, 

Could  I  but  call  them  miiie. 

No, 


(    33«    ) 


TSTo.  III. 

Rev.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH. 

This  learned  and  worthy  Schoolmaster  wai 
cited  at  the  Free  Graijiniar  School  in  Market 
worth,  under  the  famous  Anthony  Blackwall. 
was  entered  of  Christ*s  College,  Cambridge 
took  the  degree  of  B.  A.  1720,  M.  A.  172&, 
was  soon  af^r  appointed  Master  of  Rudgely  £ 
in  Staffordshire ;  and  (on  the  death  of  Dr. 
man)  was  appointed  head  master  of  the 
Grammar  Scnool  *  at  Brewood ;  and  obtaine 
the  vicarage  of  Brewood,  on  the  presentation  < 
Dean  of  Lichfield.  He  was  also  presented  t 
donative  chapel  of  Shareshull,   not  far  from 

•  wood,  by  Sir  Edward  Littleton,  who  entrust 
him  the  education  of  his  nephew  and  presun 
heir^,  the  present  very  venerable  and  high 
spected  Baronet. 

*  Brewood  School  is  free  for  all  the  children  of  that  towi 
is  endowed  with  602.  a  year.*— The  School-house  having 
much  n^lected>  Mr.  Budworth  continued  to  reside  at  B 
two  years,  whilst  the  house  at  Brewood  was  repairing. 

t  Son  of  Fisher  Littleton,  esq.  He  succeeded  to  the 
his  unck  in  January  1741-^ ;  after  which  he  >vas  remi 
Eton  School  i  but  he  had  so  discriminating  an  opinion 
learning  of  his  old  master,  that  he  returned  to  him  agaii 
had  afterwards  the  good  fortune  to  be  placed  under  th 

•  immediate  tuition  of  Mr.  Hurd ;  who,  in  a  most  el^anl 
cation  to  his  Commentary  on  the  Epistle  to  the  Vlam 
addi^esses  his  Pupil : 

"  Hiving  reviewed  these  Sheets  with  some  care,  I  be^  li 
put  them  into  your  hands,  as  a  testimony  of  the  respect  1  bet 
and,  for  the  ^me  that  such  things  m«y  have  the  fortune 
as  a  monument  of  our  friendship. — ^You  see,  by  the  turn 
address,  yoVi  have  nothing  to  fear  from  that  offeasive  adu 
which  has  so  much  dishonoured  Letters.  You  and  I  have  li 
'  gether  on  other  terms.  And  I  should  be  ashamed  to  ofifer  yc 
such  a  trifle  as  this,  in  a  manner  that  would  give  you  a  r 
think  meanly  of  its  author. — ^Your  extreme  delicacy  allowi 
say  nothibg  of  my  obligations,  which  otherwise  would  d 
mj  warmest  acknowledgementi.    For  your  constant  fiivo 

fo 


REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH,  333 

Tn  1 736,  he  would  have  engaged  the  celebrated  Mr. 
Johnson  as  an  assistant  in  this  school,   had  he  not 

• 

followed  me  in  all  ways,  in  which  you  could  contrive  to  express  it. 
And  indeed  I  have  never  known  any  man  more  sensible  to  the  good 
offices  of  his  friends,  and  even  to  their  good  intentions,  or  more 
disposed,  by  every  proper  method,  to  acknowledge  them.     But 
you  much  overrate  the  little  services  which  it  has  been  in  my  power 
to  render  to  you.     I  had  the  honour  to  he  intrusted  with  a  part 
of  your  education  3  and  it  was  my  duty  to  contiibute  all  I  coukl  to 
the  success  of  it.    But  the  task  was  easy  and  pleasant.     I  had  only 
to  cultivate  that  good  sense,  and  those  generous  virtues,  which 
iDU  brought  with  you  to  the  Universit}',  and  which  had  already  • 
ptntn  up  to  some  maturity  under  the  care  of  a  man,  to  whom  we 
had  both  of  us  been  extremely  obliged  -,  and  who  possessed  every 
tdent  of  a  perfect  institutor  of  youth  in  a  degree,  which,  1  be- 
lieve, has  been  rarely  found  in  any  of  that  profession,  ^ince  the 
days  of  Quinctilian. — I  wibh  this  small  tribute  of  respect,  in  which 
1  know  how  cordially  you  join  with  me,  could  be  any  honour  to 
the  memory  of  an  excellent  person,  who  loved  us  both,  and  was 
less  known,  in  his  life-time,  from  that  obscure  situation  to  which, 
the  caprice  of  fortune  oft  condemns  the  most  accomplished  cha- 
racters, than  his  highest  merit  deserved. — It  was  to  cherish  and  • 
improve  that  taste  of  polite  letters,  which  his  early  care  had  in- 
stilled into  you,  that  you  required  nie  to  explain  to  you  the  follow- 
ing exquisite  piece  of  the  lK*st  poet. — I  recollect  with  pleasure 
how  welcome  this  slight  essay  then  was  to  you  j  and  am  secure  of 
the  kind  reception  you  will  now  give  to  it ;  improved,  as  I  think 
it  is,  in  some  respects,  and  presented  to  you  in  this  public  way. 
— I  was  going  to  say,  how  much  you  benefited  by  this  Poet  (the 
fittest  of  all  others,   for  the  study  of  a  gentleman)  in  your 
acquaintance  with  his  moral,  as  well  as  critical  wiitings ;  and  how 
successfully  you  applied  yourself  to  ever}-  other  part  of  learning, 
which  u-as  thought  proper  for  you — But  I  remember  my  engage- 
ments with  you,  and  will  not  hazard  your  displeasure  by  saying 
too  nmch.     It  is  enough  for  me  to  add,  that  I  truly  respect  and 
honour  youj  and  that,  for  the  rest,  I  indulge  in  those  hopes, 
which  every  one,  who  knows  you,  entertains  from  the  excellence 
of  your  nature,  from  the  hereditary  honour  of  your  family,  and 
from  an  education  in  which  you  have  been  trained  to  the  study  of 
the  best  things.  I  am,  di-ar  sir. 

Your  most  faithful  and  most  obedient  servant, 
R.  HuRD,  Eman.  Coll.  Camb.  Jun.2l,  1757." 

See  also  the  same  veiy  elegant  Writer's  subsequent  elogium  on 
Mr.  Budwo;th  in  the  "  Heads  for  his  own  Life,'*  cited  hereafter 
in  vol.  VI.  p.  470. 

Sir  Edward  Littleton  raided  a  Company,  in  the  Rebellion  of 
1745-6,  in  the  Regiment  commanded  by  I/jrd  Gower,  in  which 
he  was  a  Captain.  He  is  now  (1810)  one  of  the  Representatives 
in  Farliameni  for  the  County  of  Stafibrd. 

been 


334  UTE&ARY  ANECDOTES. 

been  apprehensive  that  the  paralytic  afiection  under 
which  the  great  Philologist  laboured  through  lijfe 
might  have  been  the  object  of  imitation,  or  of  ridi- 
culci  among  his  pupils.  The  talents  of  Mr.  Johnton 
could  not  be  unknown  to  Mr.  Bud  worth  ;  who  pro- 
bably was  acquainted  with  him  at  Market  Boswortfa, 
where  Johnson  was  a  short  time  usher  to  Mr.  Cromp- 
ton,  the  successor  of  Mr.  Blackwall*. 

The  substance  of  the  preceding  paragraph  was 
written  in  1785  -f ;  and  led  to  the  following  commu- 
nication, after  an  interval  of  seven  years,  from  a 
worthy  and  intelligent  Friend,  whose  absence  from 
England  in  the  service  of  his- Country  had  prevent- 
ed him  from  earlier  noticing  the  former  article  J. 

"  If  the  following,"  he  says,  "  proves  acceptable^ 
it  comes  from  one  interested  in  any  account  tnat  can 
be  given  of  so  amiable  a  character.  He  finished 
his  education  at  Cambridge,  and  was  the  son  of  the 
Rev.  Luke  Budworth,  of  Emanuel  College,  Cam- 
bridge, B.  A.  16*91 ;  Vicar  of  Longford  in  Derby- 
shire;  who,   in   1721,  was  presented   by  Thomas 

*  Mr.  Blackwall  died  in  1730;  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Crompton. — Johnsons  ushership  there  commenced  in  1/33, 
when  he  was  in  his  twenty-third  year,  (Julii  16,  Boswortiam 
pedes  petii.J — ^To  Johnson  this  employment  was  very  irksome  in 
every  respect,  and  he  complained  grievously  of  it  in  his  letters  tp 
his  friend  Mr.  Hector,  who  was  now  settled  as  a  surgeon  at  Bir- 
mingham, llie  letters  are  lost  j  but  Mr.  Hector  recollects  his 
wriung  "  that  tlie  poet  liad  described  the  dull  sameness  of  Im 
existence  in  these  words,  '  yitam  contwet  una  dies,'  (one  day 
contains  the  whole  of  my  life) ;  that  it  was  unvaried  as  the  note 
of  the  cuckoo ;  a^d  that  he  did  not  know  whether  it  was  more 
disagreeable  for  him  to  teach,  or  the  boys  to  learn,  the  grammar 
rules."  His  genei^al  aversion  to  this  painful  drudgery  was  greatly 
enlianced  by  a  disa^eement  between  him  and  SuWolstan  DixiCy 
the  patron  of  the  school,  in  whose  house^  I  have  been  told,  he 
officiated  as  a  kind  of  domestic  chaplain  —  so  far,  at  least,  as  to 
say  grace  at  table,  but  was  treated  with  what  he  represented  as 
intolerable  harshness ;  and,  af^er  suffering  for  a  few  months  such 
complicated  misery,  he  relinquished  a  situation,  which  all  his  life 
afterwai'ds  he  recoUected  with  the  strongest  aversion,  and  even  a 
degree  of  horror.  But  it  is  probable  that  at  this  period,  what- 
ever uneasiness  he  may  have  endured,  he  laid  the  foundation  of 
much  future  eminence  by  application  to  his  studies.  —  BaswelTs 
-Life  of  Johnson,  f  Gent  Mag.  vol  LV.  p.  5.  1  Ibid,  vol  LXII.p.?99. 

•     Coke, 


'Eiq.  to  the  rectory  ofTillesfaim  in  Noffonc/ 
CI  1 792  to  that  of  WelKngbam  in  the  same 
jTy  both  which  he  held  till  1739 ;  and  I  have 

the  fiither  of  the  present  Mr.  Coke  speak 
n  with  much  pleasure:  saying,  he  was  a. man 

uncommon  character ;    that  he  refased  to 

an  emolument  of  the  common  at  Longford, 
twie  he  wished  his  parishioners  to  live  as  well 
Dself  ;*  and,  as  a  proof  how  well  qualified  he 
J  give  advice,  the  following  is  an  extract  of  a 
^  written  in  1726,  to  one  of  his  sons,  when  an 
ntice  in  Norwich,  and  which,  1  trust,  would 
no  disservice  if  every  welt-meaning  parent  was 
t  it  into  the  hands  of  his  son,  when  he  com-- 
Bs  his  servitude: — *  Remember  the  advice  of 
ler ;  read  tlie  books  I  gave  yon ;  serve  God, 
ye  cheerful ;  deal  honestly  with  all  men ;  be^ 
of  bad  company,  women,  and  wine ;  and  be 
not  to  neglect  your  master^s  affitirs  whilst  in 
Tvice ; — the  rest  I  leave  to  your  own  conduct, 
m  affectionate  father  will  not  cease  his  prayers 
od  for  you." — I  doubt  not,  Mr.  Urban,  but 
will  form  an  opinion,  that  such  a  father  was 
calculated  to  regulate  the  promising  abilities 
te  person  of  whom  you  wish  to  be  mformed. 

the  father  and  the  son  were  admonished  to 
h  against  the  growth  of  Methodism;  and  I 
seen  some  letters  from  a  person  high  in  the 
di,  recommending  them  to  be  zealous.  I  have 
gret  that  these  Letters  are  lost,  together  with 

Sermons  upon  the  Lord  s  Prayer  by  the  elder 
vorth,  which  breathed  the  langui^e  of  a  pri- 
e  Divine;  but, ^I  well  remember,  the  fauier 
»sed  himself  deeply  sorrowful  at  the  encroach- 
;  of  Methodism ;  but  modestly  refused  preach- 
ipon  the  subject,  as  he  was  fearful,  to  use  his 
words,  ^  to  oppose  infatuation  was  too  often  to 
Bse  it ;  but  that  he  had  the  happiness  to  say, 
id  not  one  Methodist  in  his  parish,  or  a  person 
was  not  of  the  good  Esteblished  Church;* 
ret  Ifascve  seen  an  answer  of  rebuke  to  this  let- 


$$€  JLITEEAET  ANECDOTES. 

ter,  enforcing"  him  to  do  it. — We  should  hope  th< 
rood  Bishop  Hard,  who  was  one  of  the  Rev.  W 
JSudworth's  scholars,  and  who  has,  by  comparing 
him  to  Quinctihan,  said  so  much  in  his  praise 
would  be  pleased  to  give  the  further  information 
you  wish ;  and  we  should  hope  that  he  may  have 
rescued  some  proofs  of  the  qualifications  he  is  sc 
liberal  in  the  commendation  of;  no  man  appears  to 
have  loved  him  more,  from  similarity  of  sentiments 
and  of  studies,  and  no  scholar  was  ever  more  grate- 
ful of  a  master  s  worth.  The  good  Bishop  and  Sir 
Edward  Littlet<in  were  on  tlje  road  to  pay  him  a 
visit  in  1745,  when  they  heard  a  fit  of  apoplexy  had 
deprived  them  of  their  benevolent  instructor  and 
affectionate  friend;  the  latter  gentleman  erected  a 
monument    in     the    chancel    of    the    chapel    of 

to  his  memory,  which  is  a  noble  pro- 
duction; because  it  hath  truth  and  gratitude,  not 
grandeur,  for  its  basis.  His  friends  have  always 
thought  it  the  production  of  the  learned  Prelate, 
and  feel  their  thanks  accordingly*. 

M.S. 

*  Gulielmo  Budworth,  A.  M. 

hujus  simul  ac  Brewoodensis  Ecclesiae  nuper  Recton, 

necnon  Literarii  ibidem  Ludi  Prefecto, 

in  utrumque  niunus 

innocentia  vitae,  morum  comitate, 

humanioribus  literis,  eloquentia  simplici 

instructissimo; 

illiberalioris  omnis  interim  erga  divites  obsequii, 

divitiarumque  pariter  ipsarum, 

plus  aequo  fer^  contemptori : 

*  The  Epitaph  is  here  printed,  from  a  copy  preserved  in  the 
family,  as  originally  written.  On  the  munimient  itself  the  8e« 
cond  and  third  lines  are  thus  varied : 

''  Hujus  simul  ac  Ecclesise  de  Brewood  nuper  Ristori, 

et  Literarii  ibidem  Luoiprapecto  ;** 

and  instead  of  lines  8 — 10,  ''  illiberalioris/*  &c.  are  substituted* 

"In  omnes  perquam  facUi  et  benevolo^ 

in  amicos  siimm^  officioso, 

ab  omni  tamen  erga  homines  illiberali  obsequio, 

poteatiorum  ssqu^  cultui  servili  alienissimo.** 

Hiu 


RSr«  WRXIAM  BUDWORTH.  j^j^} 

Huic  tali  viro,   ' 
Optimo  olim  praeceptori^    . 
amico  insuper  dilectissimo, 
lecunque  amoris  &  grati  animi  testimonium^ 

ponendum  curavit 
rdus  LitUetoh,  Baronettus^  mdccxlviii/  ! 
it  good  men  should  suffer  in  this  world  is  no* 
vw ;  so  did  this  excellent  pers^p,  who  ne* 
ed  ill  to  any  one,  by  a  tedious  CWincery  suit 
wife's  relations,  that  closed  with  bis  cfeath : 
he  appellant,  and,  from  being  unacquainted 
'-  chicanery  whatever,  he  knewnot  the  world* 
of  pursuing  his  just  rights,  and  his  fiunily 
accordingly. 

ling  as  tne  accomplishment  must  appear^ 
inked  with  his  learning  *  and  his  ment ;  I 
ird  that  he  was  one  of  the  pleasantest  sing** 
lis  time,  and  that  a  moment  was  never 
to  pass  heavy  in  his  company.  * 

the  conclusion  of  the  little  I  have  heard  of 
son  (so  early  snatched  from  this  life),  I  will 
to  think,  it  is  to  be  regretted  (although  his 
must  be  allowed  just)  that  he  did  not  take 
nson  as  his  usher.  Joined  with  that  distim* 
Philologer,  he  might  have  lived  in  practi-* 
veil  as  theoretical  approbation ;  and  some  of 
ay  efforts  of  his  genius  and  philanthropy 
are  but  definitively  known)  might  have 
blished,  and  of  course  would  have  protected 
nory  from  the  obscurity  his  own  native 
'  has  thrown  over  it.  A  Rambler  ^.  ** 

Bud  worth  had  a  sister^  who  was  almost  as  good  a  scholar 

.    She  resided  in  Cheshire,  and  lived  to  a  good  old  age* 

x>  learned,  and  perhaps  too  plain,  to  be  married.** 

i  the  same  worthy  Friend  (whom  I  afterwards  discovered 

ephew  of  Mr.  fiudworth)  I  have  very  recently  been  ttu^ 

th  the  following  very  interesting  Anecdotes. 

J  return  from  Gibraltar,  I  madeHartlebury  in  niy  way, 

luced  myself  to  Dr.  Hurd,  purposely  to  thank  him  for 

Mc  mentionhe  had,  inhis  dedication  to  Sir  Edward  lit> 

ide  of  my  Uncle. 

f.     '    •      •  Z  He 


338  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

•  The  subject  was  resumed  by  another  Correspon- 
dent, whose  name  I  never  discovered ;  but  whose 
sources  of  information  were  evidently  authentic. 


He  was  in  a  flow  of  spirits,  and  I  was  vaiD  enough  to  think  the 
out-of-the-way  Tisit  from  the  only  Nephew  of  his  early  FViend  added 
pleasure  to  the  fleeting  hours.  After  my  first  reception^  and  the 
look  of  suspicion  had  vanished,  he  eyed  me  with  growing  com- 
placency ;  and  during  our  walk  in  his  long  Gallery,  and  alter  two 
or  three  silent  turns,  he  did  me  the  sati^Baction  of  8a3ring  I  was 
like  my  Uncle ;  but,  as  he  said,  "  Mr.  Budworth  had  more  ruddi- 
ness of  face,  and  was  fairer ;  and  youis  wears  the  sun-burnt  tinge 
of  having  served  in  a  hot  climate ;  and  indeed.  Young  Man,  the 
having  witnessed  that  Siege,  will  be  a  I'ecommcndation  to  you  in 
your  profistsion,  and  go  down  with  satisfaction  with  you  to  the 
Grave.**  He  raised  himself,  and  in  the  most  animated  language 
expatiated  on  the  learning,  friendship,  and  benevolence  of  his  early 
Friend  *,  and  taking  me  most  kindly  by  the  hand,  we  sat  down ; 
and,  with  a  look  I  shall  never  forget,  he  said,  "  I  am  happy  to  see 
you,  Mr.  Budworth  -,'*  and  welcome  indeed  he  made  me,  telling  me 
many  anecdotes  of  my  Relation ;  and,  stopping  in  the  midst  of  a 
flow  of  words,  he  asked  me  "  Are  you  a  good  singer.  Sir  ?  Your 
Uncle  had  more  melody  in  his  voice  than  I  ever  heard ;  he  did  not 
fling  with  such  science  as  your  Father,  whom  I  have  often 
hearkened  to  when  he  came  to  see  his  Brother ;  but  his  had  all  the 
sweetness  of  the  JEoWan  harp." 

He  then  asked  me  why  I  did  not  call  upon  him,  when  the  Regiment 
I  was  in  marched  through  Worcestershire  on  their  way  to  Man- 
chester to  be  reduced ;  that  he  had  obsened  my  name  amongst 
the  Officers,  and  supposed  me  to  be  a  Relation  to  his  earliest 
Friend;  I  told  him,  that,  being  acting  Adjutant  to  the  Division  I 
marched  in,  and  the  men  being  made  too  much  of  through  every 
Town  we  halted  at,  my  presence  and  activity  were  necessary ;  or  I 
fully  intended  doing  myself  the  honour,  the  day  we  halted  at  Kid- 
derminster, of  paying  to  him  my  utmost  considerations.  "  Your 
reasons,  young  Soldier,  make  you  the  more  welcome.** 

As  my  visit  was  not  built  upon  design,  I  felt  myself  as  much  a 
Guest  as  if  amongst  my  Brother  Officers,  and  gave  range  to  every 
question  he  asked  me  about  the  Old  Rock  with  the  unadulte- 
rated warmth  of  an  animated  partaker  of  everything  that  had  gone 
forward;  he  pointed  to  a  mark  on  mjr  temple,  and  said,  "  I  sup- 
pose you  got  that  wound  there,**  I  told  him,  ''it  was  amongst  the 
first  received ;  and  that  it  was  still  a  heavy  affliction,  and  I  feared  . 
ever  would." — "  I  am  concerned  to  hear  so ;  but  it  will  be  of 
service  in  your  claim.  Recollect,  the  Temple  is  the  seat  of 
honour^  both  in  mind  and  action/*  I  replied,  *'  I  was  then  on , 
mj  way  to  London,  to  endeavour  to  get  upon  fiiU  pay  again  -,  but 
that  my  hopes  were  few."  He  said, "  A  Gibraltar  Officer  ought 
to  have  more  than  Hope  to  trust  to.**— ^'  1  take  theliberty,  rny  Lord, 

>    •  of 


REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORtH.  $$g 

"  I  wish,"  he  says,  ^^  1  could  recover  the  dates 
Jid  the  names ;  but  every  one  knows  with  what 
lifficulty  these  are  remembered,  there  being  nothing 
a  a  name,   generally  speaking,  to  fix  the  idea. 

'repeating  some  rude  lines  I  saw  chalked  upon  a  Sentry-b©t  on 
uropa  Guard: 

.     ^'  God  and  a  Soldier  all  people  adore 
In  time  of  war,  but  not  before : 
And  when  war  is  over,  and  all  things  are  righted, 
God  is  neglected,  and  an  Old  Soldier  13  slighted." 

His  Lordship  remarked,  ''  It  is  to  be  feared  there  is  some  truth 
it,  and  probably  the  lin^  were  written  by  some  Soldier  that  had 
ceived  a  better  education ;  for,  though  the  verse  \8  lame,  there  is 
indin  it/*  I  observed,  "The  Officers  and  Men  were  necessarily  so 
need  oii  some  of  the  guards,  a  certain  freedom  amongst  them* 
Ives  in  point  of  conversation  was  unavoidable ;  and  I  had  often 
itnessed,  in  the  strange  jumble,  some  noble  sentiments  and 
)od  military  remarks."  I  begged  to  intrude  a  Short  lively  piece  of  . 
it  Being  on  guard  in  the  Mines  in  Landport  ditch,  when  thd 
icmy  were  firing  briskly,  two  shells  fell  into  it  5  the  Men  were 
anted  to  guard  against  the  bursting  of  them,  but  they  happened 
)th  to  be  blind  shells*.  An  old  Soldier  instantly  said,  "  That 
Tifies  Scripture ;  when  the  blind  lead  the  blind,  they  both  hll 
a  ditch."—"  What  a  spirit,"  said  his  Lordship,  must  that 
an  have  had,  to  have  been  so  ready  in  the  midst  of  danger!" 
nid,  "  Danger  was  so  habitual,  it  gave  a  spur  to  genius ;  and 
had  often  seen  the  Soldier  on  guard  over  his  Bible ;  and  that 
ftmembered  a  straggling  shot  striking,  a  Light-Infkntry-man 
'  the  58th  across  his  belly,  and,  being  too  severely  wounded  to 
I  removed,  ke  desired  his  comrade  would  pray  by  him ;  which 
IS  religiously  performed,  the  whole  Guard  kneeling  around 
e  suflferer  until  he  died." — "  That  was  true  Religion,"  said 
s  Lordship  -,  "  and  Sterne  was  right  in  saying  a  man  could  do 
3  duty  as  well  in  a  red  as  a  black  coat  5  but  he  was  wrong 
his  inferences."  In  conversation  to  this  effect,  the  moments 
w  away;  and  he  invited  me  to  pass  some  time  at  Hartlebury 
I  my  return  to  the  North.  He  walked  me  from  the  Gallery 
to  the  Park;  and  observing  two  old  women  picking  sticks 
wi>  under  the  trees,  he  said,  "  We  had  some  strong  wind  ■ 
ely ;  and  indeed,  if  it  were  not  for  thinking  of  Mariners,  I 
3uld  like  a  storm  occasionally,  as  it  gives  the  poor  an  oppor- 
ilty  of  picking  up  the  scattered  wood ;  and  coal  is  scarce 
re."  He  edged  towards  them,  and  said,  "  he  was  glad  to  see 
an  so  well  foaded."  They  dropt  cmtseys,  with  looks  with* 
t  fear ;  went  on  "  picking  dry  sticks,"  not "  mumbling  to  them- 
res^"  but  as  placidly  as  mortals  under  the  protectioa  of  Hea- 

*  So  called  when  fusees  do  not  take  effect. 

z.  2  vcn. 


)4d  LITERARY  ANECDOTSB. 

Perhaps,  however,  some  other  of  your  correspond- 
ents will  be  kind  enough  to  supply  these,  together 
with  an  account  of  his  parentage  and  education. 

"  If  I  recollect  right3  Mr.  Budworth  had  been 
married  some  time  before  he  came  to  Brewood. 
Mrs.  Budworth  was   a  very  amiable  lady;     and 

▼en.  I  silently  blessed  him  in  my  heart,  and  was  visibly  affected 
by  the  divine  lesson  immediately  before  me, 

A  friend  of  Mr.  Budworth's  was  coming  to  dine  with  him,  a 
Dr.  Johnson.  I  asked  if  it  was  Samuel  Johnson  (then  living) .  "  No, 
not  him,  although  he  was  an  antient  acquaintance  (and  I  think 
he  said  schoolfellow)  of  your  Uncle  j  but  a  Dr.  Johnson  of  Kid- 
derminster ;"  to  whom  1  received  an  animated  introduction.  At 
and  after  dinner  he  opened  the  stores  of  his  rich  mind,  unbend- 
ing himself  to  ask  questions  from  me ;  and  amongst  them  he  saidi 
"  Pray  tell  me  how  Divine  Service  was  performed  during  the  Siege, 
and  how  many  Chaplams  had  you  ?'*  I  told  him  "  that  therp  was 
only  one,  and  he  was  a  Deputy  to  the  Chaplainof  a  Scotch  Regiment, 
the  Seventy-third ;  that  he  did  duty  at  seven  in  the  morning  to 
the  English  Regiments  according  to  the  Established  Church,  and 
afterwards  to  the  Seventy-third  Regiment  after  the  Church  of 
Scothind,  to  which  he  belonged)  and  that  both  senices  were  per- 
formed! off  the  Dmm-head."  "  Ah !"  instantly  replied  his  Lord- 
•hip,  tliat  remiiKls  me  of  my  friend  Hudibras , 
"  Pulpit,  drum  ecclesiastic, 
''  Was  beat  with  fist  as  well  as  a  stick." 

Had  he  been  a  Soldier,  he  could  not  have  asked  more  questions 
relative  to  the  Garrison ;  of  which  having  some  minute  and  com- 
pressed details  about  me,  I  presented  them  to  him;  whicb 
he  received  with  kindness,  and  I  observed  he  took  them  as  a  se- 
cond proof  of  the  respect  my  unusual  visit  had  impressed  him 
witlj  3  for  he  immediately  asked  me  if  I  could  remain  some  days; 
and  on  my  informing  him,  that  I  must  retiun  to  Birmingbami 
whence  I  had  rode  over  to  pay  my  respects,  he  made  me  promise  that 
at  some  future  period  I  would  make  Hartlebury  in  my  prepress. 

His  Chaplain  attended  mc  to  my  horse,  and  urged  me  to  re- 
collect the  Bishop*s  invitation.  I  passed  a  few  most  pleasant  and 
interesting  hours,  and  have  often  since  ei^oyed  them  in  reflec- 
tion. This  was  in  November  1783;  and  in  February  following 
I  embarked  for  India,  after  writing  a  letter  of  thanks  for  my  re- 
ception, and  inclosing  a  Copy  of  Verses  full  of  respect  and  gra- 
titude—  which  were  not  sent  until  the  Pilot  left  the  ship# 
that  his  Lordsliip  might  see  I  was  not  regulated  by  mercenary 
views,  although  his  i*ecommendation  might  have  advanced  my 
India  prospects,  and  I  could  have  procured  letters  to  him  from 
Officers  1  had  served  under,  which  might  have  add«d  to  his  in- 
ducements to  take  me  by  the  hand.  J.  B" 

perhaps 


K^ 


WIIXIAM  BUDWOIXH.  Mft 


tiapt  there  were  few  happier  matches.  She 
a  nim  eleven  children,  all  of  whom  were  ttiU« 
D  except  die  hwt ;  and  this  did  'not '  live  long 
1^  to  be  bafilizedj  though  Mr.  Budworth  made 
possible  ha8te.~-Thi8  unfortunate  lady  (for 
1  shall  ever  call  her)  fell  a  sacrifice  to  one  of  the 
It  audacious  experiments  that  ever  was  tried*. 
I  recovered  so  fer,  however,  as  to  walk  about  in  a 
r  languid  state  for  some  time,  and  then  left  Mr« 
Iworm  almost  inconsolable.  She  was  indeed  an 
silent  wife,  and  he  was  a  very  tender  and  afTection- 
husband.— It  has  often  been  remarked,  that  the 

Cst  and  the  most  heart-felt  sorrow  subsides,  or 
ps  I  should  rather  say  evaporates,  the  soonest, 
loraingly,  we  find  Mr.  Budworth  in  due  time 
ing  his  addresses  to  a  lady  of  good  fortune,  who, 
mik,  then  resided  at  Brewood.  Every  thing 
ned  settled ;  he  was  to  keep  his  carris^,  and  a 
f  coach-road  into  the  town  was  actually  in  oon- 
plation,  when,  to  the  great  surprize  and  equal  re- 
:  of  his  neighbours  (for  he  was  then  very  highly 
lected),  the  match  broke  off,  and  the  lady  left  the 
ntry.  It  was  undoubtedly  his  own  fault;  he  had 
innate  dignity,  something  cautiously  superior, 
cfa  revolted  at  the  thought  of  a  dangling  lover, 
Dgh  it  is  what  the  fair-sex  but  too  commonly  ex- 
L— -His  feme  and  his  school  greatly  increased; 
,  as  some  of  his  pupils  who  boarded  with  him 
e  of  the  first  femilies  in  that  country,  he  could 
but  sensibly  feel  the  want  of  a  lady*s  assistance  in 
nrintending  such  a  genteel  femily.  For  this  pur- 
^  and  partly  as  a  companion,  he  ei^sged  an 
ieable,  well-informed  widow  lady  [Mrs.  Vaughanl 
[«ls  with  him ;  a  step  which  had  well-nigh  proved 
I  to  his  flourishing  school.  Mrs.  V.  had  a  pret* 
laughter  marriageable,  and  rather  gay;  who  was 
It  imprudently  taken  to  reside  with  them,  though 
,  perhaps,  might  be  from  motives  of  delicacy  to 

*  See  Gent  Mag.  voL  LXn.  pp.  683.  808.  2001. 

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bfir  motfaen  The  consequence  will  eisily  be 
oeived ;  the  young  gentlemen  who  boarded  wii] 
^vfere  sent  for  home/  and  the  school  languishi 
some  years.  If  Mr.  Budworth  had  immed 
married  Mrs.  V.  and  boarded  the  young  lad 
distance^  it  was  generally  imagined  he  would 
had  one  of  the  first  and  finest  country  schools 
kingdom;  so  justly  lyas  his  well-earned  iam< 
school-master  established.  He  grew  very  fo 
Mrs.  V.  and  would  certainly  have  married  hei 
not  her  death  prevented  their  union.  This  s 
with  the  decay  of  his  school,  affected  him  gr 
he  felt  it  a  considerable  time.  —  It  must  have 
about  the  period  of  which  I  have  been  speakin| 
the  late  Dr.  Johnson  made  some  overtures 
assistance  to  Mr.  Budworth.  But  an  additions 
son  may  be  assigned  to  that  given  by  Sir 
HaWkins  why  his  offer  was  not  accepted. 

Mr.  Budworth  had  two  churches  (Brewoa 
ShareshuU'*)  besides. the  school.  He  was, 
fore,  obliged  to  keep  a  curate,  and  also  an  ushei 
taught  writii^  and  accompts;  and,  as  tbey  be 
sbted  him  in  the  school,  Mr.  Johnson  must 
been  of  too  little  service,  unless  he  had  been  in  < 
or  a  good  penman :  and  as  both  the  livings,  to 
with  the  estate  belonging  to  the  school,  pre 
not  much  more  than  120^  a  year,  he  could  m 
afford  to  pay  a  third  person.  Nor  will  it  be  su] 
(hat  he  could  enrich  himself  by  boarding  youn 
tlemoi  for  14/.  a  year.  In  fact,  as  out  of  1 
pittance  very  handsome  salaries  were  not  to 
pected,  his  usher  [Mr.  Adan^s]^  and,  a  few 
afterwards,  his  curate  [Mr.  Bromleyl  both  lei 
Mr.  Budworth  was  much  hurt  at  Mr.  Brc 
leaving  himj^  for  he  was  a  remarkably  p 
and  facetious  companion,  and  very  well  b 
— The   nfew  usher,    being   looked   upon   1 

*  A  donathe  curacy  (Ecton  calls  it  a  chapel  to  Pei 
Idbout  thrsa  niki  fron  Brewood. 


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REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH.  $4$ 

scholars  as  excessively  proud,  and  equally  stupid, 
was  at  first  treated  rather  contemptuously,  and  a 
rencontre  or  two  with  the  young  gentlemen  was 
the  consequence ;  which  reaching  Mr.  Budworth*s 
cars,  he  very  sharply  reprehended  their  daring  to 
dispute  his  choice.  —  This  of  course  in  time  blew 
over,  and  we  again  saw  the  school  in  a  very  flourish- 
ing state.  Besides  his  boarder^,  there  were  a  great 
many  young  gentlemen  occasionally  placed  under 
his  care  as  day  scholars ;  these  boarded  in  the  town, 
for  the  school  is  free  to  all. — Mr.  Budworth  could 
never  long  feel  himself  happy  without  indulging 
a  wish  to  enter  the  connubial  state  once  more. 
A  lady  of  fortune*,  who  lived  near  ShareshuU,  now 
became  the  object  of  his  affections ;  but,  after  a  few 
visits,  this  courtship  ended  Uke  the  other,  with  the 
fault  (if  aiiy)  certainly  on  his  own  side.  This  was 
his  last  effort;  and  I  really  question  whether  he 
would  have  gone  ten  times  to  ShareshuU  on  such  an 
errand,  and  to  have  acted  the  part  of  a  fond  or  ten- 
der lover-(though  he  really  was  one),  to  have  gained 
ten  thousand  pounds;  and  yet,  from  the  state  of 
his  finances,  such  a  fortune  must  have  been  highly 
acceptable.  He  "  what  was  honour  knew,"  for  he 
had  the  nicest  sense  of  it;  and  hence  his  word — his 
once  telling  or  assuring  a  person — was  with  him 
deemed  quite  sufficient  on  every  occasion. 

During  this  last  courtship,  he  slept  at  Sarsdon- 
hall,  in  the  parish  of  ShareshuU.  His  host  [Mr. 
Martin]  was  a  gentleman  farmer,  and  a  Non-con- 
formist, and  of  whom  Mr.  Budworth,  though  he  had 
no  predilection  for  Dissenters,  always  spoke  in  the 
highest  terms  of  respect.  As  Mr.  Martin  regularly 
called  his  family  to  prayers  every  morning  and  even- 
ing, he  requested  Mr.  Budworth  to  preside  at  their 
devotions  during  his  stay  there ;  a  request  that  every 

*  The  lady  to  whom  Mr.  Budworth  paid  his  addresses  was,  it 
i§  believed,  sister  to  the  lord  of  the  manor  of  ShareshuU>  under 
whom  Mr.  Martin  rented. 

one 


344  UnEAftT  ANECDOTES. 

one  knowB,  who  kneir  Mr.  Budvronh,  he  lecehned 
with  the  greatest  cheerfulness. 

Amooff  other  tmpicks  of  convemtion,  Mr.  Mar- 
tin took  the  freedom  to  ask  Mr.  Budwordi,  what  his 
sentiments  were  respecting  the  lawfulness  or  unlaw- 
fblness  of  eating  blood.  His  reply  was  nearly  in  the 
following  terms :  '^  I  read  the  authors  on  both  sides 
the  question ;  those  who  wrote  in  favour  of  the  pro- 
hibition had  the-greatest  weight  witli  me,  and  there- 
hre  I  have  always  abstained  from  eating  it.  ^ 

Notwithstanding  his  income  was  so  slender,  he 
found  means  to  enlarge  the  schools,  and  to  make  the 
fooms^  both  his  own  and  the  sub-master  s  *,  much 
more  decent  and  comfortable.  Adjoining  to  tlie 
school  is  a  large  garden,  in  which  lie  took  great  de- 
light; and,  as  I  shall  ^|»erve  something  for  a  slight 
sketch  of  his  character,  1  shall  only  add,  tliat,  while 
lie  was  conversing  with  an  acquaintance  in  his  favour- 
ite garden  and  in  perfect  health,  he  dropped  down  in 
an  apoplectic  fit,  and  never  spoke  after.  This,  I 
think,  was  in  the  summer  of  1744^  and  while  he 
completely  possessed  all  his  transcendant  endow- 
ments and  acquisitions -f*. 

His  person,  which  was  rather  above  the  middle 
heieht,  was  formed  with  the  nicest  symmetry ;  and 
lie  had,  perhaps,  as  fine  a  presence  as  almost  any 
man  in  the  kingdom.  His  air,  deportment,  lan- 
guage, voice,  in  short,  every  word  and  every  action, 
announced  the  accomplished  gentleman.  He  had 
not  the  fine  eagle-eye  of  a  Conde,  nor,  askaunt,  did 
it  flash  conviction  and  terror  like  Chatham's ;  there 
was  nothing  tremendous  in  his  aspect ;  he  never 
spoke  like  thunder,  nor  did  he  command  with  the 
pomp  of  a  bashaw ;  but  there  was  an  irresistible  and 

something,  which  always  commanded 


*  There  is  an  onder-school^  where  many  of  the  day-scholan 
•re  taup^ht  the  Accidence^  Lilly's  Gramoiar,  &c.  before  they  are  re- 
ceived mto  the  upper  schooL 

t  His  corpse  was  carried  to  Shareshullj  wh^«  he  was  buried  in 
itfi  church.    See  pp.  332. 34S. 

respect. 


REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH.  345 

respect,  and  for  ever  inspired  the  beholders  with  awe ; 
his  look  and  his  voice  pierced  to  the  very  inmost  souU 

Perhaps  the  following  anecdote,  which  occasioned 
no  small  pleasantry  at  the  tune,  may  now  be  accept*  ^ 
able,  and  serve  to  illustrate  this  part  of  his  charac- 
ter. A  young  gentleman,  who  was  smart  and  sensi- 
ble, and  far  from  being  deficient  in  presence  of 
mind,  at  his  return  home  during  the  vacation,  was 
descanting  on  the  terror  with  which  Mr.  Budworth 
sometimes  inspired  him  and  his  schoolfellows,  and 
with  what  fear  and  trembling  they  then  approached 
or  addressed  him ;  when  a  lady  of  his  acquaintance 
began  to  express  her  surprize  at  his  unusual  timidity, 
and  then  offered  some  reasons  to  fortifv  him,  as  she 
thought,  and  to  convince  him  that,  if  Mr.  Budworth 
did  look  a  little  stern,  he  ought  not  to  be  at  all  afraid. 
'^ Madam,"  says  the  little  gentleman,  with  his  usual 
smartness,  ^'  what  are  you  now  talking  about  ?  why, 
one  of  his  looks  would  frighten  you  out  qf  your  wits. 

If,  however,  agreeable  company,  or  an  agreeable 
subject,  detained  him  somewhat  longer  than  usual 
after  dinner,  and  the  snuff-box  had  been  used  pretty 
freely,  there  was  such  a  smile  upon  his  countenance 
when  he  came  into  the  school,  that,  as  Dr.  Burney 
says  of  Handel,  it  was  like  Heaven  ;  all  fear,  sighs, 
and  sorrow,  were  banished  in  a  moment  from  every 
boy  in  the  school :  the  most  difficult  task  became 
easy;  his  condescension  was  ineffable;  and  it  was 
then  impossible  not  to  love  him. 

To  enter  into  a  nice  discrimination  of  his  learning 
and  taste,  would  greatly  exceed  my  humble  abilities : 
I  shall,  therefore,  leave  this  to  a  more  able  pen,  and 
confine  myself  to  the  more  prominent  and  ostensible 
traits  in  his  character. 

To  say  that  he  was  a  good  or  an  excellent  scholar 
would  be  the  smallest  part  of  his  praise.  He  pes* 
tessed,  I  will  not  barely  say  in  an  eminent,  but  in 
an  almost  unrivaled  degree,  that  rare,  that  singular 
felicity^  of  conveying  his  extensive  knowledge  and 

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exqaislte  taste  into  the  minds  of  his  pupils^  an< 
in  a  manner  and  style  at  once  the  most  familia 
impreMive,  and  alwa\rs  with  a  varied  dimity  (i 
this  indeed  he  never  lost  sight)  to  suit  the  diff 
classes.  Methinks  I  now  see  him;  I  hear,  I 
those  peculiarly  striking  remarks,  those  extre 
happy  allusions,  which,  while  they  were  enft 
with  such  intellectual  ener^,  seldom  failed  to  i 
a  lasting  impression  upon  the  minds  of  bis  juv 
auditory. 

Mr.  Budworth  would  never  sufier  a  boy*s  ta 
to  remain  unemployed ;  and,  to  prevent  that  Ian 
and  disgust  which  are  the  pupiFs  constant  atl 
ants  on  a  too  close  application  to  one  subject,  • 
one  author,  he  made  tne  most  judicious  possibl 
nations  in  their  exercises;  and,  by  occasional 
well-adapted  rehearsals,  prevented  their  soon  fo 
ing  what  they  had  once  learned ;  for  he  well  1 
how  extremely  fugitive  are  both  the  knowledge 
the  learning  of  a  school-boy.  If  he  discover 
spark  of  genius,  he  fanh^  it  till  it  blazed, 
perhaps  no  person  was  better  qualified  to  discen 
difference  between  a  boy^s  having  a  good  genius 
to  understand  and  to  relish  an  author,  and  his  n: 
ly  getting  the  Grammar  rules  by  heart,  and  rende 
with  focility  Latin  or  Greek  into  English.  ^^  £ 
tell  me,**  said  Mr.  Budworth  to  a  boy's  father, 
wite  almost  petrified  with  the  reflexion,  ^'  that ' 
son  is  a  good  scholar,  because  he  can  repeat  Li 
rales,  and  translate  Ovid  and  Virgil  ♦.** 

He  excelled  in  natural  philosophy ;  and,  whet 
pupils  attended  Mr.  Griflith's  lectures,  they  i 
severally  obliged  to  write,  and  present  to  him,  4 
ownx>bservations  and  sentiments  on  dififerent  subj 

*  Smollett,  in  (Xieof  his  early  Critical  Reviews,  says  of  i 

Barrett,  who  had  translated  Ovid's  Epistles,  that,  "  thou^ 

might  be  wex)(dlentschoohnaster,  he(iad,  however,  no  pi 

aions  tola|l|l»**    An  excellent  schoolmaster  without  taste  Mr. 

'worth  wovd  have  thought  to  be  a  rara  avis  indeed. 


RET.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH.  /  347 

fer  he  never  left  them  to  their  own  judgment  The 
knew  too  well  that  such  an  indifferent  conduct  in  the 
master  would  infallibly  point  out  the  way  to  lAdo- 
lenoe  and  carelessness  m  the  scholar.  Their  obser- 
"vations  were,  therefore,  publicly  readin  the  school^ 
mod  always  accompanied  with  his  own  inimitable  re- 
marks. 

Comedies  he  detested :  he  very  justly  thought  that, 
independent  of  their  indecent  scenes,  and  profane 
language,  they  generally  excite  too  much  levity; 
for  to  every  thing  that  bordered  upon  either  he  had 
an  invincible  aversion.  He  had  no  objection,  how- 
ever, to  his  scholars  going  to  see  a  well-written  tra- 
gedy: but,  if  at  Brewood,  they  were  obliged  to 
present  him  with  their  remarks  on  the  principal  char 
ncters,  &c.  for  (as  already  observed)  he  would  make 
them  exert  their  talents  if  they  had  any  to  exert. 

Every  morning,  the  moment  he  entered  the  school, 
the  folding-doors  which  part  the  two  schools  were 
thrown  open,  and  he  then  read  prayers;  and  the 
same  devout  address  to  Heaven  was  repeated  when  he 
took  his  leave  in  the  afternoon.  On  Saturday  (simi- 
lar to  Mr.  Addison's  rule  in  the  Spectator)  some  se- 
rious and  devout  portions  from  Mr.  Nelson's  Festi- ^ 
vals,  &c.  were  publicly  read ;  and,  during  the  Lent 
season,  he  regularly  heard  his  scholars  repeat  their 
Catechism,  and  generally  once  or  twice  in  the  church. 
He  had  a  very  generous  temper,  that  was  always 
oharitably  disposed,  but  which  his  trifling  income  too 
frequently  confined  entirely  to  good  wishes.  In 
short,  he  viras  sometimes  obliged  to  take  long  credit, 
which  must  have  been  very  distressing  to  a  person  of 
such  enlarged  and  noble  sentiments,  and  of  such  a 
liberal  turn  of  mind,  Brewood  living,  thoueh  the 
parish  is  a  large  one  (having  near  half  a  score  villages 
besides  the  town),  and  the  duty  excessive,  brought  - 
him  in  it  the  utmost  not  even  a  poor  150/.  a  year*^ 


*  The  school  dad  not  bring  in  50l.  a  year  more,  oat  of  wbUk 
was  to  be  deducted  the  ushefs  board  and  salary:  Shareshnllwoidd 


348  LITEEART  ANECOOTEa. 

Easter  offisringSi  turplice^fees.  Queen  Aniie*s  bounty, 
with  40L  added  to  it,  all  included.  It  is  greatly  to 
be  lamented  that  so  much  merit  should  pass  unre- 
warded ;  and  that  such  an  excellent  man  snould  paai 
through  lifei  as  it  were,  unnoticed^  while  others*-* 
but  I  will  not  pursue  the  invidious  comparison ;  the 
sul^ect  is  too  notorious,  and  too  often  tells  its  own 
unfortunate  tale. 

.  Mr.  Budworth  was  excessively  humane,  and  a 
rare  example  of  ^^  temperance,  soberness,  and  chas- 
tity ;**  always,  and  in  every  thing,  extremely  neat, 
but  never  finical.  Upon  the  whole,  he  enjoyed  a 
tolerable  good  share  of  health ;  but  he  was  strangely 
troubled  with  the  h^p*.  Many  a  time  has  he  taken 
to  his  bed,  when,  m  the  language  of  Dr.  Radcliffi^ 
be  was  as  well  as  any  man  in  England,  if  he  could 
but  have  thought  so.  He  was  then  meekness  itself. 
However,  on  the  convalescent  turn,  a  difierent 
change  of  temper  took  place,  and  he  would  chastise 
pretty  severely;  though  he  never  once  in  his  life  sent 
a  boy  home  with  any  thing  like  a  piece  of  buckram 
attached  to  his  posteriors,  common  as  it  was  with 
those  famous  tutors  Osbalston  and  Busby. 
•  Musick  is  to  be  numbered  among  his  favourite 
amusements.     He  occasionally  invited  a  few  select 

E^rformers;  among  whom  may  be  reckoned  Mr. 
unn^,  organist  of  the  New  church  in  Birming- 

pay  a  curate  about  aix-aod-twenty  guineas  for  two-and-fiftj 
sera^ons. 

*  I  have  heard  that  a/ool  was  never  known  to  have  the  hvp. 
It  18  somewhat  remarkable,  that  the  head  schoolmaster,  the  unaer 
master,  and  the  clerk  of  the  parish,  were  all  much  esteemed  for 
a  denness  of  conception  and  a  soiuidness  of  judgment.  This  is 
seldom  to  be  met  with  at  the  same  time  in  persons  of  their  profes- 
sion in  a  small  country  town;  and  it  is  not  less  true,  that  they 
wereaH^  at  times,  troubled  with  this  unaccountable  disorder^ 

t  Bfr.CKmn  was  highly,  and  indeed  justly,  celebrated  for  Ins  ex« 
tempore  intertudes  upon  the  organ;  they  were  so  enchantingly 
sweet,  thiMOBie  wentso&rasto  say  thathewasrarely  excelled;  but 
when  he  lilf  fettered  with  bars  and  time,  his  '' Sonatas  for  the 
HarpsM^Kffd*'  drew  from  the  c^ebrated  author  of  "Hmnei'*  the 
tiBoiiiBi;  veqr  ■s'ere  strietuura: ''If  they 

and 


REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH.  349 

ham,  and  Mr.  Lyndon*  ,*  oi^nist  of  Wolverhamp- 
ton. As  a  sin^r,  Mr.  Budworth  must  be  pre-emi- 
Dently  distinguished.  He  had  a  charming  voice ;  it 
^as  at  once  manly,  clear,  and  succulent;  and  he 
sang  with  great  judgment  and  taste :  but  here  I  am 
again  reminded  that  his  Rnances  would  not  allow  of 
these  entertainments  being  often  repeated. 

He  was  fond  of  exercise,  and  only  wanted  com* 

panions  of  equal  taste  with  himself;  for  he  never 

could  submit  to  common  jests  and  the  consequent 

insignificant  laugh :  he  thought  there  was  something 

mean  and  unmanly  in  such  conceits.     Hence  he 

rarely  appeared  on  the  bowling-green,  though  often 

solicited.     He  liked  ringing ;  but,  as  he  could  have 

no  associates,  the  clapper  was  taken  out,  and  he  then 

rang  a  dumb  peal  by  himself.     In  his  earHer  days  he 

had  a  taste  for  archery,  and  he  kept  some  handsome 

bows  and  arrows  in  nis  parlour ;  but  I  believe  he 

seldom  or  never  used  them  latterly. 

Mr.  Budworth,  in  the  style  of  that  time,  was  an 
High-churchman.  But  here  I  would  beg  to  be  in- 
dulged with  a  remark  on  the  mistaken  notions  of 
many  people,  I  will  say  a  great  many,  who  then 
seemed  to  think  that  High-church,  Tory,  Jacobite, 
and  Rebel,  were  synonymous,  or  veiy  nearly  so,  and 
hence  their  great  surprize  when  they  beheld  so  many 
High-churcnmen  boldly  step  forward  and  take  the 
lead  in  associations  that  were  formed  to  oppose  the 
Pretender.  Mr.  Budworth,  like  a  great  many  others, 
was  very  zealous  for  the  Established  Church  against 
the  Dissenters  of  every  persuasion;   and  his  most 

and  the  bass  was  played  for  the  treble,  and  tlie  treble  for  the  bass, 
or  if  a  treble  was  taken  from  Corelli,  and  placed  to  a  bass  of  Han- 
del, there  would  be  equally  as  good  hanuony  and  connexion."  In 
0ome  of  his  musick  there  were  such  wild  eccentric  passages,  that  a 
person  would  naturally  conclude  ho  often  sate  down  to  compost 
without  any  resolution. 

*  Mr.  Lyndon  had  not  the  rapid,  brilliant  finger  for  execution^ 
but  he  was  a  judge  of  phying,  and  an  excellent  tilBiat :  his  scho- 
lars were  numerous,  and  of  the  best  families. 

extravagant 


<•  • 


50  LITEE.4KT  AKEClXynS. 

extnvagant  eoIofSTOD  Ring  Charles  die  First*,  (for  it 
even  exceeded  Lord  Clareodon*f ),  while,  on  the  ocfaer 
hand,  his  reflections  on  Milton  were  equally  acnae, 
might  lead  some  people  to  conclude  that  be  was  a 
rank  Tory;  but,  as  he  had  been  heard  to  say,  ''  I 
think  I  could  shake  a  good  broad  sword  against  the 
Pretender,**  we  can  be  at  no  loss  to  guess  at  the  ex- 
tent of  his  polirical  principles. 

In  regard  to  the  Methodists,  he  at  6rst  entered  in- 
to conversation  with  a  few  of  those  whom  he  thought 
the  most  zealous  among  his  parishioners.  He  in- 
sisted, that  those  passages  in  the  New  Testament, 
which  relate  to  the  Holy  Spirit,  and  are  translated  in 
you,  or  urithin  you,  on  which  Messieurs  Whitefield 
and  Wesley  laid  so  much  stress,  ought  to  be  render- 
ed among  you.  I  think  the  then  Bishop  of  Lich- 
field and  Coventry  gave  the  ton,  ii\  which  he  was 
followed  by  Mr.  Budworth  and  several  of  his  rever- 
end and  learned  acquaintance,  Bird,  Danvail,  &c. 
in  their  personal  disputes  with  the  Methodists. 

This  new  translation  did  not  by  any  means  prove 
satisfactory.  They  ureed,  ^'  It  is  not  ye  that  speak, 
but  tlie  Spirit  of  your  Father  which  speaketh  in  you/' 
Matt.  X.  20;  and  "the  Holy  Ghost  dwelleth  tr/Myou, 
and  shall  be  in  you,**  John  xiv.  1 7 :  which,  without 
a  strange  perversion  of  language,  could  not  be  ren- 
dered among  you.  And,  to  prove  that  the  promise  of 
the  Holy  Spirit  extended  to  individuals,  and  was 
not  spoken  to  Christians  collectively,  nor  restrained 
to  the  Apostles,  they  adduced,  from  St.  Peter's  well- 
known  sermon  at  the  day  of  Pentecost,  "  The  pro- 
mise is  to  you  and  to  your  children,  and  to  all  that 
are  aforoflf,  even  as  many  as  the  Lord  our  God  shall 
call,**  Acts  ii.  39. — Mr.  Budworth,  on  finding  his 

*  "  I  question/*  says  he, "  whether  there  has  been  a  better  man 
iincc  the  days  of  the  AposUes.'* — "  Milton^  though  he  wrotePkra* 
divcLost,  was  a  Tery  wicked  man.*'  Would  not  Dr.  Johnson,  on 
hearing  or  mding  this^  have  99id,  "Went  not  mine  heart  with 
thee?**        j/k 

prpposed 


EEV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTH.  351 

proposed  new  version  thus  strenuously  resisted,  total-* 
My  declined  any  farther  controversy,  and,  I  believe, 
never  afterwards  spoke  to  them  on  the  subject. 
XVith  submission  to  the  respectable  authorities  I 
l:iave  mentioned,  I  believe  that  the  major  part  of 
yowr  impartial  readers  will  be  apt  to  conclude,  that 
tihis  proposed  deviation  from  the  common  reading 
bordered  too  much  upon  a  quibble  to  produce  any 
splendid  effects*. 

It  may  now  be  proper  to  say  something  of  what 
^^as  deemed  to  be  the  least  amiable  part  of  his  charac- 
ter.    Complaints  or  objections  that  related  to  him, 
Viowever  trifling,  he  never  could  bear;  his  decidedly 
conscious  superiority  spurned  at  every  thing  which 
looked  like  dictating  to  him.     He  felt  the  slightest 
reflection  as  sensibly  as  Mr.  Pope  or  Dr.  Johnson,  and, 
like  them,  never  forgot  it.     This,  however,  must  be 
in  his  favour, — that  he  was  one  of  the  last  men  who 
^'ould  have  taken  A^e;7zo  impune  lacessit  for  his  motto. 
He  was  removed  to  an  almost  infinite  distance  from 
^'ery  thing  that  had  but  the  semblance  of  tnalice  or 
revenge;  he  dropped  all  acquaintance  with  those 
who  affronted  him,  and  there  his  resentment  usually 
ended. 

After  the  death  of  Mrs.  Budworth  he  began  to  be 
somewhat  more  shy  and  reserved ;  and,  as  his  sermons 
were  not  much  relished  by  his  parishioners,  this  shy- 
ness ami  reserve  increased  to  such  a  degree,  that  at 
length  he  was  thought  to  be  one  of  the  proudest  men 
that  ever  existed. 

When  he  found  that  his  preaching  did  not  please, 
he  would,  by  way  of  contrast,  hire  some  of  the 
poorest  sermonizers  that  ever  dis^graced  the  pulpit  •!•• 
This,  however,  did  not  produce  the  desired  eflfect; 

*  I  remember  that  the  Roman  Catholicks  (who  are  pretty  nu- 
merous in  that  parish)  objected  to  it,  and  to  the  criticism  on  wliich 
it  was  founded. 

.  t  One  of  these  was  insane.  He  thought  it  nothing  extraordi« 
nary  to  preach  for  six  months  together  upon  one  te^  ''I  know 
that  my  Redeemer  liveth  ;*'  which  sometimes  occaaMJbd  a  little 
pleasantly,  through  the  following  question  firom  a  bnner  to  his 

neighbour 


352  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

his  parishioners,  having  little  or  no  alternative,  pa- 
tiently submitted.  At  last  he  framed  the  resolution 
to  preach  no  more,  because,  as  he  said,  he  could 
not  preach  to  please  them ;  which  he  strictly  observed 
to  the  day  of  his  death. 

Though  he  did  not  preach,  he  frequently  read 

Krayers.  As  a  reader,  he  had  few  equals ;  the  tone  of 
is  voice,  and  his  delivery,  were  in  a  high  d^ree 
captivating.  There  was,  however,  nothing  of  tlie 
theatrical  air,  for  he  had  little  action.  But  there 
scarcely  ever  was  a  more  expressive  countenance  than 
Mr.  Budworth's,  while  he  sat  under  one  of  those 
miserable  humdrums  whom  he  recommended  to  the 
pulpit.  Often  have  I  contemplated  an  assemblage  of 
speaking  characters,  if  1  may  be  allowed  the  expres- 
sion, in  what  was  simply  a  pleasant  look ;  but  in 
that  look  (solely  intended  for  his  parishioners)  were 
strongly  and  strikingly  depicted  his  conscious  pride 
and  pleasure,  his  surprize,  wonder,  and  ineffable 
contempt,  just  as  though  he  had  varied  his  counte- 
nance as  he  felt  the  passions. 

It  must  be  confessed,  that  his  sermons  were  too 
sublimely  conceived  for  a  plain  country  congrega- 
tion*. It  should  not,  however,  be  forgotten,  that 
part  of  his  audience  consisted  of  young  gentlemen 
of  a  refined  classical  taste *!*,  his  own  pupils;  and 
that  some  of  them  were  going  immediately  from  his 
school  to  the  University.     Nothing,  therefore,  from 

neighbour  who  had  been  at  church  :  "Well,  have  you  been  to 
hear  Old  Job  boxed  about  again  ?'*    One  would  have  thought  he  * 
liad  been  poring  over  the  verj  voluminous  Mr.  CEuyl,  whose  pon- 
demus  folios  on  Job  wei'e  so  well  received  by  the  Puritans^  that 
it  gave  rise  to  the  following  pun :  *'  Poor  Job  made  Caryll  rich. 
Another  of  these  miserable  wights — but,  "peace  to  their  manes!' 
*  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Budworth,  they  fell  into  the  hands  of  his 
usher,  who  afterwards  got  himself  ordained,  and  then  preached 

'  them  in  the  same  church.  But  scarcely  ever  was  such  a  splen- 
dour  of  language  and  sentiment  more  ungracefully  delivered ;  In- 
somuch that  few  of  the  hearers  seemed  to  have  any  conception  of 
what  doctrine  the  preacher  meant  to  enforce. 

•  t  Our  qpent  most  excellent  Bishop  of  Worcester  [this  was 
ivritten  in  1^2] >  Sir  Edward  Littleton,  bart.  -,  and  it  were  easy  to 
name  many  others.    1  hope  the  following  anecdote  will  not  offend  * 

his 


REV.  WILLIAM  BUDWORTHi,  ^53 

Mr.  Bodworth,  that  savoured  of  the  common  hire- 
ling, the  recluse,  or  the  pedant,  would  have  been  re- 
ceived by  them  with  any  high  degree  of  satisfaction ; 
they  naturally  expected  much  better  things ;  and  of 
this  he  must  have  been  superlatively  conscious. 
Seldom,  indeed,  shall  we  find  a  better  judge  of  com 
position  and  style,  cr  one  who  could,  with  less  diffi-  , 

his  Lordbhip's  delicacy,  if  he  should  condescend  to  read  it,  as  I 
speak  from  undoubted  authority.    Mr.  Budworth  would  some* 
timcs  obsene,  that  young  Mr.  Hurd  did  not  apply  himself  much 
to  hid  book  when  he  first  came  to  his  school,  and  that  he  conti- 
ciued  in  an  unpromising  state  till  the  last  year  before  he  went  to 
^he  University,  when  he  began  to  study  in  earnest  -,  and  soon 
made  such  an  astonishing  progress,  that,  with  raptures  would 
Mr.  Budworth  Siiy,  he  never  knew  so  surprising  an  alteration,  and 
9o  great  an  improvement,  in  such  a  short  time.     It  is  indeed  well 
Icuown,  that  some  of  our  most  eminent  writers,  Dr)'den,  Swift» 
AVarburton,  &c.  gave  no  very  eaily  indications  of  great  genius, 
f  fhe  Kev.  Stebbing  Shaw,  who  has  copied  this  passage  in  the  first 
Tolume  of  his  "  Histoiy  of  Stafibrdshire,"  p.  280,  was  assured 
!>?  a  school-fellow  of  Mr.  Hurd,  "  that  his  Lordship  had  no  in« 
Hiiffercncc  to  learning  tiU  the  last  year  of  his  being  at  school ;  on 
the  contrary,  he  was  always  assiduous  at  his  books  from  his  ear- 
liest  childhood^"] — The  following  anecdote  of  Bishop  Warburton  I  • 
received  from  a  Clergyman  of  good  character,  who  assured  me  it 
uas  an  undoubted  fact.     1  think  the  scene  lay  at  Newark.     Mr. 
Warburton,  when  a  young  man,  was  sometimes  exceedingly  ab« 
sent  in  company ;  he  would  often  sit  silent,  or  doze  in  thcchim* 
ney-comer.     This  frequently  ex|M>scd  him  to  a  laugh :  in  short, 
he  was  on  that  account  rather  the  butt  of  the  com{)any ;  all  which 
he  pleasantly  enough  received  without  ever  shewing  any  resent- 
ment ;  and  he  seemed  to  his  acquaintance  to  be  an  easy,  good* 
naturcd  man,  who  was  not  overloaded  with  cither  learning  or  sense. 
One  evening,  while  the  company  was  very  lively,  he  seemed  more 
than  usually  thoughtful ;  not  a  word  dropped  from  his  lips ; 
when  one  of  his  acquaintance,  Mith  a  new  to  raise  another  laugh, 
laid,  "Well,  Mr.  Warburton,  where  have  you  been ;  and  what 
Hill  you  take  for  your  thoughts  :**     He  replied,  with  a  firmness 
to  which  they  thoxight  him  an  entire  stranger,  "I  know  very  weD 
what  you  and  others  think  of  me  -,  but  I  believe  I  shall,  one  daj 
Or  other,  convince  the  world  that  1  am  not  so  ignorant,  nor  so  * 
great  a  fool,  as  I  am  taken  to  be.'*    Bishop  Bumct,  when  his  son 
i'homas  said  he  was  planning  a  greater  work  than  his  Lordship's 
Celebrated  History  of  the  Reformation,  could  not  be  more  sur« 
i»rized  than  were  Mr.  Warburton*s  companions.    Bttt»  when  hii 
I>ivine  Legation  appeared,  they  recollected  this  circiumtance,  and 
concluded  that  he  wad  then  considering  of  the  plan  fiir  that  very 
%laborate  work.** 

\0L.UL  A  A  Q\AVJ, 


354  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

culty,  unite  elegance  with  ease,  and  plainne^  wit 
dignity;  but^  after  a  dislike  was  signified,  I  dare  yen 
tare  to  believe  that  he  would  not  have  altered 
single  word,  no,  not  to  have  gained  the  approbatio 
of  the  whole  parish. 

Be  this  as  it  may,  mere  dry  morality,  and  abstrac 
reasoning  on  the  social  virtues,  metaphysical  an 
learned  disquisitions  on  the  nature  of  virtue  and  via 
reason  and  conscience,  how  noble,  sublime,  or  ex 
cellent  they  might  appear  in  Epictetus,  Seneca,  Sc 
crates,  or  other  Heathen  philosophers,  rarely  mak 
any  favourable  impression  on  an  unlettered  audience 
nor  have  I  known,  or  even  so  much  as  heard,  thi 
■uch  discourses,  however  elevated  the  languai 
or  however  well  delivered,  have  ever  mend^  tl 
morals  of  any  one  person :  though  I  have  been  ac 
quainted  with  a  great  many  whose  lives  and  convei 
sation  have  been  greatly  reformed  by  those  serioi 
and  important  truths  which  come  home  to  the  bosoi 
and  business,  on  which  our  everlasting  all  depend 
and  which  was  brought  to  light  by  the  Gospel. 

It  has  been  already  hinted  to  what  an  excessi\ 

Fitch  Mr.  Budworth  carried  his  shyness  and  reserve 
am  now  to  add,  with  what  an  unremitting  scri 
pulous  attention  he  exacted  the  most  profound  n 
spect  from  his  parishioners ;  while  he,  in  retun 
commonly  walked  along  with  an  unparalleled  indifiei 
cnce.  If  ht  spoke,  it  was  to  find  fault,  or  to  cer 
sure.  To  some  of  his  tradesmen,  and,  indee< 
wherever  he  knew  he  could  shew  his  authority,  an 
there  was  no  resisting  it — and  never,  perhaps,  di 
it  sit  with  more  ease  upon  any  man  in  the  world- 
to  these  people,  I  would  say,  that  no  person  ev< 
discovereu  a  more  disdainful  and  imperious  dispos 
'  tion ;  insomuch  that  few  of  his  parishioners  coul 
meet  him  without  blushing.  Dreaded  like  old  Fn 
derick  the  First  of  Prussia,  every  one  endeavoured  t 
avoid  l;iim;  till  at  last  it  might  almost  be  said,  ^<hi 
citizen^  hated  him ;"  and  no  sooner  was  his  deat 
announced^  than  messenger  was  dispatched  after  roes 


RFV.  WIIXIAM  BUDWORTM.  355 

senget  to  solicit  Mr.  Bromley's  return  to  the  school; 
who  was  unanimously  chosen  by  the  feoffees. 

I  will  not  attempt  to  vindicate  this  conduct  in  a 
minister  of  the  Gospel,  who  certainly  ought  to  prac- 
tise as  well  as  recommend  the  pattern  of  the  humble 
Jesus  to  our  imitation,  but  leave  it  to  those  who  may 
be  inclined  to  think  him  less  reprehensible.     What 
tended  to  give  it  a  still  moi^  haughty  appearance  was 
the  social  and  agreeable  temper  of  Mr.  Bromley  and 
Mr.  Adams,  whom  I .  have  already  mentioned.     I 
shall  not,  however,  be  thought  to  do  this  part  of 
Mr.  Budworth's  character  full  justice,  without  giving 
his  own  account  of  it  to  those  few  friends  with 
whom  he  was  intimate.     "Because,'*  says  he,  "I  do 
not  associate  with  every  common  person,  people. 
think  that  I  am  very  proud."    To  which  must  be- 
added,  that,  among  his  acquaintance,  there  could 
not  be  a  more  cheerftil  or  a  more  pleasing  companion^ 
nor,  to  his  servants  a  better  master. 
•  One  of  his  reproofs  deserves  to  be  remembered,' 
on  account  of  the  good  effect  it  produced,   and 
perhaps  might  still  produce,  if  it  was  more  gene-- 
fally  known.     I  must  just  premise  the  not  very  de- 
<^nt  custom  of  country  people  standing  with  their 
ftices  to  the  wall  before  they  go  into  church,  and  for 
which  the  angular  parts  and  buttresses  are  but  too 
Well  adapted.  As  Mr.  Budworth  was  going  to  prayers, 
he  observed  a  tradesman  in  that  attitude,  whom 
he  stopped  with  "Pray,  Sir,  if  that  was  a  Nobleman's 
seat,  would  you  have  taken  such  liberties  ?"     Poor 
Mr.      ■  was   too   much  engaged  to  walk  off; 

4e  question   admitted    of    no   reply;     he    used 
afterwards  to  say,  that  he  never,  in  all  his  life,  was  % 
•o  greatly  ashamed. 

However  familiar  or  pleasant  he  sometimes  was, 
"e  would  never  permit  a  boy  to  use  any  kind  of 
quickness  to  him  in  replies.  "I  would  not  suffer  it," 
*^y8  he  to  a  young  gentleman,  "even  if  I  was  in  the 
^'Tong,  no,  not  to  the  first  Nobleman's  sou  m  \Vv^ 
^t^om/' — This  was  expressed  so  fee\mg\y,  tV\%X. 
^oe yoiwg gentleman  could  not  help  sheddiug^jeax^. 

A  AS  M."^* 


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No.  IV. 
HENRY   FIELDING, 

« 

AN  Author  of  great  eminence  in  writings  of  wit 
and  humour^  was  bom  at  Sharpham^  near  Glaston- 
bury in  Somersetshire,  April  22,  1707.  His  father, 
Edmund,  was  the  third  son  of  John  Fielding,  Doc* 
\oT  in  Divinity,  and  Canon  of  Salisbury,  who  was 
the  fifth  son  of  George  Earl  of  Desmond,  and  bro- 
ther to  William  third  earl  of  Denbigh,  nephew  to 
Basil,  the  second  Earl,  and  grandson  to  William, 
who  was  first  raised  to  that  peerage.  Edmund 
Fielding  served  in  the  wars  under  the  Duke  of  Marl- 
borough, and  died  Lieutenant-general  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's forces,  at  London,  in  the  year  1 740,  having 
had  four  wives.  His  first  wife  was  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Sir  Henry  Gould,  Knight,  one  of  the  Judges  of 
the  Court  of  King's  Bench,  and  aunt  to  the  late  Sir 
Henry  Gould,  successively  a  Baron  of  the  Exche- 
quer, and  a  Justice  in  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
By  this  lady,  Lieutenant-general  Fielding  had  two 
sons,  Henry  and  Edmund,  the  last  of  whom,  who 
was  an  officer  in  the  marine  service,  departed  this 
life  without  issue;  and  four  daughters,  Catharine, 
Ursula,  Sarah,  and  Beatrix,  who  all  died  unmarried. 
The  General,  by  his  second  wife,  had  six  sons, 
j^eorge,  James,  Charles,  John,  Basil,  and  William. 
Of  these,  John,  who  in  due  course  of  time  was 
raised  to  the  honour  of  knighthood,  was  well  known 
to  the  world  as  an  active  magistrate,  and  head  of  the 
Public  Office  in  Bow-street,  Covent-earden.  ^  It  is 
greatly  to  the  honour  of  Sir  John  Fieldmg's  memory 
that  he  was  a  distinguished  promoter  of  the  Magda* 
Jen-house  for  {penitent  prostitutes^  the  Asylum  for 

deserted 


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HENRY  FIELDING^   ESa.  J57 

deserted  young  girls,  and  tlie  Marine  Society  for 
fitting  out  indigent  boys  for  the  sea-serviced. 

Henry  Fielding,  the  subject  of  the  present  article, 
receivea  the  first  rudiments  of  his  grammatical 
education  at  home,  under  the  care  of  tlie  Bev.  Mr. 
Oliver,  who  was  so  far  from  gaining  the  auctions 
of  his  pupil,  that  he  is  said  to  have  been  the  original 
from  which  the  humorous  and  striking  portrait  df 

S arson  TruUiber  is  drawn,  in  the  Adventures  of 
oseph  Andrews.     From  the  tuition  of  Mr.  Oliver^ 
our  author  was  removed  to  Eton-school,  where  he 
had  the  advantage  of  being  early  known  to  several 
young  gentlemen,  who  afterwards  ranked  among 
the  first  people  of  the  kingdom.     These  were  Mr. 
Lyttelton,  Mr  Fox,  Mr.  Pitt,  Mr.  Ilanbury  Wil- 
liams, Mr.  Winnington,  and  others,  whose  subsa-    , 
quent  preferments  and  titles  we  need  not  specify. 
At  this  great  seminary  of  education,  Mr.  Fielding 
gave  distinguishing  proofe  of  strong  and  peculiar 
parts ;  and,  when  he  quitted  the  place,  he  was  said  to 
c>e  uncommonly  versed  both  in  the  Greek  and  Latin 
C!^lassics ;  his  acquaintance  with,  and  his  admiration 
^f  which,  he  retained  through  his  whole  life.  From 
£ton  he  went  to  the  University  of  Leyden,  where 
lie  continued  to  shew  an  ardent  thirst  for  know- 
ledge.    Here  he  studied  the  Civilians,  with  a  re- 
markable application,  for  two  years ;  but  remittances 
failing  him,  he  was  obliged  to  return  to  London, 
"when  he  was  not  21  years  of  age.     The  fact  was, 
that  General  Fielding,  having  a  laq^e  family  to  pro- 
vide for,  found  it  impracticable  to  supply  his  eldest 
«on  in  the  manner  that  could  be  wished.    Nominally 
his  appointment  was  about  200/.  a  year  ;  but,  as  he 
liimself  used  to  say,  "  any  body  might  pay  it  that 
would.'*     At  the  same  time,  he  was  sensible  thai 
his  father's  limited  income  could  not  afford  very  con- 

*  Collins's  Peerage,  vol.  III.  pp.  f212— 215.    Bcatson's  mIP^ 
tical  Index,  vol  1.  pp.  410.  41S.  422.     And  Mr.  Murphy's  Ess^y 
UQ  the  Llk  and  Genius  of  Henry  Fielding,  esq.  jirelixed  to  hh 
Works,  voL  I.  pp.  6,  7,  edit.  1783. 


35?  UTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

tiderable  disbursements ;  and  therefore  he  never  re* 
mitted  of  his  filial  piety,  which  his  nearest  relations 
agreed  to  be  a  shining  part  of  his  character.  Mr. 
Fielding  being  thus  unfortunately  circumstanced, 
aggravated  the  evils  of  poverty  by  a  strong  propen- 
sity to  extravagance  and  dissipation.  Thougn  under 
age,  he  found  himself  his  own  master,  in  a  place 
where  the  temptations  to  pleasure  were  numerous, 
and  the  means  of  gratification  easily  attained.  The 
brilliancy  of  his  talents  soon  brought  him  into  re- 
quest with  men  of  taste  and  literature ;  but  it  was 
not  to  men  of  taste  and  literature  only  that  his  ac- 

V  quaintance  was  confined.  He  united  with  the  vo- 
luptuous, as  well  as  with  the  learned  and  the  witty, 
and  plunged  into  excesses,  the  bad  effects  of  which 
accompanied  him  all  the  remainder  of  his  life  *. 

In  tlie  pecuniary  difficulties  experienced  by  Mr. 
Fielding,  the  bent  of  his  genius,  and  the  readiness 
of  his  wit,  naturally  led  him  to  write  for  the  stage ; 
in  doing  which  he  might  have  risen  to  eminence, 
had  his  situation  granted  him  the  leisure  and  reflec- 
,tion  which  are  necessary  to  the  due  perfection  of 
dramatic  productions.  As,  for  several  years,  he 
made  a  considerable  figure  by  the  number,  at  least, 
if  not  by  the  excellence  of  his  plays,  we  shall  take 
a  connected  view  of  him  in  this  capacity,  before  we 
proceed  to  other  parts  of  his  life.  His  first  comedy 
was  intituled,  "  Love  in  several  Masks,"  and  was 
acted  at  the  Theatre  Royal  in  Drury-lane,  in  1 727-8, 
when  he  was  only  in  the  21st  year  of  his  age. 
Though  it  immediately  succeeded  the  long  and 
crowded  run  of  '*  The  Provoked  Husb^md,"  it  met 
with  a  favourable  reception  ;  and  considering,  ob- 
serves Mr.  Murphy,  that  it  was  our  author's  first 
attempt,  it  had,  110  doubt,  the  marks  of  a  promising 
^nius.     IX  probably  derived  no  small  advantage 

Jmpom  its  being  represented  by  such  actors  and  ac- 

*  Murphy,  ubi  supra,  pp.  7,  8.  10.  12.  Biographia  Drama- 
tita,  vol.  I.  pp  160,  161.  New  octavo  Umvei-sal  Dictionan-, 
fol.  V.  pp.  238. 330, 

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HENRY   FIELDING,   ESA.  359 

tresses  as  Mr.  Wilks,  Mr.  Cibber,  Mrs.  Oldiield, 
and  Mrs.  Porter.  —  Mr.  Fielding's  next  dramatic 
production,  "  The  Temple  Beau/*  was  brought  for- 
wards in  1729  at  Goodman  s-fields.   It  was  tolerably 
successful,  and  is  allowed  to  contain  a  great  deal  of 
spirit  and  real  humour.     Tlie  character,  however, 
of  Wilding,  is  very  inferior  to  that  of  Ranger,  in 
Dr.  Hoadly's   "Suspicious   Husband*.**  —  **  The 
Temple  Beau"  was  followed,  in  the  same  year,  by  a 
comedy  of  three  acts,  called  "  The  Author's  Farce  ;** 
Tvhich   contains  a  supposed  rehearsal  of  another 
piece,    intituled,    "  Tne  Pleasures  of  the  Town," 
which  was  principally  designed  to  ridicule  the  pre* 
vailing  fondness  ror  tne  Italian  singers.     It  was  first 
acted  at  the  little  theatre  in  the  H£|jrmarket,  with       * 
ve^  considerable  success ;  and  in  1 732  was  revived 
at  Drury-lane,  after  being  revised  and  greatly  altered. 
— In  1731,  Mr.  Fielding  produced  "  The  Lotteiy,** 
a  ballad  farce,  which  is  a  lively  and  entertaining 
performance.  It  met  with  a  good  reception  at  Drury* 
lane,  and  still  remains  on  the  list  of  acting  farces. 
This  is  especially  the  case  near  the  time  of  drawing 
the  state-lotteries,  when  the  scene  of  the  wheels  in 
Guildhall  gives  great  pleasure  to  the  nightly  residents 
of  the  upper  regions  of  the  theatre -|*. — rive  other 
productions  came  from  our  author's  pen  in  the  year 
1731.     These  were,  '^  The  Coffee-house  Politician,** 
a   comedy;  "The  Tragedy  of  Tragedies;  or,  the 
Life  and  Death  of  Tom  Thumb  the  Great;"  "  The 
Letter  Writers,"  a  farce;  "  The  Grub-street  Opera,** 
a  ballad  farce;  and  the  "  Modern  Husband,"  a  co- 
medy.    "  The  Coffee-house  Politician"  is  said  to 
have  been  performed  with  tolerable  success  at  the 
Haymarket.     To  great  success  it  had  no  just  title. 
Of  "Tlie  Tragedy  of  Tragedies"  the  following  en-     »  •. 

*  Murpby,  ubi  supra^  pp.  13,  14.     Biographia  Dramatica,        ' 
ubi  supra.     Ibid.  toL  H.  pp.  199.  367. 

t  Biugrapbia  Dramatica,  vol.11,  pp.  25.  193^  194.  Ficlding*t 
Works,  vol.  I.  edit.  1783. — Since  the  above  article  was  writteo* 
tjie  drawing  of  the  state-lottery  has  been  removed  from  Gruildhall. 

COltV\WTi\ 


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comium  is  given  by  the  writers  of  the  Biographia 
Dramatica :  "  It  is,  perhaps,  one  of  the  best  bur- 
lesques that  ever  appeared  in  this  or  any  other  Ian- 
gua^,  and  may  properly  be  considered  as  a  sequel 
to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  *  Rehearsal,'  as  it  has 
taken  in  the  absurdities  of  almost  all  the  writers  of 
tragedv  from  the  period  where  that  piece  stops.  The 
^  scene  oetween  Glumdalca  and  Hunca  Munca  is  a 

most  admirable  parody  on  the  celebrated  meeting 
between  Octavia  and  Cleopatra,  in  Dryden's  *  All 
for  Love.*  His"  (the  author's)  "  Love  Scenes, 
his  Rage,  his  Battle,  and  his  Bloody  Catastrophe, 
are  such  strong  imitations  of  the  tragic  rules  pur^ 
sued  by  the  writers  of  that  time,  that  the  satire 
•  conveyed  in  them  cannot  escape  the  observation  of 
any  one  ever  sp  little  conversant  with  the  writers  of 
about  a  century  past.  His  similes  are  beautiful, 
yet  truly  ludicrous,  and  point  out  the  absurdity  of 
a  too  frequent  use  of  that  image  in  speeches.  In  a 
word,  this  piece  possesses  in  tlie  highest  degree  the 
principal  merit  of  the  true  burlesque;  viz.  that 
while  it  points  out  the  faults  of  every  other  writer, 
it  leaves  no  room  for  the  discovery  of  any  in  itself. 
To  those  who  can  relish  the  satire  conveyed  in  it,  it  is 
truly  delightful :  and  to  those  who  do  not  even  un- 
derstand every  turn  of  its  humour,  it  will  ever  ap- 
pear at  the  least  agreeable.**  The  tragedy  of  Tom 
Thumb  first  made  its  appearance  at  the  litde  theatre 
in  the  Haymarket,  in  the  year  1730,  in  one  act 
only.  But  the  success  it  promised  induced  Mr. 
Fielding  to  enlarge  it  to  the  extent  of  three  acts ; 
in  which  form  it  was  brought  upon  the  stage  again 
in  1731,  at  the  Haymarket,  and  afterwards  at 
Prury-lane.  The  "  Letter  Writers,"  the  ''  Grub- 
.  street  Opera,"  and  the  "  Modern  Husband,'*  may  be 
passed  over  without  farther  notice ;  only  it  may  be 
pbserved,  to  the  honour  of  our  author,  that  in  the 
Prologue  to  the  '^  Modern  Husband"  he  expresses  a 
9ense  of  tlie  irregularity  and  indecency  of  some  of 
his  former  compoiilioxis ; 


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RENRT  FIELDING^   ESA,  3^1 

*•  At  length,  repenting  frolic  flights  of  youth. 
Once  more  he  flies  to  Nature  and  to  Truth : 
In  Virtue's  just  defence  aspires  to  fame, 
And  courts  applause  without  the  applauder^s 
shame  *." 
His  contrition  was  not  productive  of  an  entire  re- 
formation.—  In  1732,   Mr.  Fielding  gave  to  the 
world  four  dramatic  pieces,  all  of  which  were  acted 
at  Drury-lane.    These  were,  "  The  Mock  Doctor,** 
a  ballad  farce ;  "  The  Covent  Garden  Tragedy,"  a 
burlesque ;  "  The  Debauchees,**  a  comedy  of  three 
acts ;  and  "  The  Miser,"  a  cotnedy.     The  "  Mock 
Doctor,'*  with  an  exception  to  the  songs,  which  are 
not   very  numerous,  is  taken  from  the  "M^ecin 
malgr^  lui*'  of  Moliere.     It  is  a  very  pleasant  per- 
formance, and  maintains  its  rank  to  this  day,  as  one 
of  the  most  constant  and  favourite  after-pieces  which 
the  theatre  affords.   "  The  Covent  Garden  Tragedy** 
merits  no  attention,  and  little  can  be  said  in  praise 
of  the  "  Debauchees.'*     Like  the  "  TartuflT*  of  Mo- 
liere, and  the  "  Non-Juror '  of  Cibber,  its  principal 
intention  is  to  expose  Monkish  hypocrisy  and  vil- 
lainy.   The  "  Miser '  may  be  considered  as  the  most 
perfect  comedy  which  our  author  has  written ;  and 
it  has  maintained  its  ground  upon  the  stage  ever 
since  it  was  first  performed.     Its  excellency,  how- 
ever, chiefly  belongs  to  Moliere,  from  whom  it  is 
for  the  most  part  taken.     Mr.  Murphy  justly  ob- 
serves, that  it  has  the  value  of  a  copy  from  a  great 
painter,  by  an  eminent  hand  ^. — "  The  Intriguing 
ChambNermaid,'*  a  ballad  opera,  acted  at  Drury-lane, 
and  "  Don  Quixote  in  England,**  a  comedy,  repre- 
sented at  the  new  theatre  in  the  Haymarket,  were 
the  productions  of  the  year  1 733.    "  The  Intriguing 
Chambermaid,**  which  still  continues  on  the  list  of 
acting  farces,  is  almost  entirely  borrowed  from  the    < 
**  I>issipateur.**  Its  being  one  of  the  pieces  in  which 

♦  FSeIiiiiig*8  Works,  vol.  II.  edit.  1783,  p.  247.  Biographia 
Drunatica,  vol.  II.  pp.  60.  377.  IS7.  141.  240. 

t  Fielding's  Works,  vol.  III.  pp.  1.  204.  BiogrspYda  Ihik* 
matlca^  roJ.  IL  pp.  239. 70.  83.  236.    Murphy,  ubi  bu|ii^  v*  ^^* 


giBS  LriTEAKT   ANECDOTU. 

Mn .  Clive  appeared,  contributed  noc  a  bttle  to  iU 
acoepCaooe  and  succe<«.     Notwithstanding  tbe  di£- 
colty  of  wstaining  a  character  so  wonderfully  drawn 
by  Cervant€«,  the  "  Don  Ouixote  in  Elngiand**  met 
with   a  favourable   reception. — A   larce,    intituled, 
**An  old    Man  taught  Wisdom,""  and  a   comedy, 
called  *•  The  Universal  Gallant,"  were  produced  in 
1734.     "The  old  Man  taught  Wisdom,'  say  tbe 
writers  of  the  Biographia  Dramatica,  "  was  acted 
with  good  success  at  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  and  con* 
tinue«  on  the  acting  list  to  this  dav.  The  characters 
are  all  r/utri  to  the  greatest  degree,  and  the  piece  is 
entirely  devoid  of  even  the  shadow  of  a  plot.     Yet 
there  is  «oniething  laughable  in  it  on  the  whole; 
and  therefore,  as  it  pleases  the  canaille,  it  is  in  ge- 
neral more  frequently  performed  than  many  farces 
of  an  infinitely  greater  share  of  merit."     "  The  uni- 
versal Gallant**  was  condemned  by  the  audience; 
and,  we  apprehend,  not  unjustly. — -Our  author  was 
much  happier  in  his  next  performance,  which  1^ 
peared  at  the  Hay  market  theatre  in  1736.     This 
was  ^^  Pasquin,"  a  dramatic  satire  on  the  times :  be- 
ing the  rehearsal  of  two  plays,  viz.  a  Comedy,  called 
the  "  Election ;"  and  a  Tragedy,  called  "  the  Life 
and  Death  of  Common  Sense."     Mr.  Murphy  is  of 
opinion,  that,    if  ''  Pasquin '  were  restored  to  the 
stage,  it  would  perhaps  be  a  more  favourite  enter- 
tainment with  our  audiences  than  the  much  admired 
*^  Rehearsal ;"  and  that  a  more  rational  one  it  cer- 
tainly would  be,  as  it  would  undoubtedly  be  better 
understood.     The  "  Pasquin"  was  followed,  in  I737, 
by  the  "  Historical  Hegister,"  a  production  of  a  si- 
milar nature.     These  two  pieces  were  the  occasion 
of  producing  a  great  revolution  in  the  state  of  the 
theatrical  world ;  for,  it  was  owing  to  some  reflec- 
tions thrown  out  in  them  on  the  ministry,  that  an 
Act  of  Parliament  was  passed  for  limiting  the  num- 
ber of  theatres,  and  submitting  every  new  dramatic 
work  to  the  inspection  of  the  Lord  Chamberlain, 
previously  to  its  appearance  on  the  stage  *.    Besides 

*  FiddiDg's  Works,  vpl.  III.  p. 205— 336.  vol.  IV. p.  1—191. 

the 


HENRY  FIELDINO^  £Sa.  3^3 

the  ^^  Historical  Register,**  Henry  Fielding  broi^^fat . 
out,  in  1737,  three  farces,  "Eurydice,"  ^'Eurydice 
hissed,**  and  "  Tumble-down  Dick,**    The  first  was 
condemned ;  the  second  was  a  sort  of  apology  for  it, 
and  the  third  was  a  kind  of  a  pantomime.     It  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  acted  till  the  year  1744*  Our 
author  abstained  from  writing  for  the  stage  from 
1737  t^  174S,  when  he  produced  at  Drury-lane,  a 
6jce,    intituled,  "  Miss  Lucy  in  Town,**  being  a  se- 
quel to  the  "  Virgin  Unmasked.**    This  piece  was 
performed  for  some  nights  with  applause :  but,  it 
being  hinted  that  a  particular  man  of  quality  was 
pcHnted  at  in  one  of  the  characters,  an  order  was 
obtained,  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  to  forbid  its 
farther  representation.  In  the  same  year,  Mr.  Field* 
ing,  in.  conjunction  with  the  Rev.  Mr,  Young,  pub- 
lisned  **  Plutus  the  God  of  Riches,"  being  a  transla- 
tion from  Aristophanes.    This  was  printed  as  a  spe- 
cimen of  a  proposed  complete  version  of  all  the  co* 
medies  of  Aristophanes,  for  which  proposals  were 
delivered :  but  the  design  was  never  carried  into  ex- 
ecution.    The  last  of  Henry  Fielding's  plays,  which 
H-as  brought  upon  the  stage  during  his  life,  was 
"The  Wading  Day,"  a  comedy.     It  was  acted  at 
Drury-lane,  in  the  spring  of  1743,  and  struggled 
with  difficulty  through  six  nights..    The  profits  of 
the  house  did  not  amount  to  fifty  pounds.     "  Its 
success,'*  according  to  the  writers  of  the  Biographia 
Dramatica,  "  was  equal  to  its  merit.     As  if  our  au- 
thor had  exhausted  the  whole  of  his  comic  humour 
in  his  former  works,  it  is  by  much  (say  they)  the 
dullest  of  them  all*."     In  1778,  twenty-four  years 
after  Mr.  Fielding's  decease,  there  was  brought  to 
light  another  comedy  , written   by  him,  intituled, 
"The  Fathers;  or   the  Goodrnatured   man,"   the 
history  of  which  is  somewhat  curious.     He  had 

j     Biographia  Dramatica,  vol.  II.  p.  170.  90.  262.  394.  274.  156. 
Murphy,  ubi  supra,  p.  15—19. 

♦  Fieklii]g*s  Works,  vol.  IV.  p.  193—363.    BicgrapUia  Dra-» 
niatica,  vol.  II.  p.  111.  3S2. 237,  238.  2S6.  403. 

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364  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Bhewn  it  to  his  friend  Mr.  Garrick ;  and,  entertaining 
a  high  esteem  for  the  taste  and  critical  discemnsent 
of  Sir  Charles  Hanbury  Williams,  he  afterwards 
delivered  tlie  manuscript  to  that  gentleman  for  his 
opinion.     Sir  Charles,  being  about  that  time  ap- 

Kointed  Envoy  Extraordinary  to  the  Court  of  RussiiK, 
ad  not  leisure  to  examine  the  play  before  he  left 
England.     Whether  it  travelled  with  the  Envoy  to 
Russia,   or  was   left  behind,   is   not  known.     Sir 
Charles  died  in  Russia,  and  the  manuscript  was  lost. 
The  author  had  often  mentioned  the  affair,  and 
many  enquiries  were  made,  after  his  death,  of  several 
branches  of  Sir  Charles's  family ;  but  no  tidings  of 
the  comedy  could  be  obtained.     At  length  Thomas 
Johnes,  Esq.  Member  for  Cardigan,  received  from 
a  young  friend,  as  a*  present,  a  tattered  manuscript 
play.     The  young  gentleman  spoke  very  contemptu- 
ously of  it;   notwithstanding   which,  Mr.  Johnes 
took  the  dramatic  foundling  under  his  protection; 
read  it,  and  determined  to  obtain   Mr,   Garrick's 
opinion  of  it;  accompanied  with  ^n  enquiry,  if  he 
knew  whether  a  play  had  ever  been  written  by  the 
late  Sir  Charles  Hanbury  Williams.     No   sooner 
had  Mr.  Garrick  cast  his  eye  upon  the  manuscript, 
than,  in  a  manner  which  evinced  the  most  friendly 
regtrd  for  the  memory  of  the  author,  he  cried  out, 
"The  lost  sheep  is  found!  this  is  Harry  Fielding's 
comedy  !**     Mr.  Johnes  immediately  restored  it  to 
the  family  of  Mr.  Fielding;  and,  under  the  patron- 
age of  Mr.  Garrick  and  Mr.  Sheridan,  junior,  it 
was  acted  at  Drury-lane,  in  1778.     The  prologue 
and  epilc^ue  were  written  by  Mr.  Garrick  ;  and  the 
performance  is  said  to  have  received  some  touches 
from  Mr.  Sheridan's  elegant  pen.     Not  being  a  play 
of  much  bustle,  it  was  not  attended  with  any  re- 
markable success  in  the  representation*.     We  can- 
not, however,  help  regarding  it  as  one  of  the  best 

*  Fielding's  Works,  vol.  IV.  p.  367,  368.    Biographia  Prama- 
tica,  vol.  11.  p.  122. 

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HENRY  FIELDING^  BSa.  ^$ 

of  our  author's  dramatic  productions.  It  is  far 
more  chaste  than  most  of  his  pieces;  the  moral  ten-* 
dency  of  it  is  good;  and  the  characters^  on  the 
whole,  are  well  sustained  and  contrasted.  What  is 
something  peculiar  is,  that  the  conclusion  is  inter* 
esting  and  pleasing  without  terminating  in  a  mar-* 
riage.  To  this  hst  of  Fielding's  plays  it  may  be 
added,  that,  in  1743,  he  published  ^^  An  Interlude 
between  Jupiter,  Juno,  and  Mercury;"  a  piece 
which  was  never  performed,  or  indeed  intended  to 
be  performed  by  itself;  it  being  only  a  beginning,  or 
mtroduction  to  a  projected  comedy,  intituled,  '^  Ju- 
piter upon  Earth*." 

Considering  that  our  author  was  possessed  of  an 
admirable  comic  genius,  it  has  been  matter  of  en- 
quiry whence  it  happened  that  he  did  not,  on  the 
whole,  greatly  succeed  as  a  dramatic  writer.     The 
subject  nas  particularly  been  attended  to  by  Mr« 
Murphy;  whose  remarks  are  judicious  and  Important^ 
aod  constitute  an  essential  part  in  the  estimation  of 
Henry Fielding'sliterary character.  Notwithstanding 
the  number  of  his  plays  and  farces,  he  derived  but 
small  aids  towards  his  subsistence  from  the  treasurer 
of  the   theatre.      Some    of  his  pieces  were  con- 
demned, and  others  sustained  the  run  of  only  a  few 
nights.     If  their  ill   reception  was   owing  to  the 
looseness  with  which  several  of  them  were  disgraced, 
it  redounds  to  the  honour  of  the  audience.     The 
pecuniary  disappointments  which  Mr.  Fielding  met 
with  in  this  respect  were  nobly  alleviated  by  the 
patronage  of  the  late  Duke  of  Richmond,  the  Duke 
of  Bedford,  4ohu  Duke  of  Argyle,   the  Duke  of 
Koxborough,  and  many  persons   of  distinguished 
rank  and  character.     Among  these,  George  Lord 
Lyttelton  deserves  especially  to  be  mentioned  ;   for, 
his  friendship  to  our  author  softened  the  rigour  of 
his  misfortunes  while  he  lived,  and  exerted  itself 
towards  his  memory  when  he  was  no  more,  by 

*  Ibid,  p.  169.  vol.  IX. p.  275.  2S1. 


$B9  LITER  ART  ANECDOTES.^ 

taking  pains  to  clear  up  imputations  of  a  particular 
kind,  which  had  been  thrown  out  against  nrm*. 

About  six  or  seven  years  after  Mr.  Fielding  had 
commenced  liis  career  as  a  writer  for  the  stage,  he 
fell  in  love  with,  and  married,  Charlotte,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Mr/  Cradock,  of  Salisbury,  a  lady  of  great 
personal  beauty,  with  a  fortune  of  fifteen  hundred 
pounds  -|".  Nearly  about  the  same  time  his  mother 
died ;  by  which  event  he  came  into  the  possession  of 
an  estate  at  Stower  in  Dorsetshire,  the  value  of  which 
vras  something  more  than  two  hundred  a  year.  To 
this  estate,  which,  in  conjunction  with  tne  fortune, 
of  his  wife,  whom  he  tenderly  loved,  might  have 
secured  him  a  decent  independence,  he  determined 
to  retire  from  the  follies  and  intemperances  of  the 
town.  But  here  another  folly  awaited  him.  The 
pride  of  family  came  upon  him,  and  he  began  im- 
ipediately  to  vie  in  splendour  with  the  neighbouring 
country  squires.  He  encumbered  himself  with  a 
large  retinue  of  servants;  and,  the  turn  of  his 
mind  leading  him  to  a  fondness  for  the  delights  of 
society  and  convivial  mirth,  he  threw  wide  open  the 
^tes  of  hospitality,  and,  in  less  than  three  years, 
his  whole  patrimony  was  devoured  by  hounds, 
horses,  and  entertainments.  In  short,  by  a  desire, 
as  Shakspeare  expresses  it, 

—  "  Of  shewing  a  more  swelling  port 

Than  his  faint  means  would  grant  continuance,** 

he  was  brought  back  to  the  same  unfortunate  si- 
tuation which  he  had  before  experienced;  with  this 
aggravating  circumstance  attending  it,  that  he  had 
no  prospect  of  any  such  resources  m  future  as  those 
he  had  so  indiscreetly  lavished  away.     Henry  Field- 

*  Essay  on  the  life  and  Genius  of  Henry  Fielding,  «sq.  ubi 
supra,  p.  44. 

1^  This  is  the  name  given  by  Murphy,  and  the  other  Biogra* 
phers  of  Fielding.  In  Collinses  Peerage,  vol.  HI.  p.  314,  fifth 
edition,  she  is  csdled  firav;icke. 


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Ufii^RY   FIELDING^  £Sa.  $67 

mg  was  not,  however,  of  a  disposition  to  give  him^ 
self  up  to  despair.     He  determined  to  repair  his 
broken  fortunes  by  betaking  himself  to  the  study  of 
the   law.      Accordingly,   being  then  about  thirty 
years  of  age,  he  was  entered  of  the  Temple;  and 
his  application,  whilst  he  was  a  student  there,  was 
remarkably  intense.     Sometimes,  indeed,  the  early 
tsste  he  had  taken  of  pleasure  would  return  upon 
him,  and  conspire  with  his  spirits  and  vivacity  to 
carry  him  into  the  wild  enjoyments  of  the   town. 
Nevertheless,  it  was  particular  in  him,  that,  amidst 
all  his  dissipations,  nothing  could  suppress  the  thirst 
he  had  for  knowledge,  and  the  delight  he  felt  in 
reading.     This  prevailed  in  him  to  such  a  degree, 
that  he  has  frequently  been  known  to  retire  late  at 
aight  from  a  tavern  to  his  chambers,  and  there  read, 
and  make  extracts  from,  the  most  abstruse  authors, 
for  several  hours  before  he  went  to  bed.     After  the 
eustomary  time  of  probation  at  the  Temple,  he  was 
called  to  the  bar ;  and  it  is  allowed  that  he  carried 
with  him  to  Westminster-hall  no  incompetent  share 
of  legal  learning.     As  long  as  his  health  permitted 
him,  he  attended,  with  punctual  assiduity,  both  in^ 
terai-time  and  on  the  Western  circuit;  and  it  is 
probable  that  he  would  have  arisen  to  considerable 
eminence  in  the  law,  had  not  the  progress  of  his 
success   been  stopped  by  repeated  attacks   of  the 
gout.     These  came  so  frequently  upon  him,  that  it 
was  impossible  for  him  to  be  as  constant  at  the  bar 
as  the  laboriousness  of  his  profession  required.     Un- 
der this  disadvantage,  he  still  pursued  his  researches 
with  an  eagerness  of  curiosity  peculiar  to  him ;  and 
attained  such  a  knowledge  of  jurisprudence  in  gene- 
ral, and  of  crown-law  in  particular,  as  to  leave  two. 
'     Volumes  in  folio  upon  the  latter  subject.     This  work, 
I     which  has  never  been  published,  is  deemed  to  be 
very  perfect  in  some  of  its  parts*. 


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*  Murphy,  ubi  supra,  p.  44—47.    Biographia  Draroatica,  vol. 
H.  p.  161,  1(W.    New  Universal  Dictionary,  vol.  V.  y.  :i,SV>— ^^a. 


$68  tlTERART  AKECDOTiS. 

Under  the  pressure  of  pain  and  adverse  circun 
ttanoes^  Henry  Fielding  still  foimd  resources  in  h 
genius  and  abilities'.  His  pen  never  lay  idle;  bi 
was  always  producing,  almost  as  it  were  extempor 
a  play^  a  farce,  a  pamphlet,  or  a  news-paper,  fi 
was  the  author  of  a  large  number  of  fugitive  politic 
tracts,  which  had  their  value  during  the  course  i 
the  incidents  to  which  they  related.  Theperiodiei 
paper,  called  "  The  Champion,**  owed  its  cnief  suj 
port  to  his  talents;  and,  though  his  essays  in  th 
collection  cannot  now  be  precisely  ascertained,  the 
contributed  not  a  little  to  his  reputation  at  the  tin 
of  their  appearance.  He  did  not  write  muo 
poetry,  ana  in  what  he  did  wTite  he  was  not  suflid 
ently  attentive  to  the  correctness  of  his  versification 
His  poetical  pieces,  therefore,  which  are  inserted  ii 
his  "Miscellanies,**  published  in  1743,  have  no 
found  a  place  in  the  general  edition  of  his  worki 
Of  some  of  his  other  productions,  previously  to  tin 
full  display  of  his  genius,  it  may  not  be  amiss  t 
give  a  short  account.  The  "  Essay  on  Converse 
tion,'*  as  he  himself  informs  us,  was  designed  t 
ridicule  one  of  the  most  pernicious  evils  that  attend 
society,  viz.  pampering  the  gross  appetites  of  selfish 
ness  and  ill-nature,  with  the  shame  and  disquietud 
of  others ;  and  to  shew  that  true  good-breedin 
consists  in  contributing  to  the  satisfaction  and  happi 
ness  of  all  around  us.  This  design  is  pursued  witi 
great  good  sense  and  acquaintance  with  the  work 
Our  author's  rules  for  the  conduct  of  conversatioi 
are  extremely  Judicious.  The  "  Essay  on  the  Know 
ledge  of  the  Characters  of  Men**  is  principally  k 
veiled  at  hypocrisy,  which  vice  it  well  exposes,  witI 
a  view  of  guarding  against  it  the  honest,  undesigninc 
and  open-hearted  man.  In  the  *^  Journey  from  thi 
World  to  the  next"  are  many  strokes  of  true  humoui 
The  characters  introduced  in  it  are  well  sustained 
and  the  work  affords  an  agreeable  foretaste  of  tha 
talent  for  the  deUneation  of  life  and  manners  whicl 
Mr,  Fielding  afterwards  so  fally  displayed.    To  th 


► 


HENRY  FIELDIKG^   ESa»  ^€9 

fame  praise  is  the  "  History  of  Jonathan  Wild"  en-  . 
titled,  with  tliis  exception,  that  the  reading  of  it.  is 
rendered  disagreeable  by  the  low  scenes  of  profligacy 
imd  vice  with  which  it  abuunds.     The  representa- 
tions may  be  just,  and  introduced  with  a  laudable 
iutention ;  but  they  are  odious  and  disgusting.     Such 
is  the  li^ht  in  which  the  book,  on  a  recent  perusal, 
appeared  to  the  writer  of  the  ]3resent  article.     Our 
author  took  great  pains  to  develope  his  design  in  this 
pniduction;  and  he  has  been  so  happy  as  to  meet 
viih  Mr.  Murphy's  approbation,  who  says  it  is  *'  a 
noble  purpose  surely,  and  of  the  highest  importance 
to  society/'     "  A  satire  like  this,"  adds  Mr.  Mur- 
phy, "  which  at  once  strips  olf  the  spurious  prna«- 
ments  of  hypocrisy,  and  shews  the  genuine  beauty 
of  the  moral  character,  will  be  always  worthy  the 
attention  of  the  reader,  who  desires  to  rise  wiser  or 
better  from  the  book  he  j)cruses;  not  to  mentioa 
tliat  this  performance  hath  in  many  ])laces  such 
»^a«onings  of  humour,  that  it  cannot  fail  to  be  a  very  - 
lugh  entertainment  to  all  who  ha\ie  a  taste  for  exhi- 
bitions of  the  absurd  and  ridiculous  in  human  life*.'* 
Hitherto  Henry  Fielding  had  given  only  preludes 
to  some  great  work,  in  which  all  the  component 
parts  of  his  genius  were  to  he  seen  in  their  full  and 
vigorous  exertion;  in  which  his  imagination  was  to 
strike  us  by  the  most  lively  and  just  colouring,  his 
^'it  to  enliven  by  the  happiest  allusions,  his  invention 
fo  enrich  with  the  greatest  variety  of  character  and 
incident,  and  his  judgment  to  charm  not  only  by  the 
propriety  and  grace  of  particular  parts,  but  by  the 
order,  harmony,  and  congruity  of  the  whole. "  To 
tiiis  high  excellence  our  author  made  strong  ap- 
proaches in  his  "  History  and  Adventures  of  Joseph 
AiKlrews,  and  his  friend  Mr.   Abraham   Adams," 
^hich- first  appeared  in  the  year  1 742.  ^'  Joseph  An- 
^ws,**  as  the  preface  to  the  work  informs  us,  "  was 
intended  for  an  imitation  of  the  style  and  manner  of 

*  Murphy^  ubi  supra,  p.  47—68, 

Vol.  IU.  B  b  Cet- 


S7(^  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Cervantes  :"*  and  all  who  are  acquainted  with  bol 
•\rriterii  will  testify  how  delightfully  Mr.  Fieldir 
has  copied  the  humour^  the  gravity,  and  the  fii 
ridicule  of  his  Master.  In  this  {jerformance  he  w 
employed  in  the  very  province  for  which  his  talen 
were  peculiarly  formed  ;  namely,  the  fabulous  na 
ration  of  some  imagined  action,  which  did  occur^  < 
might  probably  have  occurred  in  human  life.  N( 
thing  could  more  happily  be  conceived  than  tl 
character  of  parson  Adams :  to  whom  we  are  a 
tached,  in  the  most  endearing  manner,  by  the  hi 
manity  and  benevolence  of  affection,  the  goodness  < 
heart,  and  the  zeal  for  virtue  which  come  from  hii 
on  all  occasions.  His  excellent  talents,  his  erud 
tion,  and  his  real  acquirements  in  sacred  and  pn 
ftine  literature,  together  with  his  honesty,  comman 
our  esteem  and  respect ;  while  his  simplicity  an 
innocence  in  the  ways  of  men  provoke  our  smili 
by  the  contrast  they  bear  to  his  genuine  and  intellei 
tual  attainments.  These  circumstances  conduce  t 
-make  him  in  the  highest  manner  the  object  i 
mirth ;  and,  at  the  same  time,  the  many  ridiculoi 
embarrassments  to  which  he  is  liable  do  not  deorad 
hirfi  in  our  estimation.  To  crown  the  whole,  thj 
habitual  absence  of  mind,  which  is  his  predominar 
foible,  and  which  never  &ils  to  give  a  tinge  to  whai 
ever  he  is  employed  in,  makes  the  honest  clergyma 
almost  a  rival  of  the  renowned  Don  Quixote.  I 
fact,  the  adventures  he  is  led  into,  in  conscquenc 
of  this  infirmity,  assume  something  of  the  romanti 
air  which  accompanies  the  Knight  Errant ;  and  tfa 
instances  of  his  forgetfulness  tend  as  strongly  to  cS 
cite  our  laughter  as  the  mistakes  of  the  ^panisl 
hero.  When  Don  Quixote-  imagines  the  barbei' 
bason  to  be  Mambrino's  helmet,  no  reader  eve 
found  the  situation  to  be  more  ridiculous  end  trul; 
comic  than  parson  Adams's  travelling  to  London  t 
sell  a  set  of  sermons,  and  actually  snapping  his  fin 
^s  aiul  taking  two  or  three  turns  round  the  rooo 

ii 


HENHY   YIELDING,   ESCU  371  > 

in  extacy,  whien  introduced  to  a  bookseller  in  order 
to  make  ah  immediate  bargain,  and  then  immedi- 
ately after  exclaiming,  not  being  able  to  find  these 
Nune  sermons,  "  I  profess,  I  believe  I  left  them  be- 
hind me.*'    There  are  many  touches  in  the  conduct 
of  this  character  whicli  occasion  exquisite  merri* 
ment ;  and  it  will  not  be  found  too  bold  an  assertion 
to  say,  that  the  celebrated  description  of  an  absent  ' 
man,  by  La  Bruyere,  is  extremely  short  of  that  true 
and  just  resemblance  to  nature  with  which  our  au- 
thor has  delineated  the  features  of  Adams.     While 
the  former  is  carried   to  extravagance,  though  an 
agreeable  one,  the  latter  has  the  fine  lights  and 
shades   of  probability.     The  Kev.   Mr.  Young,  a 
learned  and  much-esteemed  friend  of  Mr.  Fielding's,    . 
sat  for  this  picture.     Mr.  Young  was  remarkable  for 
his  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  Greek  writersj^' 
and  was  as  passionate  an  admirer  of  .Xschylus  as 
parson  Adams  is  represented  to  have  been.    The 
overflowings  of  his   benevolence  were  likewise  as 
strong,  and  his  fits  of  reverie  as  frequent.     Indeed, 
thJey  occurred  to  him  upon  the  most.interesting  oc- 
casions.    Such  was  the  gentleman  from  whom  the 
idea  of  parson  Adams  was  derived.     How  it  is  in- 
terwoven into  the  history  of  Joseph  Andrews,  and 
iiow  sustained  with  unabating  pleasantry  to  the  con- 
clusion, is  universally  felt  and  acknowledged.     The 
v^hole  work  .indeed  abounds  with  situations  of  the 
truly  comic  Icind ;  and  the  incidents  and  characters 
are  unfolded  with  fine  turns  of  surprise.     In  short, 
it  is  one  among  tlie  productions  of  invention  which 
will  alyrays  continue  in  request.     But  still,  observes 
Mr.  Murphy,  it  is  but  the  sun-rise  of  our  author's 
genius.     Mr.  Fielcli  ig  did  not,  in  the  plan  of  the 
Work,  form  to  himself  a  circle  wide  enough  for  the 
abundance  of  his  imagination  ;  the  main  action  being 
too  trivial  and  unimportant  to  admit  of  the  variety 
of  characters  and  events  which  is  generally  expected 
ia  such  performances.    The  attainment  of  perfec* 

BBS  tiou 


872  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

tioii  in  this  species  of  writing  was  reserved  for  a  fu- 
ture effort  *. 

At  the  tim^  in  which  Joseph  Andrews  was  pub- 
iished^  Mr.  Fielding  still  continued  in  the  practice 
of  the  law  ;  but  his  application  to  it  was  not  uniform 
and  steady.  He  pursued  it  by  starts,  and  after  fre- 
quent intermissions ;  than  which  nothing  can  be 
more  fatal  to  success  in  the  legal  profession.  His  con- 
«luct,  however,  though  not  free  from  blame,  was  not 
wholly  without  excuse.  Rej)eated  shocks  of  illness  dis- 
'  abled  him  from  beingso  assiduous  in  his  attendance  in 
the  courts  of  justice  as  he  would  otherwise  have  becfn. 
From  business  he  derived  few  supplies,  and  there- 
fore his  prospects  grew  every  day  more  gloomy  and 
melancholy.  Besides  the  demands  for  expence 
which  were  created  by  his  valetudinarian  habit  of 
hody,  he  had  a  family  to  maintain.  To  these  dis- 
couraging circumstances  was  added  the  long  illness 
of  his  wife,  whom  he  tenderly  loved ;  so  that  the 
ineasure  of  his  afflictions  was  well  nigh  full.  To  see 
her  daily  languishing  and  withering  away  before  bis 

S^es  ^vas  too  much  for  a  man  of  his  strong  sensations, 
n  this  trying  occasion,  the  fortitude  with  which  he 
had  met  all  the  other  calamities  of  life  deserted  him; 
and  her  death  brought  on  such  a  vehemence  of 
grief,  that  his  friends  began  to  think  him  in  danger 
of  losing  his  reason.  When,  however,  the  first 
-emotions  of  sorrow  were  abated,  philosophy  admi- 
nistered her  aid;  his  resolution  returned;  and  he 
began  again  to  struggle  with  his  fortune.  When  the 
-Rebellion  broke  out  in  1745,  he  engaged  in  a  peri-  - 
^odical  paper,  with  the  laudable  and  spirited  design  -« 
-  of  rendering  service  to  his  country.  Tnis  was  called 
•the  "  True  Patriot,"  and  it  was  not  without  its  ef- 
fect in  exciting  the  sentiments  of  loyalty,  and  a  love 
'for  tlie  constitution  in  the  breast  of  his  countrymen 
Mr.  Addison,  in  his  "Freeholder,"  had  set  a  fine 
example  in  this  species  of  composition,  and  in  Mi 

*  Muri>hy,  uW  supra^  p.  5d--63. 

FieldiA.^ 


HENRY  FIELDING,  ESQL  37 J 

FleWing:  he  had  not  an  unworthy  follower.  In  the 
**  True  Patriot"  was  displayed  a  solid  knowledge  of 
the  British  laws  and  government,  together  with  oc- 
casional salHes  of  humour,  which  would  have  made 
no  inconsiderable  figure  in  the  political  works  of  the 
greatest  wits  among  our  author's  predecessors. 
Another  })eriodical  paper,  written  by  him,  was  the 
*^'  Jacobite's  Journal."  It  appeared  in  the  beginning 
of  the  year  1 748,  and  was  calculated  to  discredit  the 
shattered  remains  of  an  unsuccessful  party;  and,  by 
a  well  applied  raillery  and  ridicule,  to  bring  the 
sentiments  of  the  disaffected  into  contempt,  with  a 
view  of  effacing  them  not  onl}'^  from  the  conversation 
but  from  the  minds  of  men. 

By  the  time  that  Mr.  Fielding  had  attained  the 
age  of  forty-three,  he  had  been  so  incessantly  pur- 
sued by  reiterated  attacks  of  the  gout,  that  he  wa» 
rendered  wholly  incapable  of  continuing  any  longer 
in   the  practice  of  a  barrister.     He  was   obhged^ 
therefore,  to  accept  of  an  office  not  a  little  unpopu^- 
lar,  and  whiqh  is  liable  to  many  injurious  imputa- 
tions, namely,  that  of  an  active  magistrate  in  the 
commission  of  the  peace  for  Middlesex.     In  this  si- 
tuation he  gave  strong  evidence  of  his  attention  to 
the  calls  of  duty.     His  solicitude  to  render  himself 
an  useftil   citizen,  was   manifested   by  the  various 
tracts  which  he  published,  relative  to  several  of  the 
penal  laws,  and  to  the  vices  and  mal-practices  which 
those  laws  were  intended  to  restrain.     One  of  his 
publications  was  a  charge  to  the  grand  jury,  deli- 
vered at  Westminster  on  the  29th  of  June,  1749; 
in  which  the  history  of  grand  juries,  from  their  ori- 
gin, and  the  wise  intention  of  them  for  the  cog- 
nizance of  abuses,  and  the  safety  of  the  subject,  are 
understood  to  be  traced  with  no  small  skill  and  ac- 
curacy*     Another  of  his  publications  was  '^  An  En- 
quiry into  the  Causes  of  the  late  Increase  of  Rob- 
bers, &c.  with  some  Proposals  for  remedying  this' 
growing  Evil.'*     This  work,  which  was  dedicated  to 
the  Lord  Chancellor  Hardvvicke,  has  beeu  V\e\A  \w 


374  UTERARY  ANECDOTCS. 

high*  estimation  by  some  eminent  persons  who  have 
administered  justice  in  Westminster-hall.  A  pam« 
phlet  was^  likewise,  printed  by  our  author,  enti« 
tuled  ^'A  Proposal  for  the  Maintenance  of  the 
Poor;**  which  does  honour  to  him  as  a  magistrate; 
since  it  could  not  have  been  produced  without  in- 
tense application,  and  an  ardent  zeal  for  the  service 
of  the  community  *• 

It  might  have  been  expected  that  these  various 
and  pre>sing  employments,  united  with  the  tortures 
of  the  gout,  would  have  damped  the  vigour  of  Mr. 
Fielding*s  imagination ;  but  this  is  not  the  case. 
His  invention  subsisted  in  its  full  activity,  and  he 
found  leisure  to  amuse  himself,  and  aiterwards  the 
publick,  with  the  history  of  Tom  Jones.  This  was 
the  second  grand  epoch  of  our  author*s  genius,  when 
all  his  faculties  were  in  perfect  unison,  and  conspired 
to  produce  a  complete  work.  It  is  observed,  by  Mr. 
Murphy,  that  in  the  progress  of  Henry  Fielding^s 
talents  there  seem  to  have  been  three  remarkable  per 
riods.  The  first- was,  when  his  genius  broke  forth 
at  once  witli  an  effulgence  superior  to  all  the  rays  of 
light  it  had  before  emitted,  like  the  sun  in  his  morn* 
i^^g  glPT^  without  thfe  ardour- and  blaze  which  af- 
terwards attended  him;  the  second,  when  it  was 
dis{)layed  with  collected  force,  and  a  fulness  of  per- 
fection, like  the  sun  in  meridian  majesty,  with  all 
his  highest  warmth  and  splendour  ;  and  the  third, 
when  the  same  genius,  grown  more  cool  and  tempe- 
rate, still  continued  to  cheer  and  enliven,  but 
shewed,  at  the  same  time,  that  it  was  tending  to  its 
decline,  like  the  same  sun,  abating  from  its  ardour, 
but  still  gilding  the  western  hemisphere  *)*.  The 
history  of  Tom  Jones  is  indeed  a  wonderful  perform- 
ance, whether  we  consider  the  fruitfulness  of  its  in- 
vention, the  admirable  delineation  and  varie^  of  it:^ 

*  Murphy,  ubi  supra,  p.  63. 66.  Fielditig*s  Works>  ubi  suprs, 
vol.  IX.  p.  «8«— 346,  VoL  XI.  p,  265—387.  Vol,  XII.  p.  IS^ 
—814. 

t  Murphy,  ubi  supra,  f.bO.€i&. 


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HENRY  FIELDING^  ESA.  375 

characters,  the  conduct  of  the  story,  or  the  winding 
up  of  the  whole :  rior  is  it  surprising  that  it  should 
have  received  the  warmest  encomiums,  or  that  it 
should  continue  (and  probably  will  always  continue) 
to  be  one  of  the  most  popular  novels  that  ever  was 
produced.     Mr.  ]Vlur]>liy's  copious  and  critical  illus- 
tration of  its  merit  is  highly  interesting.     ITie  work 
was  dedicated  to  the  Honourable  George  Lyttelton, 
(afterwards  Lord  Lyttelton,)  by  whose  desire  our 
autlKH*  first  thought  of  such  a  composition,  who  pe- 
rused the  manuscript  when  completed,    and    who 
gave  it  his  entire  approbation.     Considering  his  reli- 
gious dispositions,  it  is  rather  extraordinary  that  he 
should  not  make  the  objection  which  many  virtuous 
uiinds  have  justly  done  to  the  looseness  of  Tom 
Jones's  character.     It  should  appear,  however,  thai 
neither  Mr.  Lyttelton  nor  Mr.  Fielding  entertained 
any  suspicion  that  the  performance  was  blameable 
on  this  account,  if  we  niay  judge  from  the. language 
Khich  the  latter  gentleman  had  used  in  his  dedica- 
t.ion.     '*  From  the  name,"  says  he,  **  of  my  patron^ 
indeed,  1  hope  my  reader  will  be  convinced,  at  his 
Xrery  entrance  on  this  work,  that  he  will  find  in  the 
Xvhole  course  of  it  notliing  prejudicial  to  the  cause  of 
Jieligion  and  Virtue ;  nothing  inconsistent  with  the 
strictest  rules  of  decency,  nor  which  can  offend  even 
the  chastest  eye  in  the  perusal.     On  the  contrary,  I 
<leclare,  that  to  recommend  goodness  and  innocence 
hath    been   my  sincere  endeavour  in  this  history. 
This  honest  purpose  you  have  been  pleased  to  think 
J  have  attained :  and,  to  say  the  truth,  it  is  likeliest 
to  be  attained  in  l>ooks  oF  this  kind;  for,  an  exam-* 
pie  is  a  kind  of  picture,  in  which  virtue  becomes  ai 
It  were  an  object  of  sight,  and  strikes  us  with  an 
idea  of  that  loveliness  which  Plato  asserts  there  is  ia 
her  naked  charms  *,** 

From  the  period  of  the  publication  of  Tom  Jones, 
the  vigour  of  our  author's  mind  sunk,  though  by 

*  Ficldin^^a  Worlis,  ubi  supra,  vol.  VII,  p.  U«  x« 


LITERA^RT  AN£CDOT£fl. 

slow  degrees,  into  a  decline.  ^'  Amelia,"  which  was 
published  at  the  close  of  tiie  year  1 731,  and  which 
was  de<licated  to  his  great  friend  Ralph  Allen,  esq. 
has  indeed  the  marks  of  genius,  but  of  a  genius  be- 
ginning to  fall  into  decay.  Mr.  Fielding  does  not 
appear  in  this  perforinance  to  have  lost  the  fertility 
of  his  invention,  and  liis  judgment  seems  to  have 
been  as  strong:  as  ever  :  but  the  warmth  of  his  ima- 
ginution  is  abated  ;  and  in  his  landscapes  or  his  scenes 
of  life  he  is  no  longer  the  colcurist  which  he  was  be- 
fore.  The  personages  introduceil  in  the  work  de- 
light too  niuch  in  narrative  ;  and  there  are  not  in  the 
characters  those  touches  of  singularity,  those  sj>teific 
differences,  which  are  so  beautifully  marked  in  our 
author*s  former  productions.  The  humour,  of 
course,  loses  here  much  of  its  high  flavour  and  re- 
lish. Nevertheless,  "  Amelia'*  holds  the  same  pro- 
B^rtion  to  "Tom  Jones,"  that  the  "  Odyssey"  of 
omer  bears,  in  Longinus's  estimation,  to  the 
"Iliad."  In  various  res|>ects  it  breathes  a  fine  vein 
of  morality ;  many  of  the  situations  are  aflecting 
and  tender;  and,  upon  the  whole,  it  is  the  Odyssey, 
the  moral  and  pathetic  work  of  Henry  Fielding, 
"Amelia,"  in  Mr.  Murphy's  edition  of  our  author's 
writings,  is  printed  from  a  copy  corrected  by  his  own 
hand.  The  exceptionable  jnirts  are  retrenched,  and 
the  performance  will  be  found  le*?s  blameable  than 
it  was  in  its  original  state.  While  Mr.  Fielding  was 
planning  and  executing  this  piece,  it  ought  not  to 
be  forgotten,  that  he  was  distracted  by  that  multi- 
plicity of  avocations  with  which  a  public  magistrate 
is  surrounded ;  and  that  his  constitution  was  labour- 
ing under  attacks  of  the  geut,  which,  of  course, 
were  severer  than  ever.  Nevertheless,  the  activity  of 
his  mind  was  not  to  be  subdued ;  for,  no  sooner  was 
one  literary  pursuit  ended  than  fresh  game  arose. 
He  immediately  engaged  in  a  periodical  paper^  under 
>the  title  of  "TheCovent  Garden  Journal,  by  Sir 
Alexander  Drawcansir,  Knight,  Censor  General  o 
G^t  Britain,"'    TVua  ]^a^t  vras  published  twice  in 


•c 


HENRY   FtELDIXG,   ESA. 

every  week,  viz.  on  Tuesday  and  Saturday ;  and  it 
conduced  so  much  to  the  entertainment  of  its  readers^ 
for  a  twelvemonth  tog^ether,  that  there  was  a  general 
regret  when   Mr.  Fielding's    bad    state    of    health 
obliged  him  to  discontinue  the  undertaking.     There 
are    in  the  collection  various  essays  of  such  good 
sense  and  fine  humour,  that  they  would  have  been 
admired  in   the  lucubrations  of  the  "Tatler  and 
•*  Spectator."     The  choicest  of  them  are  preserved 
in  the  twelfth  volume  of  our  author's  works.^    Soon 
after  the  "Coventdarden  Journal"  was  dropped,  Mr. 
Fielding*s  whole  frame  of  body  was  so  entirely  shat- 
tered by  continual  inroads  of  complicated  disorders, 
and  the  incessant  fati'^ue  of  business  in  his  office, 
that,  by  the  advice  of  his  physician,  he  set  out  for 
iisbon,  in  hopes  of  profiting  by  the  genial  air  of 
that  climate.     At  this  time  a  dropsy  had  risen  to  so 
a  height,  that  he  was  obliged  to  submit  to  re- 
operations of  tapping.     However,  notwith- 
tanding   his   distressful  situation,  his  imagination 
till  continued  to  make  strong  eflorts  to  display  it- 
If;  and  the  last  sjleams  of  his  wit  aad  humour 
irtriy  sparkled  in  the  account  he  left  behind  hinot 
f  his  voyage  to  Portugal.     In  about  two  months  af- 
r  his  arrival  at  Lisbon,  his  strength  became  quite 
^exhausted,  and   he  yielded  up  his  breath  on    the 
^^ighth  day  of  October,  !  7  •';4,  and  in  the  forty-eighth 
^ear  of  his  age.     Our  author  married  a  second  wife, 
l>y  whom  he  left  four  children,  to  whose  education, 
3Jr.  Ralph  Allen,  in  conjunction  with  their  uncle, 
Sir  John  Fielding,  largely  contributed  *.     One  of 
^em  is  now  a  barrister  of  considerable  reputation, 
«nd   an  active  police  magistrate   at  Queen-squar^ 
"Westminster. 

Henry  Fielding  had  so  many  faults,  and  led  so 
dissipated  a  life,  that,  when  to  this  it  is  added,  that 
lie  sustained  the  unpopular  situation  of  a  Middlesex 

*  Miuphy^  ubi  supra,  p.  76 — 79.    Gentleman's  Map;ivx\T«» 
;jl.XXlV.  p.  4tt3,    Voyage  to  Lisbon,  vol.  Xll  of  omt  XwvVvoV* 


578  .WTERARY  ANECDOTES- 

justioe^  it  will  not  appear  surprizing,  that  he  should 
have  been  subjected  to  tlie  reproach  of  crimes  of 
which  he  was  innocent.  His  conduct  as  a  mams- 
trate  was  often  atta(*ked,  and  he  wa's  accused .  of  ve- 
nality.  But  from  this  charge  he  hath  revolted,  in 
the  Introduction  to  his  "  V^oyage  to  Lisbon,"  with 
.becoming  indignation.  Sir  John  Fielding,  likewise, 
in  his  dedication  of  the  play  of  *-  I'he  Fathers"  to 
the  Duke  of  Northumberland,  asserts,  concerning 
his  brother,  that  he  was  an  upright,  as  well  as  an 
useful  and  distinguished  magistrate.  Mr.  Murphy 
has  touched  upon  the  subject  with  justice  and  can- 
dour. The  same  gentleman's  general  character  of 
our  author  will  be  found  in  the  note  *^ 

*  Had  the  writer  of  this  essay  the  happy  power  of  delineation 
which  distin^iahes  the  artist  mentioned,  (Mr.  Hoganh,)  he 
would  here  attempt  a  portrait  of  Mr.  Fielding's  miml :  of  the 
principal  features,  such  as  they  a]7pear  to  him,  he  will  at  least 
endeavour  to  give  a  sketch,  howe\-er  imperfect.  His  passions, 
as  the  poet  expresses  it,  weix;  tremblingly  alive  all  o'er ;  whatever 
he  desired  he  desired  ardently ;  he  \v<is  alike  impatient  of  disap- 
pointment or  ill-usage,  and  the  same  quickness  of  sensibility 
rendered  him  elate  in  pros])erity,  and  overflowing  with  gi'^tituck 
at  every  instance  of  friendship  or  generosity :  steady  in  his  private 
attachments,  his  atlection  was  warm,  sincere,  and  vehement ;  in 
htS  resentments  he  wiu  manly,  bur  temfwrate,  seldom  breaking 
out  in  his  writings  into  gratifications  of  ill-humour  or  persona! 
satire.  It  is  to  the  honour  of  those  whom  he  loved^  tliat  he  Iiad 
too  much  penetration  to  be  deceived  in  their  chamcters ;  and  it  it 
to  the  advantage  of  hi^  enemies,  that  he  was  above  passionate  at- 
tacks  upon  them.  Open,  unbounded,  and  social  in  his  temper, 
he  knew  no  love  of  money  ;  but  inclining  to  excess  even  in  hit 
very  virtues,  he  pa*9he<l  his  contempt  of  avarice  into  the  opposite 
extreme  of  imprudence  and  proiligality.  When  young  in  life  he 
had  a  moderate  estate  *,  he  soon  sutiered  hospitality  to  devour  it; 
'and«  when  in  the  latter  end  of  his  days  he  had  an  income  of  fout 
or  live  hundred  a  year,  he  knew  no  use  of  money  but  to  keep  his 
table  ojM^n  to  those  who  had  been  his  friends  when  youngs,  and 
hrtd  impaired  their  own  fortunes.  Though  disposed  to  gallantry 
\>y  his  btrong  animal  spirits,  and  the  vivacity  of  his  passions,  he 
uiar  remarkable  for  tenderness  and  coastancv  to  his  wife,  and  the 
^t^ollgektlifiectioa  forhia  children.  Of  sickness  and  poverty  he 
\\ii^-in'jiil;irly  patient,  and,  under  the  pressure  of  those  evils,  he 
roiild  ('uielly  reail  **  Cicero  de  Consolatione  j"  but,  if  either  of 
Xbvm  ihreatencd  his  wife,  he  was  imfietuous  for  her  relief :  and 
tlius  often  from  lus  \\rlue^axo»a\{^vm^t^^cUons,    Abcnse  of 


H£NRY    FIELDING^   £SCI«  $f§ 

We  cannot  dismiss  this  article  without  taking  no- 
tice of  the  sentiments  which  have  been  delivered, 
concerning  Henry  Fielding  and  his  works,  by  dif- 
ferent writers.     Sir  John  Hawkins  is  harshly  severe 
on  his  memory:  indeed,  so  malignantly  severe,  that 
we  shall  not  give  room  to  the  passage.     But,  while 
we  disapprove  of  the  spirit  with  which  Sir  John  has 
written,  we  must  do  justice  to  his  motive,  which  was 
a  regard  to  the  interests  of  strict  morality  *.     His 
meaning,  though   not  his  language,  when  he  ex- 
poses the  shameful  abuse  of  the  phrase,  "  goodness 
of  heart,^'  by  making  it  a  substitute  for  probity,  has 
our  entire  approbation.     Dr.  Beattie  is  more  gentle 
m  his  censure.     *'  Of  Fielding,"  says  he,  "  as  a  no- 
velist, I  admire  the  humour,  and  his  artful  connex- 
ture  of  fables  ;  in  which  last  respect  I  think  he  has 
no  equal  among  the  moderns  ;  but  his  morality  and 
delicacy  are  not  what  I  wish  they  had  been ;  and  his 
stj'le,  though  in  general  excellent,  especially  in  his 
latter  works,  is  not  always  Free  from  bombast,  and 
sometimes  betrays  an  unnecessary   ostentation    of 
Wning  -f.^    The  same  author,  in  another  place, 

^Dour  he  had  as  lively  and  delicate  as  most  men,  but  soraetimei 
his  passions  were  too  turbulent  for  it ;  or  rather  his  necessities 
^ere  too  pressings"  in  all  ca^es  where  delicacy  was  rlepaited  from, 
jiis  frlencfs  know  how  his  own  feelings  reprimanded  him.  The 
interests  of  virtue  and  religion  he.  never  bet  ray  td  ;  the  former  is 
Amiably  enforced  in  his  works  ;  and,  for  the  defence  of  the  latter* 
^  had  projected  a  laborious  answer  to  the  poslhumou«  philoeo- 
phy  of  Bblingbroke ;  and  the  preparation  he  had  made  for  it  of 
long  eaitracts  and  argimients  from  the  faihers  and  the  most  emi- 
nent writers  of  controversy,  is  still  extant  in  the  hands  of  hift 
brother  Sir  John  Fielding.  In  bhoi-t,  our  author  was  unhappy. 
but  not  vicious  in  his  nature:  in  his  xmderstanding Kvely,  yet 
Solid ;  rich  in  invention,  yet  a  lover  of  real  science ;  an  observer 
of  mankind,  yet  a  scholar  of  enlarged  reading ;  a  spirited  enemy. 
Vet  an  inde&tigablc  friend ;  a  satirist  of  vice  and  evil  mannehi^ 
}elalover  of  mankind;  an  useful  citizen,  a  polished  and  in- 
structive wit;  and  a  magistrate  zealous  for  the  order  and  welfare 
of  the  community  which  he  ser\ed.    Murphy,  ubi  supra,  p.  69— 

^  Hawkins's  Life  of  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson,  p.  914,  315. 
t  Seattle's  Elements  of  Mora]  Science^  vol.  11.  p.  559. 


580  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

has  given  a  more  co])ioiis  estimate  of  Fielding's  lite- 
rary merit.  Dr.  Bhiir  s  concise  description  of  Mr. 
Fielding,  as  a  romance-writer,  cannot  fail  of  being 
acceptable  to  our  readers.  "  Mr.  Fielding's  novels," 
observes  the  doctor,  "  are  highly  distinguished  for 
their  humour:  a  humour,  which,  if  not  of  the  most 
'tefined  and  delicate  kind,  is  ori^iuid,  and  peculiar 
to  himself.  The  characters  which  he  draws  are 
lively  and  natuml,  and  marked  widi  the  strokes  of  a 
bold  pencil.  The  general  scope  of  his  stories  is  fa- 
vourable to  humanity  and  goodness  of  heart ;  and  in 
Tom  Jones,  his  greatest  work,  the  artful  conduct  of 
'the  fable,  and  the  subser\'iency  of  all  the  incidents 
to  the  winding  up  of  the  whole,  deserve  much 
praise*."  *^  The  cultivated  genius  of  Fielding,** 
says  Dr.  Knox,  ^'  entitles  him  to  a  high  rank  among 
the  classics.  His  works  exhibit  a  series  of  pictures 
drawn  with  all  the  descriptive  fidelity  of  a  Hogarth. 
They  are  highly  entertaining,  and  will  always  be 
read  with  pleasure;  but  they  likewise  disclose 
scenes,  which  may  corrupt  a  mind  unseasoned  by 
experience  +."  Joseph  Andrews  is  thus  character- 
Szed,  by  Mr.  Ciray,  in  a  letter  to  his  friend,  Mr. 
West,  who  had  recommended  the  book  to  his  pe- 
rusal. "  The  incidents  are  ill  laid  and  without  m- 
vention ;  but  the  characters  have  a  great  deal  of  na- 
ture, which  always  pleases,  even  in  the  lowest  shapes. 
Parsons  Adams  is  periectly  well ;  so  is  Mrs.  Slipslop,  , 
and  the  story  of  Wilson ;  and  throughout  he  shews  i 
himself  well  read  in  stage-coaches,  country  squires,  ^ 
inns,  and  inns  of  court.  His  reflections  upon  liigli-^ 
people  and  low  people,  and  misses  and  masters, 
very  good.  However,  the  exaltedness  of  some 
minds  (or  rather,  as  I  shrewdly  sus{)ect,  their  insi 
pidity  and  want  of  feeling  and  observation)  ma 
make  them  insensible  to  these  light  tilings,  (I  mea 


*  Blair's  Lectures  on  Rhetoric  and  Belles  Lottres,  vol.  II. 
309.     Quarto  edition. 

f  Knox's  Ebsays,  morjl  aud  litei^ary,  vol.  I,  p.  69.      Edition*' 
o(  1 732. 


HEN.RY   riDLDIKG,    ESGt.  jSl 

Buch  as  characterize  and  paint  nature,)  yet  surely 
they  are  as  weighty,  and  much  more  useful,  tlian 
your  grave  discourses  upon  the  mind,  the  passions,  and 
what  not  *."     Lord  Alouboddo,  in  the  third  volume 
of  his  "Origin  and  Progress  of  Language,"  has  se- 
veral times  spoken  of  tlie  "History  of  Tom  Jones" 
■in  terms  of  great  approbation.     In  one  place  ho'es^ 
presses  himself  as  (ollows:  "There  is  lately  sprung 
up  among  us  a  species  of  narrative  poem,  represent- 
ing the  characters  of  common  Ufe.     It  has  the  sanoe 
relation  to  comedy  that  the  epic  has  to  tragedy,  and 
difiers  from  the  epic  in  the  same  respect  that  co- 
medy differs  from  tragedy ;  that  is,  in  the  actions 
and  characters,  both  of  which  are  much  nobler  ia 
the  epic  than  in  it.     It  is  therefore,  I  think,  a  legi- 
timate kind  of  poem ;  and  accordingly,  we  are  told. 
Homer  wrote  one  of  that  kind,  called  MargiteSy  of 
which  some  lines  are  preserved.     The  reason  why  I 
mention  it  is,  that  we  have,  in  English,  a  poem  of 
tliat  kind  (for  so  I  w  ill  call  it)  which  has  more  cha- 
•racter  in  it  than  any  work,  antient  or  modern,  that 
■J  know.     1'he  work   I   mean,  is,  the  "  History  of 
Tom   Jones,"  which,    as   it   has   more  personages 
brought  into  the  story  than  any  thing  of  the  poetic 
lind  I  have  ever  seen  :  so  all  these  jiersonages  have 
characters  peculiar  to  them,  insomuch,  that  there 
is  not  even  a  host  or  hostess  upon  the  road,  hardly 
a  servant,  who  is  not  distinguished  in  that  way.     In 
short,  I  never  saw  any  thing  that  was  so  much  ani- 
mated, and,  sxs  I  may  say,  all  alive  with  charactens 
-and  manners,  as  the  "  History  of  Tom  Jones."     Jn 
-another  passage.  Lord   Monboddo,  having  offeved 
reasons  to  shew,  why  some  instances  of  the  niock- 
.  heroic  in  Tom  Jones,  though  excellent  in  their  kind, 
are  not  in  their  proper  plac  e,  has  subjoined  tlie  fol- 
lowing enconiiulii  on  the  gei>eral  construction  of  thse 
work:  "  The  fable  of  this  piece  is,  I  think,  an  ex- 

*  Masoa*i  Memoirs  cf  the  Life  and  Writing  of  Mr.  Gray,  p; 


$8&  LITERARY  ASZCDOTtSi 

.  trttordinary  effort  both  of  genius  and  art;  for,  though 
it  be  very  complex,  taking  in  as  great  a  variety  of 
matter  as,  I  beheve,  any  'heroic  fable,  it  is  so  simple  as 
to  be  easily  enough  comprehended  in  one  view.  And 
it  has  this  peculiar  excellency,  that  every  incident  of 
the  almost  infinite  variety  which  the  author  has 
contrived  to  introduce  into  it,  contributes,  some  way 
or  other,  to  bring  on  the  catastrophe,  which  is  so 
artfully  wrought  up,  and  brought  about  by  a  change 
of  fortune,  so  sudden  and  surprizing,  that  it  gives 
the  reader  all  the  pleasure  of  a  well-written  tragedy 
or  comedy.  And,  therefore,  as  I  hold  the  invention 
and  composition  of  the  fable  to  be  the  chief  beauty 
of  every  poem,  I  must  be  of  opinion,  that  Mr. 
Fielding  was  one  of  the  greatest  poetical  geniuses  of 
the  age;  nor  do  I  think  that  his  work  has  hitherto 
met  with  the  praise  that  it  deserves  *.**  We  shall 
conclude  the  testimony  to  our  author*s  literary  ex- 
cellence, with  the  concise  and  elegant  encomium 
passed  upon  him  by  the  late  Mr.  James  Harris. 
This  ingenious  and  learned  gentleman,  having 
treated  ot  the  absurd  manner  in  which  the  plots  of 
tragedies  ajid  comedies  are  often  wound  up,  adds  as 
follows :  ^^  A  wittv  friend  of  mine,  who  was  himself 
a  dramatic  writer,  used  pleasantly,  though  perhaps 
rather  freely,  to  damn  the  man  who  invented  Jifrh 
acts.  So  said  the  celebrated  Henry  Fielding,  who 
was  a  respectable  person  both  by  education  and 
birth,  having  been  bred  at  Eton  school  and  Leyden, 
and  being  lineally  descended  from  an  Earl  of  Den^ 
bigh.  His  Joseph  Andrews  and  Tom  Jones  may  bb 
called  master  pieces  in  the  comic  epopee,  which 
none  since  have  equalled,  though  multitudes  have 
imitated ;  and  which  he  was  peculiarly  qualified  to 
write  in  the  manner  he  did,  both  from  his  life,  his 
learning,  and  his  genius.  Had  his  life  been  less  ir« 
re^lar,  (for  irregular  it  was,  and  spent  in  a  pro- 
miscuous intercourse  with  persons  of  all  ranks,)  his 

«  Of  the  Origin  and  Progress  of  Language,  voL  III.  p.  134* 

Yfifaires 


H£!4RY  FIELDING,   ESd.'  $B$ 

pictures  of  human  kind  had  neither  been  so  various 
nor  so  natural.  Had  he  possessed  less  of  Hterature, 
he  could  not  have  infused  such  a  spirit  of  classical 
elegance.  Had  his  genius  been  less  fertile  of  wit 
and  humour,  he  could  not  have  maintained  that  un- 
interrupted  pleasantry,  which  never  suffers  his  rea* 
dei-s  to  feel  fatigue  *•" 

Tliere  are  not  so  many  little  anecdotes  preserved 
concerning  Mr.  Fielding  as  might  perhaps  have  been 
expected  considering  the  eccentricity  of  his  disposi- 
tion, and  his  talents  for  conversation.  In  the  opinion 
of  Lord  Lyttelton,  he  had  more^vit  and  humour  thaa 
Pope,  Swift,  and  all  the  other  wits  of  that  time  put 
together  -jf.  But  when  our  author  died,  the  passion 
for  collecting  every  trivial  incident  concerning  lite*  . 
rary  men,  or  every  expression  uttered  by  them,  had 
not  taken  place ;  or,  at  least,  was  far  from  being 
carried  to  the  height  which  has  lately  been  done.  In  . 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  August,  1786,  astorv 
is  told  concerning  Mr.  Fielding,  of  which  we  shall 
content  ourselves  with  an  abridgment,  as  the  narra- 
tive of  the  writer  is  verbose,  and  as  he  aims  atm 
pleasantry  in  which  he  has  not  been  remarkabljf 
successful.     The  fact  is   simply  as  follows :  Sohie 

Earochial  taxes  for  Fielding's  house  in  Beaufort 
uildings  being  unpaid,  and  for  which  demands  had 
been  made  again  and  again,  he  was  at  length  given 
to  understand,  by  the  collector,  who  had  an  esteem 
for  him,  that  no  longer  procrastination  could  be  ad- 
mitted. In  this  dilemma  he  had  recourse  to  Jacob 
Tonson,  and  mortgaging  the  future  sheets  of  some 
work  he  had  in  hand,  received  the  sum  he  wanted, 
which  might  be  ten  or  twelve  guineas.  When  he 
was  near  his  own  liouse,  he  met  with  an  old  college 
chum,  whom  he  had  not  seen  for  many  years.  They 
retired  to  a  neighbouring  tavern,  and  gave  free 
scope  to  their  conviviality.     In  the  course  of  the 


*  Harris's  Pliilological  Inquiries,  pp.'  163,  164. 
t  Beattic,  ubi  supra,  p.  071. 


COO- 


j84  tITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

conversation,  Mr.  Fieldinj^  found  that  his  friendt 
had  been  unfortunate  in  life,  upon  which  he  ioinie* 
diately  gave  him  the  whole  of  the  money  he  had 
obtained  from  Mr.  lonson.  Early  in  the  morning 
he  returned  liome  in  the  full  eniovnientofJiis  bene- 
Tolent  disposition  and  conduct,  when  he  was  told 
that  the  collector  liad  called  for  the  taxes  twice  on 
the  preceiiinpj  day.  His  reply  was  laconic,  but  me- 
morable :  "JFriendship  has  called  for  the  mouey^ 
and  had  it ;  let  the  collector  call  again.'*  A  second 
application  to  Jacob  Tonson  enabled  him  to  satisfy 
the  parish  demands  *•  The  following  anecdote  has 
been  communicated  to  Dr.  Kippis  by  a  friend,  who 
had  it  from  the  jiresent  Mr.  Fielding,  our  author^s 
son.  Henry  Fielding  being  once  in  oompany  with  the 
Karl  of  Denbigh,  and  the  conversation  turning  on 
Fielding's  being  of  the  Denbigh  family,  the  Earl 
asked  the  reason  why  they  spelt  their  names  difie- 
rently  ;  the  Earl's  family  doing  it  with  the  E  first, 
(Feilding),  and  Mr.  Henry  Fielding  with  the  I  iirst, 
(Fielding.)  "  I  cannot  tell,  my  Lord,"  answered 
Harry,  *^  except  it  be  that  my  branch  bf  the  family 
were  the  first  that  knew  how  to  spell." 

Mr.  Fielding  has  afforded  another  instance  how 
much  it  is  to  be  lamentetl  that  genius  and  talents  are 
not  always  accompanied  with  the  uniform  practice  of 
virtue.  His  irregularities  exposed  a  strong  and  ath- 
letic constitution  to  the  inroads  of  disorder,  the  de- 
predations of  the  gout  an<;  the  dropsy,  and  a  prema- 
ture death.  His  extravagance  obliged  him  to  pro- 
duce hasty  and  imperfect  compositions,  especially 
for  the  stage ;  and  it  involved  him  in  necessities, 
which,  it  is  to  be  feared,  sometimes  triumphed  over 
the  independance  of  his  mind.  A  contrary  conduct, 
while  it  would  most  })robably  have  been  blessed  with 
length  of  days,  would  certainly  have  procured  him 
higher  esteem  in  the  world,  and  have  enabled  him 
to  give  a  more  finishing  hand  to  many  of  his  writings. 

*  Gentleman's  Magazine,  voL  LVL  pp.  659, 6^0. 


HEHRT  FIBLDtNG^  ESCU  jSS 

.   HentyFietding^sthird sisterSarah^madesomefigure 
among  the  literary  ladies  of  the  a^.     She  was  bom 
in  the  year  1714>  and  early  applied  herself  to  the 
cultivation  of  her  mind.     Soon  after  the  appearance 
of  her  brother's  Joseph  Andrews,  she  published  a 
nofvel,   in  two  volumes,   12mo,    intituled,    "The 
Adventures  of  David  Simple,  in  Search  of  a  faithful 
Friend."    The  book  had  a  considerable  run,  and  is 
not  yet  forgotten.     In  1752,  she  produced  a  third 
volume,  which,  we  believe,  never  became  so  popu* 
lar  as  the  former  work.    Her  next  production,  which 
appeared  iu  1753?  was,  "  The  Cry  ;  a  new  dramatic 
Fable,*  in  three  volumes.     It  is  a  novel,  in  a  singu- 
lar form.     This  publication  was  too  abstracted,  and 
too  remote  from  the   common   taste  of  romance 
readers,  to  be  generally  pleasing.     It  was  not,  how- 
ever, destitute  of  ingenuity.     Mrs.  Sarah  Fielding's 
last  and  principal  performance  was,  ^^  Xenophon'd 
Memoirs  of  Socrates ;  with  the  Defence  of  Socrates 
before  his  Judges;*'  translated  from  the  original 
Greek.     This  work  does  credit  to  her  abilities,  being 
executed  with  fidelity  and  elegance.     She  had  the 
honour  of  being  favoured  with  some  valuable  notes 
by  the  ingenious  and  learned  Mr.  James  Harris  of 
Silisbury,  who  probably  might  contribute  to  the 
correctness  of  the  translation.  Mrs.  Fielding  resided 
at  Bath,  where  she  died  in  April  1768. 

Dr.  John  Hoadly,  who  was  her  particular  friend^ 
erected  a  monument  to  her  memory,  on  which  is 
the  following  encomium : 

"  Her  unaffected  manners,  candid  mind. 
Her  heart  benevolent,  and  soul  resigned, 
Were  more  her  praise  than  all  she  knew  or 

thought. 
Though    Athens'   Wisdom  to    her    sex   she 
taught  *.'* 


Dramatica,  or,  a  Companion  to  the  Playbouit^ 
•to.  1819,  Vol  I.  p.  «4^. 

Vol,  III  Cc  ^5>, 


i  t 


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1 

No,  VI.    BOOKSELLEBS  and  PRINTERS  ♦. 

ANDREW  MILLAR,  Esq. 

was  literally  the  artificer  of  his  own  fortune.  Bj 
consummate  industry,  and  a  happy  train  of  suc- 
cessive patronage  and  connexion,  he  became  om 
of  the  most  eminent  Booksellers  of  the  eighteentli 
century.  He  had  Httle  pretensions  to  Learning; 
but  had  a  thorough  knowledge  of  mankind ;  and  s 
nice  discrimination  in  selecting  his  literary  coun- 
sellors-f-;  amongst  whom  it  may  be  sufficient  Xi 
mention  the  late  eminent  Schoolmaster  and  Critick 
Dr.  William  Rose  J,   of  Chiswick;   and  the  late 

*  The  names  of  several  other  eminent  Booksellers  and  Printen 
will  be  found  by  consulting  tlie  Index. 

f  *'  Millar,  says  Mr.  Boswell, ''  though  himself  no  neat  judge 
of  literature,  had  good  sense  enough  to  have  for  his  friemfa 
tery  able  men  to  give  him  their  opinion  and  advice  in  the 
purchase  of  copy-right,  the  consequence  of  which  was  his  ac- 
quiring a  very  luge  fortune,  with  gi*cat  liberality.  Johnson  said 
of  him,  ''  I  respect  Millar,  Sir ;  he  has  raised  the  ])rice  of  lite- 
rature.'* The  same  praise  may  be  justly  given  to  P^nckoudcej 
the  eminent  Bookseller  of  Paris.  Mr.  Strahan*s  liberality,  ju<%- 
ment,  and  success,  are  well  known. — Mr.  Millar  took  the  pria- 
eipal  charge  of  conducting  the  publication  of  Johnson's  Dic- 
tionary ;  and  as  the  ]iatience  of  the  proprietors  was  repeatedly 
tried,  and  almost  exhausted,  by  their  expecting  that  the  woiIl 
wonld  be  completed  within  the  time  which  Jolmson  had  san- 
guinely  supposed,  the  learned  Author  was  often  goaded  to  dispatcb, 
more  especially  as  he  had  received  all  the  copy-money,  by  dif- 
ferent drafts,  a  considerable  time  before  he  had  finished  his  task. 
When  the  messenger  who  carried  the  last  sheet  to  Millar  retumedj 
Johnson  asked  hiih,  "  Well,  what  did  he  say  ?"  '^  Sir,  (answoed 
the  messenger)  iie  said.  Thank  God  I  have  done  with  him.**  "  I  am 
glad  (replied  Johnson,  with  a  smile)  that  he  thanks  God  for  anj 
thing."  [Sir  John  Hawkins,  p.  341,  inserts  two  notes  as  having 
passed  formally  between  Andrew  Millar  and  Johnson,  to  the 
above  effect.  I  am  assured  this  was  not  the  case.  In  the  way  oi 
incidental  remark  it  was  a  pleasant  play  of  raillery.  To  havi 
deliberately  written  notes  in  such  terms  would  have  been  morose.' 
It  is  remarkable,  that  those  with  whom  Johnson  chiefly  eon 
tracted  for  his  literary  labours  were  Scotchmen^  Mr.  MiUii 
and  Mr.  Strahan.     Life  of  Johnson, 

'  $  A  gentleman  wdl  Imown  in  the  republick  of  letters,  9m 
Ijgbljr  esteemed  for  hia  pu\)\k  s$Vn\.>  \a&  tmndly  diapoaidooy  hi 


ANDREW  MILLAR.  jS^f 

William  Strahan,  Esq.  *  the  early  friend  and  as- 
sociate of  Mr.  Millar  in  private  life,  and  his  partner 
in  many  capital  adventures  in  business. 

Mr.  Millar  had  three  children ;  but  they  all  died 
In  their  infancy.  He  was  not  extravagant ;  but 
contented  himself  with  an  occasional  regale  of  hum- 
ble port  at  an  opposite  Tavern ;  so  that  his  wealth 
accumulated  rapidly.  He  was  fortunate  also  in  his 
assistants  in  trade.     One  of  these  was  the  present 

•  worthy  veteran  Mr.  Thomas  Becket,  who  after- 
wards colonized  into  another  part  of  the  Strand,  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  P.  De  Hondt;'  and  thence 
transplanted  himself,  first  to  the  corner  of  the  Adel- 
phi,  and  afterwards  to  Pall  Mall^  where  he  has  long 
Deen  stationary,  and,  it  is  hoped,  will  remain  so 
whilst  he  can  enjoy  the  comforts  of  life. 

•  Mr.  Millar's  next  assistant  was  RobinLawless  ^^ 
a  name  familiar  to  every  Bibliomaniac  and  every 

imiable  and  chearfiil  temper,  and  his  universa]  benevolence.  H^ 
fuUished  an  edition  of  Sallust,  and  was  largely  concerned  in  the 
Monthly  Review.  He  left  one  son,  Samuel  Rose,  Esq,  bamstei; 
at  law*  a  young  man  of  considei^able  talents,  and  universally 
beloved  for  his  truly  mild  and  unobtrusive  manners ;  who  was  the 
friend  and  correspondent  of  Cowper  the  Poet ;  and  in  1804  waa 
the  Editor  of  Goldsmith's  Works,  4  vols.  8vo.  He  distinguished 
kiiDself  also  in  his  profession  by  editing  some  valuable  Law  books* 
He  married  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Farr,  of  Plymouth  -,  and  died 
Dec.  M,  1804,  aged  only  37^  leaving  four  sons. 

*  Of  whom  see   p.  390. 

t  This  diligent  and  honest  servant,  who,  for  considerably 
mare  than  half  a  century,  had  been  so  well  kncAvn  to,  and 
much  •distinguished  by,  the  notice  and  regard  of  many  of  tlie 
noet  eminent  literary  characters  of  his  time,  as  one  of  the  prin- 
ttpal  aasifttants  to  Mr.  Andrew  Millar,  afterwards  to  Mr.  Al* 
derman  Cadell,  and  finally,  to  Messrs.  Cadell  and  Davies, 
the  present  conductors  of  that  extensive  business,  died  at 
his  apartments  in  Dean  Street,  Soho,  June  21,  1806,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  8*2.  He  was  a  native  of  Dublin, 
and  related,  not  very  distantly,  to  the  respectable  and  recently 
ennobled  &mily  of  the  same  name,  as  well  as  to  the  Barnewalhi 
and  Aylmers.  He  was  a  Roman  Catholick,  and  strictly  ob- 
servant of  the  duties  and  obligations  of  his  religion,  yet  pcr« 
fectly  free  from  the  bigotry  and  unoharitableness  which  have, 
on  too  many  occasions,  marked  the  conduct  of  members  of  the 
Romish  ChurclL  In  his  character  were  united  the  soutidebl  \ti* 
te^ty  of  xBiod  Mik  $  iimpUcity  of  mtoatn  rarely  et^xiaXYed.  \IS& 

cg2  teaj^iftj 


588  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Bookseller  who  recollects  the  latter  half  of  tl 
eighteenth  century. 

In  1 758  Mr.  Millar  met  with  an  apprentice  cong 
nial  to  his  most  ardent  wishes ;  who,  combining  n 
dustry  with  intellect,  relieved  him  in  a  great  me 
sure  from  the  toil  of  sui)enntending  an  immense  coi 
cern;  whom  in  1 765  he  readily  admitted  as  his  par 
tier:  and  in  1767  relinquished  to  him  the  whole  bi 
siness.  I  need  not  add,  that  this  was  the  late  woi 
thy  and  successful  Bookseller  Mr.  Alderman  Cadell " 

Mr.  Millar  now  retired  to  a  villa  at  Kew  Greei 
He  died  in  the  following  year;  and  was  buried  i 
the  cemetery  at  Chelsea  -f-,  near  the  King's  privat 
road;  where  in  1751  Mr.  Millar  had  erected  a 
obelisk;)^  over  a  vault  appropriated  to  his  familj 
where  three  infant  children   were  deposited;  an 

reading  had  been  extensive  ;  his  judgment  was  remarkably  coi 
rectj  his  memory  uncommonly  strong;  and  the  anecdote 
with  which  it  was  stored  often  afforded  gratification  to  hiij  friend 
who  delighted  to  draw  him  into  conversation.  Humble  as  ws 
his  walk  in  life,  few  men  had  stronger  claims  to  afiectionat 
regard.  A  purer  spirit  never  inhabited  the  human  bosom.  On 
remarkable  instance  of  his  singleness  of  heart  we  can  add  on  th 
most  indisputable  authority.  Not  very  long  before  Mr.  Cade! 
obtained  the  scarlet  gown,  on  taking  stock  at  the  end  of  th 
year^  honest  Robin  very  seriously  applied  to  his  master,  to  ask 
favour  of  him.  Mr.  Cadell,  of  course,  expected  that  it  wa 
somewhat  that  might  be  beneficial  to  the  applicant.  But  grea 
indeed  was  his  surprize  to  find  that  the  pvurport  of  the  request  was 
that  his  annual  salary  might  be  lowered,  as  the  year's  accompt  wa 
Dot  so  good  as  the  preceding  one ;  and  Lawless  really  feared  tha 
his  master  could  not  afford  to  pay  him  such  very  high  wages.  Oi 
retiring  from  business,  the  benevolent  master  had  a  picture  of  tb 
faithful  sen'ant  painted  by  Sir  William  Beechey,  which  he  alwayi 
shewed  to  his  fHends  as  one  of  the  principal  ornaments  of  hi 
drawing-room. 

*  See  vol.  VI.  p.  443. 

t  This  Cemetery,  about  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  Churchy  w* 
ffivcn  to  that  parish  by  Sir  Hans  Sloane. 

J  On  which  are  the  several  following  inscriptions : 
"  1.  Mindful  of  Death  and  of  Life  j 

Andrew  Millar, 

of  the  Strand,  London,  Bookseller^ 

erected  this 

near  the  Dormitory 

*  intended 

for  tiunatdi  S4ii^\o&\)0«3Nt^'^ 


ANDREW   MILLAR.  38^ 

afterwards  his  own  remains,  and  those  of  his 
widow,  who  had  l)een  re-married  to  Sir  Archi- 
bald Grant,  Bart,  of  Monymusk,  Aberdeenstiire. 
She  died,  at  her  house  in  Pall  Mall,  Oct.  ^5, 
1788 ;  and  left  many  charitable  benefactions ;  among 
others,  the  whole  residue  of  her  estate  (supposed  to 
be  at  least  15,000/.)  to  be  disposed  of  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  her  three  executors,  the  Rev.  Dr.  Trotter, 
Mr.  Grant,  and  Mr.CadelL 

Jane  Millar, 

when  it  shall  please  Divme  Providenct 

to  call  them  hence, 

as  a  place  of  like  repose 

for  other  near  relations, 

and  in  memory  of 

the  sacred  pledges  of  their  mutual  love, 

MDCCLI." 

%  "  Robert  Millar,  aged  one  year,  died  in  173^, 

interred  not  far  from  hence. 

Elizabeth  Millar,  of  the  same  age,  died  in  1740, 

Buried  in  the  Church-yaitl  of  St.  Clements  Danes. 

Innocent  in  their  short  lives, 

and  therefore  happy  in  their  Deaths. 

Though  lost  to  their  human, 

they  live  to  their  Eternal  Parent. 

3.  "  Sacred  to  the  Remembrance  of 

Andrew  Millar, 

the  fleeting  Joy,  the  lasting  Grief, 

of  those  who  dedicate  this  Monument. 

Having  shewn  such  goodness  in  this  frail  lifs 

as  attxacted  the  love  of  all, 

he  was  taken  to  a  better 

at  Seal  borough  July  30,  1750, 

aged  five  years  and  six  months, 

interred  here  August  28  following. 

4.  "  Here  lie  the  remains  of  Andrew  Millar,  £s^. 
who  departed  this  Life,  Junc.tlie  8th,  17^8, 

aged  61  years.'* 

5.  '' Dame  Jane  Grant, 

widowof  Sir  Archibald  Grant,  Bart. 

who  died  Oct.  *ib,  1788,  aged  81  years. 

Her,  remains  are  deposited  here, 

near  those  of  her  first  husband, 

Andrew  Millar,  Esq.** 

4$.  ^'  Here  lie  the  remains  %f  Mrs.  Maroarbt  Jorkstov  ) 
whoideinrted  this  life  July  the  30,  1757  " 


(    390    ) 

CHARLES  HITCH,  Esq. 

a  Bookseller  of  considerable  eminence  in  Paternos- 
ter-row, and  in  the  commission  of  the  peace  for  the 
County  of  Essex ;  was  Master  of  the  Stationers' 
Company  in  1758.  He  died  Sept.  20,  17 64,  and 
was  buried  at  East  Ham.  Elizabeth,  his  widow 
(daughter  of  Mr.  Arthur  Bettesworth  *,  Booksel- 
ler) died  in  1777;  and  Charles  Hitch,  esq.  (their 
son)  died  April  20,  1781. — Rev.  Paul  Hitch,  M.  A. 
Rector  of  Uorton,  co.  Gloucester,  died  Sept.  19, 
178(5.^Another  Son  died  at  Falmouth,  Oct.  2, 1786, 

WILLIAM  STRAHAN,  Esq. 

This  distinguished  Printer  was  bom  in  Scotland 
in  April  1 7 1 5 ;  and  was  apprenticed  there  to  the 
profession  which  he  pursued  through  life.  He  came 
early  to  London,  where  his  capacity,  diligence,  and 
probity,  raised  him  to  great  eminence-f-.     The  good 

*  Two  other  daughters  of  Mr.  Bettesworth  are  also  buried  at 
East  Ham  3  Catherine  wi&  of  Richard  Heming  died' in  1758  (her 
husband  in  1741).  Thomasine  wife  of  William  Stepple^  1777i 
(her  husband  in  1781.) 

t  The  following  character  of  him  is  copied  from  *'  The  Loan* 
ger/*  a  periodical  paper,  published  at  Edinburgh,  Aug.  20,  1785. 

**  The  advantages  and  use  of  Biography  have  of  late  been  so 
often  mentioned,  and  are  now  so  universally  allowed,  that  it  ifl 
needless  for  any  modern  author  to  set  them  forth.  That  depait- 
ment  of  writing,  however,  has  been  of  late  years  so  much  cul- 
tivated, that  it  has  &red  with  Biography  as  with  every  othei 
art  5  it  has  lost  much  of  its  dignity  in  its  commonness,  and 
many  lives  have  been  presented  to  the  publick,  from  which  littk 
instruction  or  amusement  could  be  drawn.  Individuals  have 
been  traced  in  minute  and  ordinary  actions,  from  which  no  con* 
sequences  could  arise,  but  to  the  private  circle  of  their  own 
fiunilies  and  friends,  and  in  the  detail  of  which  we  saw  no  passion 
excited,  no  character  developed,  nothing  that  should  distinguisl 
them  firom  tliose  common  occurrences, 

'  Which  dully  took  their  course,  and  were  forgotten.* 

Yet  there  are  few  even  of  those  comparatively  insignificant 
lives,  in  which  men  of  a  serious  and  thinking  cast  do  not  fee 
a  certain  degree  of  interest.  A  pensive  mind  can  trace,  if 
jpftmingly  trivial  ii^ddeuta  «;Dd  ^^t^nmon  situations^  somcthini 

t( 


WILLIAM    STRAHAN«  ^1 

humour  and  obliging  disposition,  which  he  o\ved 
to  nature,  he  cultivated  with  care,  and  confinned 
by  habit.  His  sympathetic  heart  beat  time  to  the 
joy  or  sorrow  of  his  friends.  His  advice  was  always 
ready  to  direct  youth,  and  his  purse  open  to  relieve 

to  feed  reflection,  and  to  foster  thought ;  as  the  solitary  Natu- 
ralist culls  the  trodden  leaves,  and  discovers,  in  their  form  and 
texture,  the  principles  of  vegetative  Nature.  The  motive,  too, 
of  the  relater  often  helps  out  the  unimportance  of  his  relatioa ; 
and  to  the  ingenuous  and  susceptible,  there  is  a  feeling  not  un- 
pleasant in  allowing  for  the  partiality  of  gratitude,  and  thfi 
tediousness  of  him  who  recounts  his  obligations.  The  virtuous 
coanections  of  life  and  of  the  heart  it  is  always  pleasing  to  trace, 
even  though  the  objects  are  neither  new  nor  striking.  Lake 
those  familiar  paintings  that  shew  the  inside  of  cottages,  and  tbs 
exercise  of  village-duties,  such  narrations  come  home  to  tha 
bosoms  of  the  worthy,  who  feel  the  relationship  of  Virtue,  and 
acknowledge  her  family  wherever  it  is  found.  And,  perhaps^ 
tikere  is  a  ^mer  and  more  placid  delight  in  viewing  her  amidfll 
these  unimportant  offices,  than  when  we  look  up  to  her  invested 
in  the  pomp  of  greatness,  and  the  pride  of  power. 

"  I  have  been  led  to  these  reflections  by  an  account  with  which 
a  correspondent  has  furnished  me  of  some  particulars  in  the  lilb 
of  an  individual,  a  native  of  this  country,  who  died  a  few  weekt 
ago  in  London,  Mr.  William  Strahan,  Printer  to  his  Mi^jesty. 
&&  title  to  be  recorded  in  a  work  of  this  sort,  my  correspondent 
argues  from  a  variety  of  considerations  unnecessary  to  be  repeated. 
One,  which  applies  {)articidarly  to  tlie  public  office  of  the  Lounger^ 
I  will  take  the  liberty  to  mention.  He  was  the  author  of  a  . 
paper  in  "  The  Mirror ;"  a  work,  in  the  train  of  which  I  am 
proud  to  walk,  and  am  glad  of  an  opportunity  to  plead  my  rela- 
tion to  it,  by  inserting  the  eloge  (I  take  that  word  as  custom  has 
sanctified  it,  without  adoi)ting  its  abstract  signification)  of  one 
of  its  writers. 

"  Mr.Strahan  was  bom  at  Edinburgh  in  theyear  1715,  Hisfother, 
who  had  a  small  appointment  in  the  Customs,  gave  his  son 
the  education  which  every  lad  of  decent  rank  then  received  in  a 
country  where  the  avenues  to  Learning  were  easy,  and  open  to 
men  of  the  most  moderate  circimistancfes.  After  having  passed 
through  the  tuition  of  a  grammar-school,  he  was  put  apprentice 
to  a  Pointer  j  and,  when  a  very  yt)ung  man,  removed  to  a  wider 
sphere  in  that  line  of  business,  and  went  to  follow  his  trade 
in  London.  Sober,  diligent,  and  attentive,  while  his  cmc^u^ 
ments  were  for  some  time  very  scanty,  he  contrived  to  live  rather 
uithin  than  beyond  his  income  -,  and  though  he  married  earlf , 
and  without  such  a  provislijn  as  prudence  might  have  looked  for  ' 
in  the  establishment  of  a  family,  he  continued  to  thrive,  and  to 
better  his  circumstances.  This  lie  would  often  mentLoa  tA 
an  Qncoumgement  to  early  matrimony ;  and  used  to  fia^t  ibaX^ 


S99  LITERARY  AVECDOTES. 

indieenoe.  Living  in  times  not  the  purest  in  th< 
English  annals,  he  escaped  unsullied  through  th< 
artifices  of  trade,  and  the  corruption  of  politicks 
In  him  a  strong  and  natural  sagacity,  improved  b) 
an  extensive  knowledge  of  the  world,  served  only  ti 

never  had  a  child  bom,  that  Providence  did  not  send  6om< 
increase  of  income  to  provide  for  the  increase  of  his  household 
With  sufficient  vigour  of  mind,  be  had  that  happy  flow  o 
animal  spirits^  which  is  not  easily  discouhged  by  unpromising 
appearances.  By  him  who  can  look  with  fumness  upon  dif 
Acuities,  their  conquest  is  already  half  achieved ;  but  the  raai 
cm  whose  heart  and  spirits  they  lie  heavy,  will  scarcely  be  able  tc 
bear  up  against  their  pressure.  The  forecast  of  timid,  or  thi 
disgust  of  too  delicate  minds,  are  very  unfortunate  attendants  fo 
men  of  business;  who,  to  be  successful,  must  often  pusi 
improbabilities,  and  bear  with  mortifications. 

"His  abilities  in  his  profesbion,  accompanied  with  perfect  in 
tegiity.  and  unabating  diligence,  enabled  him,  after  the  firs 
difficulties  were  overcome,  to  get  on  with  rapid  success.  And  h 
was  one  of  the  most  flourishing  men  in  the  trade,  when,  in  th 
year  1770,  he  pxurchased  a  shaie  of  the  patent  for  King's  Printe 
of  Mr.  Eyre,  with  whom  he  maintained  the  most  cordial  intiraac 
daring  all  the  rest  of  his  life.  Besides  the  emoluments  arisinj 
lh>m  this  appointment,  as  well  as  from  a  very  extensive  privat 
business,  he  now  drew  largely  from  a  field  which  required  som 
degree  of  speculative  sagacity  to  cultivate ;  I  mean,  that  grea 
literary  property  which  he  acquired  by  purchasing  the  cop} 
'  rights  of  some  of  the  most  celebrated  Authors  of  the  tiuM 
In  this  his  liberality  kept  equal  pace  with  his  prudence,  and  i 
aome  cases  went  perhaps  rather  beyond  it  Never  had  sue 
rewards  been  given  to  the  labours  of  literary  men,  as  now  wei 
•received  frcmi  him  and  his  associates  in  those  purchases  of  cop3 
rights  from  Authors. 

^'Having  now  attained  the  first  great  object  of  business,  wealtl 
Mr.  Strahan  looked  with  a  very  allowable  ambition  on  thestatior 
of  political  rank  and  eminence.  Politicks  had  long  occupied  h 
active  mind,  which  he  had  for  many  years  pui'sued  as  his  &voui 
ite  amusement,  by  corresponcting  on  that  subject  with  some  ( 
the  first  characters  of  flie  age.  Mr.  Strahan's  queries  to  D 
Franklin  in  the  year  1769,  respecting  the  discontents  of  tl 
Americans,  published  in  the  London  Chronicle  qf  28th  Jul] 
1778,  shew  the  just  conception  he  entertained  of  the  importai 
consequences  of  that  dispute,  and  his  anxiety  as  a  good  subje 
to  investigate,  at  that  early  period,  the  pi*oper  means  by  whic 
their  grievances  might  be  removed,  and  a  permanent  harmoi 
restored  between  thS  two  countries.  In  the  year  1775  he  w 
elected  a  member  of  parliament  ior  the  borough  of  Malmsbiu' 
in  Wiltshire,  with  a  very  illustrious  colleague,  the  Hon.  C. 
|%tt;  aod  in  the  succeeding  Ys^xYuamtiiV^NVoVlQiLB^ii^veit,  in  l] 


WILLIAM    STRAHAN.  393 

render  respectable  his  unaffected  simplicity  of  man- 
ners, and  to  make  his  truly  Christian  philanthropy 
more  discerning  and  more  useful.  The  uninterruptea 
health  and  happiness  which  accompanied  him  half 
a  century  in  this  capital,  proves  honesty  to  be  the 

nme  county.  In  this  station,  applying  himself  with  that  indus-' 
try  which  was  natural  to  him,  he  attended  the  House  with  a 
icnipalous  punctuality,  and  was  a  useful  member.  His  talents 
for  business  acquired  the  consideration  to  which  they  were 
eutit]ed>  and  were  not  unnoticed  by  the  Minister. 

"  In  his  political  connections  he  was  constant  to  the  friends  to 
whom  he  had  been  lirst  attached.  He  was  a  steady  supporter  of 
that  party  who  were  turned  out  of  administration  in  spring  1784, 
and  lost  his  seat  in  the  House  of  Commons  by  the  dissolution  of 
parliament  with  which  that  change  was  followed ;  a  situation 
which  he  did  not  shew  any  desire  to  resume  on  the  return  of  tfao 
new  parliament. 

"  One  motive  for  Ins  not  wishing  a  seat  in  the  next  parliament, 
was  a  fpeling  of  some  decline  in  his  he:dth,  which  had  rather  suf- 
fered from  the  long  sittings  and  late  hours  with  which  the 
political  warfare  in  the  last  had  been  attended.  Though 
without  any  fixed  disease,  his  strength  was  visibly  declining ; 
and  though  hb  spirits  survived  his  strength,  yet  the  vigour  and 
activity  of  his  mind  were  also  considerably  impaired.  Both  con- 
tinued gradually  to  di'clinc  till  his  death,  wiiich  happened  on 
Satitrday,  the  9th  of  July  17^5,  in  the  71st  year  of  his  age. 

"  £Ddued  with  nmch  natural  sagacity,  and  an  attentive  obser- 
vition  of  life,  he  owed  his  rise  to  that  station  of  opulence  and 
respect  which  he  attained,  rather  to  his  own  talents  and  exertion, 
thain  to  any  accidental  occurrence  of  favourable  or  fortimate 
circumstances.  His  mind,  though  not  deeply  tinctured  with 
learning,  was  not  uninformed  by  letters.  From  a  habit  of  at- 
tention to  style,  he  had  acquired  a  considerable  jioition  of 
critical  acuteness  in  the  discernment  of  its  beauties  and  defects.  In 
one  branch  of  writing  himself  excelled,  I  mean  the  epistolary,  in 
which  he  not  only  shewed  the  precision  and  clearness  of  business, 
but  po6ses6e<l  a  neatness,  as  well  as  fluency  of  expression, 
which  I  have  known  few  letter-writers  to  surpass.  Letter- 
writing  was  one  of  his  favourite  aniMcments ;  and  among  hii 
correspondents  were  men  of  such  eminence  and  talents  as  well  re- 
paid hfts  endeavouiYi  to  entertain  them.  One  of  these,  ifts  we  have 
before  mentioned,  was  the  justly-celebrated  Dr.  Franklin,  origi- 
nally a  Printer  like  Mr.  Strahan,  whose  friendship  and  coiTespond- 
lence  be  continued  to  enjoy,  notwithstanding  the  difierenoe  of 
their  flcntiments  in  political'  matt^^,  which  often  afforded  pka^ 
santrjr,  but  never  mixed  any  thing  acrimonious  in  their  letters. 
One  qf  the  latest  he  received  from  his  illustrious  and  venerable 
friend,  contained  a  humourous  allegory  of  the  state  of  ^Utiekft  \a. 
Britain,  drawji  Irom  the  profession  of  Prinling,   6E  ^\^i^« 


^4  LITEKAEY  ANECDOTES. 

I 

best  polky,  temperance  the  greatest  luxury,  tad  the 
essential  auties  of  life  its  most  agreeable  amusement. 
In  his  elevated  fortune  none  of  his  former  aoquaiA-* 
tance  ever  accused  him  of  neglect.  He  attained  pros- 
perity without  envy,  enjoyed  wealth  without  pride^ 


though  the  Doctor  had  quitted  the  exeicifle^  he  had  not  fiifgotti 
the  termi. 

**  There  are  stations  of  acquired  greatness,  which  make  men 
proud  to  recall  the  lowness  of  that  from  which  they  rose,  llie 
native  eminence  of  Franklin's  mind  was  above  concealing  tlie 
iMimbleness  of  his  origin.  Those  only  who  possess  no  intrinsic 
elevation  are  afraid  to  sully  the  honours  to  which  aecideBl  ba* 
reared  tbem^  Wy  the  recollection  of  that  obscurity  whence  they 
ipring. 

''Of  this  recollection  l^Ir.  Straban  was  rather  proud  tkui 
ashamed ;  and  I  have  heard  those  who  were^dsposcd  to  censure  hiiD» 
blame  it  as  a  kind  of  ostentation  in  which  he  was  weak  enough 
to  indulge.  But  metbinks  '  *tis  tcr  consider  too  curiously,  to 
eonsider  it  so.'  There  is  a  kind  of  reputation  which  we  may 
laudably  desire,  and  justly  enjoy ;  and  he  who  is  sincere  enou^ 
to  forego  the  pride  of  ancestry  and  of  birth,  may,  withoul  much 
imputation  of  vanity,  assume  the  u^t  of  his  own  elevatioD* 

**  In  that  elevation  be  neither  triumphed  over  the  inferiority  ni 
those  he  had  left  Ik-Iow  him,  nor  forgot  the  equality  in  wl^di 
they  had  formerly  stood.  Of  tlieir  inferiority  he  did  not  even 
remind  them,  by  the  ostentation  of  grandeur,  or  the  parade  of 
wealth.  In  hb  house  there  was  none  of  that  saucy  train,  none 
of  that  state  or  finery,  with  which  the  illiberal'deligbt  to  confound 
and  to  dazzle  those  who  may  have  formerly  seen  them  in  less  en- 
Tiable  circumstances.  No  man  was  more  mindfol  of,  or  more 
solicitous  to  oblige  the  acquaintance  or  companions  of  his  early 
days.  The  advice  which  his  experience,  or  the  assistance  which 
Ins  purse  could  aBbrd,  he  was  ready  to  communicate ;  and  at  his 
table  in  London  every  Scotsman  found  an  easy  introduction,  and 
^very  old  acquaintance  a  cordial  welcome.  This  was  not  merely 
a  virtue  of  hospitality*  or  a  duty  of  benevolence  with  him ;  he 
felt  it  warmly  as  a  sentiment :  and  that  paper  in  ^*  The  Mirror," 
of  which  I  mentioned  him  as  the  author  (the  letter  from  Londoa 
in  the  94th  number),  wa^aJ  am  persuaded,  a  genuine  picture  of 
his  feiehngs  on  the  recollection  of  tlujse  scenes  in  which  his  youth 
had  been  bpent^  and  of  those  companions  with  which  it  had  beea 
aasociatcd. 

*'  Such  of  them  as  still  survive  him  will  read  the  above  ahoK  ac- 
oount  of  hb  life  with  interest  and  with  plei^ure.  For  others  it 
znay  not  be  altogether  devoid  of  entertainment  or  of  use.  It 
among  the  middUng  and  busy  ranks  of  mankind  it  can  afibrd  an 
encouragement  to  the  industry  of  those  who  are  be^nning 
<o  dimb  into  life>  or  funush  a  lesson  of  moderation  to  those  who 
jbftVtf  attained  its  haightv  il\o^k&toX*i&.TiaBst«e«Miinendhoiie^ 


WILLIAM   STRAHAN.  395. 

tnd  dispensed  bounty  without  ostentation.  His 
ample  property  he  bestowed  with  the  utmost 
good  sense  ancl  propriety.  After  providing  muni- 
noently  for  his  widow  and  his  children,  his  principal 
study  seems  to  have  been  to  mitigate  the  affliction  of 
those  who  were  more  immediately  dependant  on  his 
bounty  * ;  and  to  not  a  few  who  were  under  this 

industry  and  sober  diligence ;  if  to  the  latter  it  may  suggest  the 
ties  of  antlent  fello\%%hip,  and  early  connection,  which  the  pride 
of  wealth  or  of  station  loses  as  much  dignity  as  it  forc^;oes  satis- 
&ction  by  refusing  to  acknowledge ;  if  it  shall  cheer  one  hour  of 
despondency  or  discontent  to  the  young ;  if  it  shall  save  one 
frown  of  disdain  or  of  refusal  to  the  unfortunate ;  the  higher  and 
more  refined  class  of  my  readers  will  forgive  the  fomiliarity  ci  the 
example,  and  consider,  that  it  is  not  from  the  biography  of  He-  ' 

roes  or  of  Statesmen  that  instances  can  be  drawn  to  prompt  th^ 
conduct  of  the  bulk  of  manl^ind,  or  to  excite  the  useful,  though 
teas  splendid,  virtues  of  prfvate  and  domestic  life.'* 

*  The  following  '^  Sketch  of  a  Character,  attempted  on  the  loss  of 
a  much  respected  Friend,**  came  from  the  heart  of  one  whe 
both  loved  and  revered  him. 

**  If  Industry  and  knowledge  of  mankind. 

Could  prove  that  Fortune  is  not  always  blind  ; 

If  wealth  ac([uir*d  could  prompt  a  generous  heart. 

To  feel  new  joys  its  blessings  to  inipaii: ; 

I^Ament  with  mc  such  worth  should  be  withdrawn. 

And  all  who  knew  his  worth  must  weep  for  Sthahah  ! 

In  business,  which  became  his  pleasure,  keen  : 

Tho'  not  enough  the  tradesman  to  be  mean } 

Social  and  frank,  a  zealous  friendly  guide,  "| 

With  sage  advice,  and  ready  purse  beside,      > 

And  fer  above  the  littleness  of  pride :  J 

Pride  thiit,  exacting  homage,  meets,  in  place 

Of  trOe  respect,  contempt  beneath  grimace. 

A  breabt  thus  warm  could  not  with  coolness  bear 

Those  base  returns  the  good  must  sometimes  share  -, 

Sincere  himself,  his  feelings  stood  excus*d. 

Never  by  one  man  to  be  twice  abus'd : 

For  natures  alter  not  -,  the  leopard's  skin 

Is  stain'd  without,  as  hearts  are  stain'd  within. 

Numbers,  whose  private  sorrows  he  reliev'd. 

Have  felt  a  loss,  silas !  but  ill  conceived ; 

He  *8  gone !  and  those  who  miss  him,  never  will 

Find  equal  excellence  his  place  to  fill. 

Thy  darts,  O  Death,  that  fly  so  thick  around,  *# 

In  such  a  victim  many  others  wound. 
fitmar<r$  Inn,  J,  Noorthouck." 


396  LITERARY  ANECDOTES* 

description,  who  would  otherwise  have  severely  feJt 
the  drying  up  of  so  rich  a  fountain  of  benevolence, 
he  gave  hberal  annuities  for  their  Hves;  and, 
after  the  example  of  his  old  friend  and  neighbour 
Mr.  Bowyer,  bequeathed  lOOO/.  to  the  Company  of 
Stationers  for  charitable  purposes*.  He  had  been 
Master  of  the  Company  in  1774. 

*   *'  I  give  and  bequeath  unto    my  Executors    hereinafter 
named,  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds,  of  lawftil  money  of 
Great  Britain,  to  be  paid  unto  them  by  and  out  of  such  part  of 
my  personal  Estate,  of  which  1  have  a  disposing  power,  upon 
trust,  that  they  my  said  Executors,  and  the  survivor  of  them, 
and  the  Executors  or  Administrators  of  such  survivor,  do  and 
5hal]  pay  and  assign  the  said  siun  of  One  Tliousand  Pounds  unto 
the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of  Assistants  of  the  Company 
of  Stationers  of  London,  to  whom  I  give  and  bequeath  the  saane 
sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds,  upon  trust.  That  they  the  said 
Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of  Avssistants  of  the  said  Stationers 
Company,  and  their  successors,  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Court 
of  Assistants  of  tlie  said  stationers  Company  of  London,  for  the 
time  being,  do  and  shall,  from  time  to  time,  lay  out,  and  invest 
the  said  sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds,  in  the  purchase  of  Go- 
vernment Secui'ity  or  Securities,  or  place  and  continue  the  same 
sum  at  Intei*est  on  such  other  security  or  secmities,  and  in  the 
name  or  names  of  such  i)erson  or  persons  as  they,  or  the  msgor 
nmnber  of  them,  shall  from  time  to  time  think  fit,  and  as  touch- 
ing one  Moiety  or  Half-part  of  the  annual  Interest,  Dividends 
and  Proceeds  that  shall  from  time  to  time  ai  Ise,  or  be  made  by  or 
from  the  said  sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds,  my  mind  and  will  is, 
and  I  do  hereby  order  and  direct,  that  siich  one  Moiety  or  Half- 
part  of  the  same  annual  Interest,  Dividends  and  Proceeds,  from 
time  to  time  arising  from  the  said  Sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds, 
shall  yearly,  and  ever\'  year  for  ever,  in  the  week  after  Christmas- 
day  annually,  be  paid,  distributed,  and  divided,  in  equal  shares  or 
proportions,  "  to  such  Five  poor  Journeymen  Printers^  uativei 
of  that  part  of  Great  Britain,  called  England  or  Wales,  and  who 
shall  be  Freemen  of  the  said  Company  of  Stationers,''  as  the 
Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of  Assistants  for  the  time  being  of 
the  said  Company  of  Stationers,  or  the  major  number  of  them, 
sluall  annually  elect  and  choose  as  pro|)er  persons  to  pai*take  of 
the  said  charitable  donation;    and  as  touching  the  remaning 
Moiety  or  Half-part  of  the  s^nnual  Interest,  Dividends  and  Pro- 
ceeds that  shall  from  time  to  time  arise,  or  be  made  by  or  from 
the  said  sum  of  One  Thousand  Pounds,  my  mind  and  will  is, 
and  I  do  hereby  order  and  direct,   that  such  last  mentioned 
Moiety  or  Half-part  of  the  same  annual  Interest,  Dividends  and 
Proceeds,  from  time  t6  time  arising  from  the  sj^id  suni  of  One 
thousand  Pounds,  shall  ^eaiVj,  ^xA.  every  y^aj:  for  ever,  in  the 


WILUAM    STRAHAN.  397 

Mr.  Strahan  married,  early  in  life,  a  sister  of  Mr. 
James  Elphinston*,  a  schoolmaster  of  considerable 
reputation.  He  died  July  9,  1785;  and  Mrs.  Stra- 
han on  the  9th  of  August  following. 

They  lived  to  see  two  daughters  respectably 
married ;  who  are  now  both  dead,  leaving  several 
children . 

Of  Mr.  Strahan's  three  sons : 

1.  William,  the  eldest  carried  on  the  profession  of 
I  printer  for  some  years  on  Snow  Hill ;  but  died^ 
in  his  father's  life-time,  April  19,  1 78 1 . 

2.  George,  of  University  College,  Oxford,  M.  A. 
1771 ;  and  B.  and  D.  D.  1807;  is  now  a  Pre- 
bendary of  Rochester,  Rector  of  Cranham  in  Essex^ 
and  Vicar  of  St.  Mary's  Islington.  This  worthy 
Divine  was  honoured  in  his  youth  by  the  peculiar 
regard  of  Dr.  Johnson  (of  whose  "  Prayers  and  Medi- 
tations" he  was  in  17  85  the  Editor.) 

3.  Andrew,  (M.  P.  for  Newport  in  the  Isle  of 
W'ight  1797;  for  Wareham  l802  ;  and  now  for 
Catherlogh)  is  one  of  the  Joint  Patentees  as  Printer 
to  his  Majesty  ;  has  also  the  patent  of  Law  Printer ; 
and  for  many  years  has  been  at  the  head  of  his 
profession. 

Week  after  Christmas-day  annually,  be  paid^  distributed,  and 
divided,  in  equal  shares  or  proportions,  **to  such  Five  poor 
JouineyxDen  Printers,  natives  of  that  part  of  GreaX  Britain, 
called  Scotland,  without  regard  to  their  i>eing  freemen  or  being 
non-freemen'*  of  the  said  Company  of  Stationers,  as  the  Master, 
Wardens,  and  Court  of  Assistants,  for  the  tmie  being,  .of  the 
•aid  Company  of  Stationers,  or  the  nuijor  number  of  them,  shall 
annually  elect  and  choose,  as  proper  persons  to  partake  of  the  said 
charitable  donation  3  and  upon,  to,  or  for  no  other  tiiist,  intent, 
or  purpose  whatsoever." — ITie  Sum  of  1000/.  was  laid  out  in  ths 
purchais^  of  Three  per  Cent.  Annuities,  1726,  and  from  the 
Yearly  Dividend  ten  persons  receive  each  4l.  —  Mr.  Strahan, 
among  many  other  generous  ]egacie.s,  gave  also  100/.  to  the  poor 
of  the  parish  of  St.  Bride's,  in  which  he  had  many  years  resided* 
*  To  this  gentleman  (of  whom  see  vol.  III.  p.  30.)  Mr.  Stra- 
han bequeathed  100/.  a  year,  200/.  in  money,  and  20  guineas  for 
mounujig  i  and  Mrs.  Sti*ahan  added  2G0/.  a  year  more* 


Mt. 


(    39S    ) 


MR.  ARCHIBALD  HAMILTON, 

a  native  of  North  Britain,  was  bred  to  the  profes- 
sion of  a  Printer  at  Edinburgh ;  but  quitted  that 
city  in  1736,  after  the  riots  occasioned  there  by  the 
popular  vengeance  against  Captain  Porteus;  in  which 
ne  was  in  some  degree  implicated,  by  having  been 
present  at  the  illegal  execution  of  that  unfortunate 
.culprit ;  whose  melancholy  history  may  be  found 
in  the  Gentleman*s  Magazine,  and  in  the  other  pe- 
riodical publications  of  that  j^riod. 

On  his  arrival  in  London,  he  had  the  good 
fortune  to  become  associated  with  the  late  Mr. 
Strahan ;  whose  printing-office  he  for  some  time 
superintended  in  the  capacity  of  principal  manager. 
But  this  was  not  a  field  wide  enough  for  his  talents^ 

or  his  ambition ;  and  he  very  soon  commenced  bu 

siness  on  his  own  account;  which  he  carried  on  with*^ 

great  success  for  many  years.     Amongst  other  for^ 

tunate  connexions,  his  acquaintance  with  Dr.  Smol ■ 

lett  was  not  the  least;  whose  Hi  story  of  England  alon< 
proved  a  little  fortune  both  to  the  Printer  and  th< 
Bookseller,  as  well  as  to  the  Author  and  Stationer..— 

The  system  of  publishing  BlbleSy  Travels,,  &c«i— 
was  also  carried  by  Mr.  Hamilton  and  his  Friend^^ 
in  The  Row,  to  an  extent  of  profit  till  then  unknown-i— 

In   1756,  with  the  assistance  of  Dr.  SmoUett^^ 
and  other  literary    friends,     he    commenced    the^ 
** Critical  Review;'*    which,    aided    afterwards    hy^ 
the  critical   acumen  of  the  Rev.   Joseph  Robert — 
son,  he  carried  on    with    considerable  success    t<^ 
•the  time  of  his  death.     For  a  few  of  the  last  year^ 
of  his  life  he  was  a  partner  with  Mr.  Jackson  of 
Oxford  in  the  University  press  5  but,  at  the  same 
time,  relieved  himself  from  the  more  immediate 
labour  of  personal  attendance  in  his  printing-office  * 

*  The  more  active  part  of  his  business  was  conducted  for  some 
years  by  very  able  assistants — among  whom  were  Mr.  Christopher 
Fid^on>    aa  old  apprentice  of  Mr.  Bowyer*8j   Mr.  Thomas 

Wright; 


ARCHIBALD  HAMILTON.  399 

hr  purchasing  a  villa  at  Ash  in  Hampshire  in  the 
neighbourhood  of  Farnham,  towhich  hefrequently  r^ 
tired.  He  had  also  a  town  residence  in  Bedford-row, 
where  he  died  March  9,  1/93,  in  his  74th  year. 

He  will  long  be  remembered  as  a  valuable  con 
tributor  to  the  literary  interests  of  his  time,  and  at 
t  man  whose  social  qualities,  weil-inforinecl  mind, 
and  communicative  disposition,  had  endeared  him  to 
a  numerous  circle  of  friends,  and  rendered  his  death 
a  subject  of  unfeigned  regret. 

He  left  one  daughter;  and  one  son,  Archibald 
Hamilton,  who  was  also  a  Printer,  in  the  office 
which  had  formerly  been  Mr.  Bettenham's,  near  St. 

Wright ;  and  Mr.  Jonas  Davis,  who,  after  carrying  on  a  roost 
extensive  business  on  his  own  account  for  a  few  years,  retired  to 
the  enjoyment  of  a  farm  at  Ucidield  in  Sussex,  which  he  still 
continues  to  cultivate. 

Bir.  Wright  colonized  from  Falcon-court  about  the  year  1766  j 
sod  carried  on  the  business  of  a  Printer,  first  in  Chancery  ]ane, 
and  aftermurds  in  Peterborough  court,  till  his  death,  March  3, 
1797.  He  was  a  well-educated  sensible  man ;  printed  several 
works  of  consequence ;  and  was  much  respected  by  many  literary 
men  of  the  first  eminence.  He  planned  some  works  for  others ; 
and  meditated  some  for  himself,  particularly  one  on  the  same  plan 
witK  these  *'  Anecdotes,**  which  his  own  personal  knowledge 
wottld  have  enabled  him  to  have  performed  with  credit.  He 
inrinted  the  "  Westminster  Magazine  :*'  in  which  he  had  marked 
Che  Writer  of  every  article  in  a  copy  which  probably  still  exists. 
He  had  in  like  manner,  when  at  Mr.  Hamilton's,  prefixed 
the  names  of  the  Writers  in  the  ''  Critical  Review.**  la 
a  nre£E(ee  to  the  Second  Volume  of  "  Essays  and  Criticisms 
by  Dr.  GoWsmith,  1798,"  Mr.  Seward  says,  *'  The  late  Mr. 
Thomas  Wright,  Printer,  a  man  of  literary  observation  and 
experience,  had,  duriilghis  connexion  ^vith  those  periodical  pub« 
Ucations  in  which  the  early  works  of  Dr.  Goldsmith  were 
originally  contained,  carefully  marked  the  several  compositions 
of  the  diflferent  writers,  as  they  were  delivered  to  him  to  print. 
Beijog  therefore,  it  was  supposed,  the  only  person  able  to 
leparate  the  genuine  performances  of  Dr.  Goldsmith  from  those 
of  other  writers,  in  these  miscellaneous  collections,  it  became  the 
wish  of  several  admirers  of  the  Author  of  the  Tmveller  and 
Deserted  Village,  that  his  authentic  writings  should  no  longer  be 
blended  with  other  doubtful  or  spurious  pieces.  Mr.  Wright 
was  therefore  recommended,  and  prevailed  upon,  to  print  the 
present  selection,  which  he  had  just  completed  at  the  timeof  hii 
deatV.*' 


400  LITERARY   ANECDOTE?. 

John's  Gate,  where,  amongst  other  works,  he  began 
•^  The  Town  and  Country  Magazine ;"  which  had 
a  prodigious  sale.  He  had  a  printing-ofiice  also 
in  the  country,  first  on  the  road  between  Highgate 
and  Finchley,  and  afterwards  at  Golder's  Green, 
Hendon,  where  he  died  Oct.  6,  I'jgi;  leaving 
two  sons,  Archibald,  and  Samuel,  both^  Printers, 
m  third  son  in  the  Army,  and  several  daughters^ 


JOHN  RIVINGTON,  Esq. 

was  a  Bookseller  of  considerable  eminence  in  St* 
Paul's  Church-yard,  where  he  carried  on  his  bu- 
siness, universally  esteemed,  for  more  than  half  a 
century ;  and  enjoyed  the  especial  patronage  of  the 
Clergy,  particularly  those  of  the  higher  order.  He 
was  many,  years  Bookseller  to  the  Society  for  pro- 
moting Christian  Knowledge ;  a  Governor  of  most 
of  the  Royal  Hospitals;  a  member  of  the  Court  o" 
Lieutenantcy,  and  of  the  Common  Council ;  a  Di — 
rector  of  the  Amicable  Society  in  Serjeants  Inn,  ancL- 
of  the  Union  Fire-office ;  and  an  antient  member  o 
the  Company  of  Stationers,  of  which  he  was  Maste 
in  1775 ;  and  where  at  one  period  he  had  two  Bro— ^ 
thers*  and  four  Sons,  Liverymen.  He  died  Feb.  1 6^ 
1792,  in  his  73d  year;  and  his  widow  on  the  21st:: 
of  October  following.     One  of  his  sons,  Mr.  Johm 

*  Of  these,  James,  who  was  the  eldest  brother,  was  a  Book- 
ieller,  and  for  some  years  in  paitnership  with  Mr.  Fletcher  in  St. 
F^ul*s  Church-yard.  He  aftei-wards  settled  at  New  York  }  where, 
or  a  considerable  time  befoi'e  the  American  Revolution,  he  held 
llhe  office  of  Kings  Printer.     He  died  there  in  December  1805, 
being  at  that  time  the  oldest  Liveryman  of  the  Company  of  Stati- 
oners.— ^The  youngest  Brother,  Mr.  Charles  Rivington,  carried 
on  an  extensive  business,  as  a  Printer,  for  32  years,  in  Steyning- 
lane,  in  a  noble  house,  which  had  formerly  been  the  residence  of 
a  Lord  Mayor.    He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Common  Council; 
and  died  June  22,  1790.    His  only  daughter  was  married,  Oct.  * 
1^  1790^  to  the  Rev.  James  Stovin>  Rector  of  Rossington^  co. 
Yotk. 

RivingtoD/ 


JOItN  RlVINCTOK«r  :  401 

Rivingtotl^  a  Printer^  in  St.  JohnVsquare^  died  June 

^8, 1785.  Another  son,  Robert,  Captain  of  the  Kent: 

£i8t  Indiaman,  met  with  a  glorious  death,  in  October 

iSoo,  in  bravely  defending  his  shipagainst  the  attack 

ofaFrench  frigate  of  far  superior  force:  he  wasayoung 

man  of  great  merit,  and  conspicuous  talents ;  and  it 

Was  his  first  voyage  as  Captain.— -Henry,  the  young-' 

est    son,     a   respectable    Solicitor,   is   the  present 

Clerk  to  the  Company  of  Stationers. 

The  business  of  the  Father  is  carried  on,  with 
great  diligence  and  augmented  reputation,  by  two 
of  the  Sons,  and  a  Grandson,  under  the  firm  of 
J^rancis,  Charles,  and  John  Rivington. 

THOMAS  OSBORNE,  ESQ. 
€(  Of  Tom  Osborne,"  says  Mr.  Dibdin*,  *^  I  have 
In  vain  endeavoured  to  collect  some  interesting  bio* 
l^raphical  details.     What  I  know  of  him  shall  be 
VDriefly  stated.     He  was  the  most  celebrated  Book- 
teller  of  his  day ;  and  appears,  from  a  series  of  hi; 
C^atalogues  in  my  possession,  to  have  carried  on  a 
successful  trade  from  the  year  1 73 8  to  1768+.  What 
fortune  he  amassed  is  not,  I  believe,  very  well  known: 
his  collections  were  truly  valuable,  for  they  consisted 
t>f  the  purchased  libraries  of  the  most  eminent  men 
of  those  times.     In  his  stature  he  was  short  and 
thick;  and,  to  his  inferiors,  generally  spoke  in  an 
authoritative  and  insolent  manner ;}:.     *  It  has  been, 
confidently  related,'  says  Boswell,    ^  that  Johnson^ 
one  day,  knocked  Osborne  down  in  his  shop,  with 
a  folio,  and  put  his  foot  upon  his  neck.     The  sim- 
ple truth  I  had  from  Johnson  himself.     ^'  Sir^  he 

*  Bibliomania^  p.  470. 

t  He  was  many  years  one' of  the  Court  of  Assistants  of  th^ 
SuiioiierB  Company,  and  died  Aiig.  ^1,  17^7. 

{  In  the  latter  ipajct  of  his  life  his  manners  were  considerably 
softened ;  particularly  to  the  youug  Book>ellers  who  had  occasion 
to  frequent  his  shop  in  the  pursuit  of  their  orders.  If  they  were 
90  forttmate  as  to  odl  whilst  he  was  taking  T^ine  after  his  dinner, 
they  were  regularly  called  into  the  little  parloiu*  in  Gray's  Inn  to 
take  a  elass  with  him.  *'  Young  man/*  he  would  say,  ^*  \\sss^ 
been  v^muineaamore  than  40  years,  and  am  now  woTt>\inoT«V\AXv 
4o,ooai.  Atteod  to  your  business ;  and  you  will  be  aa  ik\i«A\  w^r 

Vol.  III.  D  p 


40t  LITIftAmV  AVECDORt. 

was  impertiiiept  to  me,  and  I  beat  him.    But  it  waa 
not  in  hit  shop :  it  was  in  my  own  chamber.** 

.  ^^  Of  OBbome^s  philological  attainments,  the 
meanest  opinion  must  be  formed,  if  we  jud^  from 
hit  advertisements,  which  were  sometimes  mserted 
ia  the  London  Gazette,  and  drawn  up  in  the  most 
ridiculously  vain  and  ostentatious  style.  He  used  to 
•  tftU  the  publick,  that  he  possessed  ^  all  the  pompous 
editions  of  Classicks  and  Lexicons/  I  insert  the  two 
fbOowing  advertisements,  prefixed,  the  one  to  his 
Gitologue  of  1 748,  the  other  to  that  of  1753,  for  thi 
amusement  of  my  bibliographical  readers,  and  as 
model  for  Messrs.  Payne,  White,  Miller,  Evansj 
Priestley,  Cuthell,  &c. 

*  This  Catalc^ue  being  very  large,  and  of  const 

qitence  very  expensive  to  the  proprietor,  he  humbly 

requests,  that,  if  it  falls  into  the  hands  of  any  gen- 
tWman  gratis^  who  chooses  not  himself  to  be  a  pur- 
chaser of  any  of  the  books  contained  in  it,  that  suci 
gentleman  will  be  pleased  to  recommend  it  to  an] 
other  whom  he  thinks  may  be  so,  or  to  return  it.* 

•*  To  his  Catalogue  of  1753  was  the  following : 
.  *  To  the  Nobility  and  Gentry  who  please  to  fa- 
vour me  with  their  commands.     It  is  hoped,  as 
intend  to  give  no  offence  to  any  nobleman  or  gen- 
tleman, that  do  me  the  honcnr  of  being  my  customer^ 
by  putting  a  price  on  my  Catalogue,  by  which  means 
they  may  not  receive  it  as  usual — it  is  desired  that 
such  nobleman  or  gentleman  as  have  not  received  i^ 
would  be  pleased  to  send  for  it ;  and  ifs  likewise  re-       \ 
craested  of  such  gentlemen  who  do  receive  it,  that, 
if  they  chuse  not  to  purchase  any  of  the  books  them-       ^ 
selves,  they  would  recommend  it  to  any  bookish  gen-       ^ 
tleman  of  their  acquaintancej  or  to  return  it ;  and       ^ 
.  the  favour  shall  be  acknowledged  by,  their  most  obe- 
dient and  obliged,  T.  Osborne*.* 

**The  Harieian  Collection  of  MSS.  was  pur- 
chased by  Government  for  1 0,000/.  and  is  now  de- 
poaited  in  the  British  Museum.    The  Books  were 

* .  *  Mr.  Dibdin  here  attr\\raLte&  ^tv  ^^^ucAo^ftl^  Otbome,  in  which 
the  fbnner  edition  of  thibY?otVY«Am^t^Vvni.  W^w^kOwwV*      I 


THOMAS  OSBORMS*  40jf 

disposed  of  to  Thomas  Oshorney  of  Gray^s  Iiuii  Book- 
seller; -*•  to  the  irreparable  loss,  and  I  had  almost 
laid,  the  indeUble  disgrace,  of  the  country.  It  is, 
[)deed,  for  ever  to  be  lamented,  that  a  collection,  so 
xtensive,  so  various,  so  magnificent,  and  intrinsi- 
ally  valuable,  should  have  become  the  property  of 
416,  who  necessarily,  from  his  situation  in  life,  be* 
ame  a  purchaser,  only  tliat  he  might  be  a  vender, 
f  the  volumes.  Osborne  gave  13,00^/.  for  the  col* 
action ;  a  sum,,  which  must  excite  the  a^stonishment 
f  the  present  age,  when  it  is  informed  that  Lord  Ox« 
3rd  gave  1 8,000/.  for  the  Binding  only,  of  the  least 
art  of  them  *.  Intheyear  1743-4appesTCdanaccpunt 
»f  this  collection,  under  the  followmg  title,  ^  QUa^ 
ogus  BiblbtheccB  HarleianaSy  Sgc.  in  four  volumes 
the  5  th  not  properly  appertaining  to  it.)  Dr.  Johnson  • 
ras  employed  by  Osborne  to  write  the  Preface,  which^ 
ays  Boswell,  '  lie  has  done  with  an  ability  that  can- 
lot  fail  to  impress  all  his  readers  with  admiration  of 
lis  philological  attainments.'  In  my  humble  appre- 
lension,  the  Preface  is  unworthy  of  the  Doctor :  it 
x>ntains  a  few  general  philological  reflections,  ex- 
pressed in  a  style  sufficiently  stately,  but  is  divested 
>f  bibliographical  anecdote  and  interesting  intelli* 
^nce.  The  first  two  volumes  are  written  in  Latin 
yy  Johnson ;  the  third  and  fourth  volumes,  which 
ire  a  repetition  of  the  two  former,  are  composed  in 
English  by  Oldys  :  and  notwithstanding  its  defects, 
t  is  the  best  Catalogue  of  a  large  Library  of  which 
TO  can  boast.  It  should  be  in  every  good  collection.** 
'^  To  the  volumes  was  prefixed  the  following  ad- 
vertisement :  ^  As  the  curiosity  of  spectators,  beforo 
:he  sale,  may  produce  disorder  in  the  disposition  of 
fae  books,  it  is  necessary  to  advertise  tlie  publick, 
hat  there  will  be  no  admission  into  the  Library  be- 
ore  the  day  of  sale,  which  will  be  on  Tuesday  the 
.4th  of  February,  1744-'  It  seems  that  Osborne 
lad  charged  the  sum  of  5^.  to  each  of  his  first  two 
'olumes,  which  was  represented  by  the  BookseUers 

*  From  (Mya's  vtterlcaved  Langbaine*   See  Brydm't  Ctniwra 
jUtrmria,  vol.  L  p.  438. 

DPS  ^%% 


404  LltlRARY  AKECDOT£8. 

^  as  M  avaricious  innovation  ;*  and,  in  a  paper  pub- 
lished in  '  The  Champion,'  they,  or  their  merce- 
naries, reasoned  !K)  justly  as  to  allege,  that,  if  Os- 
borne could  afford  a  very  large  price  for  the  library, 
he  might  therefore  afford  to  ^ive  away  the  Catalogue/ 
Preface  to  vol.  iii.  p.  l.  To  this  charge  Osborne 
.  answered^  that  his  Catalogue  was  drawn  up  with  great 
pains,  and  at  a  heavy  expence ;  but,  to  obviate  all  . 
objections,  "  ^hose,"  says  he,  "  who  have  paid  five 
shillings  a  volume,  shall  be  allowed,  at  any  time 
within  three  months  after  the  dav  of  sale,  either  to 
return  them  in  exchange  for  books,  or  to  send  them 
back,  and  receive  their  money."  This,  it  must  be 
confessed,  was  suflficiently  liberal. 

"  Osborne  was  also  accused  of  ratins^  his  books  at 
too  high  a  price.  To  this  the  following  was  his  reply, 
or  rather  Dr.  Johnson's ;  for  the  style  of  the  Doctor 
is  sufficiently  manifest :   *  If,  therefore,  I  have  set 
a  high  value  upon  books — if  I  have  vainly  imagined 
Literature  to  be  more  fa^ionable  than  it  really  is,  or 
idly  hoped    to    revive    a  taste   well    nigh   extin- 
guished, I  know  not  why  I  should  be  persecuted 
with  clamour  and  invective,  since  I  shall  only  suffer 
by  my  mistake,  and  be  obliged  to  keep  those  books 
which  I  was  in  hopes  of  selling/    Preface  to  the  sd 
volume.    The  fact  was,  that  Osborne's  charges  were 
extremely  moderate ;  and  the  sale  of  the  books  was 
'so  very  slow,  that  Johnson  assured  Boswell,  *  there 
was  not  much  gained  by  the  bargain.'     Whoever 
inspects  Osborne's  Catalogue  of  1748  (four  years  af- 
ter the  Harleian  sale)  will  find  in  it  many  of  the  most 
valuable  of  Lord  Oxford's  books ;  and  among  them, 
a  copy  of  the  Aldine  Plato  of  15 13,  struck  off  upon 
vellum,  marked  at  21/.  only :  for  this  identical  copy 
Lord  Oxford  gave  1 00  guineas,  as  Dr.  Mead  informed 
Dr.  Askew ;  from  the  latter  of  whose  collections  it 
was  purchased  by  Dr.  Hunter,  and  is  now  in  the 
Hunter  Museum.     There  will  also  be  found,  in  Os- 
borne's Catalogue  of  1748  and  1753,  aome  of  the 
scarcest  books  in  Et\cy\s\v\Jv\fcx^\xvc^,xnarked  at  two,. 
or  three,  or  four  sWimti^^fot  vi\\\c}cL>iw^^xs«3^^\^ 
tMitnber  of  pounds  is  uovi  %\Neivr 


(    405    ) 


The  B ALL ARDS,  of  Little  Britain  *, 

famed  for  more  than  a  century  as  the  supporters  of 
literature,  were  noted  for  the  soundness  of  their 
principles  in  Church  and  State.  The  Father  of  them 
was  celebrated  by  John  Dunton4';  and  of  the 
Son  and  Grandson  there  are  a  few  Bibliomaniacs  still 
living  who  recollect  their  integrity  and  civility. 
School  Books  and  Divinity  Catalogues  were  their  par- 
ticdlar  forte.  Jfhe  father,  Samuel,  who  was  many 
years  Deputy  of  the  Ward  of  Aldersgate  Within, 
died  Aug.  27,  1761.  The  only  son,  Edward,  died 
Jan.  2,  1796,  at  the  age  of  88,  in  the  same  house 
in  which  he  was  born.  He  had  outlived  his  mental 
faculties :  and  for  some  time  used  to  be  moved  about 
in  a  chair.  He  was  the  last  of  the  profession  in  Little 
Britain,  once  the  grand  emporium  of  Books :J:. 

♦  The"  New  View  of  London,  1708/*  describing  Little  Bri* 
tain,  observes,  '*  Here  now  live  many  eminent  Booksellers, 
and  other  ti-adcs  ;"  and  Mr.  Stiype,  in  17^0,  says,  *'  This  street 
is  well  built,  and  much  inhabited  by  Booksellei's,  especially  from 
the  pump  in  Duck-lane,  which  is  i\ao  taken  up  by  Booksellers, 
for  okl  Books."  — r  Macky,  in  his  Journey  through  England,  in 
1794,  thus  describes  the  situation  of  the  Trade  at  that  period: 
"  The  Booksellers  of  Antient  Books  in  all  Laaguages  are  in  Lit* 
tie  Britain  and  Paternoster-row ,  those  for  Divinity  and  Gassics 
on  the  North  side  of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral ;  Law,  History,  and 
Plays,  abQut  Temple  Bar;  and  the  French  Booksellers  in  the 
Scraod.  It  seems  then  tliat  the  bookselling  business  has  been 
frradiudlf  resumii^  its  original  situation  near  this  Catheitra) 
ever  since  the  beginning  of  George  L  while  the  neighbourhood 
of  Duck-lane  and  Little  Britain  has  been  proportiouably  felling 
into  disuse.*' 

t  Of  the  elder  BaUard,  and  also  of  Scott  and  Batenum,  see 
before,  in  vol.  I.  pp.  423,  4^4.  The  original  nan^e,  as  i^ppean 
by  the  auction  catalp^es,  was  "Bullard. 

J  It  is  not  many  years  since  two  Booksellers  resided  ther^ 
who  wen  used  to  sport  their  rubric  posts  olose  to  each  other,  as 
Tom  Dvnt% once  did  in  Russd-street .  Peibaps  Sewel]  in  Cornhill 
fvas  tbe  last  who  esihibited  the  kadinf  authors  in  his  shop  iu  that 
way.    How  few  people  now  remea{ber  wbea  ii  waa  not  a(i  ua** 

commw  tbiog  to  dQ  »q  ! 


(    406    ) 

Sir  JAMES  HODGES,  Knight, 

was  many  years  a  considerable  Bookseller  (particu- 
larly in  what  were  called  Chap  Books)  at  the  sign  of 
the  Looking-glass  on  London  Bridge.  He  was  also 
m  member  of  the  Common  Council  for  Bridge 
Ward ;  and  was  one  of  the  Court  of  Assistants  of 
the  Stationers'  Company- 
April  15, 1757,  he  made  his  famous  speech  in  the 
City  Senate,  on  moving  the  Freedom  of  the  City 
to  Mr.  Pitt,  beginning  with  "  History,  the  Key  of 
Knowledge,  and  Experience,  the  Touchstone  of 
Truth,  have  convinced  us  that  the  Country  owes  the 
preservation  of  its  most  excellent  Constitution  to  the 
frequent  Fears,  Jealousies,  and  Apprehensions  of 
the  People*.**  Being  a  popular  man,  and  of  consi- 
derable ability,  he  was  elected  in  1 757  Town  Clerk  of 
the  City  of  iJondon ;  and  was  knighted  in  1758,  on 
presenting  an  Address  to  King  George  the  Second. 
In  1759,  having  been  accused,  by  the  friends  of 
'Mr.  Alderman  Beckford,  of  partiality  in  the  exe- 
cution of  his  office,  in  resi^ect  to  some  matters  rela- 
tive to  the  election  of  the  Lord  Mayor,  he  vindicated 
himself  by  an  affidavit,  which  he  thought  it  necessary 
to  publish.     He  died  at  Bath,  in  October  1774. 


Sir  STEPHEN  THEODORE  JANSSEN,  Bart 

This  worthy  gentleman's  family  was  originally  of 
Guelderland,  and  descended  from  the  baron  de  Heez, 
who,  in  the  troubles  of  the  Netherlands,  headed  a 
party  of  those  who  opposed  the  Inquisition,  and  the 
tyranny  of  the  Duke  of  Alva,  and  was  made  by  them 
Governor  of  Brussels. 

The  Duke  of  Parma,  some  years  after,  getting  the 
better  of  the  malecontents,  the  Baron  de  Heez  was 
taken  prisoner,  and  beheaded,  and  all  his  estate  was 
confiscated.    His  family  deing  dispersed  by  this  ac« 

V 

*  See  it  in  the  Ap^iv3axV>  Vl:^^ba&*t  LoB4on>  p.  ^. 


Sf  K  8TBPHEK  THEODOKK  JAKSSEN.  407 

eident;  his  youngest  son,  Theodore  Jannende  Hee^ 
took  refuge  in  France,  and  settled  in  Angouletme ; 
md  living  there  to  a  very  advanced  age^  left  a  grtat 
estate,  ami  a  numerous  issue. 

Abraham,  the  eldest  son,  had  issue,  Theodore 
lanssen,  his  eldest  son,  the  first  Baronet,  who,  in 
the  year  1680,  removed  into  England,  with  a  con* 
siderable  estate,  and,  in  the  reign  of  King  William^ 
had  the  honour  of  Knighthood  conferred  on  him. 

Havir^  in  that  reign,  and  the  succeedine  one^ 
given  ample  proofs,  on  several  occasions,  of  his  xeal 
for  the  interest  of  Great  Britain,  particularly  in  re- 
lation to  the  commerce  with  France,  when  that  af- 
fair was  depending  in  Parliament,  after  the  treaty 
of  Utrecht,  being  then  of  Wimbledon*  in  Surrey, 
he  was,  at  the  special  request  of  his  then  Royal 
Highness  the  Prince  of  Wales,  created  a  baronet, 
March  11,  1714-153  1  Geo.  I.;  and  in  tiie  same 
year  he  was  chosen  member  of  parliament  for  the 
borough  of  Yarmouth,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight. 

By  forty  years*  success  in  trade,  and  with  an  un- 
questionable reputation,  he  had  acquired  a  very 
neat  estate:  but  in  the  year  1720,  having  the  mi^* 
fortune  of  being  a  Director  of  the  South-Sea  company, 
he  was  involved  in  the  common  calamity  with  those 
unhappy  gentlemen;  although  his  innocence  was 
Aought  to  have  been  sufficiently  evident,  inas* 
much  as  it  did  appear  that,  far  from  being  a  gainer 
by  that  fatal  project,  he  had  considerably  lessened 
hn  estate  by  it. 

By  his  wife,  Williamsa,  daughter  of  Sir  Robert 
Henley,  of  the  Grange,  in  Hampshire  (who  died 
in  September  1731),  he  liad  issue,  five  sons.  Sir 
Abraham,  Sir  Henry,  and  Sir  Stephen-Theo- 
dore, who  were  all  successively  Baronets,  William, 
who  married  a  daughter  of  Jameft  Gaultier,  Esq. 
(who  died  in  January  1 737-8),  and  Robert; 
and  three   daughters,    Henrietta,    Barbara,    mar- 

*  Tfas  nanor  of  Wimbledon  (which  had  been  parchased  by 
lir  Tlieodon^  was  add  to  tbe  PodMM  of  MarttK)!^^ 


408  .        .   lilTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

lied  to  Thomas  Bladen,  Esq.  member  of  parliament 
for  Ashburton,  in  Devonshire ;  and  Mary,  to  the 
honourable  Charles  Calvert,  lord  Baltimore. 

Sir  Theodore  Janssen,  the  first  baronet,  died  Sept 
S3,  1748,  aged  94  *  ;  and  was  succeeded  by 

Sir  Abraham  Janssen,  Bart,  his  eldest  son ;  who 
dying  unmarried,  at  Paris,  Jan.  19,  1765  * ; 

Sir  Henry  Janssen,  Bart,  the  next  brother,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  title. 

Stephen-Theodore  Janssen,  for  many  commer- 
cial and  other  public  services,  particularly  in  the 
Rebellion  of  1745>  was  elected,  in  I747,  one  of  the 
Representatives  in  Parliament  for  the  City  of  London; 
in  1748  was  elected  Alderman  of  Bread -street  Ward; 
in  1749  was  chosen  Master  of  the  Company  of 
Stationers ;  and  in  the  following  year  was  again 
Master  of  the  Company,  and  also  Sherin  of 
London.  In  that  year  he  married  Catharine, 
one  of  the  daughters  of  Colonel  Soulegre,  of  the 
Island  of  Antigua;  and  she  dying  in  -1757,  left 
one  daughter,  named  Henrietta,  born  I752. 

In  1754,  he  had  the  honour  of  being  elected  Lord 
Mayor  of  London;  but  in  January  1756,  by  una- 
voidable misfortunes,  he  became  a  bankrupt;  yet 
such  was  the  integrity  of  his  conduct -[-,  that,  in 

*  Over  a  rault  in  Wimbledon  Church  are  the  anm  of  the 
Family^  and  this  inscription :  ^'  This  vault  contains  the  remains 
of  the  body  of  Sir  Theodore  Janssen  Bart,  once  Lord  of  this  Manor 
1748.    Likewise  Sir  Abraham  Janssen  Bart.  1765." 

f  Of  this  he  gave  the  most  convincing  proof  in  the  following 
letter,  which  he  addressed  to  the  Livery  of  London^  when  he 
solicited  the  office  of  Chamberlain,  Jan.  16,  1765. 

^^  Gentlemen,  As  it  has  been  impossible  for  the  whole  of 
what  I  said  to  the  Livery  of  London  on  the  day  of  election, 
and  what  )  intended  further  to  say,  could  be  all  got  ready  for  the 
papers,  through  the  iQultiplicity  of  business  in  which  I  am  en- 
gaged, I  hope  the  conclusion  of  what  I  intended  saying  with 
respect  to  my  debts,  on  account  of  which  I  have  been  §0' 
much  traduced,  will  be  ss^tisfactory  to  my  fellow  citizens  for  the 
present. .  During  the  year  I  had  t)ie  honour  of  being  Lord  Mayor> 
I  met  with  very  unexpected  disappointments  of  considerable  sums 
of  money:  this  occasioned  my  leaving  several  debts  impaid,  con- 
Iracted  during  that  year .  Soon  after  a  commission  issued  against 
fyiej  upon  v^hicb  1  \aaddov}um>j  ^i^^^jiiigt)  ^loK^Qu^gai  all  my 


8IR  ^EPHEK  THEODORE  JAN8SEK.  409 

January  1765,  on  the  death  of  Sir  Thomas  Harrison^ 
Mr.  Janssen  became  a  candidate  for  the  office  of 
Chamberlain  of  London ;  and  was  successful  at  the 
cIo«e  of  the  poll,  against  four  competitors  *. 

The  new  Chamberlain  was  not  elected  many  days^ 
before  he  had  a  further  opportunity  of  demonstrating 
the  reality  of  his  intention  to  pay  his  creditors  in  full. 
His  Brother,  Sir  Abraham  Janssen,  who  died  at 
Paris  during  the  election,  left  him  an  annuity  of 
500/.;  which  he  immediately  offered  to  sale  for  the 
benefit  of  his  creditors ;  and  it  was  accordingly  sold . 
at  Garra way's,  on  the  7th  of  March,  to  his  brother^ 
Sir  Henry  Janssen,  the  residuary  legatee,  for  5000/« 

In  1763,  he  was  the  Author  of  a  very  useful  work, 
intituled,  ^^  Smuggling  laid  open  in  all  its  extensive 
and  destructive  Branches -f-." 

In  February  1766,  by  the  death  of  his  brother. 
Sir  Henry  Janssen,  at  Paris,  without  issue,  he  sue* 
ceeded  to -the  title  of  Baronet^  and  to  the  principal 
part  of  the  family  estates, 

servants  except  three^  and  retired  with  my  wife  and  child  to  a 
h3U5e  of  thirty-six  pounds  per  annum  in  Hertfoitlshire. 

'*  My  wife  died  about  two  years  after ;  I  then  took  a  lodging 
in  town  of  eighteen  shillings  a  week,  and  lived  there,  as  I  hav9 
ever  since,  without  a  servant,  although  many  times  afiUctedwith 
illness.  I  may  also  aver  that  I  have  spared  myself  cloaths,  and 
that  in  my  diet  I  have  been  as  sparing  as  any  mechanick.  All  thU 
while  my  income  has  been  about  600/.  per  annum,  consisting  of  an 
annuity  of  300 J.  from  my  late  father- in-law,  and  further  allow- 
U)ce  firom  my  Ihmily ;  out  of  this  I  can  safely  say  I  have  not  spent 
more  than  1^/.  per  annum,  and  tliat  all  the  rest  has  been  faiths 
fuUypaid  among  my  creditors  (though  not  obliged  by  law,  they  hav- 
ii^  signed  my  certificate)  amounting  in  the  whole  to  between 
4  and  5000/.  A  list  of  many  of  them  paid  in  fiill  is  left  with  the 
Comnum  Council  of  Bread  Street  Ward,  of  which  I  am  Alderman. 

''  I  do  further  declare,  that  it  is  my  determined  resolution  to 
continue  living  in  the  same  frugal  manner,  till  the  last  shilling 
is  discharged  ;  and  in  case  any  turn  of  fortune  should  happen  to 
me,  my  whole  just  debts  shall  be  discharged  so  much  the  sooner, 
as  I  am  determined  to  persevere  in  preserving  the  character  of  an 
honest  man.  Stephen  Theodore  Janssen,  Thrift  Street,  Soho^  ' 

♦  These  were,  IVIr.  Alderman  Turner,  who  had  1202  votes  5 
Mr.  TiO,  950;  Mr.  Deputy  Ellis,  229 }  Mr.  Freeman,  180.  Mr« 
^anateo  bad  1316. 

t  Sees  fuJlMeowA  of  it  ia  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XXXllLf.  \a%. 


410  UTERAKT  AKECDOTSS. 

On  the  (7th  of  February  177^,  on  account  of  hii 
age  aad  infirmities,  he  resigned  the  office  of  Cham- 
iMnrlain ;  and  on  the  soth  of  that  month  bad  the  bap> 
ptness  of  receiving  the  thanks  of  the  Livery  of  Lon- 
don for  his  various  and  important  services,  as  Re- 
presentative of  the  Ci^  in  Parliament,  as  Alderman, 
iSherifiT,  Mayor,  and  Chamberlain,  and  for  his  uni- 
form zeal  and  activity  in  promoting,  on  every  occa- 
sion, the  true  interest  of  this  Metropolis. 

Sir  Stephen  died  April  7,  1777,  universally  re- 
spected for  his  many  public  and  private  virtues.  In 
tne  class,  indeed,  of  virtuous  citizens  his  memory 
stands  in  a  very  conspicuous  point  of  light.  He 
was  a  Merchant  of  eminence  and  merit;  but,  by 
sudden  and  extraordinary  losses,  fell  into  embarrasss- 
ments  and  became  a  bankrupt.  He  afterwards  re- 
ceived from  his  relations  a  yearly  allowance  of  about 
600L  On  one  ^th  of  this  sum  he  contrived  to  sub- 
sist in  a  recluse  style  of  living,  far  differenflrom  the 
former  splendour  of  his  situation  as  a  Merchant  of 
opulence,  an  Alderman  of  London,  and  Represen- 
tative in  Parliament  for  that  City.  Tlie  remaining 
J'ottr^ihs  of  his  income  were  allotted  to  the  discharge 
vf  his  debts  under  the  commission,  which  he  pat  in 
a  reeuiar  course  of  payment,  and  actually  paid  be- 
tvi^eon  4000  and  5000/.  though  his  certificate  had 
been  signed^  and  consequently  no  legal  claim  re- 
mained against  him.  At  this  juncture  a  vacancy  in 
the  othce  of  Chamberlain  of  the  city  of  London  fur- 
nished an  opportunity  of  his  becoming  a  candidate^ 
and  he  carried  his  election  by  a  great  msyority  against 
one  very  respectable  and  powerful  opponent,  merely 
by  the  sense  which  the  City  entertained  of  his  past 
services  and  honest  conduct.  By  this  means  be  was 
not  only  enabled  speedily  to  discharge  the  remain* 
der  of  his  debts  with  interest,  but  to  regain  an  ample 
and  independent  provision  for  the  future.  Such  is  the 
influence  of  tried  integrity  over  the  minds  of  men! 
and  though  it  is  not  to  be  expected  that  every  instance 
of  a  conscientious  dudv^x^^Qf  duty  should  Be  recom* 


SIR  STKPHBN  TRXODORS  JAM8SEN.  411 

penMd  by  temporal  rewards,  yet  it  will  alwajrs  in- 
mue  that  peace  of  mind,  whidh  is  superior  to  all  the 
advantages  the  world  can  bestow.  At  his  deaths 
the  title  beoame  extinct. 

.  JOHN  BOYDELL,  Esq.  Alderman  of  London. 

The  history  of  this  worthy  Alderman  affords  an 
extraordinary  instance  of  what  a  life  of  spirited  ex- 
ertions is  able  to  accomplish.  It  appears  almost 
impossible  that  an  individual,  who  began  the  world 
in  so  humble  circumstances,  could  have  effected  so 
much  for  the  improvement  of  the  Arts,  and  of  the 
national  taste.  He  was  a  native  of  Derbyshire,  and 
was  originally  intended  for  a  Land  Surveyor;  When 
more  than  20,  he  was  put  apprentice  to  a  Mr.Tomms, 
an  Engraver,  at  a  time  when  there  were  no  very 
eminent  Engravers  in  England.  He  saw  the  neces- 
sity of  forcing  the  art  of  Engraving,  by  stimulating 
men  of  genius  with  suitable  rewards.  He  himself  • 
mentioned,  that  the  first  means  which  enabled  him 
to  encourage  other  Engravers,  were  the  profits  he 
derived  from  the  sale  of  a  book  of  152  prints,  en- 
graved by  himself;  and  he  very  modestly  allowed^ 
that  he  himself  had  not  at  that  time  arrived  at  any 
eminence  in  the  art  of  Engraving,  and  that  those  printi 
are  now  principally  valuable  from  the  comparison  of 
them  with  the  improved  state  of  the  art  within  the- 
last  60  years.  With  the  profits  of  this  book,  how- 
ever, he  was  able  to  pay  very  liberally  the  best  En^ 
gravers  dien  in  the  country,  and  presented  the  pub- 
lick  with  Endish  engravings  of  the  works  of  the  best 
Masters.  The  encouragement  he  experienced  from 
the  publick  was  equal  to  the  spirit  and  patriotism  of 
the  undertaking,  and  soon  laid  the  foundation  of  an 
ample  fortune. 

He  was  elected  Alderman  of  Cheap  Ward  in 
1782;  Sheriff  in  1785  ;  Lord-mayor  in  1790  ;  and 
in  the  same  year  Master  of  the  Stationers  Company. 

The  Alderman  had  the  satisfaction  to  %ee  \u  u\% 
fife-time  the  effect  of  his  labours.     TVvoxx^  \» 


41S  UTERARV  ANECDOTES. 

never  himself  made  great  progress  as  an  Engraver, 
yet  he  was  the  greatest  encourager  of  the  art  that 
this  country  ever  saw.  The  English  engravings^ 
which  were  before  considered  much  inferior  to 
those  of  foreign,  nations,  hegan  from  that  time  to 
be  highly  prized ;  and  the  exportation  of  them  be- 
came a  valuable  article  of  commerce.  Having  done 
so  much  for  the  art  of  Engraving,  he  resolved  to  di- 
rect his  efforts  to  encourage  the  art  of  Painting  in 
this  country.  To  this  effect  he  undertook  that  su- 
perb edition  of  Shakspeare,  the  originals  of  which 
were  for  several  years  exhibited  in  the  Shakspeare 
Gallery.  The  expence  of  these  paintings  was  pro- 
digious, and  more,  perhaps,  than  any  individual 
had  ever  before  embarked  in  for  such  an  object. 

The  effect  which  this  produced  on  the  fortune  of 
the  worthy  and  patriotic  Alderman  will  be  best  ex- 
plained by  the  Letter  which  he  addressed  to  his 
friend  Sir  John  Anderson  ;  by  whom  it  was  pub- 
licly read  in  the  House  of  Commons,  when  applying 
for  leave  to  dispose  of  the  Paintings,  &c.  by  Lottery  *• 

^  ''  Dear  Sir,  Cheapside,  Ftb.  4,  1804. 

,  Th^  kinflne«s  with  which  you  have  undertaken  to  represent 
my  ease,  calls  upon  nic  to  lay  open  to  you,  with  the  utmost  can- 
dour^  tlie  circumstances  attending  it,  which  I  will  now  endea- 
vour to  do  as  brieDy  as  possible.  It  is  above  sixty  years  since  I 
lieg;an  to  study  the  Art  of  Engraving,  in  the  course  of  which 
titue^  besides  employing  that  long  period  of  life  in  my  profession, 
l^-ith  an  industry  and  assiduity  that  would  be  improper  in  me  to 
describe,  I  have  laid  out  with  my  brethren,  in  promoting  the 
commerce  of  the  Fine  Arts  in  this  country,  above  35O,000l 
When  I  first  began  business,  the  whole  commerpe  of  prints  in 
this  country  consisted  in  importing  foreign  prints,  principally 
fW)iX)  France,  to  supply  the  cabinets  of  the  curious  in  this  king^ 
dom.  Impressed  with  the  idea  that  the  genius  of  our  own  coun« 
trynieUji  if  properly  encouraged^  was  equal  to  that  of  Foreigners, 
I  set  about  establishing  a  School  for  Engraving  m  England ;  with 
what  success  the  publick  are  well  acqxiainted.  It  is,  perhaps,  at 
present  sufficient  to  say,  that  the  whole  course  of  that  eommeiree 
IS  changed ;  very  few  prints  being  now  in^juirted  into  this  coun- 
try»  while  the  foreign  market  is  principally  supplied  with  prints 
from  England,  in  effecting  this  favourite  plan^  I  have  not  only 
ipent  a  longlifb,  but  have  employed  near  40  years  of  the  labour 
(ff  uj  V  noohtw,  Jo9^ah  BovdeW,  vj^o  Y!ka&  hoen  bred  to  t)^  business. 

%nd 


JOHN  BOYDELL*  .    ^  4lj( 

The  gooci  old  man  had  the  satisfaction  of  living  to 
fee  the  Act  passed  through  both  Houses  of  I^arlia* 

md  whose. assistance  during;  that  period  has  hecn  greatly  in«tni« 
mental  in  promoting  a  School  of  £ngi*aving  in  this  country.  Bf 
the  blessing  of  Providence,  these  exertions  have  been  veiy  sue* 
oesaful ;  not  only  in  that  respect,  but  in  a  commercial  point  of 
view ;  for,  the  laige  sums  I  regularly  received  fitun  the  Continent^ 
previous  (o  the  French  Revolution,  for  impressions  taken  from 
the  numerous  plates  engi-aved  in  England,  encouraged  me  to 
attempt  also  an  English  School  of  Historical  Pa'mtin^,  1  liad 
observed  with  indignation,  that  the  want  of  such  a  School  had 
been  long  made  a  favourite  topic  of  opprobrium  against  this 
country  aiuong  foreign  writers  on  national  taste.  No  hul^eur» 
therefore,  could  be  more  appropriate  for  such  a  national  atti^mj^t, 
than  England's  inspired  Poet,  and  gi'cat  Painter  of  Nature, 
Shakspeare ;  and  1  flatter  myself,  the  most  prejudiced  FoiriLcncr 
must  allow  that  the  Shakspeare  Galleiy  will  convince  the  woild 
tiiat  Englishmen  want  nothing  but  the  fostering  hand  of  encou- 
ragement to  bring  forth  their  genius  in  this  line  of  art.  I  might 
go  further;  and  defy  any  of  the  Italian,  Flemish,  or  French 
Schools,  to  shew,  in  so  short  a  s()ace  of  time,  such  an  exertion 
as  the  Shakspeare  Gallery ;  and  if  they  could  liave  made  such  mn  ^ 
exertion,  the  pictures  would  have  been  marked  with  all  that  mo- 
notonous sameness  which  distinguishes  those  different  ScluM)b. 
Whereas  in  the  Shakspeare  Gallery  every  Artist,  partaking  of  the 
fireedom  of  his  country,  and  endo^^ixl  with  that  originality  of 
thinking  so  peculiar  to  its  natives,  has  chosen  his  own  road  to 
what  he  conceived  to  be  excellence,  unshackled  by  the  sbvbh 
imitation  and  uniformity  that  per\ade  all  the  foreign  Schools. 
This  Gallery  I  once  flattered  myself  with  being  able  to  have  left 
to  that  generous  publick,  who  have  for  io  long  a  period  encou- 
raged my  undertakings  ;  but  unfortunately  for  those  connected 
with  the  Fine  Arts,  a  Vandalic  Rt^volution  has  arisen,  which, 
in  convubing  all  Europe,  has  entiix^ly  extinguished,  except  in 
this  happy  Island,  all  those  who  had  the  taste  or  the  power  to 
promote  those  Arts  ;  while  the  Tyrant  that  at  present  go\  ernt 
France,  tells  tiiat  believing  and  besotted  nation,  that,  in  the  midst 
of  all  his  robbery  and  rapine,  he  is  a  great  patron  and  promoter 
of  the  Fine  Arts ;  just  as  if  those  Arts  that  humanize  and  [)olish 
mankind  could  be  promoted  by  such  means,  and  by  such  a  man. 
You  will  excuse,  my  dear  Sir,  I  am  sure,  some  warmth  in  au  old 
man  on  this  subject,  when  I  inform  you,  that  this  unhappy  Re- 
volution has  cut  up  by  the  roots  that  revenue  fi*om  the  Continent 
which  enabled  me  to  undertake  sdcli  considerable  works  in  this 
country.  At  the  same  time,  as  1  am  laying  my  case  fairly  before 
you,  it  should  not  be  diegulsed,  that  my  natural  entbusiasiti  for 
promoting  the  Fine  Arts  (perhaps  buoyed  up  by  success)  made 
me  iooprovident.  -  For,  had  1  lain  by  but  ten  povmds  out  o^  e\^T^ 
hiiodndpauadi  mjyidtes  produced,  I  should  not  now  Yiaiv^Yidji 


414  LITEEAET  ANXCDOTU. 

meut,  and  of  being  cheered  in  its  progress  by  tbt 
dogium  of  several  individual  Members  *.    Aftar  tho 

occasion  to  trouble  my  friends,  or  appeal  to  the  Pubbck;  but,  on 
the  contrary,  I  flew  with  impatience  to  employ  some  new  Artist 
with  the  whole  gains  of  my  former  undertakings.     I  see  too  lats 
my  error ;  for  1  have  thereby  decreased  my  ready  money,  and  in- 
creased my  stock  of  copper-plates  to  such  a  size,  that  all  the 
Printsellers  in  Europe  could  not  purchase  it,  espedallv  it  these 
times  so  unfavourable  to  the  Arts.     Having  thus  candkUy  owned 
my  error,  I  have  but  one  word  to  say  in  extenuation.  My  receipts 
from  abroad  had  been  so  large,  and  continued  so  regular^  that  I 
at  all  times  found  them  fully  adequate  to  support  my  under* 
takings  at  home  —  I  could  not  calculate  on  the  present  crisis, 
which  has  totally  annihilated  them  —  1  certainly  calculated  on 
some  de&lcation  of  these  receipts,  by  a  French  and  Spanish  war, 
or  both ;  but  with  France  or  Spain  I  carried  on  but  little  com* 
merce — ^Flanders,  Holland,  and  Germany,  who,  no  doubt,  sup« 
plied  the  rest  of  Europe,  were  the  great  Marts ;  but,  alas  !  they 
are  now  no  more.    The  convulsion    that  has  di^ointed  and 
ruined  the  whole  Continent,  I  did  not  foresee — I  know  no  man 
that  did.     On  that  head,  therefore,  though  it  has  nearly  mined 
me  and  mine,  i  can  rake  but  little  blame  to  myself.     In  this  state 
of  things,  1  throw  myself  with  confidence  upon  that  publick>  who 
has  always  been  but  too  partial  to  my  poor  endeavours,  for  the 
disposal  of  that  wliich,  in  liappier  days,  I  flattered  ni)'self  to  have 
presented  to  them.     I  know  of  no  means  by  which  that  can  be 
effected  just  now  but  by  a  Lottery ;  and  if  the  Legislature  will 
have  the  goodness  to  gi*ant  a  permission  for  that  purixMe,  they 
will  at  least  have  the  ass\u*ance  of  the  even  tenour  of  a  long  life, 
that  it  will  be  fairly  and  honourably  conducted.    The  objects  of 
it  are  my  Pictures,  Galleries,  Drawings,  &c.  &c.  which,  uncon- 
nected with  my  copper-plates  and  trade,  are  much  more  than  suf« 
flcient  to  pay,  if  properly  disposed  of,  all  I  owe  in  the  world.   I 
hope  you,  my  dear  Sir,  and  every  honest  man,  at  any  age,  will 
feel  for  my  anxiety  to  dtschai^  my  debts  ;  but  at  my  advanced 
age  of  85,  I  feel  it  becomes  doubly  desirable.     I  am,  dear  Sir» 
with  great  regard,  your  obedient  and  obligied  servant, 

John  Botdbll.** 
*  The  Earl  of  Suffolk,  in  particular,  paid  many  compliments 
to  this  '*  enterprizing  Encourager  of  the  Arts  ;*'  but  threw  out 
a  number  of  severe  animadversions  on  the  slovenly  and  very  infe- 
rior manner  in  which  engravings  are  now  executed  by  British 
Artists ;  and  asserted,  that,  in  coniequenoe  of  such  deficiency  of 
skill,  the  Revenue  was  material^  injured,  there  being  now  bot 
little  demand  for  our  engra\ings  in  the  foreign  markets  >  though 
the  revenue  which  arose  from  their  exportation  was  fbrmo^y 
90O,00OZ.  per  annum. 

In  one  instance,  the  Alderman  was  panegyrized  from  the 
pulpit.  In  a  5krmon  preac\i<^\xic(c^  ^t&Osr^ration  of  London, 
Jan.  8.  1804>  ^  Rev.  }o\tfx¥tXTVD^«K^«  **  \xS*%\MB^Kt«J^\ait 


lORK  10TDSUU  415 

sssing  of  the  Act,  it  became  one  of  the  principil 
mployments  of  the  Alderman's  life  to  arrange  with 
is  own  hands  the  several  prizes.  He  did  not^  how- 
rcr,  live  to  see  the  event  of  the  scheme;  being 
Billed  from  his  labours,  Dec.  12^  l804*  He  had  at- 
?nded  his  duty  as  Alderman  at  the  Old  Bail^ 
iessiohs  on  the  8th,  when  it  is  supposed  he  caught 
old.  On  the  10th  he  found  himself  much  indis- 
osed;  on  the  11th  he  was  pronounced  by  his 
hysician  to  be  in  danger ;  and  the  next  morning 
xpired  without  a  groan*.     It  was  rather  singular, 

Tmy^deslgn,  however  imperfect  the  execution,  in  humble  imi- 
ition  of  a  certain  worthy  ancl  venerable  Member  of  this  must  re* 
pectable  Corporation,  to  endeavour  to  lead  one  of  the  Fine  Arts 
ito  the  service  of  Religion.  It  would  be  needless  to  enlarge  on 
icts  sogenerallv  credited,  that  the  gentleman  alluded  to,  laudably 
npressed  with  an  ardent  desire  to  add  to  Che  honour  of  lus 
ountrjy  and  to  the  improvement  of  morals,  has  most  liberallj 
ipended  hundreds  of  thousands  of  pounds  in  promoting  and  en* 
DOimging  the  liberal  arts.  He  has  attempted  to  establish  here 
le  mirious  art  of  Engraving,  andhassucceeded  in  his  undertaking. 
It  has  also,  at  great  expence,  adorned  with  prints  a  magnificent 
ible  t;  and,  in  a  grand  gallery,  he  has  exhibited  a  very  great  num- 
er  of  the  best  historical  scenes.  These  have  chiefly  been  taken 
nm  tbe  works  of  that  dramatic  author  whose  genius  has  proved 
le  boast  of  this  coimtry  and  the  admiration  of  the  world.  If^ 
1  these  two  attempts,  success  has  proved  inadequate  to  his  hopes 
le  design  was  at  least  laudable  *.  I  need  not,  ako,  enlarge  on 
K  various  paintings  which,  from  the  same  generous  source* 
dom  the  pnncipal  room  of  Council  in  this  City,  and  which  are 
dapted,  not  only  to  encourage  the  Arts,  but  fiilthfully,  and  in 
striking  point  of  view,  to  display  some  of  the  most  gallant  ex- 
loits  of  the  British  arms  and  the  vast  extent  of  our  commerce. 
t  may  not  be  Itopropcr,  also,  to  him  at  the  various  allegorical 
esigns,  by  the  same  hand,  whk:h  are  calculated  to  promote  im- 
rovements  in  morals,  so  very  essential  a  part  of  true  religion," 
«  In  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  for  180S,vul.  LXXVlIf .  p.  401. 
la  view  of  the  house  in  which  the  Alderman's  lather  resided ;  and 
I  the  same  volume,  p.  777*  is  a  copy  of  verses,  which  the  Al- 
erman  printed  for  the  use  of  his  Friends,  under  the  title  of 
Advice  to  Youth;"  and  which  he  thus  prefaced :  ''  The  fbl* 
mring  veneB,  which,  1  believe,  were  never  before  printed,  were 

^  An  anfortunate  mistake  for  McxhlWt  txertien  in  the  same  cause. 
X  It  is  a  fact,  that  unforeseen,  continual  wart  have  proved  the  most 
tftmctive  enemy  to  the  elef^ant  arts.  By  these  meant  former  mo%t  ikumft* 
M  d«maDdt  for  Sng^iih  cn^nviogB  have  shnott  totally  caasad. 

^utlexk 


4lS  UTZMABX  AHECVCraS. 

that  he  should  have  just  lived  long  enoo^  to  aee  the 
Shakspeare  Lottery  disposed  of;  for,  on  the  day 
he  paid  the  debt  of  Nature,  not  a  ticket  remained 
unsold.  Of  his  unbounded  liberality  let  the  Coun- 
cil-chamber of  the  City  of  London,  the  Court-room 
of  the  Stationers'  Company,  and  the  Dining-room 
at  the  Sessions  House,  loudly  speak.  To  every 
benevolent  institution  he  was  a  generous  benefactor 
and  attentive  guardian.  Witness,  particularly, 
**  The  Royal  Humane  Society,"  and  the  "  Literary 
Fund  for  the  Relief  of  distressed  Authors ;'  of  both 
which  he  was  for  several  years  a  most  worthy 
Vice-president,  and  a  frequent  attender  at  their 
meetings.  Of  his  private  charities,  were  they  to  be 
brought  before  the  publick,  the  list  would  be  abun- 
dant. His  remains  were  interred  in  great  funeral 
state,  in  the  afternoon  of  the  19th  of  December,  in 
the  church  of  St.  Olave  Jewry,  where  an  excellent 
funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Robert 
Hamilton,  LL.  D.  vicar  of  the  church,  and  rector 
of  St.  Martin,  Ironmonger-lane*. 

written  more  than  a  century  ago  by  my  grandfather,  the  Rer . 
John  Boydcll,  Vicar  of  Ashbome,  and  Rector  of  Mappteton,  in 
Derbyshire.  Perhaps  they  will  not  be  thought  inapplicable  to  the 
seriesof  engravings,  on  the  subjects  of  Providbncz,  Innocence, 
Conjugal  Affection,  Wisdom,  and  ^Happiness,  which  are 
^Bow  nearly  ready  for  publication.  Some  allowances  will  be  made 
for  the  time  at  which  they  were  written ; — and  if  any  apolc^  be 
thought  necessary  for  now  printing  them,  I  shall  only  plead  that 
partiality,  which  it  is  allowable,  and  perhaps  laudable,  for  me  to 
feel  for  the  memory  of  one  whom,  from  my  very  early  years, 
spent  with  him,  1  have  ever  recollected  with  afiection  and  vene- 
ratiou,  and  for  lines  which  have  often  beguiled  and  cheered  mj 
way  by  the  repeating  of  them.  John  Boydsll,  Alderman.  1799/^ 

*  Tlie  following  is  a  correct  statement  of  the  procession : 

Twelve  City  Constables. 
Mace-bearer  s  Attendant. 

Warden. 
Two  Pages,  with  Wands. 

Beadle  of  School. 

A  Riinting  of  St  Anne. 

Two  Boys. 

Mi. 


I 


JOHN  BOYOXLL*  41? 

The  Lottery  *  was  drawn  on  the  S8th  of  January 
1805;  ttnci  the  principal  prize  (the  Shakspeart 
Galterv)  fell  to  the  lot  of  Mr.  Tassie^  the  ingenious 
Modeller^  in  Leicester  Square. 

Twenty-five  Girls. 

Nlistress. 

Two  House  Stewards. 

Two  Porters. 

Ward  Beadle. 

Twelve  Gentteinen  of  the  Common  CouncQ^ 

two  and  two,  with  Eight  Pages. 

Two  MarshalmeUr 

Two  ditto. 

Two  ditto. 

Two  Marshals. 

Maoe  and  Sword-bearer. 

Two  Porters. 

JiOrd  Mayor*s  Chaplain  (Rev.  Manly  Wood)* 

Rev.  J.  B.  Sanders.  Rev.  Dr.  Hamiltim. 

The  Lid  of  Feathers. 

The  Recorder.    Sir  Charles  Price. 

Sir  John  Earner.    Sir  William  Staines. 

BODY. 

Sir  John  Anderson.  Mr.  Alderman  Le  Mesurier. 

Mr.  Alderman  Newnham,     Lord  Mayor. 

Mr.  Alderman  BoydeU  Elect. 

Mr.  Leigh  Thomas^    Mr.  Josiah  BoydelL 

Mr.  Reynolds,    Mr.  J.  N.  BoydeU. 

Mr,  Jones,    Mr.  Nicol. 

Mr.  Harrison,    Mr.  William  Nlcol. 

Sir  William  Leighton,    Mr.  Alderman  Shaw. 

Mr.  Alderman  Flower,    Mr.  i\lderman  Ansley. 

Mr.  Alderman  T.  Smith,    Mr.  Alderman  Hunter. 

Mr.  Alderman  Lea,    Mr.  Alderman  J.  J.  Smith. 

Mr.  Duxbury,    Sir  Matthew  Bloxam. 

Mr.  Sloane,    Mr.  Moreland. 

Mr.  Lavie,    Mr.  Clarke. 

Mr.  Parker,    Mr.  Braithwaite. 

Mr.  Salt,    Mr.  Miller. 

Mr.  Buhner,    Mr.  Cread. 

Artists.  Artists. 

Mr.  Young,    Mr.  Smith. 
Mr.  Ryder,    Mr.  Rouse. 
The  gendemen  were  supported  by  3^  Pages,  and  fidlowed  bjf 

Mr.  Reading,    Mr.  Williams. 

Sir.  BuU,    Mr.  Smith ; 

and  Ten  SeiTants,  two  and  two. 

*    *  This  Lottery,  it  may  be  observed,  fumbbed  one  xA  l3bA 

^itaij  rtxy  pkaaant  and  original  Niuahexs  of  '<  'niua  Prom^mr 
SteGeat  Mag.  vol  LXXY.n.  1J3. 

V0L.UU  E  s  MSL 


(    418    ) 

MR.  JOSEPH  POTE. 

This  respectable  and  intelligent  Bookseller  re 
sided  many  years  at  Eton,  where  in  1730  he  publish- 
ed, "Catalogus  Ahimnorum,  e  Collegio  Regali  B. 

'Mariae  de  Etona  in  Collegium  Regale  B.  Mariae 
&  S.  Nicholai  apud  Cantabrigienses  cooptato- 
rum,  ab  A.  D.  I734,  ejusdem  Collegii  Etonensis 
Fundationis  primo,  usque  ad  An.  I730,"  4to. ;  [con- 
tinued to  1750.]  These  were  collected  from  the 
oaken  pillars  that  supported  the  roof  of  the  under- 
school,  on  which  their  names  were  cut  as  they  left 
school;  and  some  other  authorities.  In  174.9  he 
published,  ^'The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Wind- 
sor Castle,  and  the  Royal  College,  and  Chapel  of 
St.  George:  with  the  Institution,  Laws,  and  Cere- 
monies of  the  Most  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter :  in- 

^  eluding  the  several  Foundations  in  the  Castle  from 
their  first  Establishment  to  the  present  Time  ;  with 
an  Account  of  the  Town  and  Corporation  of  Wind- 
sor; the  Royal  Apartments,  and  Paintings  in  the 
Castle;  the  Ceremonies  of  the  Installation  of  a 
Knight  of  the  Garter;  also  an  Account  of  the  first 
Founders, ,  afid  their  Successors  Knights-Compa- 
nions, to  the  present  Time,  with  their  several  Styles 
or  Titles,  at  large,  from  the  Plates  in  the  Choir  of 
St.  George's  Chapel;  the  Succession  of  the  Deans 
and  Prebendaries  of  Windsor;  the  Alms-Knights,  the 
monumental  and  ancient  Inscriptions;  with  other 
Particulars  not  mentioned  by  any  Author,  The 
whole  entirely  new  wrote,  and  illustrated  with  Cuts. 
Eton,  1749/^  4to. ;  treating  of  many  particulars  not 
in  Ashmole,  Anstis,  or  any  other  writers.  The 
collection  of  titles  at  large  of  the  knights-com- 
panions, from  the  plates  of  St.  George's  chapel,  is 

.Jiere  first  attempted.  The  work  was  abridged  in 
**  Les  Delices  de  Windsore ;  or  a  Pocket  Companion 
to  Windsor  Castle  and  the  Country  adjacent,  &c. 
JEton,  1755,  1769,"  l2mo;  full  of  blunders,  parti- 
cularly in  the  naxae^  oi  tltv^  V^vcAsx^. — An  appendix 


I 


JOSEPH  POTE.  4 Id 

to  Mr.  Pote's  book  was  published  in  J  7^2,  4to,  con- 
nnuingthe  Knights  to  the  last  installatiop;  with  an 
ilphabetical  index  of  Knights  from  the  institution  to 
liat  year^  and  another  of  all  the  plates  of  arms. 

Mr.  Pote  was  the  printer  of  many  other  learned 
ind  useful  works,  and  was  himself  the  editor  of 
CTeral.     He  died  at  Eton,  aged  84,  March  3, 1787. 

Of  his  sons,  1.  Joseph,  a  regular  scholar  at  Eton, 
vos  after^vard*  of  King's  College,  Cambridge ;  B.  A. 
i755  ;  M.  A.  1759-  He  was  some  time  Chaplain 
o  the  Factory  at  Rotterdam  * ;  and  obtained  in 
1766  the  rectory  of  St.  Margaret  Lothbury,  which 
le  resigned  in  1768.  He  was  also  Prebendary  of 
^andiacre  in  the  cathedral  of  Lichfield ;  and  had 
he  rectory  of  Milton  near  Gravesend  in  Kent, 
rith  that  of  St.  George,  Southwark,  through  the 
nterest  of  Earl  Camden,  when  Chancellor,  who 
lad  boarded  at  his  father's  house  when  at  Eton, 
nd  resigned  in  his  favour  his  Fellowship  of  the  Col- 
lege. Mr.  Pote  died  July  29,  1797,  in  his  6oth  year. 

Another  son,  Thomas,  who  succeeded  to  his 
•"ather's  business,  was  Master  of  the  Stationers 
^m{)any  in  1791,  and  was  very  generally  esteemed, 
8  a  cheerful,  lively  companion,  and  an  open«> 
earted,  obliging  friend.  He  died  Dec.  28,  1794, 
fan  inflammation  on  the  lungs,  occasioned  by  a  cold 
aught  on  Windsor  Terrace ;  leaving  a  widow  and 
>ur  children. 

A  daughter  of  the  elder  Joseph  Pote  was  married 
>  Mr.  John  Williams,  Bookseller,  of  Fleet-street, 
till  remembered  as  the  publisher  of"  The  North 
Iriton'*  in  the  days  of  frilkes  and  Liberty.  His 
)n,  Mr.  John  Williams,  is  now  a  very  worthy 
lember  of  the  Company  of  Stationers ;  and  carries 
n  the  Grandfather's  business  at  Eton  with  consi- 
erable  reputation,  in  partnership  with  Mrs.  Maria 
ote,  widow  of  his  uncle  I'homas. 

*  Harwood's  Alumni  Etonenies^  p.  33S. 


(     420     ) 

MR.  JOHN  PRIDDEX, 
WM  one  of  the  many  instances  that  ioteg^ty  md 
perseverance  introduce  their  attendant  votaries  to 
ease,  affluence,  and  satisfaction.    To  animate  othen 
lo  appreciate  the  value  of  unsullied  honour,  or  bear 
up  against  the  torrent  of  stem  oppression,  a  few  par- 
ticulars resjjecting  the  life  of  this  truly  wortliy  man 
cannot  be  omitted.     He  was  bom  July  20,  1728, 
at  Old-Martin-hall,    in  the  parishes  of  Ellesmere 
and  Whittington,  in  Shropshire,  of  a  very  respect- 
able and  rather  wealthy  parents.  But  his  father  dying 
when  he  was  only  12  years  old,  and  his  mother 
Qiarrying  again,  the  object  of  our  remarks  soon  ex- 
perienced the  withholden  protection  of  his  mother, 
and  the  most  unmerciful  and  cruel  treatment  of  his 
step-father.     Indeed,  the  severity  he  endured  was  8( 
great,  that  he  was  frequently  laid  up ;  and  often  res- 
cued by  his  neighbours  from  the  tyrannic  grasp  0; 
his  father-in-law.     But,  alas !  nothing  could  sulxlw 
the  inexorable  temper  of  his  foster-parent ;  and  th( 
oppressed  youth  determined  to  leave  his  home,  anc 
try  his  fortune  in  the  Metropolis.     This  happenec 
soon  after  the  breaking-out  of  the  French  war  in  1 744 
when,    having  proceeded  on  his  journey  as  far  a 
Worcester,  and  finding  there  a  hot  press  for  soldiers 
he  did  not  relish  the  probability  of  a  military  attach 
ment,  but  adopted  what  he  conceived  to  be  the  leas 
of  two  evils,  and  returned  back  again.     For  this  self 
defensive  ofience  he  was  regularly  and  systematicall 
thrashed  every  Tuesday  and  Saturday,  the  days  of  hi 
ekit  andretum,  fornearly  three  years,  when,  unablean; 
iQUgerto  endure  his  unmerited  sufFerings,heonce  mor 
bid  an  eternal  adieu  tohisunpropitious  habitation,  ani 
arrived  in  London  on  the  25th  of  March,  1748,.wlier 
he  soon  found  protectors  in  Mr.  John  Nourse,  in  th 
Strand,  and  Mr.  Richard  Manby,  Ludgate-hill ;  th 
latter  of  whom  he  succeeded  inbusiness.  The  libraric 
of  many  eminent  and  distinguished  characters  passe 
through  his  hands ;  his  offers  on  purchasing  thei 
were  liberal;  and,  being  content  with  small  profit 
lie  60on  fouud  him^U  ^u^'^tXiediX)^  ^  wwrnerous  an 


JOHN   PRIDDCN.  431 

respectable  set  of  friends,   not  one  of  vvhom  ever 
quitted  him.     Before  the  American  Revolution,  his 
house  was  the  rendezvous  of  the  Clergy  of  that 
country;    and  when  that   unfortunate  event  took 
place,    both  his  purse  and  his  table  were  open  to 
their  wants.     About  178:^  he  became  totally  blind; 
but  was  reUeved  from  that  malady  by  the  judicious 
hand  of  Baron  de  Wenzel,  and  enjoyed  his  eye-sight 
to  the  last.     He  was  naturally  of  a  weak  habit  of 
body ;  but  his  extreme  temperance  and  uninterrupted 
complacency  of  mind  insured  to  him  an  almost  con- 
stant flow  of  health  and  spirits.     To  do  good,  was 
his  delight ;    to  communicate  happiness  to  all  he 
could,  was  his  unceasing  aim.  He  was  a  most  amiable 
and  indulgent  parent,  a  sincere  friend,  and,  in  the 
strictest  sense  of  the  word,  an  honest  man.     The   . 
following  anecdote  appeared  in  some  of  the  public 
prints  immediately  on  his  death,  doubtlessly  there 
inserted  by  some  grateful  friend  as  a  memorial  of  the 
goodness  of  his  heart:  "  Seven  years  ago,  on  the 
failure  of  his  less  fortunate  next-door  neighbour,  he 
invited  him  to  his  house,  and  relinquished  business^ 
to  give  him  the  opportunity  of  keeping  on  the  spot: 
his  kind  intentions  met  with  success;  and  he  fre- 
quently expressed  the  pleasure  he  felt  at  seeing  his 
friend  prosjjer  under  his  roof."     He  married,  March 
UJy  1 757,  Anne  daughter  of  Mr.  Humphrey  Gregory,  . 
ofTwemloves,    near  Whitchurch,  Shropshire,    by 
whom  he  had  14  children,  nine  of  which  died  young, 
of  the  small  pox ;  and  two  sons  and  three  daughters 
now  survive  him.     His  wife  died  April   1,  1801: 
he  survived  till  March  17,  1807. — John,  the  eldest 
son,  was  educated  at  St.  Paul's  school,  and  at  Queen's 
College,  Oxford ;  B.  A.  1781 ;  M.  A.  1789.     He  is 
now  Vicar  of  Caddington  in  Bedfordshire;  a  Minor 
Canon   of  St.  Paul,    London,    and  of  St.   Peter, 
Westminster;  and  one  of  the  Priests  of  his  Majesty** 
Chapels-Koyal.     Tlie  other  son,  Humphrey-Gre- 
gory, was  for  a  short  time  a  Bookseller ;  and  Is  uow 
living,  but  wholly  retired  from  business.  TVie  Aaxx^- 
ten  areall  resjfectably  married. 


(    4SS    ) 


MR.  JOHN  BEECROFT, 

m  considerable  wholesale  Bookseller  in  Paternoster 
row,  and  many  years  Agent  to  the  University  ^ 
Cambridge,  was  Master  of  tlic  Stationers'  Compa:Kn^ 
in  1773.  He  died  at  Walthamstow,  of  an  aj->o- 
plecticfit,  Nov.  12,  1779, 


•      MR.  BEDWELL  LAW, 

a  Bookseller  of  extensive  business  in  Ave  Maria 
Lane,  by  his  mild  and  unobtrusive  manners  secured 
the  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him.  He  died  May  25, 
1798;  and  was  succeeded  in  business  by  his  son, 
Mr.  Charles  Law. 

Another  son,  Henry,  is  a  Printer,  of  considerable 
business,  in  St.  John's  Square,  in  the  house  for- 
merly Mr.  Emonson's,  afterward  Mr.  John  Ri-* 
Tington*8,  and  since  M^t  Deodatus  Bye's, 


MR.  WILLIAM  EDWARDS, 

Bookseller  at  Halifax  in  Yorkshire ;  a  characta* 
of  very  great  eminence  in  his  profession,  and  of 
no  common  estimation  for  the  energies  of  his  mind, 
died  Jan.  10,  1808,  aged  86.  The  Catalogues  which  ^ 
he  occasionally  published  were  astonishingly  rich  io 
scarce  and  valuable  books ;  of  which  the  ornamental 
bindings  were  peculiarly  elegant.  He  brought  up  * 
several  sons  (o  his  own  profession,  all  of  whom  have 
acquired  very  hi^h  celebrity.  Two  of  them  have 
retired  from  busmess  to  enjoy  the  comforts  of  & 
well-earned  fortune,  andathirais  still  a  considerable 
Bookseller  at  UaWfax^ 


.  f 


(    4«3    )     .  " 


DAVID  HENRY,  ESQ. 

I  bom  in  the  neighbourhood  of  Aberdeeoi 
c.  26,  1710 ;  ^^  of  a  family/  to  use  his  own  ex* 
^ve  words  in  a  letter  which  Death  prevented  hii^ 
ishing,  ^'  more  respected  for  their  good  sense  iilkid 
lerior  education  than  for  their  riches ;  as  at  every 
ghbouring  meeting  of  the  gentlemen  they  were 
ongst  the  foremost .  .  .  ,  I  left  both  countnr  and 
mds/  he  adds,  ^^  before  the  age  of  1 4 ;  ana  may 
truly  said  never  to  have  seen  either  since,  if  by 
ends  are  meant  assistants."  Mr.  Henry  wasliterally 
!  artificer  of  bis  own  fortune.  His  inclinations 
nng  fixed  him  in  the  profession  of  a  Printer,  and 
oncurrence  of  circumstances  placing  him  within 
;  notice  of  Mr.  Edward  Cave,  an  universal  en- 
irager  of  merit,  he  favoured  our  young  Printer 
:h  his  protection ;  and  in  1 736  Mr.  Henry  became 
ated  to  his  patron,  by  marrying  his  sister,  Miss . 
iry  Cave.  About  this  period  he  lived  in  habits  of 
imacy  with  the  celebrated  Dr.  Franklin  and  the 
e  Mr.  Strahan,  who,  like  himself,  were  both  at 
it  time  Journeymen  Printers.  Soon  after  his  mar« 
ge,  ]VIr.  Henry  commenced  business  at  Reading, 
lere  he  established  a  provincial  newspaper,  for  the 
i  of  that  town,  and  of  Winchester,  where  he  had. 
awise  a  {)rinting«K)fiice.  In  1754  we  first  find  his  • 
one  used  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine  as  a  partner 
St  John's  Gate,  where  he  continue  to  reside  for  ma« 
years  with  great  reputation ;  and  he  possessed  the 
ehold  property  of  the  Gate  and  its  appurtenances 
he  time  of  his  death,  which  happened  at  Lewisham, 
DO  5y  179^9  in  his  82d  year;  after  having  for 
ire  than  half  a  century  taken  an  active  part 
the  management  of  the  Magazine';  in  which 
I  most  painful  portion  of  the  labour  is  the  {r&* 
eiit  occasions  that  occur  of  lament\ii|^  tbft  Vm% 
Ibore  whom  we  more  partiaxlarly  eskwm%   \tl 


-  1 


4t4  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

this  class  our  late  very  worthy  Associate  might  witb 
great  sincerity  be  ranked. 

His  literary  labours  would  reflect  much  credit  on 
his  memory  if  an  accurate  list  of  them  could  be  ob- 
tained ;  but  his  modest  merit  ever  disclaimed  the 
jttst  praise  which  talents  and  industry  like  his  de- 
.  served.  The  only  printed  volume,  that  we  recollect^ 
which  bears  his  name,  was  an  admirable  compilation 
(whilst  he  lived  at  Reading)  under  the  patronage  of 
Dr.  ^Bolton J  Dean  of  Carlisle,  intituled,  **  Twenty 
Discourses  on  the  most  important  Subjects,  carefully 
abridged  from  the  Works  of  the  late  Archbishop 
Tillotson,  and  adapted  to  the  meanest  Capacities, 
with  a  View  to  their  being  dispersed  by  those  who 
are  charitably  inclined  ;**  of  which  a  second  edition 
Was  published  in  1763,  a  fourth  in  1 779.  "  The  mo- 
tive,'' says  Mr.  Henry,  "  that  I  had  to  abridge  these 
most  valuable  compositions  was,  that  I  might  spread 
them,  that  I  might  make  them  the  more  easily  pur- 
chased, and  thereby  the  more  generally  read.  Few 
of  my  readers  are  likely  to  acknowledge  the  pains  I 
have  taken.  Praise,  indeed,  of  any  kind,  is  not  to 
be  expected  from  a  work  of  this  nature.  The  most 
it  has  to  hope  is,  that  it  may  escape  censure.  If  I 
have  furnished  any  occasion  for  a  just  one,  I  have  this 
to  say  in  my  excuse,  that  no  care  was  wanting  in  me 
to  avoid  it.'* 

,  Those  useful  and  popular  publications  which  de- 
scribe the  curiosities  in  Westminster  Abbey,  St.  Paul's 
Church,  and  the  Tower  of  Liondon,  were  originally 
compiled  by  Mr.  Henry ;  and  had  been  improved 
by  him  through  many  successive  impressions. 

One  of  the  principal  amusements  of  his  life  was 
the  study  of  Agriculture,  which  he  understood 
from  practice  as  well  as  theory.  During  his  resi- 
dence at  Reading,  the  management  of  his  newspaper 
occasioned  him  many  long  journeys,  in  all  which  he 
treasured  up  great  stores  of  useful  information ;  and, 
on  his  quitting  St  JoVm'^G^te,  he  occupied  a  consN 
derable  farm  at  BecVeiAxwxiVa^SijHQX.*  A^okfeT^woiloC 
•Hiese  observations  be  ewe  Ao  ^e  y^W^v^^  \w  x^v^^^ 


DAVID   REMRT.  435 

mder  the  titie  of  "  The  complete  English  Farmer  ; 
>r,  a  Practical  System  of  Husbandry ;  in  which  is 
x>mbrised  a  general  View  of  the  whole  Art  of  Hus- 
bandry ;"'  but  from  this  he  withheld  his  name,  as  he 
lid  also  from  "  An  Historical  Account  of  all  the  Voy-   • 
iges  round  the  World,  performed  by  English  Navi- 
gators,'* 1774,  in  four  volumes,  8vo,  of  which  the 
orst  and  second  were  compiled  by  Mr.  Henry;  the 
third  and  fourth  by  another  hand ;  to  which,  in  ]  775, 
Mr.  Henry  added  a  fifth,  containing  Capt.  Cookers 
Voyage  in  the  Resolution ;  and  in  17 86  a  sixth,  con- 
taining the  last  Voyage  of  Capt.  Cook ;  introduced 
by  an  adrpirable  summary  of  all  the  Voyages  under- 
taken for  discovery  only,  in  both  the  Southern  and 
Northern  Hemispheres,  and  in  the  Pacific  and  At- 
lantic Oceans.     Of  the  more  immediate  productions 
of  his  pen  in  the  Magazine,  the  enumeration  would 
be  endless;  but  I  may  be  allowed  to  suggest,  that 
in  every  line  he  wrote  is  demonstrated  a  rectitude  of 
heart,  and  a  soundness  of  understanding,  particu- 
larly in  the  general  politicks  of  every  quarter  of  die 
globe,!  that  will  not  easily  be  surpassed;  and  that 
his  death,  though  at  a  ripe  old  age,  was  truly  lamented 
by  all  who  had  the  happiness  of  his  acquaintance. 
By  himself  it  was  foreseen  with  a  confidence  which 
the  mens  conscia  recti  alone  could  inspire.     With  a 
look  of  inexpressible  benevolence,  not  many  hours 
before  his  departure,  he  squeezed  the  hand  which 
now  records  his  loss,  declaring  his  entire  resignation 
to  the  divine  pleasure.     **  My  death-warrant,**  he 
said,  ^^  is  signed;  and  I  have  no  dread  of  dissolution. 
Why  should  we  fear?**    Then,  calmly  reclining 
back  his  head,  he  placidly  repeated,  "  I  will  lie 
down,  and  die.** 

His  remains,  attended  by  a  small  party  of  select 
friends  (amongst  whom  was  one  who  now  records 
his  history),  were  placed,  on  the  ISth,  in  the 
vicar's  vault  under  the  church  of  Lewisham. 

Mr.  Henry,  after  having  been  almost  nine  years  a 
widower^  and  having  also  lost  one  only  daughter^ 


4S6  LITERARY  AKECDCyr£9. 

married  secondly,  in  1762,  Mrs.  Hephzibah  Ni 
well*  ;  .who  survived  him  till  Feb.  2,  I808;  whe 
«he  closed  a  long  Iffe^  passed  in  acts  of  beneficeno 
at  the  age  of  82.  She  died  at  Charlton  in  Kent,  an 
was  buried  at  Lewisham. 

Richard  Henry,  Esq.  an  only  son  by  the  secon 
marriage,  entered  early  m  life  into  the  military  »Grvic 
of  the  East  India  Company ;  and  died  unmarried 
Dec.  27, 1807,  having  at  that  time  acquired  the  rani 
of  Major. 

His  only  sister,  Hephzibah,  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  F 
Hommey,  Master  of  the  well-known  Military  In 
stitution  at  Charlton. 

MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE, 

Many  years  a  very  eminent  Bookseller  and  Printe 
at  Oxford.  During  the  long  period  of  his  being  ma 
nager  of  the  University-press,  many  valuable  publi 
cations  of  course  passed  under  his  superintendancc 
Those  in  which  he  most  prided  himself  will  be  seei 
in  the  following  list,  which  not  long  before  his  deati 
he  transmitted  to  me  as  a  curiosity: 

*^  Blackstcne's  Magna  Carta,"  I759,  4to. 

"  Marmora  Oxoniensia,"  1763,    fol. 

**  Listeri  Synopsis  Conchy liorum,"  1770,  fol. 

^^  Blackstone's  Commentaries,"  4  vols.  4to.  3  edi- 
tions, 1770,  &c. 

«  Kennicott's  Hebrew  Bible,"  2  vols.  fol.  17 76, 
.     "  Ciceronis  Opera,  10  vols.  4to.  X784. 

*^  Bradley's  Observations  and  Tables,"  all  printec 
in  1788,  [but  not  published  for  some  years  after.' 

Mr.  Prince  married  a  sister  of  Dr.  Hayes ;  and  diec 
in  New  College  {^ue,  Oxford,  June  6,  17^6,  in  hi 
85tli  year. 

*  Tlie  first  husband  of  this  lady  (ivhose  maiden  name  was  Ap 

pletree)  %vas  the  well  known  and  respectable  master  of  tlic  oli 

Jerusalem  Tavern  in  Clerkenwell,  by  whom  she  had  one  daugb 

tcr,  still  living,  the  wxie  oi  Mr.  John  Bonnycatitle,  a  name  vk] 

icnown  in  the  BjepubUck  oi\xtVcT^^\\>ft  K>\\\w<cst  ^^  many  valm 

ble  scientific  pobViCBtions,  «M¥tmcv^^ifi}3QRraa^^ 

tbe  Aoyal  Academy  «1  Vf  ocAxsAeVL 


DANIEL  PRIKCC.     .  497- 

In  Mr.  Urban's  Obituary,  vol.  LXVI.  p.  530, 
it  was  very  justly  stated^  that  his  loss  would  be 
■everely  felt  by  many  persons  who  were  the  objects 
of  his  bounty,  and  by  aU  those  who  had  the  happi- 
ness to  enjoy  his  friendship.     His  communications 
to  that  Miscellany  were  frequent  and  curious.    The 
l^oetical  Department  in  March  1796  was  enriched  by 
liim  with  some  valuable  verses  by  Mr.  Thomas 
\Varton,  on  Miss  Cotes  and  Miss  Wilmot ;  and  that 
in  June  by  a  political  poem  of  Lord  Hervey*s,  ori- 
'^inally  printed   in  "the   first  edition  of  Dodsley*s 
^oems,  but  witlidr^wn  before  publication,  as  it  was 
upposed  to  be  too  personal  for  the  time  *. 

*  Take  an  instance  or  two,  out  of  a  thousand  which  might  easilf 
recollected  of  Mr.  Prince's  inclination  to  fbnvard  the  litieraty 
S^ursuits  of  his  friends.    They  ait;  addressed  to  Mr.  Gough. 

"  Dear  Sir,  Oxford,  April  4,  I78I. 

I  hope  you  reccivetl  a  small  Parcel  from  me  by  Coach  yesterday, 
^:5ontaiiung  Dr.Warburton*s  Strictures  on  Neal'sHistory  of  the  Pu- 
'Vtans,  &c.  To<day  I  applied  in  person  to  Mr.  Wiuton,  for  I  had  really 
^i^tten  the  peiformancc^  and  enquired  of  him  after  "  Inscrip- 
Wones  antiques  Romanae  metrics/*  which  he  tells  me  he  published 
^bout  20  ycai's  ago  j — tliat  the  Copies  were  put  in  Mr.  Dodsley*s 
Viands  ; — that  he  h:is  wanted  one  hiiD.oelf  some  years,  but  cannot 
^'t  it  ftom  Dodsley  or  elsewhere.     Still  Mr.  Wart  on  is  confident 
they  never  sold ;  and  that  it  is  probable  a  number  arc  yet  with  Mr. 
Dodsley;  and  recommends  to  apply  to  Dodsley 's  Warehouseman, 
giving  him  the  title  as  much  at  large  as  po6sibU\     I  am  always, 
hiVj  with  great  truth,  Your  obliged  sen  ant,  Danirl  Prinxb.** 
"  Dear  Sir,  Oxford,  Nov.  5,  1790. 

In  turning  over  some  pi^esen'ed  papers  during  my  long  life  in 
this  place,  in  order  to  save  others  trouble,  which  you  will  say  it 
is  full  time  1  did,  I  have  put  my  hands  on  the  two  sent  hejrewitb, 
which  1  think  you  may  chance  to  think  worth  ordering  lo  be  laid 
ott  the  table,  according  to  the  phrase  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
llie  Prospectus  of  the  History  of  the  Mallardians,  I  think,  was 
the  first  essay  of  Mr.  Rowe-Mores.  In  it  he  meant  to  be  veiy 
severe  on  the  society  of  All  Souls,  from  whom  Mores  had  re- 
ceived some  unkind  treatment,  and  in  particular  from  Dr.  Buckler. 
Bradgate  Hall  is  the  Three  Tun  Tavei-n  opposite  All  Souk, 
wherci  the  Society  much  resorted  at  that  time  (1752).  This  is  the 
meaning  of  will  you  go  over  9  i.  e.  to  the  Three  Tun  Tavern. 

"  The  account  of  the  Knolh's  Family  was  diawn  up  by  Sir 
Francis  KnoUys,  Baronet,  himself  j  who  was  very  attentive  to  his 
£unilj  honours.  I  think  he  was  created  April  1754,  but  bi^v% 
lun  g  book  of  aathorir^by  n^e.    This  was  the  onlj  \xoxvniax  ^x^coii 


4S8    *  ihlBBAIT  AMieHOTXt. 

«  m 

MB.  ROBERT  BAIKES 

wii  of  a  ver^  respectable  family,  anil  was  hortfi 
AlGloaoester  m  the  year  1735*  His  father  was  of 
die  tkme  business  as  himself,  a  printer,  and  eon- 
daeted  for  many  years^  with  much  approbation^  the 
Gtonoescer  Journal.  l*he  education  Mr.  Raikea  re- 
cAred  was  liberal,  and  calculated  for  his  future  de- 
•igiiation  in  life.  At  a  proper  season  he  was  initiated 
into  his  father^s  business,  which  he  afterwards  con- 
doebed  .with  punctuality,  diligence,  and  care.*  Se» 
flenl  pieces,  among  which  may  be  pointed  out  the 
Works  of  Dr.  Tucker,  Dean  of  Gloucester,  are  such  as 
wall  suffer  nothing  by  any  comparision  with  the  pro- 
ductions of  modem  typography.  Tlieincidents  of  Mr. 
Raikes^s  li£e  were  few,  and  those  not  enough  distin- 
nithed  from  the  rest  of  the  world  to  admit  of  a  par* 
tiCQlar  detail.  It  is  sufficient  to  say,  that  in  his  bu- 
fiMSs  he  was  prosperous,  and  that  his  attention  was 
ttot  so  wholly  confined  to  it,  but  that  he  found  tioae 
to  turn  his  thoughts  to  subjects  connected  with  the 
neat  interests  of  mankind  and  the  welfare  of  socie^. 
mf  his  means  some  consolation  has  been  affoaded  U> 

Sidor  branch  of  the  familj.  They  wers  aU  buried,  at  St.  Lm- 
MMse's  dhurch  in  VJeMog.  The  Baronet  of  1754 '»  called  Knol- 
.  ]|yiafThanie.  I  am.  Sir,  your  T^ry  faithful,  Daniel  Panrc^.** 
•  After  the  pablication  of  Three  Volumes  of  Bishop  Attertnny's 
iMsrs,  Mr.  Prince  fiivoured  me  with  the  following  finondly  in* 
Ifaaation: 

^  The  Benp.  Dr.  Atterbury,  the  son  of  OBbome  Atterbury,  is  now 
Mttbd  here.  He  is  a  man  of  learning,  preferred  in  Ireland*.  I 
dmmsd  hkn  your  request,  and  finom  a  laudable  seal  for  the  ho- 
■mirof  the  Bishop  and  his  family,  he  would  wish  to  be  informed 
tka  nature  of  the  work,  and  what  materials  you.  have.  Then, 
ka  approved  of  the  undertaking,  he  woidd  roKltty  give  aH  die  as- 
irisCance  in  his  power.  So  that,  if  you  af^nove  it,  he  will  be  glad 
10  iwar  from  you,  and  will  send  his  mwer.  Without  doubt.  Or. 
'  Attarbury  is  veiy  completely  furnished  to  give  the  beat  aocoii 
of  the  Bishop  and  the  whole  fiunily,  as  te  was  abo  Student 
Christ  Chureb,  has  been'  Proctor,  and  has  gone  through  all 
Mfkes  in  that  very  great  Sodeety/* 

y^      P  fnmcb  Attertmry,  B.D.YtWMiciVoT  liitlM  Cathedral  of  fStf^t 
laetor  of  Clonmel,  or  the  Orenl  UUn^^tci  V^a  \yiM9«ift«  ^^8d&i  t^ 
<ventltman  1  was  favoaved  mVx:>xiiri«iXQ(l^aa^a:ii>w%w^%\jtf^^egv. 


i  ^v,    .;  ; 


v^ 


ROBERT  RAIKES*  489 

•orrow  and  imprudence ;  some  knowledge,  andconr 
sequently  happiness,  to  youth  and  inexi^erience. 

The  first  object  which  demanded  his  notice,  was  tlie 
miserable  state  of  the  County  Bridewell  within  the 
i     City  of  Gloucester,  which  being  part  of  the  County 
gaol,  the  persons  committed  by  the  magistrate  out 
of  sessions  for  petty  offences,   associated,  through 
necessity,  with  felons  of  the  worst  description,  with 
little  or  no  means  of  subsistence  from  labour ;  with 
little,  if  any,  allowance  from  the  County ;  without 
either  meat,  drink,  or  cloathing;  dependent  chiefly 
on  the  precarious  charity  of  such  as  visited  the  pri- 
son, whether  brought  thither  by  business,  curiosity, 
or  compassion.  To  relieve  these  miserable  and  forlora 
Wretches,  and  to  render  their  situation  supportable 
«t  least,  Mr.  Kaikes  employed  both  his  pen,  his  in- 
fluence, and  his  property,  to  procure  them  the  ne- 
^ssaries  of  life  ;  and  finding  that  ignorance  was  ge- 
nerally the  principal  cause  of  those  enormities  which 
t^rought  them  to  become  objects  of  his  notice,  he  de- 
^^rmined,  if  possible,   to  procure  them  some  moral 
^Tid  rehgious  instruction.     In  this  he  succeedcfd,  by 
^^eans  of  bounties  and  encouragement,  given  to  such 
^f  the  prisoners    as  were  able  to  read ;  and  these, 
V)y  being  directed  to  proper  books,  improved  both 
"^.hemselves  and  their  fellow  prii^oners,  and  afforded 
^reat  encouragement  to  persevere  in  the  benevolent 
Klesign.     He  then  procured  for  them  a  supply  of 
"Xvork,  to  preclude  every  excuse  and  temptation  to 
idleness.    Successful  in  this  effort,  he  formed  a  more 
extensive  plan  of  usefulness  to  society,  which  will 
t^ransmit  his  name  to  posterity  with  those  honours 
^'hich  are  due  to  the  great  benefactors  of  mankind. 
This  was  the  institution  of  Sunday  schools,  a  plan 
which  has  been  attended  with  the  happiest  eflPects. 
The  thought  was  suggested  by  accident.     "  Some 
business,''  says  Mr.  Raikes,  "  leading  me  one  morning 
into  the  suburbs  of  the  city,  where  the  lowest  of  the 
people  (who  are  principally  employed  in  the  pin  ma- 
nufactory) chiefly  reside,  I  was  struck  with  coucenv 


'« 


43<k  tlTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

on  seeing  a  groupe  of  children,  wretchedly  lagged, 
at  play  in  the  street.     An  enquiry  of  a  neighbour 
produced  an  account  of  the  miserable  state  and  deplo* 
rable  profligacy  of  these  infants,  more  especially  on  a 
Sunday,  when  left  to  their  own  direction.'*  This  infor- 
mation suggested  an  idea, "  that  it  would  be  at  least 
a  harmless  attempt,  if  it  should  be  productive  of  no 
good,  should  some  little  plan  be  formed  to  check  this 
deplorable  profanation  of  the  Sabbath."     An  agree- 
ment was  soon  afttT  made  with  proper  persons,  to 
receive  as  many  children  on  Sundays  as  should  be 
sent,  who  were  to  be  instructed  in  reading  andin  the 
Church  catechism,  at  a  certain  rate.  The  Clergyman 
who  was  curate  of  the  parish  at  the  same  time  under- 
took to  superintend  the  Schools,  and  examine  the 
progress  made.    This  happened  about  I781,  and  the 
good  consequences  evidently  apj)eared  in  the  reform- 
.  ation  and  orderly   behaviour  of  those  who  before 
were  in  every  resi>ect  the  opposite  of  decency  or  re- 
gularity. The  effects  were  so  apparent,  that  other 
parishes,   in  Gloucester  and  in  various  parts  of  the 
kingdom,  adopted  the  scheme,  which  has  by  de- 
grees become  almost  general,  to  the  great  advantage 
and  comfort  of  the  poor,  and  still  more  to  the  secu- 
rity and  repose  of  the  rich.     Since  the  first  institu- 
tion,  many  thousands  of  children  have  been  em- 
ployed, to  their  own  satisfaction,  in  acquiring  such 
a  portion  of  knowledge,  as  will  render  them  usefiil 
to  society,  without  encouraging  any  disposition  unfa- 
vourable to  themselves  or  the  world.     Where  riot 
and  disorder  were  formerly  to  be  seen,  decency  and 
decorum  are  now  to  be  found ;  industry  has  taken 
the  place  of  idleness,  and  profaneness  has  been  obliged 
to  give  way  to  devotion.     It  is  certain,  if  any  re- 
formation of  manners  is  to  be  hoped  for,  it  must  b^ 
from  a  continual  attention  to  the  education  of  youth. 
The  benefits  which  have  sprung  up  in  consequence 
of  Mr.  Raikes's  plan  are  too  obvious  to  need  a  de- 
fence, were  any  person  captious  enough  to  cavil  with 
an  institution,  which  requires  only  to  he  observed 

to- 


BOBERT  RAIKES.  431 

to  extort  applause.     Satisfied,  that  the  rishig  gene-  ^ 
ration  will  feel  the  influence  of  the  benevdlent  inten* 
tions  of  Mr.  Raikes^  we  have  great  satisfaction  in 
joining  our  plaudit  to  those  of  the  world  at  large ; . 
and  without  hesitation  place  him  in  the  same  form 
with  those  whose  active  benevolence  entitles  them 
to  be  looked  up  to  with  reverence  and  respect  to  the  ■ 
latest  posterity*. 

He  was  for  some  years  a  member  of  the  Court  of 
Assistants  of  the  Stationers  Company;  and  died  at 
Gloucester,  April  5,  181 1,  aged  75. 


WR.  SAMUEL  GOADBY 

X^as  the  son  of  Mr.  Samuel  Goad  by,  a  very  worthy 
^nd  respectable  man,  who  resided  in  one  of  the 
ood  old  houses  that  were  pleasantly  situated  in 
loorfields.     He  enjoyed  a  lucrative  and'  resi)ectable    . 

$lace  under  the  City  of  London  ;  and  at  his  death, 
Ir.  John  Goadby,  his  eldest   son,    was  chosen  to 
succeed  his  father.     The  subject  of  this  article  was 
l)om  on  St.  Matthew's  day,  in  the  year  17 19;    I 
^believe  at  the  house  in  Moorfields.     Mr.  Goadby 
Iiad  a  large  family  ;    and  Mr.  Samuel   was   bound 
apprentice   to  a  Mr.   Virtue,    a   stationer  at   the 
Royal  Exchange ;   and  either  a  short  time  before 
Mr.  Goadby  had  completed  his  apprenticeship,  or 
very  soon  after,  Mr.  \  irtue  died,  leaving  a  widow 
and  two  daughters.     Mr.   (loiidby,    at   this   early 
period  of  life,  had  conducted  himself  in  so  exem- 
plary a  manner,  that  it  was  thought  right  to  take 
nim  into  partnership  with  Mrs.  Virtue :    he  was 
also  so  highly  esteemed  by  all  that  knew  him,  that 
he  had  several  offers  made  of  proposed  advantage, 
to  entice  him  to  leave  the  connexion  he  \vas  en^ 
gaged  in:  but  his  reply  was,  "I   will  never  forsake 
the  widow  and  the  fatherless."      This    was    not 

*  A  letNr  from  Mr,  Rtukes,  on  his  plan  foreata\Aw\vLti^^>xcsL» 
Scboab,  may  be  seen  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  Ll\.  p.  4\0. 


43t    '  LITEEAET  AMBCDOTES. 

merely  a  warmth  of  expression,  produced  by  t 
feelings  of  the  moment;  but  a  fixfxi  princip 
upon  which  he  acted  to  the  close  of  a  long  li 
Ihe  partnership  continued  for  il  years;  and^ 
the  close  of  that  period,  the  interest  of  Mrs.  Virt 
and  Mr.  Goadby  were  made  one  by  their  marria^ 
Mrs.  Goadby  did  not  Hve  more  than  14  years  afi 
their  union ;  but,  previous  to  her  death,  she  sal 
that  her  marriage  with  Mr.  Goadby  was  one  of  tl 
most  propitious  circumstances  of  her  Hfe.  It 
ho{)ed,  the  writer  will  not  be  thought  too  minut 
but,  if  a  character  is  to  be  held  up  to  the  publick 
a  proper  subject  for  iheir  respect  and  imitatio 
domestic  and  social  virtues,  piety  and  benevolenc 
must  form  the  grand  outlines  of  a  proper  object 
real  respect.  Tlie  Hero,  the  Statesman,  the  Poi 
or  the  Painter,  demand,  and  frequently,  as  sue 
deserve  our  admiration ;  but  it  is  only  to  the  man 
domestic  wortli  and  social  excellence,  that  tl 
homage  of  the  virtuous  heart  will  ever  be  offered. 

The  pious  man,  the  man  of  universal  ben 
Volence,  and  unwearied  assiduity  in  every  go< 
work,  is  so  incalculable  a  blessing  to  society,  th 
we  are  called  upon,  by  every  good  principle^ 
appreciate,  respect,  and  emulate.  Mr.  Goadby  w 
one  of  the  six  gentlemen,  who,  about  the  year  175 
formed  (wc  believe)  the  first  society  in  England  f 
the  promotion  of  religious  knowledge  amongst  tl 
poor.  He  was  indefatigable  in  his  endeavours 
secure  the  everlasting  and  present  felicity  of  h 
fellow  mortals.  His  expressive  countenance  wou 
be  illumined  or  be  clouded,  as  the  tale  you  to 
presented  to  his  vievv  a  suffering  or  happy  felloi 
l>eing ;  but  his  feelings  did  not  pass  off  in  the  vapoi 
C)f  mere  external  seusibility ;  he  sought  the  object 
distress ;  and  he  did  not  then  say,  ^^  Be  ye  warme 
and  be  ye  filled;  but  gave  them  not  those  things  th 
are  needful  for  the  body" — ^No,  he  warmed,  cloathc 
and  filled  them.  The  Writer  of  this  article  h 
known  him,   wheu  neat  ^0  ^^^t^  ^1  ^^  ascci 


SAMUEL   GOADBT.  433 

1ft  dark  and  dangerous  staircase,  to  visit  the  abode  of 
sickness  and  want ;  and  there,  with  the  gentle  hand 
of  charity,  and  the  warm  heart  of  a  Christian^ 
relieve  and  soften  the  sorrows  inflicted  by  poverty 
and  sickness.  To  feel  for  misery,  and  to  reheve  it, 
was  the  business  of  his  life. 

Mr.  Goadby  was  also  a  pubiic*spirited  man; 
never  sparing  himself  or  his  purse,  when  properly 
called  upon.  In  the  year  1754,  he  was  one  of  the 
warm  and  active  friends  of  Betty  Canning ;  her 
story  many  now  living  must  remember. 

Mr.  Goadby  for  many  years  sent  a  rich  supply 
of  Bibles,    Testaments,    and  pious  books,    for  the 
poor  at  Hadleigh,   and   the  villages  around ;    and 
subscribed   fifty  pounds   to .  the    Patriotic    Fund  ; 
he  was  also,   for  many  years,  a  subscriber  to  the 
Lying-in  Charity,    and   to    several    Dispensaries; 
and,    by  his  will,    left  handsome  legacies  to  the 
institutions  he  had  subscribed  to.     Mr.  Goadby's 
shop  at  the  Royal  Exchange  was,   for  many  yews^ 
of  an  evening,  the  meeting-place  of  a  select  party  of 
men  of  superior  abilities,   for  the  purpose  of  con- 
versation,— Mr.  John  Payne,  Jate  Accountant-^gene- 
ral  of  the  Bank,  the  late  Mr.  John  Ryland,  Mr. 
John  Cole,  and  (the  Writer  believes),  the  late  Dr. 
Hawkesworth,  with  many  more  sensible  men,  that 
improved  and    enlarged   their  mental    powers  by 
the  communication  of  ideas.     Those  meetings  had 
a  very  different  effect  ui)on  the  members  of  this 
friendly    circle,    to    that    produced    by    convivial 
meetings,  where  wine  and  riot  preclude  sentiment^ 
and  destroy  reason.     The  late  JDr.  Towers  was,  at 
the   period  of  these  sentimental  meetings,  a  little 
lad,    under  the  patronac^e  of  Mr.  Goadby ;    being 
very  small,  he  used  to  slip  into  the  circle  unper* 
oetved,  listen  with  great  attention  to  all  he  heard, 
and,  by  treasuring  it  up  in  his  mind,  he  then  laid 
die  foundation  of  all  his  future  respectability  as  a  lite* 
rary  man.     It  will  be  well  for  young  persons  to  re- 
member such  a  circumstance;  and  to  be  anxious  never 
to   lose  an   opportunit}*  that  offers  for  enriching 
Vat.  III.  F  F  their 


434  tITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

their  minds,  by  attending  to  the  conversation  of  tht 
good  and  wise.  Mr.  Goadby  had  survived  every 
member  of  the  circle,  in  which  he  had  for  many 
years  enjoyed  so  much  rational  satisfaction.     Hoht  ' 

Kinful  is  the  reflection,  that  the  lot  of  all  persons 
ing  to  advanced  age  must  be,  to  spend  many  of 
their  solitary  hours  in  a  retrospect  of  past  comforts^ 
—comforts,  that  never,  never,  can  return  in  this 
.  life !  What  then  are  the  consolations  of  old  age, 
under  all  the  igloom  of  solitude,  and  pressure  of 
infirmity  ?  Nothing  short  of  a  well-grounded  hope 
in  the  prospect  of  a  happy  Eternity.  The  circle 
tliey  hope  to  join  in  a  better  world,  will  never  be 
broken  in  upon  by  death ;  nor  will  their  powers  of 
enjoyment  ever  decrease. 

Air.  Goadby  had  many  singularities  ;  he  was  very 
pice  in  his  person;  dressed  very  plain;  but  had 
made  no  [change  in  the  cut  of  his  coat  for  near  50 
years.  He  had  a  particular  dislike  to  the  using  of  a 
hackney  coach  on  the    Sunday;    thought  it,    in 

feneraly  a  profanation  of  the  day  ;  but  he  lived  to 
e  shockecf  by  the  rattling  of  stage-coaches  from 
morning  to  night  on  that  day,  which,  when  he  was 
a  young  man,  was  in  this  country  devoted  to  rest 
and  Public  Worship.  If  Voltaire  could  uow  visit 
England^  he  would  not  say,  as  he  once  did,  that, 
in  this  country,  the  Sabbath  was  more  strictly 
observed  than  in  any  other  he  had  been  acquainted 
with;  but  to  Voltaire's  principles  we  may,  without 
doubt,  attribute  the  profaneness  and  dissipation 
that  pervades,  more  or  less,  all  ranks  in  society ;  a§ 
the  spread  of  Infidelity  will  produce  every  moral 
eviU  Mr.  Goadby  was  a  Dissenter  firom  the 
Ceremonies  of  the  Establishment ;  but  he  felt  all  that 
cordiality  which  Christianity  inculcates,  for  everjf 
good  man,  though  he  might  not  be  able  to  say 
Amen  to  his  Creed  in  every  point.  The  ladies  who 
became  his  daughters-in-law,  by  his  marriage  with 
their  mother,  were,  for  the  greatest  part  of  his  life 
a  source  of  real  comfort  to  him ;  and  the  one  with 
vfhom  he  resided  ior  m^xv^  ^^^t<^  Xv^^i  ^Sut  %nxious» 


•iOfUXL  GOAOBT.  43| 

fi  delighful  task,  of  consoling  him  in  his  last 
lents,  with  all  the  tenderness  of  an  afiectionata 
L  IVfr.  Goadby*  had  much  perplexi^  and 
lie  throughout  his  long  life :  but  the  domestic 
bit  he  enjoyed  for  the  last  twenty  years  was 
ed  from  his  marriage  fifty*nine  years  ago :  ha 
been  a  widower  forty-two  years.  His  remains 
deposited,  in  the  same  grave  with  those  of  his 
wife,  in  Bunhill-fields  buiying-eround,  on 
iday,  June  22,  1808.  Mn.Goadby  had  for 
Y  yesLTs  attended  the  ministry  of  the  Rev.  Hush 
thington ;  and  the  Funeral  Oration  was  cte* 
ed  at  the  grave  by  that  gentleman,  with  a 
odi  of  expression  that  evinced  how  justly  be 
eciated  the  excellence  of  his  departed  firiaM. 


MR.  ROBERT  GOADBY 

rinter  and  Bookseller  of  Sherborne  in  Dor* 
lire,  and  author  of  several  useful  publications^ 
Au^st  12,  1778.  His  '*  Illustration  of  the 
r  Scriptures,"*  in  3  large  folio  volumes,  is  a  book 
has  been  very  generally  read,  and  widely  cir^ 
ted*  He  also  compileid  amd  printed  a  useful 
:,  intituled  ^^The  Christian's  Instructor  and 
cet  Companion,  extracted  from  the  Holy  Scrip- 
I  ;**  which  had  the  good  fortune  to  meet  with 
ij^robation  of  Bishop  Sherlock,  and  was  very 
received  by  the  publick.  The  '^  Life  of  Bam* 
3  Moore  Carew,  King  of  the  Beggars^**  was 
mae  written  by  him.  m^     ^^    y^^  ^ 

MR.  JAMES  HUTTON, 

in  the  early  part  of  his  life  had  been  a  Book<r 
fy  was  for  many  years  Secretary  to  the  Society 
[oravians.    He  was  a  well-known  character^  and 

FF2  NtKTj 


43^  LnSHARY  AKfiCDOTES. 

vety  generally  esteemed.   He  died  April  95, 1 795,  ia 
his  80th  year,  at  Oxstead  cottage,  Surrey;  and  was 
buried  in  the  Moravian  cemetery  at  Chelsea.     The 
preacher  discoursed  over  the  corpse  in  thechapel  from 
the  Nufic  dimittis  (or  Song  of  Simeon)  in  the  second 
chapter  of  St.  Luke;  and  in  the  sequel  of  his  discourse 
observed,  that  Mr.  Hutton  had  been  a  faithful  and 
liberal  brother  in  that  fraternity  55  or  56  years,  both 
in  Switzerland  and  Great  Britain,   and  was  in  the 
80th  year  of  his  age. — To  this  a  Correspondent 
adds,  ^'  Mr.   Hutton   of  late  years  usually  resided 
in  a  house  at  Pimlico  jointly  occupied   by  Mr. 
De  Luc ;  at  least  that  was  his  home.     He  died  at 
the  house  of  two  amiable  ladies,  whom   he  used 
to  term   his   daughters,     the    possessors    of  Ox- 
stead    cottage.      The   character    of    Mr.    Hutton 
was  well  known  to  me,  as  well  as  his  person.     I 
frequently  met  him  at  the  houses  of  mutual  friends. 
Though  he  was  a  Moravian  preacher,   his  charities 
were  conBned  to  no  sect ;  and  the  latter  end  of  his 
life  was  spent  literally  in  going  about  doing  good. 
He  had  been  married,  but  had  no  children,  and 
was  a  \^dower  before  I  knew  him.     How  many  of 
his  relatives  Mr%  Hutton  assisted  I  am  not  informed, 
but  be  shewed  great  kindness  to  a  nephew  brought 
up  in  the  military  line.     Mr.   Hutton   possef»ed 
strong  sense,  with  quick  feelings  and  apprenensions, 
which  the  illumination  of  his  countenance  evinced 
even  at  seventy,  though  his  difficulty  of  hearing  was 
such  that  he  could  only  converse  by  the  assistance 
of  an  ear-trumpet.     In  the  attitude  of  listening  with 
this  instrameut,  Cpswajfehas  taken  a  picture  of  Mn 
Hutton,  which  does  him  honour,  it  being,  perhaps, 
one  of  the  most  striking  likenesses  that  was  ever 
drawn.     From  this  a  mezzotinto  was  taken,  which 
was  eagerly  bought  up  by  Mr.  Hutton's  friends. 
He  was  highly  esteemed  by  the  two  first  characters 
for  rank  and  virtue  in  the  British  nation,  and  well 
known  to  many  of  the  nobility  and  men  of  letters. 
To  those  in  afflueuo^  Mt.  Hutton  often  recom- 


JAMES   HUTTON.  437 

mended  misfortune  when  beyond  his  own  ability  to 
relieve;  nor  was  he  refused  , admittance  to  the 
highest  ranks  *,  though  his  ardent  benevolence  in- 
clined him  greatly  to  neglect  his  own  dress,  that  he 
might  the  better  feed  the  hungry,  and  cover  the 
naked.  An  intimate  friend  of  Mr.  Hutton  told  me 
that,  in  the  exercise  of  charitable  pursuits,  Mr. 
Hutton  first  met  with  those  ladies  vy^ith  whom  the 
greatest  part  of  the  two  or  three  last  year$  of  his  life 
was  spent.  Th.se  benevolent  females^  by  their 
attention  during  that  time,  gave  comfort  to  a  goo4 
but  iqfirm  old  man,  full  of  years  and  good  deeds. 
Mr.  Hutton  was  the  Moravian  clergyman  of  whom 

*  The  following  jew  d! esprit,    by  Mr.  George  Steevens>  ap- 
peared in  the  St.  Jameses  Chronicle,  Dec.  17,  1776. 

"Sir,  Q s  Palace. 

"  Politicians  from  this  place  inform  us  that  ^  new  Favouri^ 
has  lately  engrossed  the  K — -'s  attei^tion,  who  bids  fiiir  to  sup- 

glapt  the  celebrated  Pinchy  and  the  facetious  Grimaldi  in  the 
loyal  favours.    It  is  no  less  a  person  than  the  old  deaf  Moravian, 
James  Hutton,  who  was  formerly  a  Bookseller,  and  lived  near 
Temple-bar,  faimous  for  his  refusing  to  sell  Tom  Brown's  Works, 
and  Clarke  on  the  Trinity.    A  certain  lady  who  called  at  his  shop 
for  this  last  book,  was  induced  by  curiosity  to  know  the  Book- 
seller's reasons  for  his  i-efiisal  3  but  whether  he  made  a  cohvert  of 
the  lady,  or  the  lady  of  him.  History  is  silent.     Since  that  time 
he  has  travelled  all  over  Germany  and  Switzerland,  to  spread  tl^ 
Mora\ian  doctrine,  and  make  proselytes  to  Coqnt  Zinzendorf's 
Oeed.     Whether  his  Majesty  intends  to  raise  Moravian  regiments 
by  Hutton  8  means  among  the  faithful,  to  propagate  the  ministe- 
rial doctrine  of  unconditional  submission  in  America,  I  know 
not:  but  this  I  am  sure  of,  that  a  conversation  between  the  King 
and  Hutton  must  be  exccedinii^ly  enteilaining.     Hutton  is  so  deaf 
that  a  speaking  trumpet  wil}  scarce  make  him  hear;  and  the 
King  talks  so  £Eist,  that  an  ordinaiy  converter  cannot  possibly 
keep  pace  with  him.     Hutton's  asthma  makes  him  subject  to 
frequent  pauses  and  interi-uptions;  so  tliat  two  interpretei's  will 
be  nccessaiy  to  explain  matters  between  the  King  and  his  new 
Favourite.     1   hope  Hutton  and   the   Scotch  Junto  aie  upon 
good  terms,  else  he  will  hqoh  be  obliged  tu  discontinue  his  visits  at 
fiuckiJigbam*house.  After  all,  Hutton  is  an  honest,  humane,  and 
sensible  man,  and  worthy  a  Kings  regard,  and  however  bigoted 
l^e  n'as  formerly  and  averse  to  si^lling  the  works  ot  Samuel  Clarke, 
I  am  told  one  of  his  favourite  authors  at  present  is  honest  Lau- 
rence Sterne,  author  of  Tristram  Sliandy,    Current  U.iLvoiiT:r 


438  XmEAKT  AKECDOTES. 

Mrs.  Piozzi  speaks,  in  her  Italian  Tour^  with  sudi 
enthusiasm^  calling  him,  I  thiuk^  ^^  dear^  gopfl 
Mr.  Hutton.'* 

MR.  SAMUEL  PATERSON, 

the  well-known  and  justly-celebrated  Bookseller  and 
Auctioneer,    was    born  in    1724.      His  talent  at 
CATALOGUIZING  was  uurivalled ;    witness,    that  of 
a  famous   collection   from  the  Continent,    called 
^^Catalogus     Universalis;"    that    of    Sir    Julius 
Caesar's  MSS.    (which    he   had   accidentally  res- 
cued   from    destruction   after  they   had    actually 
reached  the  cheesemonger's  shop) ;   the  interesting 
Catalogues  of  the  Libraries  of  West,  Beauclerk,  the 
Pinelli,  Tyssen,  Strange,  &c.  after  he  had  ceased  to  * 
exhibit  from  his  own  pulpit  in  Essex-house  in 
XSssex-street,  Strand,  which  gave  place  to  a  pulpit  of 
trdifierent  complexion.    He  figured  last  as  an  Auctio- 
neer in  King-street,  Covent-garden ;  where  his  own 
books  were  soon  aftenivards  sold.  .    He  was  not 
brought  up  to  any  profession ;  and  before,  or  socxi 
mfter  he  became  of  age,  his  guardian  failed,  and  he  lost 
his  fortune.    Manying  very  young,  and  the  love  of 
reading  leading  him  to  deal  m  books,  he  opened  a 
booksdler's  shop  opposite  Durham  Yard  in  the 
Strand,  where  he  puDiished  Miss  Charlotte  Ramsay's 
(afterwards  the  celebrated  Mrs.  Lennox*)  Poems  in 
1748,  and  also  ^^  A  Dissertation  on  the  Original  of  the 
£(qmestrian  Figure  of  St  Geome,  and  of  the  Garter^ 
byJDr.  Pettingal,  1 753,**  4to.  'Diebusiness  of  a  Boci- 
feller  not  proving  successful,  he  entered  upon  Essex- 
house,  *  and  comihenced  general  Auctioneer,   and, 
amongst  other  articles,  he  liere  sold  a  valuable  allot-* 
ment  of  painted  glass,  and  a  capital  collection  of 
books,  which  he  brought  home  after  a  tour  through 
Holland  and  Flanders.     He  was  also  author  of  ' 
^•Coryat  Junior,    1767,**   in  3   vols.    12mo,   the 
result  of  that  tour;  ^^ Joineriana;  or,  Tlie  Book  of ' 

*  Sefc  \»fox^,  '^,  ^00. 


lAMUIL  PATCISOK.  4||9 

Icrapty**  2  vols.  13mo;  "  The  Templar,'^  t  weekly 
mper,  published  by  Brown,  which  was  sooa 
ropjped ;  and  '^  Speculations  on  Law  and  Lawyers, 
pphcable  to  the  manifest  Hardships,  Uncertainties^ 
nd  abusive  Practice  of  the  Common  Law,  lySS,"* 
vo,  occasioned  by  his  own  distresses,  the  con- 
equehce  of  imprudent  8i>eculations  and  a  numerous 
imily;  after  struggling  with  which,  he  was  ap» 
ointed  Librarian  to  the  first  Marquis  of  Lansdown. 
hi  November  25,  1790,  after  an  union  of  near  45 
ears,  he  lost  his  beloved  wife,  Hamilton,  a  grand* 
aughter  of  the  noble  houses  of  Kennedy  and 
!!ocnran,  in  North  Britain,  niece  of  the  late  all- 
ocomplished  Susannah  Countess  of  Eglington, 
ousin-german  to  the  Earls  of  Cassilis  and  Eglineton, 
nd  in  near  consanguinity  with  several  other  of  the 
lost  noble  and  illustrious  families  in  Scotland ;  to 
at,  Hamilton  and  Brandon,  Dundonald,  Suther- 
ind,  Craufurd,  Galloway,  Strathmore,  &c.  &c. 
ihe  was  buried  in  her  husband*s  iamily-vault  in 
!ovent-garden  Church.  His  eldest  son,  Charles, 
ieutenant  of  marines,  and  student  of  the  Academy 
f  painting,  died  at  the  marine  barracks  at  Chatham^ 
tt  nis  20th  year,  December  14)  1779-  Two  other 
ons,  John  and  Samuel,  respectable  young  men^ 
ibtained  appointments  as  clerks  in  the  Sun  Fire- 
ffioe ;  and  one  of  his  daughters  married  Mr.  Pear- 
on,  the  celebrated  glass-stainer. 

Few  men  of  this  country  had  so  much  bibliogra- 
ihicai  know^ledge;  and  perhaps  we  never  had  a  Book-* 
eller  who  knew  so  much  of  the  contents  of  books  ge- 
leraliy ;  and  he  was  particularly  well  acquainted  witli 
ur  English  Poets.  If,  in  his  employment  of 
iking  Catalogues,  he  met  witli  a  book  he  had  not 
een  before,  which  excited  his  curiosity,  or  interested 
lis  feelings,  they  must  be  gratified,  and  his  atten- 
knt  might  amuse  himself  as  he  chose.  The  con- 
equence  was,  that,  on  many  occasions.  Catalogues 
ould  be  procured  only  a  few  hours  before  the  sale 
onimenosd.     The  immediate  cause  of  his  death 


440  LITEltAllY  ANECDOTES. 

was  a  hurt  in  his  leg,  which  happened  from  stum^ite 
bhng  in  the  dark  over  a  small  dog-kennel  moi^L 
absurdly  left  by  his  landlady   (as  servant-maids  to^ 
often  leave  pails)  at  the  bottom  of  a  stair-case* 
The  wound  turned  to  a  mortification,  which  sooo 
ended  fatally,  November  29,  l802t 


THOMAS  WOTTON,  ESQ. 

who  acquired  great  reputation  both  as  an  Author 
and  Bookseller,  lived  many  years  at  the  Three 
Daggers  and  Queen's  Head,  against  St.  Dunstans 
Church*;  where  he  published  in  I727  the  earliest 
History  that  we  have  of  ^'  The  English  Baronets, 
being  a  Genealogical  and  Historical  Account  of 
their  Families  ;"  in  three  small  but  thick  Volumes; 
which  in  1741  he  considerably  enlarged  and  im- 
proved in  five  handsome  Volumes,  8vo. — "  Mr. 
Wotton  (that  indefatigable  labourer  in  the  golden 
xnines  of  Antiquity,  whose  avenues  were  rendered 
almost  inaccessible  by  the  destructive  hand  of 
Time,  ^nd  the  cruel  ravages  of  barbarous  nations) 
has  clejired  the  paths  which  lead  to  the  perfection 
of  this  intricate  science.  Neither  the  great  diffi- 
culties attending  genealogical  enquiries  (in  which 
so  many  centuries  were  to  be  traced,  and  the 
thread  to  guide  him  generally  so  slender,  and, 
sometirpes  broken),  nor  the  impossibility  of  per- 
suading some  families  to  give  the  least  assistance, 
wiftre  able  to  deter  him  from  this  very  difficult 
pursuit.     In  spite  of  all  obstacles^  in  the  year  174I1 

•  *  Where  he  succeeded  his  Father,  Mr.  Matthew  Wotton,  of 
whom  John  Dunton  thus  speaks :  ''  Mr.  Wottoo,  a  very  court 
teous  oh.\png  man.  His  trade  lies  much  among  the  lawyers  f 
be  is  so  just  to  his  word,  that,  if  he  w^  immortal,  it  would  be 
altogether  as  good  dependance  as  his  bond.  I  hear  he  is  a  rising 
man,  and  I  am  heartily  glad  of  it,  for  the  goods  of  this  life  can 
scarce  fall  into  the  hands  of  one  who  is  better  disposed  to  um 
them  well"    Dunton,  p.  286. 

be 


THOMAS  WOTTOy.  441 

iie  published  his  last  account  of  the  English 
Baronets*.**  Mr.  Wotton  was  the  Publisher  of 
nmny  works  of  considerable  merit.  He  was  Master 
of  the  Company  of  Stationers  in  1757;  and,  after  hav- 
Bg  long  retired  from  business,  died  at  Point  Plea- 
ant,  Surrey,  April  1,  1766. — I  have  an  interleaved 
Jopy  of  his  "  History  of  the  Baronets,*'  enriched  with 
he  MS  notes  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Smvth,  of  whom 
requent  mention  has  been  before  made  m  this  work*^. 


MR.  JOHN  HINTON, 

Qtny  years  publisher  of  the  Universal  Magazine, 
he  New  Whole  Duty  of  Man,  and  several  Religious 
i'reatises,  was  an  old  member  of  the  Court  of  Assis- 
ants  of  the  Stationers  Company ;  and  died  very  rich, 
4ay21,  J781, 

Mr.  JOHN  MARCH, 

lany  years  a  Printer  of  considerable  eminence 
n  lower-hill,  and  Master  of  the  Stationers  Com- 
any  in  1 790, died  April  15,  1798.  He  was  a  man  of 
tie  most  amiable  disposition.  By  industry,  fru- 
ality,  and  a  train  of  fortunate  events,  he  left  an  ample 
>rtune  to  his  widow  (who  died  April  I5,  1800), 
nd  to  an  only  son,  who  succeeded  to  his  father*8  bu- 
iness ;  but  died,  in  the  prime  of  life,  July  13,  l804. 

*  Mr.  Richard  Johnson,  in  the  pre£ace  to  an  edition  of  the 
aronetage  1771«  by  £.  Kimber  and  R.  Johnson. — In  acknow- 
x%ing  the  obligations  he  was  under  to  Geoige  Booth  l^ndale, 
iq.  of  Bri&tolj  Banister  at  Law,  and  to  some  otlier  skilM 
entlemen  Mr.  Johnson  adds,  "While  I  am  thus  acknow- 
sdging  the  favours  I  have  received  from  the  living,  let  me  not 
irget  the  tribute  due  to  the  memory  of  my  friend,  Mr. 
limber,  who  &U  a  Victim,  in  the  meiidian  of  his  life,  to  his 
idefiitigable  toils  in  the  republic  of  letters.  To  him  I  owe  the 
resent  pkui  of  this  Work :  he  was  the  architect^  I  only  the 
idkler.    Happy  shall  I  think  myself,  if  I  shall  appear  properisr 


t  See  voL  V.  p.  49. 


(    44«     ) 

MR.  THOMAS  SPILSBURY, 

was  the  successor  of  the  younger  Mr.  WilUam 
Strahan  in  the  Printing-office  on  Snow-hill ;  where 
he  died  Dec.  l,  1795,  in  the  62d  year  of  hb 
age.  To  distinguished  ability  in  his  profession  he 
joined  the  strictest  integrity,  amiable  manners,  and 
a  style  of  conversation,  which,  whether  the  subject 
was  gay  or  serious,  never  failed  to  delight.  As  his 
press  was  resorted  to  by  eminent  literary  charac- 
ters, who  often  availed  themselves  of  his  critical  re- 
marks; so  have  they,  in  return,  uniformly  borne 
testimony  to  his  uncommon  precision  in  every  things 
appertaining  to  a  pure  genuine  English  diction.  He 
was  the  first  person  in  this  countiy  who  made  it  aa 
express  study  to  print  French  works  with  accuracy  ; 
in  which  having  at  that  time  only  a  slight  acquain- 
tance with  that  language,  he  by  closeness  of  appli- 
cation soon  arrived  at  such  a  mastery,  as  to  be  pn>- 
nounced,  by  many  of  the  most  accomplished  geniuses 
of  that  kingdom  resident  here,  superior  in  point  of 
correctness,  even  to  the  Printers  of  Paris. 

MR.  JOSEPH  COOPER, 

many  years  a  Printer  of  eminence,  died  suddenly,  in  a 
fit,  whilst  walking  near  Chelsea,  May  19, 1608.  Nota 
few  splendid  volumes  were  produced  unostentatiously 
from  his  press,  before  the  modem  system  of  ^fine 
printing  became  so  very  prevalent.  But  he  was  un- 
fortunate in  business.  Having  no  children,  he  ac- 
c[uired  a  tone  of  life  a  little  too  theatrical,  and  much 
too  companionable ;  for  he  had  considerable  talents, 
and  abounded  in  pleasantry  and  the  milk  of  human 
kindness.  He  provided  also,  at  an  inconvenient  ex- 
pence  to  himself,  for  sbme  relatives  in  the  East  In- 
dies, in  hopes  of  a  princely  return ;  which  he  never 
received,  tie  speculated  also  in  an  attempt  to  make 
a  species  of  printing-ink  superior  to  any  before  known; 
but  was  not  in  that  instance  particularly  successful. 
The  evening  of  his  life,  however^  was  made  com- 
fortable, 


JOSEPH  COOPIE.  44} 

fortable,  by  the  friendship  of  Messrs.  Wedgwood 
lod  Bentley,  who  found  in  him  a  valuable  assistant 
10  their  counting-house,  and  who  proved  to  him  inr 
ertimable  friends.  His  death,  the  Editor  of  this 
work  can  add  from  a  long  and  intimate  acquaintance 
with  him,  occasioned  a  sympathetic  tear  from  se^ 
vml  of  his  survivors,  who  knew  him  in  the  full 
enjoyment  of  prosperity  and  intellectual  endowments, 

JAMES  SIMMONS,  ESQ. 

•  This  truly  worthy  man  was  born  in  Canterbury 
Jan.  22,  1 74 1 ,  N.  S.  He  carried  on  the  Kentish  Co- 
lette since  1768 ;  and  was  for  many  years  employed 
ts  a  Printer  and  Bookseller,  and  likewise  as  a  Banker, 
at  Canterbury,  of  which  City  he  was  an  Alderman 
from  1 774,  and  twice  Mayor.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
Public  spirit,  and  was  ever  anxious  for  the  prosperity' 
%nd  improvement  of  his  native  place.  In  1787  he 
^ployed  an  able  engineer  to  take  the  levels  and 
•urvey  the  Country  from  Canterbury  to  St.  Nicholas 
bay,  and  to  make  an  estimate  of  a  canal  on  which 
i^essels  of  100  tons  burthen  might  be  navigated  from 
the  sea  to  that  city,  a  distance  of  ten  miles  and  a  half. 
Many  difficulties  occurred  to  retard  and  prevent  the 
accomplishment  of  this  plan ;  but  it  contmued  to  be 
the  object  next  his  heart ;  and  he  was  heard,  but  a 
tew  days  before  his  death,  to  declare  that  he  should  not 
cease  nis  efforts  till  he  could  see  vessels  floating  un- 
der the  walls  of  Canterbury.  In  1 790,  at  an  expence 
of  little  less  than  2000/.  he  formed  a  part  of  the 
antient  rampart  of  that  city,  and  the  adjacent  field, 
called  Dane-John^  into  terraces  and  walks*,  with  so 
much  el^nce  and  taste,  for  the  use  of  the  publick, 
that  few  m  any  of  the  cities  in  Europe  can  ooast  of 
any  thing,  so  extensive  and  ornamental,  planned 
and  carried  into  execution  at  the  expence  of  a  pri- 
vate citizen.    In  179I9  Riding-gate,  the  oldest  of 

*  A  print  of  these  walks  may  be  seen  ia  Hasted**  Hiatory  of 
Kent,  voL  IV.  folio  -,  and  ia  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXXVWl.i^.  ^\. 


444  LIXfiRARV  ANECDOTES. 

all  the  city-gates,  and  said  to  have  been  standing  be* 
fore  the  Conquest,  being  in  a  very  decsrv-ed  state, 
was  rebuilt  by  him  at  a  great  expence.  To  his  el- 
ertions  also  the  City  of  Canterbury  was  principally  1 
indebted  for  its  pavement ;  and  he  took  a  most  a^ 
live  and  liberal  part  in  the  estabhf^hment  of  the  Kent 
and  Canterbury  Hospital.  For  these  and  other  meri- 
torious services  he  was  unanimously,  and  without  ex- 
pence,  returned  to  Parliament,  at  theGeneral  Election, 
in  1 8o6,  as  one  of  the  Representatives  of  the  City  of 
Canterbury. — For  many  weeks  before  his  death  he 
complained  of  a  painful  affection  of  one  side  of  his 
head,  the  seat  of  which  was  supposed  to  be  in  the  left 
ear.  Medical  advice  was  resorted  to,  but  without  afford- 
ing him  any  permanent  relief.  In  the  mean  time  he 
came  to  town,  for  the  purpose  of  attending  his  duty 
in  Parliament,  and  engaged  a  house  in  New  Palace- 
yard,  that  he  might  be  near  the  House  of  Commons. 
This  attendance,  in  consequence  of  the  increase  of 
pain  it  occasioned,  he  was  obliged  to  relinquish; 
but  his  general  health  seemed  still  to  be  so  slightly 
aflfected,  and  so  little  alarm  did  his  complaint  occa- 
sion, that,  on  Monday  the  19th  of  January,  he 
walked  out.  The  next  day,  finding  himself  getting 
Avorse,  he  sent  to  request  the  attendance  of  a  Physi- 
cian whom  he  had  long  ranked  among  his  particular 
friends.  This  gentleman,  who  now  saw  him  for  the 
first  time  since  his  arrival  in  town,  found  him  sitting 
up  and  dressed,  but  with  a  countenance  and  pulse 
and  other  symptoms  that  convinced  him  the  patient 
was  in  a  dying  state,  and  could  not  possibly  survive 
many  hours.  He  communicated  this  opinion  to  the 
family  of  the  patient ;  and  the  event  but  too  fully 
confirmed  the  truth  of  his  prognostication,  as  Mr. 
Simmons  gradually  sunk,  and  died  in  about  36  hours, 
Jan.  22,  1 807,  having  on  that  day  coin])Ieted  his  G6'th 
year.  On  examination  after  death,  a  considerable 
collection  of  matter  was  found  between  the  dura  and 
pia  mater,  under  the  left  parietal  bone.  Some  parts 
of  the  ear  on  that  side  weve  also  found  to  be  in  a  dis- 


JAMES   SIMMONS.  445 

^  state ;  and  through  these  a  communication  had 
n  formed  between  the  ear  and  the  abscess  within 
head.  This  accounted  for  a  purulent  dischai^ 
n  the  ear,  which  took  place  for  some  time  before 
death  of  the  patient.  On  Friday,  January  go, 
remains  were  deposited  in  a  vault  in  St.  Mildred's 
iirch-yard,  Canterbury. 


MR.  GEORGE  ROBINSON,  . 

I  of  the  most  eminent  Booksellers  of  his  time, 
I  born  at  Dalston,  in  Cumberland ;  and, 
»ut  1755,  came  up  to  London  in  search  of 
h  employment  as  he  might  be  qualified  for  by  a 
ent  education,  and  a  great  share  of  natural  sense 
I  shrewdness.  His  first  engagement  was,  we 
icve,  in  the  respectable  house  of  Mr.  John 
angton,  from  which  he  went  to  that  of  Mr. 
instone,  on  Ludgate-hill,  where  he  remained 
:il  1763-4,  when  he  commenced  business  as  a 
akseller  in  Paternoster-row,  in  partnership  with 
'.  John  Roberts,  who  died  about  the  year  1776. 
e  commencement  of  an  undertaking  like  this 
uired  a  capital ;  and  the  uniform  haoits  of  in- 
;try  and  punctuality  which  Mr.  Robinson  had 
played,  while  managing  the  concerns  of  others, 
nted  him  out  as  one  who  might  be  entrusted, 
has  often  been  heard  to  acknowledge  his 
titude  to  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  LfOngman,  who 
^tally,  and  unasked,  offered  him  any  sum,  on 
dit,  that  might  be  wanted.  In  a  short  time,  how- 
r,  these  small  beginnings  swelled  into  concerns  of 
3ortance.     Mr.  Robinson's  active  spirit,  know- 

Sof  business,  and  reputable  connexion,  soon 
\ed  him  to  atchieve  the  higher  branches  of  the 
liness,  and,  in  the  purchase  of  copy-rights,  he 
ame  the  rival  of  the  most  formidable  of  the  old 
ibiished  houses;  and  before  the  year  1780,  he 
I  the  largest  wholesale    trade    that  was   ever 

carried 


A4/S  UniAftY  ANICDOTU. 

carried  on  by  an  individual.  In  1 7  84)  ht  took  ii 
partnership  his  son  George,  and  brother  John,  m\ 
were  hit  successors.  In  the  ri^  and  progrm 
•o  great  a  concern,  Mr.  Robinson  was  an  enum 
proof  (if  so  plain  a  truth  requires  a  proof)  how  moi 
mav  be  done  by  habits  of  attention,  indosti 
and,  above  all,  inflexible  integrity  and  perseveraw 
We  have  authority  to  say,  from  the  most  successi 
of  his  rivals,  the^r^^  bookseller  in  London,  and 
magistrate  of  high  rank"*^,  that  ^^  of  George  Robinsoi 
int^ity  too  much  cannot  be  said.**  It  was  tt 
which  frequently  involved  him  in  the  troublesom 
yet  honourable  office  of  arbitrator  in  cases  of  dispiit 
and  executor  and  assignee  in  the  events  of  death  < 
bankruptcy;  and  there  are  probably  none  in'ti 
trade  who  cannot  testify  in  his  favour  in  some  oi 
of  those  departments.  He  had,  indeed,  a  natm 
aversion  to  every  thing  little,  mean,  and  partala 
of  subterfuge  and  undue  artifice ;  and  many  will  r 
member,  tnat,  when  his  indignation  was  roused  I 
actions  of  this  description,  he  expressed  it  in  ten 
peculiarly  harsh  and  unaccommodating.  As  li 
success  m  business  proceeded,  he  extended  h 
liberality  to  Authors  m  no  common  degree  ;  and 
will  be  difficult  to  find  an  instance  where  he  did  n 
amply  gratify  the  wish  of  the  party,  if  at  all  eofl 
patible  with  prudence,  or  even  the  distant  pP 
bability  of  return.  It  was  his  opinion,  tli 
liberality  to  Authors  was  the  true  spirit  of  bod 
selling  enterprize,  and,  perhaps,  little  can  be  doi 
if  occasional  failures  are  allowed  to  break  in  utt 
this  system.  If  the  Writer  of  the  present  artM^ 
who  for  many  years  had  enjoyed  Mr.  Robinsoi 
intimacy,  were  to  venture  on  an  dbjection,  at 
time  when  he  feels  nothing  but  r^ret,  it  would  I 
that  Mr.  Robinson  rather  gave  too  much  than  ti 
little,  and  that  he  sometimes  gave  a  consequence ' 
works,  which  neither  their  own  merit,  ikmt  t 
opinion  of  the  publick,  could  ever  8aaction.r— Sti 


OKORGB  ROBINSON*  447 

DOther  trait  of  his  character  must  not  be  forgotten. 
I  added  to  their  concern  witii  him  as  a  Publislier, 
i  Authors  obtained  his  friendship,  no  man  could 
rve  them  with  more  active  zeal  in  every  emer- 
axsy;   and,  although  he  had  on  some  occasions 
e  common    fate   of  generous    minds,    that    of 
iitowing  his  favours  improperly,   he  never  per- 
itted  such  a  circumstance  to  contract  his  desire 
serve  those  for  wliom  he  professed  an  attachment. 
m  men,  probably,  have  been  regretted  by  a  more  ex- 
ogive  acquaintance:  and  it  is  particularly  noticeable 
his  history,  that,  amidst  the  strictest  attention  to 
ttiness,  he  was  throughout  the  whole  of  his  early 
e  enabled,  by  a  due  division  of  time,  to  appro- 
iate  more  to  social  pleasures  than  many  men 
mid  venture  to  do  with  impunity.     For  the  social   * 
ijoyments    of  life,    indeea,    he    was    eminently 
iiaiified.    He  had  improved  the  scanty  education 
I  m  Northern  village  by  some  reading,  but  prin-- 
pally  by  the  company  of  literary  men,   and  by 
Biemory  uncommonly  tenacious.    His  own  mind 
It  shrewd,  penetrating,  and  enriched  by  various 
iperience.    He  had  likewise  a  great  share  of  wit 
M  vivacity ;  many  of  his  bans  mots^  which  have 
pen  pretty  extensively  circulated  among  his  friends, 
rottld  do  credit  to  men  of  the  first  reputation  in  this 
linor  department  of  genius.     His  sense  of  ridicule 
«i  remarkably  strong,  and  few  men  excelled  him 
\  telling  a  story,  of  which  he  had  a  plentiful  stock, 
ad  which  he  varied  with  circumstantial  embellish- 
tents  that  were  irresistibly  laughable.     Versed, 
lOy  in  the  literary  and  husiness'hvstoTy  of  his  time, 
its  conversation  was  a  rich  fund  of  information, 
nd  his  memory  in  dates  and  minutice  gave  an 
Qthority  which  made  him  be  frequently  consulted 
ffaen   points  in   dispute    were  to  be  accurately 
loertained.    Of  late  years  he  visited  less  abroad, 
nt  was  seldom  happy  without  the  company  of  his 
riends  at  home,  ymo  found  themselves  welcomed 
)  «  well-spread  table,    without    ceremony    ^xA 


448  LITERARY  ANECDOTES* 

without  aflfectation.     He  imposed  no  condition  birt 
that  of  punctuaUty  to  the  hour  of  dinner ;  and  in 
that  particular,  it  is  well  known,  he  never  relaxed  to 
persons  of  any  rank  or    condition.       Of  him  it 
may  be  truly  said,  no  man  discharged  the  duties  of 
private  life  with  more  active  zeal  or  more  steady  vil^ 
tue ;  as  a  husband,  a  father,  and  a  friend,  he  was  warm 
and  sincere,  affectionate  and  tender-     These,  how* 
ever,    are  the  connnon  features  of  every  worthy 
man*s   character;  but   Mr.  Robinson's   death    was 
felt  and  regretted  on  a  broader  and  more  public 
ground — as  a  loss  to  the  world  of  letters. 
•      During  the  better  half  of  the  past  century,  Jacob 
Tonson  and  Andrew  Millar  were  the  best  Patrons  of 
Literature ;  a  fact  rendered  unquestionable,  by  the 
valuable  works  produced  under  their  fostering  and 
genial    hands.      Their   successors,    Mr.   Alderman'  • 
Cadell,    the  late  Mr.  Strahan,    and  his   surviving 
son,   exceeded  their  predecessors  in  the  spirit  of 
enterprise,  which  led  them,  at  great  expence,  to 
publish  the  works  of  the  many  celebrated  Wrilcrt 
that  have  ornamented  the  age  in  which  we  live.    Mr. 
Robinson,  standing  alone  and  unconnected,  boldly 
rivalled  these,  the  most  powerfiil  of  his  competitors; 
and,  by  his  liberality  to  Authors,  his  encouragement 
to  engravers,   and  other  artists   of  the  press,   has 
considerably  added  to  the  stores  of  science  and  tarte. 
.  An  excellent  Correspondent,   who  had  the  beat 
possible  means  of  knowing  him  intimately,  addf^ 
"  Our  late  worthy  friend  affords  another  instance  of 
the  benefits  of  industry  and  integrity  in  the  eatft- 
blishment  of  the  most  important  concerns  of  trade^ 
and  of  the  fairest  fame.     Such  were  some  of  the 
features   of  a  character  which    will    be   long   re- 
membered by  a  very  extensive  circle  of  friends,  and 
on  which  the  writer  of  thi^  article  could  expatiate  at 
a  greater  length,  were  it  necessary.     To  nave  said 
less,  would  not  have  been  respectful  to  his  memory: 
and  to  indulge  the  feelings  of  private  friendship,  in 
more  ample  recoWecUoivs,  becomes  the  province  of 

tne- 


eftokcE  ktoBiKsoK.  44$ 

ry  rather  than  of  public  record*  Mr. 
ion  was  seized  with  the  illness  which  proved 
n  Monday,  May  25,  while  at  a  meeting  of 
ellers,  at  the  accustomed  place,  the  Chaptei^ 
house :  from  this  he  was  obliged  to  retire 
',  dnd  soon  exhibited  symptoms  of  fever ;  this 

sp  faV,  in  the  subsequent  week,  as  tp  give 
of  recovery;  these  hopes  were  particularly 
i^ed,  even  on  the  evening,  June  5,  pre- 
'  his  death,  wheti  he  became  calm,  took  his 
nes  willinglv,  and  seemed,  to  all  humafi 
ance,  free  from  fever.  These  symptoms', 
er,  were  fallacious ;  the  snares  of  death  were 
.  around  him,  and  at  5  on  Saturday  morning 
lired,  June  6,  tSoi.  He  was  interred,  on 
dby  the  llth,  in  the  buryitig-ground  be^ 
g  to  St.  Faith's,  in  St.  Paul's  Church*yard. 

successors  to  his  extensive  business  (as  has 
already  stiltqd)  were  bis  Son  aiid  Bi-other, 
s.  George  and  John  Robinson,  men  of  the 
itiiitegrity,  and  great  skill  in  their  profession. 
h^  concern  was  so  immensely  large,  as  to 
I  th^ir  strength,  when  the  grand  pillar  of  the 

was  removed.  Unlike,  however,  to  the 
pical  speculator^  of  the  present  age,  they 
itly  submitted  to  an  investigation  of  their 

and,  unable  to  convert  their  stock  of  books 
mgible  property,  were  declared  bankrupts ;  a 
>diin  which  they  rapidly  emerged  with  the 
I;  credit  to  themselves.  Every  creditor  \vas 
Lfull;  many  of  them  (where  Honour,  and 
w,  required  it)  with  ample  interest, 
younger  George  Robinson  died  IVtay  22, 1 81 1, 
;  a  soil,  George,  who  succeeds  ii>  the  business. 
John  Robinson  on  beginning  life  anew,  with  a 
rlon  much  augmented  by  his  misfortunes, 
ted  hiniself  with  an  old  and  intimate  friend, 
ebrge  Wilkie,  as  partner  in  a  very  consi* 
r  wholesale  trade  in  Paternoster  Row. 

///.  G  a  M^ 


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MR.  JOHN  BASKERVILLE. 

'This  celebrated  Printer  was  born  at  Wolverlcj 
in  the  county  of  Worcester,  in  1706,  heir  to  a  pa 
temal  estate  of  60L  per  annum,  which  fifty  year 
after,  while  in  his  own  possession,  had  increased  t 
SOL ;  and  t^is  estate,  with  an  exemplary  filial  piet 
and  generosity,  he  allowed  to  his  parents  till  thei 
deaths,  which  happened  at  an  advanced  age. 

He  was  traineid  to  no  occupation,  but  in  172 
became  a  writing-master  at  Birmingham. 

In  1737,  he  taught  at  a  school  m  the  Bull-ring 
and  is  said  to  have  written  an  excellent  hand. 

As  painting  suited  his  talents,  he  entered  into  & 
lucrative  branch  of  japanning,  and  resided  at  M 
22,  in  Moor-street ;  and  in  1745  he  took  a  buildioj 
lease  of  eight  acres  and  two  furlongs.  North-west  c 
the  town,  to  which  he  gave  the  name  of  Easy  HUi 
converted  it  into  a  little  Eden,  and  built  a  house  ii 
the  centre  * :  but  the  town,  daily  increasing  in  mag 

*  Mr.  Dcniek,  in  a  letter  written  to  the  Earl  of  Corke«  Jul 
15,  1760,  containing  a  description  of  Birmingham,  savs,  ** 
need  not  i-enund  your  Lordship,  that  Baskerville,  one  of  the  bei 
Printers  in  the  world,  was  bom  in  this  town,  and  resides  neari 
His  house  stands  at  about  half  a  mile's  distance,  on  an  emineM 
that  commands  a  fine  prospect.  1  paid  him  a  visit,  and  was  n 
ceived  with  great  poUteness,  though  an  entire  stranger.  H 
apartments  are  ekgant^  his  staircase  is  particularly  curiooi 
and  the  room  in  which  he  dines,  and  c^ls  a  smoaking  roomy 
veryiuMidsome.  The  grate  and  furniture  belonging  to  it  arer« 
think,  of  bright  wrought  iron,  and  cost  him  a  round  sum.r— ij 
iiasjost  completed  an  elegant  Octavo  Common  Praver  Book ;  k 
a  sdieme  for  publishing  a  grand  Folio  edition  of  tne  Bible ;  an 
will  soon  finish  a  beautiful  collection  of  Fables  by  the  ingentoi 
Mr.  Dodsley.  He  manuf«ictures  his  own  paper,  types,  and  inl 
and  tliey  are  remarkably  good.  This  ingenious  Artist  carries  i 
a  great  trade  in  tlie  japan  way,  in  which  he  shewed  me  sevei 
nte&il  articles,  such  as  candlestick:;,  stands,  salvers,  waild 
bread-baskets,  tea-boards,  &c.  elegantly  designed  and  hi^ 
Swished,    BaskerviUe  is  a  great  cherisher  of  genius,    whic 

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JOHN  BA8KERVILLE.  451 

nitude  and  population,  soon  surrounded  it  with 
Iniildings. — Ilere  he  continued  the  business  of  a  ja-* 
panner  for  life:  his  carriage^  each  pannei  of  which 
was  a  distinct  picture,  might  be  considered  the  pat- 
tern-card of  his  trade,  and  was  drawn  by  a  beauti* 
fui  pair  of  cream-coloured  horses. 
•  Ilis  incUnation  for  letters  induced  him,  in  1750, 
to  turn  his  thoughts  towards  the  press.  He  spent 
many  years  in  the  uncertain  pursuit;  sunk  600/.  be- 
fore he  could  produce  one  letter  to  please  himself, 
and  some  thousands  before  the  shallow  stream  of 
profit  began  to  flow. 

His  first  attempt  was  a  quarto  edition  of  Virgil, 
in  1756,  price  one  guinea,  now  worth  several.  This 
he  reprinted  in  octavo  1758;  and  in  that  year  was 
eiiiployed  by  the  University  of  Oxford  *  on  an  en- 
tirely new- faced  Gr-eek  type. 

Soon  after  this  he  printed  many  other  works^ 
with  more  satisfaction  to  the  literary  world  than 
emolument  to  himself ;  and  obtained  lea\^,  from  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  to  print  a  Bible  in  Royal 
Folio,  and  two  Editions  of  the  Common  Prayer  in 
three  sizes ;  for  the  permission  of  doing  which,  he 
paid  a  great  premium  to  that  University. 

whem'er  he  £ikjU  it«  he  loses  no  opportunl:y  of  culth'adng.  One 
of  bk  workmen  has  manifested  fine  talents  for  fruit-painting,  in 
several  pieces  which  he  shewed  me." — Dr.  Kippis,  vho  has  co- 
pied this  Letter,  adds  "  his  own  testimony  concerning  Mr.  Bas- 
kemUe's  politeness  to  strangers,  and  the  chcarful  hospitali^ 
with  which  he  treated  those  who  were  introduced  to  him.  li^ 
was  wen  known/'  says  the  Doctor,  ''  to  many  ingenious  meoj 
and  W88  particularly  intimate  with  the  late  Mr.  Rubert  Dodsley 
and  Mr.  Shenstone.** 

*  "  The  University  of  Oxford  have  lately  contracted  with  Mr. 
Baikerville  of  Birmingham,  for  a  complete  Alphabet  of  Greek 
types,  of  the  Great  'Primer  size ;  and  it  is  not  doubted  but  that 
ingenioiia  artiirt  will  excel  in  that  character,  as  he  has  ah*eady 
done  in  the  Jtoman  and  Italic,  in  his  elegant  edition  of  Virgil, 
which  has  gained  the  applause  and  admiration  of  most  of  the 
literati  of  Europe,  as  well  as  procured  him  the  esteem  and  pa- 
tronage of  such  of  his  own  countrymen  as  distinguish  themselves 
hf  pmjfiDg  a  due  regard  to  merit." 

Mt.  James's  Chronicle,  Sept.  5,  1758. 

QQ2  Th€ 


4St  Lrmuurr  AKwcxxtnt^ 

Thtf  nteC  ht  oftter  of  his  works  M^  ^^0r.  ffwri 
'  tM'8  fidittott  of  Milton's  Pbetical  Works,  lys^r  * 

In  Ikfey  ijiSo  he  circulated  Prop<MLl«  fbr  prinfin^ 
a  FoHo  Bit4e ;  and  in  that  year  he  printed  "^TlM   ' 
Book  of  Common  Prsyer,  1  TCo,**  in  octaw.  ! 

''  Dodsley^s  Sdeet  Fables  of  .Sedp,  17(^1,'*  8t6.     :^ 

^'  Jirrenal  and  Persias^  17<?l/  Svo. 

*  e^iigi^ve^s  Worksi  ijCl,**  5  vols.  8v6.  ^ 
^^  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  1762,"  i»  foi^   i 

linam:  1^ 

Another  very  neat  edition,  in  12mo,  1^69'. 

**  Horace,  edStiBd  by  J.  Liv*e,  A.  M.  1 76V  ^.    ' 

«^  Addison's  Works,  1763;'  4vols.  4tio. 
.  Dr.  Jennings's  ^'  Introduction  to  the  Knowledge 
of  Rtedals,  l^g-,"  8vo. 

"  The  Holy  Bible,  for  the  use  of  Chnrches,  1 761'' 
a  beatftifol  Royal  Folio. 

Vie  also  printed  editions  of  Terence,  Ciitcdlits,  Eu* 
<!fMius,  Sallust,  and  Flori^is,  in  Royal  Quarto. 

These  publications  rank  the  name  of  Bisto^  ' 
vH\%  with  those  persons  who  have  the  most  ebh- 
tHbuted,  at  least  in  mod&m  times,  to  the  beanty  and  ] 
improvement  of  the  art  of  Printing.  Indeed,  it  ii 
needless  to  say  to  what  perfection  he  brought  | 
tfiis  excellent  art  The  paj>er,  the  type,  and  tte  1 
whole  execution  of  the  Works  performed  by  him,  h 
ai«  the  best  testimonies  of  liis  merit.  I' 

•  After  the  publication  of  the  Folio  Bible*;  H^.  ^J 
B^kerviile  appears  tD  have  been  weary  of  tbe  j^  «« 
fession  of  a  Irinter ;  or  at  least  he  declined  to  oarif  ^ 

I; 

*  The  sabocribevB  iHfiarajteired  to  i^dd  tat  tbcM  vdHuttdt  to  ^ 

Mix  BaskcrriUcs  Printing  Offic«»  at  Mh  PateiilbiirB^  itt  Bwat'  ;^ 

t  The  folloiwng-  is  a  copy:  of  a  Letter  fkom  Mr.  Haillinitnr  * 

"  To  the  Hott'ble  Horace  WiApoU,  Eaiqi  MmiUmr  6f  PtHlMM*  [g 

M  ArUfigtoK'Street,  London,  thi^t.  '.^ 

Six,                 *'  Emsy  Hill,  Bifmmgtatm  M.  N(^^  vm  ^ 

1  the  P^ctron^aild-Enooarager  of  Arte^ianlipaitfctdiit^fttM  ^ 

of  Printing,  I  liavc  taken  the  liberty  of  aendilig  you  a  jqpsblBia  ^ 

of  miiie*  begun  tcu  yedxs  o^^l  the  age  of  forty-seven;  and  ^ 

pi'OscH^uted  ever  s'uice,  m\k  KVut  ^aioa^V.  ^:as^  «sA  ^^<^tion;  on  ^ 


4C 


JOHN   BASKERVILLE.  453 

it  OB^  except  through  the  medium  of  i  confidential 
i^t*. 

tk  strongest  presumption,  that  if  I  could  &irly  g»cel  in  iU$ 
iifioe  art,  it  would  make  my  affiurs  easy,  or  at  l^a9t  gi\e  me 
(heKl.  But,  alas !  in  both  I  was  mistaken.  The  Booksellers  do 
tot  chuse  to  encourage  me,  though  I  have  oflfer^  then  as  km 
ernis  as  I  could  possibly  live  by ;  nor  dare  I  attm^pt  an  old  CopQf 
ill  a  Law-suit  i-elatio^  to  that  alTair  is  determined* 

''  The  University  of  Cambridge  ha\'e  given  me  a  Grant  to  print 
beir  8vo  and  12mo  Common  Prayer  Books;  but  under  such 
backks  as  greatly  hurt  me.  I  pay  them  for  the  jEbl*ffler  twenty, 
od  for  the  latter  twelve  pounds  ten  shillings  the  tliouMmd)  anj 
)  the  Stationers*  Company  thirty*two  pounds  for  their  |ienirisskiii 
)  print  one  edition  c^  the  F^alms  in  Metre  to  tbetmall Prayer^ 
Dok  y  add  to  this^  the  great  expence  of  double  and  trebk  ear^ 
age ',  and  the  inconvenience  of  a  Printings-house  an  hundred 
dies  off.  All  this  summer  I  have  had  nothing  to  print  at  home. 
Ij  Folio  Bible  is  pr^ty  far  advanced  atCamoridfle^  which  will 
Mt  me  9000/.  all  hired  at  5  p«r  Cent  If  this  £ies  not  seD,  I 
lall  be  obliged  to  sacrifice  a  small  patrimony,  wldch  brings  me 
1 741.  a  year,  to  this  business  of  Printing,  which  I  am  h^utily 
red  of,  and  repent  I  ever  attempted.  It  is  surely  a  particular 
ifdship,  tl^t  I  should  not  get  bread  in  my  own  country  (and 

is  too  late  to  go  abroad)  iSter  having  acquired  the  reputation 
f  excelling  in  Uie  most  useful  art  known  to  mankind ;  while 
rerj  one  who  excels  as  a  Player,  Fkldler,  Dancer,  &c.  not  only 
fct  in  affluence,  but  has  it  in  their  power  to  save  a  fortune. 

"  I  have  sent  a  few  specimens  (same  as  the  inclosed)  to  the 
!ouits  of  Kussia  and  Denmark,  aiid  shall  endeavour  to  do  the 
ime  to  most  of  the  Courts  in  Europe;  in  hopes  of  finding  iu 
ome  one  of  them,  a  purchaser  of  the  whole  scheme,  on  the 
tVidition  of  qsy  never  attempting  another  tyi)e.  I  was  saying 
|l)i|ii  to  a  particular  friend,  who  reproaclied  me  with  not  giving 
By  own  country  the  prefierence,  as  it  would  (he  was  pleased  ta 

B)  be  a  national  reproach  to  lose  it :  I  told  him,  nothing  but 
^eatest  necessity  would  put  jne  upon  it;  and  even  then  I 
hquM  resign  it  with  the  utmost  reluctance.  He  observed,  the 
intiamcat  had  given  a  handsome  premium  for  a  great  Medicine ; 
Ski,  h^  doubted  not,  if  my  afidr  vi-as  properly  brouc^ht  before 
|i^  House  of  Commons,  but  some  regard  would  be  ]itud  to  it.  I 
cplied,  I  durst  not  presume  to  petition  the  House,  unless  en- 
ouraged  by  qome  of  the  Members,  who  might  do  me  the  honour 

^  "  Robert  &Iartin  has  agre^  with  Mr.  Saskerviik  for  the  use 
f  his  whole  Printing  i\pparatib»,  with  whom  he  has  wrought  aa 

W>umeymen  for  ten  years  past.  He  ^lej^^^fojre  offers  h»  serw 
ice  to  print  at  Birmingham  for  Gentlemen  or  Booksellers,  on 
bf  most  moderate  terms,  who  may  depend  on  all  possible  care 
ad  el^;ance  in  the  exi^cutiua.  Samples,  if  necessary,  may  he 
sen,  on  sending  a  line  to  John  Baskenille  or  llobcil  Mdx\\xkr 
uneS,  17C.,  Vci 


4^4  LITERARY  ANECDOTfiS. 

In  1 764,  be  had  the  honour  of  presenting  to  hii 
Majesty,  and  to  the  Princess  Dowager  of.Wales^ 
his  then  newly  printed  Octavo  Common  Prayer 
book ;  which  was  most  graciously  received. 

In  1765,  he  applied  to  his  friend  the  eminent  and 
excellent  Dr.  Franklin,  then  at  Paris,  and  who 
bad  before  in  vain  endeavoured  to  assist  him  in  Lon- 
don *3  to  sound  the  Literati  respecting  the  purchase 

to  promote  it  $  of  which  I  saw  not  the  least  hopes.  Thus,  %, 
1  have  taken  the  liberty  of  laying  before  you  my  afiatrs,  without 
the  least  aggravation;  and  hmnbly  hope  your  patronage:  To 
whom  can  I  apply  for  protection,  but  the  Great,  who  alone  have 
it  in  their  power  to  serve  me?  I  rely  on  your  candour  as  a 
Lover  of  the  Arts,  and  to  excuse  this  presumption  in  your  most 
obedient  and  most  humble  Servant,         John  Baskb&villb. 

*'  P.  S.  The  folding  of  the  Specimens  will  be  taken  out,  by 
laying  them  a  short  time  between  damped  papers. — ^N.  B.  T\i/o 
luk.  Presses*  Chases,  Moulds  for  castini^,  and  all  the  apparatus 
for  Printing,  were  made  in  my  own  Shops." 

How  greatly  must  we  regret  the  projected  sale  of  his  estate,  (br 
payment  of  a  debt  incurred  for  borrowcxi  capital  to  print  his 
Bible,  when  we  witness  the  price  which  it  now  produoes,  when* 
ever  offered  for  sale ;  more  particularly  when  wc  reflect,  thst, 
though  entitled  to  this  estate  from  his  birth,  BaskerviUe  appropri- 
ated the  produce  of  it,  during  the  lives  of  his  parents,  to  thdr 
comfort  and  support. 

*  "  DnfiK  Sir,  Cravenstmi,  London,  17^4. 

*'  Let  me  give  you  a  pleasant  instance  of  the  prgudice  some 
hfive  entertained  against  your  Work.    Soon  after  I  returned, 
discoursing  with  a  Gentleman  concerning  the  Artists  of  Bir- 
mingliam,  he  said  "  you  would  be  a  means  of  blinding  all  the 
readers  in  the  nation  ,  for  the  strokes  of  your  letters,  bein^  too 
thin  and  naiTow,  hurt  the  eye,  and  he  could  never  read  a  line  of 
them  without  pain:**  ''1  thougl)t,**said  1. ''you  ^^ere  going  to  com- 
plain of  the  gloss  on  the  paper,  some  object  to.   "  No,  no,**  says 
lie,  "  I  have  heard  that  mentioned ;  but  it  is  not  that  5  it  is  in  ^ 
form  and  cut  of  the  letters  themselves;  they  ha^e   not  that 
natural  and  easy  proportion  between  the  height  and  thickness  of 
the  stroke,  which  makes  the  common  Printing  so  much  the  more 
comfortable  to  the  eye/* — ^You  see  this  gentleman  was  aconnoissear. 
In   vain  I  endeavoured  to  support  your,  character  against  the 
charge;  he  knew  what  he  felt,  and  could  see  the  reason  of  it^ 
and  se\eral  other  gentlemen  among  his  friends  had  made  the  same 
observation,  &c. — ^Yesterday  he  called  to  visit  me,  when,  mis- 
chievously bent  to  try  his  judgment,  I  stept  into  my  doaet,  tore 
oft'  the  top  of  Mr.  Caslon's  specimen,  and  produced  it  to  him  as 
yo}jrs  brought  with  me  from  Birmingham>  saying,  "  I  had  been 

exa* 


JOHN  BA8KKRVILLB.  45^ 

d/ his  types;  but  received  for  answer^  ^^Thaft  the 
Piendii  reduced  by  the  war  of  1 75^,  werfe  so  far 
it)m  being  able  to  pursue  schemes  of  taste,  that 
bev  were  unable  to  repair  their  public  buildings^  and 
urored  the  scaffolding  to  rot  before  them.** 

After  this,  we  hear  little  or  nothing  of  Mr.  Bas- 
erville  as  a  Printer. 

He  died,  without  issue,  Jan.  8,  1775;  but  it  is 
ainful  to  observe  that,  in  the  last  solemn  act  of  his 
(e,  he  unblushingly  avowed  his  total  disbelief  of 
hristianity  *.    Agreeably  to  the  singularity  of  *  * 


awiining  it  ajnoe  he  tpoke  to  me,  and  cotid  not  fin*  my  Bib  per* 
Awe  the  diaproportion  he  mentionecL  deairipg  him  to  |N^t  it 
It  to  me.**  He  leadily  undertook  it>  and  went  over  the  aercnJ 
untB,  shewing  me  every  where  what  he  thought  instanceB  of 
mt  cUi»propQrtions  and  dedared>  ''that  he  couU  not  then  read 
m  specimen  without  feeline  veiy  strongly  the  pain  he  had  man* 
med  to  me.**  I  spared  bim  that  time  the  confusion  of  beu^ 
Id*  that  these  were  the  types  he  had  been  reading  all  his  lim 
ith  so  much  ease  to  his  eyes;  the  types  his  adored  Newton  is 
rinted  with,  on  which  he  has  pored  not  a  little;  nay»  the  wery 
pes  his  own  book  is  printed  with>  for  he  is  himself  an  Author> 
id  yet  never  discovered  this  painful  dbproportion  in  them,  till 
i  thought  they  were  yours.    I  am,  &c.  B.  Fkankun.** 

*  "  Memorandum,  That  I,  John  BaskerviDe,  of  Birmingham^ 
I  the  county  of  Warwick,  on  the  6th  day  of  January,  1773»  do 
mke  this  my  last  will  and  testament,  as  follows :  llirst,  I  gjve^ 
sqoeath,  and  devise  unto  my  executors  hereafter  nained»  tba 
im  of  90001.  in  trust,  to  discharge  a  settlement  made  before 
J  marriage  to  my  wife  Sarah.  I  also  eive  to  my  executors 
le  lease  of  my  house  and  land,  held  xrn&r  the  late  John  Rus* 
Jtk,  in  trust,  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  said  Sarah  my 
ife,  during  the  term  of  her  natural  life,  and  after  her  decease 
f  the  uses  mentioned  below.  And  my  fiirther  will  is,  that  the  sum 
^  90OOL  shall  be  raised  and  paid  to  my  wife  out  of  my  book, 
ifaCa,  stock  in  trade,  and  househokl  furniture,  plate  ana  china. 
<f.  B.  The  use  of  my  furniture,  plate,  and  china,  1  have  already 
ven  by  deed  to  my  vrife  for  the  term  of  her  natural  fife,  but 
is  will  makes  it  entirely  her  own.)  1  appoint  and  desire  mj 
tutors  to  take  an  inventory  and  appraisement  of  all  my  e& 
^  whatsoever,  vnthin  six  weeks  after  my  decease.  I  also  give 
my  executors  hereafter  named,  the  sum  of  100/.  in  trust,  to 
e  sole  use  and  benefit  of  my  nephew  John  Townsend,  to  whom 
ilfo  give  my  cold  watch  as  a  keepsake.  I  fixrther  give  to  my' 
eentors,  in  luie  trust,  the  sum  of  lOOl.  for  the  sole  use  aaa 
pefit  of  my  niece  Hebeccaj  the  wife  of  Thomaal  Vre&\^»  ^«s^ 


45^  LITERARY  AK£CDOT£«. 

•■  •  ■  .     - 

opinions^  he  was  buried  in  a  tomb  of  masonry,  i 
the  shape  of  a  cone^  under  a  windmill  in  his  garden.^ 

acknowledgement  of  relationship.  —  I  have  heretofore  giren  bpp 
ivilij  to  earh  of  the  last-named  relations,  a  more  cooaiderabte 


smn :  but  as  I  have  observed  ^^ith  ))leasure  that  Froyu^nce       ^^ 
blessed  their  endeavours  with  6ucce>.s,  in  acquiring  a  greater  for — 
Imie  than  they  e\'er  will  expend  the  income  of;  and  as  tbey  hav^ 
no  child  or  chick  to  inherit  what  they  leate  behind  thetn,  I  Iav^ 
stayed  my  hand,  and  have  ttiexeby  reserved  a  power  to  iiesist'any 
branch  of  my  fimiily  that  may  stand  in  need  of  itJ    I  have  tte 
greatest  respect  and  esteem  for  each  of  the  above  parties.—^ 
also  give  to  my  executors,  in  like  trust,  the  sum  of  Obi,  faf 
the  use  of  my  nephew  Hkhard  'J'owutend,  butcher.     I  lurtKer 
give  to  my  executors  the  sum  of  300/.  to  be  disposed  of  as  fol- 
lows :  To  Joseph,  Thomas,  and  Jacob,  sons  of  Thomas  Alar* 
Aton  by  his  wife  Sarah,  my  niece,   100/.  eacfi,   as  they  '^baU 
severally  attain  the  age  of  twenty-one  years.    Bvft  should  an; 
Of  them  die  before  ihef  come  of  age,  then  such  100/.  shall  be  <^ 
Tided,  share  and  share  alike,  among  the  survivors.— I  also'ffiiv 
to  l&aac,  the  son  of  Thomas  Marston,  the  sum  of  10/.  for  ppckit- 
inoney ;  and  ray  reason  is,  his  being  jiatronized  by  his  wcurtbjr 
iinclc  Mr.  Thomas  Wcstlcy,  who,  if  he  behaves  w^,  will  put 
him  in  a  way  to  acquire  an  easy  fortune.    But  I  must  not  for- 
get rtly  little  Favourite — ^I  thercfbre  ^ve  to  my  executors,  io 
trusty  the  ^m  of  500/.  for  the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  ^Sanhj 
the  daughter  of  Ferdinand  and  Sarah  De  Mierre  (my  wife's 
daughter),  to  be  paid  her  when  shi^  attains  the  age  of  twedty- 
on^  years :  but  should  she  happen  to  die  before  that  agife,  ooj 
pleasure  is,  that  my  wife  shall  nave  the  disposal  of  the  s;iiil  500i. 
at  her  pleasure,  signified  in  her  last  will.    I  also  give  to  my  ex- 
ecutors the  flirther  bum  of  1400/.  in  trust,  to  the  foUowirig  wbA, 
viz.  to  U^becca  Westlcy,  John  Townsend,  Richard  Tdtinsend, 
and  to  the  four  sons  of  'fhomas  Maiston,  by  his  wifte  Sarah  0^ 
iliece,  t|ie  sum  of  <^00/.  each,  to  become  due  and  payable  (on^) 
on  the  day  of  my  wife*s  future  marriage,  which,  if  she  chuseSi 
I  wish  htr  happy  equal  to  her  merit  j  but  if  she  continues  a  ^• 
dow  the  last-mentioned  legacies  arc  entirely  void.     I  further 

five  to  my  executors,  in  tiiist,  all  my  goods  and  chattels^  house* 
old  furniture,  pl^*te^  and  china,  not  disposed  of  as  above,  to 
the  following  uses :  first,  for  the  payment  of  my  several  legaciitt 
and  debts  (if  any),  and  all  the  residue  ?.nd  remainder  (except 
the  sale  of  my  lease  as  below)  to  the  aole  use  and  benefit  of  vaj 
^Ife  l^ah.  I  furtlier  give  to  my  executors,  in'tru^t,  the  t^ 
Version  of  the  lease  of  my  house  and  land^  hdd  under  my  good 
friend  the  late  Jonathan  Rustou,  together  with  fixtiires  in  the 
house  (particularly  the  fireplace,  ificluding  the  grate,  fender, 
Ac.  together  with  three  leaden  fipues)  all  plantations  of  trees 
and  shrubs  of  every  kind,  including  my  grotto,  VLiiA  whatever 
contributes  to  beautify  the  place : — ^That'the  whole  shall  be  sold 

■         ■  by 


JQfIN   BASKERVILLE.  457 

loDging  to  a  handsome  Uou,se  \^'hicl>  hie  had  built  at 
2  up^r  (end  of  ttjjs  towi^  oi  Binnipgham.    On  thje 

public  auction,  after  being  properly  advertized  in  some  of 
London  and  neighbouring  Country  Papers.  The  money 
ling  from  such  sale  I  give  to  the  following  u^es ;  (viz.)  firsts 
)/.  to  the  Cbmnnttee  for  the  time  being  of  the  Prptestant  Die- 
ting Charity'Scbool  at  Bli-niingham,  in  trust,  towards  erecting 
:ommodiou:>  building  for  the  me  of  the  said  charity ;  700/. 
»re  arisbig  from  the  said  sale  1  give  and  becjuea^  as  follows : 
)/.  to  be  shared  equally  among  the  sons  of  Thomaa  Marston^ 
bis  wife  Sarah ;  to  Jonathan,  John,  and  Richanl  Townsend, 
'  nephews,  100/.  each ,  to  Rebecca  Westley,  my  niece,  100/. 

I  my  will  is,  that  this  aiiJ  the  above-mentioned  sum  of  100/. 
dl  be  entirely  at  ht*r  (»wn  disposal,  and  not  sut:|ject  to  the  con- 
vul  or  intermeddluig  of  hcT  husband,  and  yet  her  receipt  alone 
ftU  be  asufiicient  discharge  to  my  executors;  8001L  more  arising 
»m  the  said  sale  I  give  to  the  three  sons  of  the  late  Jonathaj} 
iston,  in  even  and  equal  bhares,  vi^.  John,  Daniel,  and  Josiah 
iflton.  What  further  6um  of  money  may  arise  from  the  sale  of 
e  above  lease  1  gi\  e  to  the  sole  disposal  of  my  wi&  Sarah,  by  her 
»t  will.    As  I  doubt  not  the  children  of  tny  late  w<ntby  fHend 

II  endeavour  to  traduce  my  memory,  as  they  have  already  done 
?  character,  in  having  my  lease  on  too  easy  terms,  I  therefore 
lak  proper  to  declare,  that  at  the  time  I  took  the  afbresaid 
lae  I  paid  the  full  value  of  it,  iind  have  laid  out  little  less 
ao  6,0002.  upon  the  premises.  But  as  tlie  increase  of  the  town 
\s  since  enhanced  its  value  1  have  made  an  acknowledgment  aa 
Kive,  which  I  alwa}s  proposed  to  the  sons  of  my  most  valuable 
iend,  and  which  would  have  been  much  more  considerable 

they  had  refrained  from  injiuiously  abusing  mo.  I  had  even 
ven,  by  will,  the  reversion  of  my  lease  to  Martha  — — , 
3oa  the  death  of  my  wife's  eldest  son,  and  ray  intended  suo- 
iflsor ',  but  her  unprovoked  petulant  malice  and  spleen,  and 
msire  treatment  of  me  without  cause,  convinced  me  of  the 
inoour  of  her  heart,  and  determined  me  as  above.  My  fiurther 
iU  and  pleasure  is,  cind  I  do  hereby  declare,  that  the  devise  of 
J  goudd  and  chattels,  as  above,  is  upon  this  express  condition^ 
lAt  my  wife,  in  concert  with  my  executors,  do  cause  my  body 
I  be  buried  in  a  conical  building  in  my  own  premises,  hereto- 
one  uaed  as  a  Mill,  which  1  bave  lately  raised  higher  and  painted^ 
id  in  a  vault  which  I  have  prepared  for  it. — This,  doubtless, 
I  DMuny,  will  appear  a  whim  -,  i>erhap6  it  is  so,  but  it  is  a  whim 
or  many  years  resolved  upon,  as  1  have  a  hearty  contempt  of  all 
iiperatition.     ^H'hat  follows  is  by  far  too  indecent  for  repeHtion."] 

I  expect  some  shrewd  remarks  wjjl  be  made  on  this  my  de- 
iaration  by  the  ignorant  and  bigoted,  who  cannot  distinguiik 
eCweeu  AeligUm  and  Saperstitiw,  aod  are  tsogYiX  v>  )^Y^ni& 


458  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

top  of  the  windmill,  after  it  fell  into  disude^  he 
had  erected  an  urn,  for  which  he  had  prepared  the 
following  inscription : 

"  Stranger, 

beneath  this  cone,  in  unconsecraiedjgroxmd, 

a  friend  to  the  liberties  of  mankind  directed  his 

body  to  be  inum'd. 

May  the  example  contribute  to  emancipate  thy  mincf 

from  the  idle  fears  of  Superstition, 

and  the  wicked  arts  of  Priesthood.** 

The  principal  part  of  his  fortune,  amounting  to 
about  12,0001.  he  left  to  his  widow  *;  who  sold  the 
stock,  and  retired  to  the  house  which  her  husband 
had  built. 

That  building  was  destroyed  in  the  riots  of  1791; 
but  his  remains  continued  undisturbed. 
.  In  regard  to  his  private  character,  he  was  much 
4>f  a  humourist,  idle  in  the  extreme ;  but  his  inven- 
tion was  of  the  true  Birmingham  model,  active.  He 

that  Morality  (by  which  I  uxukretand  all  the  duties  a  man  oives 
to  God  and  his  fellow  creatures)  is  not  sufficient  to  entitle  him  to 
divine  fiivour  without  professing  to  believe  **«♦** 
IHere  again  we  must  leave  a  blankJ]  *♦***♦«♦ 
*********  This  moralHy  alone  I  profess  to 
have  been  my  religion  and  the  rule  of  my  actions,  to  whidi  Y  ap-  ^ 
peal  how  far  my  profession  and  practice  has  been  consistent. 
Lastly,  1  do  hereby  appoint  my  worthy  friends,  Mr.  Bdwsrd 
Palmer,  and  Josiah  Ruston,  my  wife's  brother,  joint  exeeuton 
of  this  my  will,  in  most  perfect  confidence  (as  I  know  the  inte- 
grity of  their  hearts)  that  they  will  jointly  and  cordially  exeeote 
this  my  most  important  trust  committed  to  them  with  integrity 
and  candour ;  to  each  of  which  I  leave  six  guineas  to  buy  a  ring, 
,  which  I  hope  they  wiU  consider  as  a  keepsake.  In  Witness,  &c 
Sarah  Stuart,  Joseph  Bridgwater,  John  Wrbstbr." 

*  She  had  before  been  the  widow  of  a  person  who  having  been 
guilty  of  some  fraudulent  practices  in  regard  to  a  relation's  will, 
was  obliged  to  quit  the  kingdom,  having  first  made  over  his  pro- 
perty to  A  person  at  Jffiumingham,  who  after  his  return  refused  to 
resign  it.  His  son,  reduced  to  drive  waggons  for  his  livelihood, 
by  the  assistance  and  support  of  Mr.  Baskenrille  (to  whom  his 
mother  retired,  and  who  afterwaitU  married  her)  recovered  his 
•slate^  and  made  a  handsome  provision  fbr  his  two  sisters. 
^oi»gh*s  BrttkK  Tvpo^op^,  1780,  toL  U.  p.soe. 


JOHN   BASKSRVILLE.  459 

could  well  design,  but  procured  others  to  execute : 
wherever  he  found  merit,  he  caressed  it :  he  was  re*^^ 
markablj  polite  to  tlie  stranger,  fond  of  shew:  n 
figure  rather  of  the  smaller  size,  and  delighted  to 
adorn  that  figure  with  gold  lace.  Although  con- 
structed with  the  light  timbers  of  a  frigate^  his 
movement  was  stately  as  a  ship  of  the  line; 

During  the  twenty-five  last  3rears  of  his  life, 
though  then  in  his  decline,  he  retained  the  singular 
traces  of  a  handsome  man.  If  he  exhibited  a  peevish 
temper,  we  may  consider  that  good-nature  and  in* 
tense  thinking  are  not  always  found  together.  Taste 
accompanied  him  through  the  different  walks  of 
agriculture,  architecture,  and  the  fine  arts.  What- 
ever passed  through  his  fingers,  bore  the  lively 
marks  of  John  Baskerville. 

In  April  1775,  Mrs.  Baskerville  wholly  declined 
the  Printing  business;  but  continued  that  of  a  Let- 
ter Founder  ♦  till  February  1777*f-. 

*  '*  Mrs.  Baskerville,  being  to  decline  business  as  a  lYinter^  por* 
poaes  disposing  of  the  whole  of  her  apparatus  in  that  branch,  com- 
uehending,  amongst  other  articles,  all  of  them  perfect  in  their 
kind,  a  large,  and  full  assortment  of  the  most  faMsautiful  types, 
with  the  completest  printing  presses,  hitherto  known  in  JE^- 
land.  She  begs  leave  to  inibrm  the  Publick,  at  the  same  time, 
that  she  continues  the  business  of  Letter-founding,  in  all  its 
parts,  with  the  same  care  and  accuracy  that  was  fbrmeriy  oh* 
served  by  Mr.  Baskerville.  Hiose  genUemen  who  are  inclined  to 
cneourage  so  pleasing  an  improvement  may,  by  ^vouring  her 
with  their  commands,  be  now  supphed  with  BaskervUle's  elegant 
types  at  no  higher  expence  than  the  prices  already  established  in 
HMtrnde."    April  6,  1775. 

t  ''The  late  Mr.  Baskerville  having  taken  some  pains  to  esta^ 
Wsh  and  perfect  a  Letter-foundry  for  the  more  readily  casting  of 
Printing^typeB  ftnr  sale,  and  as  tbs  undertaking  was  finished  but 
a  little  b^re  his  death,  it  is  now  become  necessary  for  his  wi- 
&om,  Mrs.  Baskerville,  to  inform  all  Printers,  that  she  continues 
the  same  husineas,  and  has  now  ready  for  sale,  a  large  stock  of. 
typeSj  of  DKMt  sizes,  cast  with  all  possible  dare,  and  dressed  with 
tiid  irtiDOst  accuracy.  She  hopes  the  acknowledged  partiaiitr  of 
theworid,  iq  regaiti  to  the  peculiar  beauty  of  Mr.  Baskerviue*8 
types^  in  the  works  he  has  published,  will  render  it  quite  unne« 
ceaiary  heire  to  say  any  thing  to  recommend  them— -only  that  she 
it  determined  to  attend  to  the  undertaking  with  all  care  and  dili- 
gcocej  andtotbe  end  that  so  vaeftil  an  impro^etattil ioaK^  ^* 


4fifi  LnEftAKV  ASSLvaoi. 

Dfwiy  efforts  were  used  after  his  deaUi,  to  dispoae 
of  tl^  QT^  '  ^^  °**  purcfaaser  oould  be  fbtiiu)  ia. 
^  whole  commonwealth  of  letters.  Ilie  Uaiver- 
«itie«  reject^  the  offer. 

H)e  luondon  BookieUers  preferred  the  sterling 
types  of  Caslon  and  his  apprentice  Jackson.  The 
valuable  proper^  lay  a  dead  weight,  till  purchased 
by  9.  literary  society  at  Paris,  in  1779,  for  3700/. 

It  it  an  old  remark,  that  no  country  abounds  with 
genius  so  much  as  this  Island;  and  it  is  a  remarlc 
nearly  as  old,  that  genius  is  no  where  so  little  re- 
warded: how  else  came  Dtrden,  Coldsmitfa,  and 
ChattertoD,  to  want  bread  ?  Is  merit  like  a  6ower  of 
the  field,  too  common  to  attract  notice?  oris  the 
me  of  money  beneath  the  care  of  exalted  talents? 

Invention  seldom  pays  the  inventor.  If  you  ask 
wbvt  fortune  Baskerville  ought  to  have  been  rt- 
wtrded  with  ?  The  most  whicK  can  be  comjmsed  in 
iive  figures.  If  you  farther  ask  what  he  possessed? 
the  least;  hut  none  of  it  squeezed  from  the  press. 
What  will  the  shade  of  this  great  man  think,  »f  cj- 
p^je  of  thinking,  tliat  he  (W  spent  a  fortune  of 
a|M|rnGe>  and  a  life  of  genius,  in  aanyii^  to  per- 
flaption  the  greatest  of  all  human  invention^,  ^d 
that  |iig  prpdMCtions,  flighted  \)y  b^s  cpuntry,  ^pt 
ha,^\^  over  l^urope  in  quest  c^  a  bidder  ? 
i  We  must  admire,  if  we  do  not  imitate,  the  taste 
and  <)ecppomy  of  the  French  nation,'  who,  brouglit 
%,  ^>^  British  arms  in  1762  to  tlie  vei^  of  ruui> 
rising  above  distress,  were  able,  in  seventeen  yean, 
to  purchase  Baskerville's elegant  ^pes*,  reftjsedby 

cnmc  a^  extensive  as  ppf^ible,  am)  ^tot^U^taoi^ng  fhe  lextnpr.. 
fliiiaiy' hardness  imd  4unbility  of  t((«^e  types  al>qvcaU  othais,  »h« 
will  cii^foi'iD  tu  srll  them  at  the  saiue  uices  wUb  o\3faf  IcUei- 

foiiiiikri."     Fei.'iS,  177T. 

.  "*  '••  T|ic  Eii^lL,h  lasg^^  w^  Ipanung  w»  va  (adt^^attd  in 
Fniiicp,  and  m  eagerly  TeaTftW.  th^t  tte  be«t  Authus  ^  Qi««t 
3It  itaiu  are  now  re-piintmg  in  ttw  %t«5«l» :  SUatsfie^ne,  jU- 
dieon,  fogfi,  JutiDa,oa,  Hiime,  aofi.  ^totiertaQn,  «s  to  be  [tt4>- 
I?H  ^?t  >**•>  ^"S^    Vf^^tU  !)#'■  ifW*  v««  howti 


J»HN   BASKERVItLlt.  4(^1 

ywn  country,  and  to  expend  an  hundred  thousand 
ndto  in  poisoning  the  principles  of  mankind  by 
iting  tfe  wo^ks  of  Voltaire  ♦ ." 
Irs*  Baskerville  died  in  March  1788. 


M(ft.  JOSEPH  JOflNSON, 

spectable  Bookseller  in  St.  Paul's  Church-jard, 
bom  at  Liverpool  in  November  I730,  of 
?nts  who  were  Dissenters  of  the  Baptist  per- 
jion.  He  was  sent  to  London  at  the  age  of 
•teen;  and  after  some  time  was  apprenticed 
1  Mr.  George  Keith  of  Gracechurch-street.  He 
an  business  for  liimself  in  a  shop  on  Fish-street- 
y  a  situation  he  chose  as  being  in  the  tntck  of  die 

e  inad6  use  of  fbr  the  purpose  ot  propagating  the  English 
uage  iki  this  countiy."     LetUrJrom  Paris,  Aug,  8,  1780. 

"A  com}toe  edition  of  the  Works  of  Voltaire,  printed  bf^ 
cription,  with  the  types  of  BaskerviUe.  This  work,  tl» 
t  extensive  and  magnificent  that  ever  was  printed,  is  now  ia 
press  at  Fort  Khel;  near  Strasburghj  a  ^'ee  place^  sutieet  to 
restraint  or  imprimlitiu*,  and  will  be  published  towufb  the 
e  of  tlie  present  year.  It  will  never  lie  on  sale.  SubicribM 
'  can  have  copies.  Each  set  is  to  be  numbered,  and  a  duti- 
r  number  appropriated  to  each  subscriber  at  the  time  of  tub- 
lih^.  As  the  sets  to  be  woriced  off  ar^  limited  to  a  fixed  and 
U  iiumt)er,  considermg  the  demand  of  all  Europe,  those  Wh6' 
I  to  be  possessed  of  so  \'aluable  a  work  must  be  early  in  fhielf 
icatlons,  lest  they  be  shut  out  by  the  subscriptions  betng 
loosly  filled;  Voltaire's  Manuscripts  and  Port  Folios,  be- 
i  hk^Vot-ks  ahejfdy  published,  cost  twelve  thous&hd  guinea*. 
I  and  the  other  expences  attending  the  publication  will  W 
Editors  under  an  advance  of  100 fifM,  sterling.  The  PaUick 

froui  thence  form  a  judgement  of  the  extraordinary  care 

will  be  tklieh  to  mftke  this  edition  a  lasting  m<j|numeitf  of 
igraphical  elegance  and  grahdtor.  Subscriptions  arte  tAea 
t  the  folk>iHn|Binkhig*hocMHi,  London,  Sit*  UdberC  lUtri^ 

Co.f.£dinbuKh,  Sir  William  Forbes,  J.  Hunter  and  Co.  s 
»Iin,  Messrs.  B£cke  and  Murray.  Prbposab  and  particulaia 
-be  had,  and  stib56ript!on8  taken  in,  at  Mr.  !tlmaly*8,  book- 
r.  In  the  Stmnd,-  Mr.  Woodmaio^'s,  Leadenhall-itrcat  ^ 
Farqalianon*Sj  i^gent  to  the  undtrtakSng,  and  at  Johd  Hen* 
on*s,  esq.  MiJk-5treet,  Cheapside.**    June  4,  \T^. 


462  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

• 

Medical  Stndents  resorting  to  the  Hospitals  in  the 
Borough^  and  which  probably  was  the  foundation  of 
his  connexions  with  many  eminent,  members  of  that 
profession.  From  that  place  he  rerooTed  to  Pater- 
noster-row, where  he  lived  some  years  in  partner- 
ship first  with  Mr.  Davenport,  and  then  with  Mr. 
John  Payne.  His  house  and  stock  were  entirely 
destroyed  by  fire  in  177O;  after  which  misfortune 
he  removed  to  the  shop  in  St.  Paul's  .Church-yard, 
in  which  he  thenceforth  earned  on  business  without 
a  partner  to  the  time  of  his  death,  Dec.  20,  1809; 
an  event  greatly  regretted  by  his  numerous  friends ; 
and  had  been  for  some  years  past  considered  as  the 
Father  of  the  Trade. 

The  character  of  Mr.  Johnson,  estciblished  by 
his  integrity,  good  sense,  and  honourable  principles 
of  deahng,  soon  raised  him  to  eminence  as  a  Pub- 
lisher; and  many  of  the  most  distinguished  names 
in  Science  and  Literature  during  the  last  half  century 
Appear  in  works  which  he  ushered  to  the  world.  Of 
a  temper  the  reverse  of  sanguine,  with  a  manner 
somewhat  cold  and  indifferent,  and  with  a  decided 
aversion  to  all  arts  of  pufling  and  parade,  the  con- 
fidence and  attachment  he  mspired  were  entirely 
the  result  of  his  solid  judgment,  his  unafifected 
sincerity,  and  the  friendly  benevolence  with  which 
he  entered  into  the  interests  of  all  who  were  con- 
nected with  him.  Although  he  was  not  remarkable 
for  the  encouragement  he  held  out  to  Authors — ^the 
consequence  of  his  being  neither  sanguine  nor  push- 
ing; yet  it  was  his  invariable  rule,  when  the  success 
of  a  work  surpassed  his  expectations,  to  make  the 
Writer  a  partaker  in  the  emolument,  though  he  lay 
under  no  other  obligation  to  do  so  than  his  own  no- 
tions of  justice  ana  generosity.  The  kindness  of 
bis  heart  was  equally  conspicuous  in  all  the  relations 
of  Hfe.  His  house  and  purse  were  always  open  to 
the  calif  of  friendship,  kmdred,  or  misfortune;  and 
perhaps  few  men  of  his  means  and  condition  have 
done  more  substantial  services  to  ^rsons  whose  me- 


J08£PU  JOHNSON.  4^3 

fits  and  necessities  recommended  them  to  his  notice. 
It  is  well   known    that  Mr.  Johnson's  literary 
connexions  have  lain  in  great  part  amung  the  free 
Enquirers  both  on  religious  and  political  topics.     He 
was  himself,  on  conviction,  a  friend  to  such  large 
and  liberal  discussion  as  is  not  inconsistent  with  the 
peace  and  welfare  of  Society,  and  the  preservation 
of  due  decorum  towards  things  really  respectable. 
But  these  were  limits  within  which,  both  by  temper 
and  principle,  he  wished  to  see  such  discussion  con- 
fined ;  for  turbulence  and  sedition  were  utterly  ab- 
horrent from  his  nature.     When,  therefore,  for  the 
QQConscious  offence  of  selling   a   few  copies  of  a 
pamphlet  of  which  he  was  not  the  publisher,  and 
which  was  a  reply  to  one  of  which  he  had  sold  a 
much  larger  number,  the  opportunity  was  taken  of 
involving  him  in  a  prosecution  that  brought  upon 
bim  the  infliction  of  fine  and  imprisonment,  it  was 
by  many  considered  as  the  ungenerous  indulgence 
of  a  long-hoarded  spleen  against  him  on  account  of 
publications  not  liable  to  legal  censure,  though  dis- 
pleasing to  Authority.     It  is  gratifying,  however,  to 
relate,  that  during  the  height  of  party  animosity, 
so  little  was  he  regarded  personally  as  a  party-man, 
that  he  continued  to  number  among  his  intimate 
fiiends,  several  worthy  persons  of  opposite  senti^ 
ments  and  connexions,  who,   with  himself,  were 
capable  of  considering  a  man's  performance  of  the 
duties  of  life  apart  from  his  speculative  opinions. 

Although  the  majority  of  his  publications  were 
of  the  theological  and  political  class,  yet  the  number 
of  those  in  science  and  elegant  literature  was  by  no 
means  inconsiderable.  Besides  all  the  scientilBc 
MTitings  of  Dr.  Priestley,  he  published  many  im- 
portant works  in  Medicine  and  Anatomy;  and  others 
in  differ^t  bmnches  of  knowledge.  1  wo  Poets  of  , 
great  modern  celebrity  were  by  him  first  introduced 
to  the  pubiick — Cowper  and  j[)arwin.  The  former 
of  tbese^  with  the  diffidence,  and  perhaps  the  de- 
spondency,  of  bis  character,  had  actually^  by  me^ti!^ 


464  LI-rtRAUT  ANECDdnS. 

of  a  friend,  marfe  over  to  him  his  two  vbltunes  dT 
Poems  on  no  other  condition  dum  that  of  9ecurin£^ 
faim  from  expence;  but  when  tiie  Pabfick,  which 
neglected  the  first  volume,  had  discovered  the  rich 
mine  opened  in  ''  Tlie  Task-'*  and  assigned  the  Aa^ 
thor  his  merited  place  among  the  6rst-rate  English 
Poets,  Mr.  Johnson  would  not  avail  himself  of  bis 
advantage,  but  displayed  a  liberality  which  has  been 
warmly  acknowledged   by  that  adibirabie  though 
unfortunate  person. 

It  is  proper  to  mention  that  his  true  regaVd  for  the 
interests  of  Literature  rendered  him  an  enemy  to    ; 
that  typographical  luxury  which,  joined  to  the  ne- 
cessary increase  of  expence  in  printing,  has  so  much   i 
enhanced  the  price  or  new  bookis  as  to  be  a  miterial 
obstacle  to  the  indulgence  of  a  laudable  and  reasbii- 
ahle  curiosity   bv  the  reading  Publick»     On  this'    1 
principle  he  usually  consulted  ch^pness  rather  than    I 
appearance  in  his  own  publications;  and  if  Authors    ! 
were  sorrtetimes  mortified  by  tliis  preference,  the    : 
purpose  of  extensive  circulation  was  better  served.      -, 

Mr.  Johnson  was  of  a  weak  and  delicate  frame  ; 
of  body,  and  was  much  afflicted  With  asthmatic 
complaints,  which  visibly  gained  ground  upon  him 
as  he  advanced  in  years.  The  iraniedi ate  cause  of 
his  dissolution  was  a  pleuritic  atUck,  under  which 
he  quietly  sunk  after  tnn?e  days  of  patient  stiifering. 
His  remains  were  detiosited  in  the  church -^wd  of 
Fulham,  in  which  parish  he  hud  a  country  house. 
He  was  never  married.  j/AtRiS. 


MR.  HENRY  HUGHS,  ' 

^hose  Father  I  have,  mentioned  in  vol.  V.  p:35, 
with  a  wish  towards  himself  whichi  fluttered  myself 
Would  not  have  displeased  hinij  was  living  whfen  that 
page  was  printed ;  but  died  at  Brighton,  Sept.  5, 
l8lo.  He  was  a  good  scholaf ;  and  avr6rthy  unas-' 
sufiiing  man.. 

MR- 


(     4ff5    ) 

MR.  LEWIS,  of  Chelsea, 

ivho  died  in  1783,  used  to  bind  books  for,  and 
»njoy  the  company  and  conversation  of,  the  first 
literary  men  of  his  day  ;  and  was  generally  sup-  • 
posed  to  have  been  the  original  character  of  Strap^ 
m  "  Roderick  Random.**  Mrs.  Lewis  often  assured 
the  writer  of  this  article,  that  her  husband  denied 
the  assertions  of  many  people,  as  often  as  it  wa» 
mentioned  to  him ;  but  there  is  every  reason  to 
suppose  him  to  h«ive  been  the  person  tnat  Smollett 
had  in  view,  as  they  came  out  of  Scotland  together, 
and,  when  Smollett  lived  at  Chelsea,  Mr.  Lewis 
used  to  dine  every  Sunday  with  him.  Mrs.  Lewis 
died  January  20,  Ijy;  ;  and  left  two  sons. 

MR.  GRIFFITH  JONES 

was  bom  in  1722,  and  served  his  apprenticeship 
with  Mr.  Bowyer.  Of  this  ingenious  man,  slighter 
notice  has  been  taken  by  the  Biographers  of  the  time 
than  his  virtues  and  talents  certainly  merited.  H© 
was  many  years  Editor  of  the  London  Chronicle,  the 
Daily  Advertiser,  and  the  Public  Ledger.  In  tlie 
Literary  Magazine  with  Johnson,  and  in  the  British 
Magazine  with  Smollett  and  Goldsmith,  his  anony* 
mous  labours  were  also  associated.  The  native  good* 
ness  of  his  heart  endeared  him  to  a  numerous  and 
respectable  literary  acquaintance,  among  whom  he 
reckoned  the  philanthropic  Mr.  John  Newbeiy,  Mr. 
Woty  the  ingenious  Poet,  Dr.  Oliver  Goldsmith,  and 
the  pious  and  learned  Dr.  Samuel  Johnson ;  to  the 
latter  of  whom  he  was  for  several  years  a  near  neigh- 
bour in  Bolt-court,  Fleet-street.  His  modesty 
shrunk  from  public  attention,  but  his  labours  were 
frequently  directed  to  the  improvement  of  the 
younger  and  more  untutored  classes  of  mankind. 
His  translations  from  the  French  were  very  nume- 
rous ;  but  as  lie  rarely,  if  ever,  put  his  name  to  the 
productions  of  his  pen,  tliey  cannot  now  be  traced. 
Vol.  HL  ^h  Ow 


466  LITERARY  AKECD0TE9. 

One  little  publication,  entitled,  ^^  Great  Events  from 
Little  Causes,*^  was  his  composition^  and  it  met  witfa 
a  rapid  and  extensive  sale.     It  is  not,  perhaps,  ee* 
nerally  known,  that  to  Mr.  Griffitli  Jones,  and  a 
brother  of  his,  Mr.  Giles  Jones,  in  conjunction  with 
Mr.  John  Newbery,  the  publick  are  indebted  for  the 
origin  of  those  numerous  and  popular  little  books  for 
the  amusement  and  instruction  of  children,  which 
have  been  ever  since  received  with  universal  appro- 
bation.    The  Lilliputian  histories  of  Goody  Two- 
Shoes,  Giles  Gingerbread,  Tommy  Trip,  &c.  &c. 
are  remarkable  proofs  of  the  benevolent  minds  of  the 
projectors  of  this  plan  of  instruction,  and  respect- 
able instances  of  the  accommodation  of  superior  ta- 
lents to  the  feeble  intellects  of  infantine  felicity.  Mr. 
Jones  died  September  1 2,   1786.     To  his   son,  Mr.  • 
Stephen  Jones,  the  publick  are  indebted  for  the  new 
and  improved  edition  of  the  "  Biographia  Drama- 
tica,  18 12," and  for  many  other  valuable  publications. 

MR.  CHARLES  RATHBAND 

died  Jan.  25,  1795.  Possessed  of  strong  mentsf 
abilities,  improved  by  an  excellent  education,  hi* 
conversation  delighted  all  who  knew  him ;  and  the 
powers  of  his  pen  were  of  a  superior  degree.  He  was 
a  native?  of  Ireland ;  and  for  some  years  followed  the 
occupation  of  a  Printer,  having  been  bred  in  the  old 
school  of  that  profession,  under  Watts,  Bowyer,  &c. 
and  was  himself  no  mean  proficient  in  that  noble  art. 
He  was  a  very  useful  assistant  in  the  establishment 
of  several  provincial  newspapers  —  at  Canterbufji 
Chester,  Hereford — and  at  each  of  these  places  his 
company  was  eagerly  sought  by  those  whose  praise 
was  fame — but,  as  has  been  well  observed  by  Dr. 
Johnson,  the  Great  are  not  always  the  best  rewarders 
of  the  companions  of  their  pleasures !  He  left  each 
of  the  situations  unenriched,  though  with  the  satis* 
faction,  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  of  bringing  with 
him  a  good  name.     Mr.  Urban's  Readers    were 

often, 


s' 


CHARLES  RATHK4KP.  4^ 

often  entertained  by  him ;  but  his  principal  occu- 
pation was  the  superintendance  of  a  Newspaper  whose 
general  characteristic  has  ever  %een  that  of  mode- 
ration and  decency.  The  General  Evening  Post.  His 
conduct  in  that  situation  was  strictly  consonant  to 
the  integri^  of  his  principles,  and  the  soundness  of 
hb  judgment ;  and  no  employment  could  better  have 
ioited  the  inclination  of  a  man  who  never  wrote  a 
licentious  or  an  ill-natured  line.  His  death  vi^s  oc« 
casioned  by  a  fall  during  a  severe  frost,  which,  ren- 
dering the  amputation  of  ^a  leg  unavoidable,  termi- 
iiated  in  a  mortification.  The  Editor  of  these  Vo- 
lames,  when  himself  a  youth,  looked  up  to  him 
with  respect ;  and  had  the  pleasure,  for  thirty  years, 
<tf  enjoymg  his  friendship  and  esteem. 


MR.  CHARLES  SPENDELOWE, 

who  died  Aug.  14,  1788,  aged49>  was  the  nephew  of 
Mrs.  Nunnelly  * ;  who  bequeathed  a  considerable  pro* 
perty  to  Spendelowe  and  his  sister ;  of  which  they 
.were  deprived  by  the  chicanery  of  Mr.  Baynes  their 
guardian.  The  young  woman  unfortunately  died  w 
early  victim  to  sorrow  and  intoxication.  The  brother, 
in  the  humble  sphere  of  a  Journeyman  Printer,  paqsed 
creditably  through  life,  the  last  sixteen  months  of 
which  were  embittered  with  repeated  strokes  of  apo- 
plexy. A  long  train  of  mourning  friends  gave  an 
onequivocal  proof  of  their  esteem,  by  attending  him 
It  their  own  expence  to  his  grave  in  St.  Bride's* 
:!hurch-yard  ;  and  this  tributary  effusion  to  his  me^ 
nory  is  penned,  after  a  friendslbip  of  40  years,  com^ 
nenced  at  the  school  of  Mr.  John  Shield  at  Isling* 
:on  in  the  lindissembling  stage  of  infancy,  by  the 
)erson  to  whom  for  the  last  14  years  of  his  life  ha 
ltd  been  an  affectionate  and  faithful  servant. 

•  A  Vnata  in  White  Fryars;  and  Publisher  of  ''  The  St 
•mes't  Efeniog  Post/'  a  very  old  newspaper;  the  precursor  oT 
'  Tbe  St.  James's  Chronicle/*  estaUisbed  afterwards  iql  the  sam* 
OQse  by  Mir.  Heoiy  Baldwin. 

BBS  ^^ 


46S  UTttAftT  ANECDOTES* 

No.  VII. 

JOHN  LOVEDAY,  ESQ. 

bom  in  1711,  was  entered  at  Magdalen  College,  Ox- 
ford, where  he  took  the  degree  of  M.  A.  June  1 2, 1 734- 
This  learned  and  worthy  gentIeman(vvho  resided  many 
years,  and  died,  at  Caversham,  near  Reading,  May  l6, 
1789,  set.  78),  to  the  steadiest  Christianity  added  the 
pteasantest  manners,  and  most  refined  learning ;  from 
the  stores  of  which  that  he  was  ever  ready  to  commu- 
nicate, Mr.  Urban's  pages  bear  ample  testimony,  as 
do  the  Prefaces  of  very  many  writers,  who  have  been 
indebted  to  him  for  useful  information*.     So  re- 

*  I  have  many  of  his  interesting  Letters  to  Dr.  Ducard  j  bul 
shall  only  give  a  ffew  of  his  brief  but  veiy  useful  and  pleasant  bil- 
lets to  the  Editor  of  these  Volumes,  who  in  the  former  Edition  of 
this  work  was  considerably  indebted  to  his  commimications. 

"  Nov.  9,  1779.     Sir,  I  thank  you  for  a  copy  of  your  late  ele- 
gant publication  f ,  and  for  some  other  curious  articles  accom- 
panying it.     You  plainly  (give  me  leave  to  tell  you)  set  too  high 
a  value  on  what  I  am  able  to  do  in  this  way :  for  which  you  pro- 
l>ably  \vill  always  find  me  willing,  however,  for  I  really  am.  Sir, 
Your  sincere  well-wisher  and  senant,     John  Lovedat." 
"  Dec.  3.  Sir,  You  have  my  hearty  thanks  for  your  curious '  Ap- 
pendix to  Moi-es,*  aboun(hng  with  entertainment  and  instruction. 
The  subject  of  the  2d  paragraph  brought  to  mind  what  disgusted 
me  in  Psalmanazar's  Memoirs,  the  uiicmith  beginning  of  every     ' 
paragraph.     The  article  of  Dr.  Castell  in  Mr.  Granger,  as  it  ii 
worth  your  peiiisal,  has  had  it,  I  pi'esume.     As  a  weU-wisher  to 
your  literary  pursuits,  I  can  be  no  other  than.  Yours,  &c.  J.L" 

•*  March  25,  1780.  J.  L.  not  being  able  to  furnish  a  word  of 
obsenation  on  the  sheet  which  arrived  on  Friday,  and  yet  willing 
to  say  something  more  than  that  he  should  be  glad  to  see  Mr. 
Nichols  whenever  Caversham  shall  lie  in  his  way,  where  he  will 
please  to  observe  that  the  board  has  always  somewhat  upoQ  it  at 
two  of  the  clock,  sends  him  references  to  books,  which  have 
fiomewhat  regarding  his  Relation  (for  so  says  a  Gentleman's  M^* 
guziue)   the  famous  John  Cleiveland: 

'*  FulltTs  Worthies,  in  l^icestershire,  p.  135. 

"  Wood's  Athcn.  Oxon.  i.  f.  274.  ii.  758. 

'*  Dryden  of  Dnimatick  Poesie,  p.  22.  4to  pamphlet,  1668. 

•*  Walker's  Sufferings  of  the  Clergy,  ii.  221.  b. 

'*  R.  Jenkin's  Defence  of  Bishop  Lake's  Profession,  p.  2. 

'*  Letter  of  Mr.  John  Cleveland  to  a  learned  Lord.  MS.  in  thi 
Lambeth  Library,  No.  595.  p.  99.  [To  the  learned  Librarian  J.  L 
always  bvgs  his  humble  service.] 

''  Giaiiger,  by  a\\  tneaivs. 

t  ^*  The  UiitOT^f  ^  ^  I^\m^  t^l^«^  V^'\^^i\&2i&&^r 


JOHN  LOVXDAY.       .  4^ 

ipected  was  he  by  his  family^  friends,  and  neighbour^ 
hood^  as  to  make  his  loss  a  calamity  long  to  be  felt« 

"  Now  should  all  this  be  forestalled  in  the  "  Biographia/*  J.  L, 
would  not  wonder ;  but  *tis  moi-e  than  be  can  tell,  not  having 
that  Work  in  his  fctudy/* 

**  June  3^  17B0.  J  L.  having  now  a  complete  copy  of  that  e!e* 
gant  publication, '  The  Royal  Wills  j*  he  proposes  (as  soon  as  hm 
can  find  leisure)  to  entertain  and  iuiproTe  himself  by  the  study  of 
tlieni.  When  Mr.  N.  next  sees  that  good  Friend  ac  the  C()uiuion8« 
he  will  be  so  kind  to  present  J.  L*s  very  best  respects,  and  to  say 
that  it  shall  not  be  long  before  the  Doctor  shall  receive  them  (with 
gratitude)  under  his  hand.** 

"  Sept,  14,  1780.  Our  common  Friend,  Dr.  Ducarel,  hai 
obliged  me  extremely  by  a  truly  curious  letter  received  from  him 
this  day  3  satisfactory  to  the  highest  degree.  So  much  shall  be 
given  under  my  hand  to  himself,  as  soon  as  any  further  matter 
arises  for  a  letter.  His  health,  not  forgetting  Mr.  Nicnoi:>*8,  will 
go  round  a  certain  table  at  Caversham  within  these  few  hours. 

Ita  testor,    J.  L:* 

2Var.  ?7,  17SO.  *'  Thanks,  in  the  gross,  for  some  curiouf 
articles  in  Mr.  Nichols*b  last  packet.  To  mention  only  one  of  them. 
Christoplier  W'ase  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  Philologers  which 
England  could  boast  of  in  the  last  age.  In  1637  he  published  in 
4to,  "  Senaiius,  s.  de  legibus  &  licentiil  veterum  Poetarum 
Oxon."  But  as  for  the  sheet  of  "  Metra  Horatiana,"  it  is  well  ifi 
from  the  fugitive  size  of  it,  it  may  not  too  much  have  escaped 
the  notice  of  the  Learned.'* 
.  "  July  8,  1782.  J.  h.  hopes  that  Mr.  N.  and  family  have  es« 
caped  the  in^uenza,  which  has  not  been  very  grievous  at  Caver- 
sham. He  congratulates  Mr.  N.  on  having  thus  finished  his  truly 
entertaining  and  instructive  volume  on  Mr.  Bowyer.  J.  L's  hearty 
thanks  are  due  for  the  good  Doctor  s  much  esteemed  publication; 
that  wortiiy  gentleman  has  ever  the  best  wishes  in  J.  L*s  bestowal.'* 

"  Sept.  6,  Tlianks  for  your  packet^  containing  valuable  articles 
both  from  the  rolling  press  and  the  printing  press.  To  the  curious 
charter,  accounted  for  by  Mr.Touham,  you  see  that  three  of  the 
witnesses  are  Bishops  in  Normandy.  He  of  Lisieux  has  one  letter 
wrong  in  his  description  :  it  should  be  Luxov,  Having  now  re* 
covered  two  bodily  senses,  if  I  can  retain  them  till  the  winter 
evenings,  my  family  depend  upon  hearing  me  read  the  "  Anec- 
dotes of  Mr.  Bowyer,"  my  opinion  of  which  they  well  know.  And 
if,  in  the  coure  of  reading,  any  thing  occurs  for  a  second  edi» 
tion,  it  shaU  be  committed  to  paper.  Fivas,  valeasque !  It  is 
the  sincere  wish  of  your  faithful  servant,  J.  Lovbday." 

''  This,  good  Sir,  to  fulfill  my  promise ;  and  this  was  all  that 
occurred  to  commit  to  paper,  after  having  entertained  and  in# 
fttructed  my  family  and  self  with  reading  your  truly  valuable  book 
on  evenings  after  supper  3  last  night  we  finished  it.  With  re- 
spectful compliments  to  yourself,  and  never  (when  opportunity 
serves)  forgetting  them  to  Dr.  Ducarel^  I  remain*  ^\x,  ^cras 
faithfiMl  friend  and  senant,        John  Lovbdxt,  ]Vfctt|  B>  Vl^^ 

fSome  valugbk  carrectiom  accompaniiedtbi%  ao^rv 


470  LrmuiKT  anecdotes. 

As  he  had  ever  lived  in  the  practice  of  virtue.  Tie  re-^ 
turned  to  his  Redeemer  with  hope  and  resignation.  Sa 


t( 


Blky  a  man  in  the  73d  year  of  his  age  be  pardoned  for  an  over* 
flh;ht  ?     Such  J.  L.  was  guilty  of  in  the  morning  of  that  day, 
when  he  last  penned  down  some  notices  on  the  Anecdotes.    Be- 
fore night  he  discovered  another  paper  of  like  memoranda^  asyoa     | 
•ee,  which  had  before  escaped  his  crazy  memory.  I 

•  The  Earl  of  Orrery  says  in  his  Remarks  on  Swift,  that  many 
of  Dryden's  Dedications  and  Prefaces  are  as  fine  compositions^  and 
as  just  pieces  of  criticism,  as  any  in  our  language.  No  man  can 
judge  better  than  Mr.  Nichols  how  Car  forth  it  may  be  advisable  to 
collect  these  together  for  public  use  *.     May  9,  1783." 

''  The  next  leaf  will  shew,  that  your  publications  have  a  consi* 
derable  weight  with  me ;  indeed  1  should  be  ashamed  of  mjsel( 
if  they  had  not.  You  had  pleasure  in  acquainting  me  with  Dr. 
Ducarel's  hearty  state  of  health,  and  I  uo  lesis^in  receiving  such 
intelligence  -,  which,  with  my  sincere  compliments,  I  would  beg 
you  to  say  to  him,  1  am  ever,  &c.    J.  Loveday,  Jubj  8,  1783.** 

"  Nov.  8,  17S4.  You  have  my  hearty  thanks  for  the  many  ctt- 
lious  aiticles  you  have  put  me  in  possession  of.  Happy  should  I 
be,  were  it  in  my  power  to  communicate  any  notices,  of  service 
to  your  literary  sqheme  f,  which  is  quite  to  my  goUt.  Be  pleased, 
however,  at  the  good  Doctor's,  our  common  friend,  to  consult 
m  pubUcation  of  my  old  friend  Heame*s  in  17^9.  ''  (fist.  Yitft 
&  Regni  Ricardi  II,  k  monacho  quodam  de  Evesham  consignata  ;** 
subjoined  to  which  you  will  find  <'  Joannis  Berebloci  Commentarii 
de  rebus  gcstis  Oxonise,  ibidem  commorante  Elizabethdl  ReginSi, 
A.  D.  1566."  Among  Professor  Ward's  ;  papers,  there  now  hes 
befon^  me,  ''  Oratio  Rogeri  Marbeck,  coram  Regin&  Elizabeth^ 
Oxonii  habita,  August.  31,  1566."  This,  if  to  your  purpose, 
might  be  sent  you  up  by  some  safe  hand.  The  mention  of  the 
good  Professor  reminds  me  of  two  passages  in  his  Lives  of  tha 
Gresham  Professors,  which  you  will  meet  with  at  pp.  16,  237* 

''  The  Biblioth.  ^kev.  MS.  must  not  pass  without  a  particulai* 
acknowledgement,  and  a  stricture  or  two.  No.  391.  '^  Inscrip- 
tiones  singulares,  Hadr.  Beverlando  coUectore,"  occur  in  Mr. 
Heame's  Appendix  to  his  Prefieice  to  P.  Langtoft's  Chronicle.  No. 
463.  **  Codex,  Uteris  majusculis,  Vocibus  nullo  interpoaito  spa<* 
tio  distinctis."  See  a  publication  in  1715  by  the  aforesaid  Blr.  T. 
Heame,  '^  Acta  Apostolomm,  Uteris  majusculis,  etc.'* 

"  Dr.  Henry  Aldrich,  the  immediate  predecessor  of  Atterbury  in 
the  deanery  of  Christ  Chtuxh,  has  a  Greek  Harmony  of  the  Gospels 
in  MS«  lodged  in  the  Church-library  at  Henley,  where  his  nephew 

^       *  The  ttsk  here  reoommendcd  by  Mr.  Loveday  was  many  yean  after 
undertaken  by  a  much  abler  hand.     «  The  Critical  and  Miscellaneouf  • 
Prose  Works  of  John  Dryden,"  which  had  been  dispersed  in  a  f^at  vi- 

S'eiy  ot  books,  many  of  tbem  not  easy  to  be  procured,  were  published  by 
fr.  Malone  in  1800;  and  form  a  very  curious  work,  which  ou^ht  to  be  ia  * 
&ftTy  f^entleman's  libranr. 
f  **  The  Prof^resses  ot  Qoetik  'EVvz^^b^VVv "  iVi^ti  In  the  \irct8.* 
t  Mr.  LoTtday  possessed  t^  WSS.  o^  V>t.  Vi  «t^\  ^VviV^  Xsrj  VV)i^\»at«c 

]n>  Af  Ui  ipa  tbe  IttUPf*  Uyt«d]Ky«  «i^^«g^\XM^\xi>^v^Tv>:ii^ikU^^ 


JOHN  LOVEDAY.  471 

!^t  a  character  as  this  excellentman  has  perhapi( 
y  seldom  been  exhibited.  Others,  maDy  we 
luld  hope,  may  have  made  a  proportionable  pro- 
sss,  and  some  may  have  attained  to  equal  degree^ 
excellence;  but  few  have  begun  their  course  of 
tue  and  religion  so  early,  few  nave  continued  it  so 
ig,  and  few,  in  a  retired  station,  have  had  the 
portunity  of  exercising  it  to  so  great  an  extent^ 
om  his  earliest  youth  to  the  age  of  78,  his  life 
5  an  uniform  series  of  undissembled  piety,  unin* 
Tupted,  perhaps,  by  the  deviation  of  one  day. 
i  discharged  the  several  duties  of  private  and  do« 
»tic  life  with  the  most  exact  justice  and  the  most 
[nprehensive  liberality,  with  the  most  constant 
ection  and  tenderness  as  a  friend,  a  parent,  and  a 
sband.  So  warm  and  diffusive  was  his  philan- 
ropy,  that  he  felt  the  happiness  or  misfortunes  of 
lers  as  forcibly  as  if  they  were  his  own.  With 
s  most  consistent  strictness  of  virtuous  and  reli^ 
)us  sentiments,  his  manners  were  those  of  the 
3st  accomplished  gentleman,  and  his  conversation 
Ls  easy,  chearful,  and  instructive.  His  erudition 
18  solid  and  various ;  his  mind  active,  capaciouf, 

.  Charles  Aldrich  ^vas  rector.  You  will  find  nothing  of  Attei*- 
ry's  there  *,  as  1  apprehend.    For  scarcity  of  covers,  you  will 
!iifie  xne  for  writing  to  the  Doctor  under  yours. 
Ever  Mr.  NichoU's  ^thful  and  affectionate,  John  Lovbdilt.-* 
'  As  to  "  curious  remarks"  in  Registers  t>  see  the  two  fol- 
ding publications  of  Heame,  both  in  the  library  of  our  good 
md  Dr.  Ducarcl :  1.  "  The  History  and  Antiquities  of  Glaston- 
ry,"  p.  272 — ^284.     By  the  l)y,  the  Clergyman  of  my  name,  oc* 
rring  in  the  last  page,  was  no  relation  of  my  famUy  -,  pardoo 
5  uninteresting  minute.     See  also  the  preface,  p.  xxxi,  &C, 
"  T.  de  Elmham  Vita  Hen.  V."  p.  423.   Not  improbably  there 
ly  be  somewhat  on  this  head,  worthy  of  attention,  in  a  4to 
ct,  pnfated  in  17^4.    *'  Obsenations  on  Marriages,  Bi^tums^ 
1  Burials,  as  presen  e*!  in  Parochial  Registers,  &c.    By  Ralph^ 
^land,  esq.  Somern^t  Herald.*'     I  need  not  say  that  this  gen-' 
man  is  now  most  deservedly  Garter  King  at  Arms.*' 
'*  These  notes,  of  littk  concern,  had  made  part  of  my  lastlet« 
',  had  the  queries  under  consideration  then  reached  my  hands; 
lich  was  not  the  case  till  last  Saturday.  J.  L.  March  22,  1785.** 

1^  Bp.  Attcrbui^'*ff  **  Epistolary  Correipondencc"  was  then  in  the  ^reit* 
f  '•  lUwtntiuB^  of  Antwnt  Maunen  aud  Espeucei  ml&s^l^i&Ad^  V\Ti^* 


47*  LITEftARY  AKECDOTES. 

aud  persevering,  directed  princijMtlly  tothecultivatioii 
6f  sacred  learning,  but  employing  and  delighting 
itself  continually  with  whatever  was  great  and  ex- 
cellent in  literature;  and  the  vigour  of  his  intel- 
lectual enjoyments  accompanied  him  to  the  last 
.  He  was  one  of  those  few  remaining  private  gentle- 
men, who,  constantly  residing  in  the  country,  have 
made  it  their  object,  by  their  authority,  their  exam- 
ple, and  their  beneficence,  to  promote  the  good  or- 
der and  comfort  of  their  parishioners.  He  was  a  tnie 
member  of  the  Church  of  England,  whose  institutions 
and  discipline  he  thoroughly  understood,  and  whose 
worship  he  most  conscientiously  attended,  till  in- 
creased infirmities  rendered  him  incapable.  His 
ftiemory  will  remain  for  the  good  of  those  who  sur- 
vive him,  as  a  man  whose  pietj''  and  obedience  to 
his  Maker  was  most  zealous,  whose  faith  in  his 
Redeemer  was  most  pure  and  unshaken,  whose  af- 
fection to  his  family  and  his  friends  was  most  ex- 
alted, and  whose  charity  and  benevolence  was  most 
extensive  and  universal. 
»  Xhe  preceding  article,  which  first  appeared  in 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  led  to  the  following 
communication  from  a  gentleman  who  knew  him 
well,  and  very  sincerely  res|)ected  him. 

"  The  following  letter  was  printed  in  the  Reading 
Mercury  of  May  23,  1789;  and  J  have  no  doubt 
you  will  be  glad,  on  every  account,  to  preserve  it  in 
your  valuable  Magazine.  The  incomparable  person 
who  is  the  subject  of  it,  never,  I  believe,  gave  any 
thing  in  his  own  name  to  the  publick;  for  the  tract 
which  is  called  his  in  the  Archaeologia,  vol.  I.  was 
inaccurately  published  without  his  knowledge  or 
consent,  and  had  not  received  his  last  hand.  But 
the  hints  which  he  suggested,  and  the  information 
which  he  most  liberally  communicated  to  others, 
frequently  enriched  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  as 
well  as  other  learned  works.  Mr.  Hearne*,  in  many 
of  his  publications,  acknowledges  his  obligations  to 

*  The  monument  of  MT.TVvom^^^'SSi^^Qnb&cdw^^  well 
festered  by  Mr.  Loveday  m  \7tiO* 


JOHN  lovxdaT«  47S 

him ;  and  in  the  Preface  to  his  *'  Liber  Niger  Scao-* 
carii,''  printed  in  1728^  he  mentions  Mr.  Lovedayi 
then  a  gentleman  commoner  of  Magdalen  College, 
Oxford,  as  optimce  speijuveniSy  literarum  et  Uttera^ 
torum  amantissimus.     It  is  needless  to  say  that, 
throughout  the  course  of  a  long  and  honourable  life, 
he  amply  verified  the  early  expectations  of  his  ju- 
dicious friends.     Dr.  Johnson,  with  the  satisfaction 
natural   on  such  an  occasion  to  a  great  and  good 
man,    has  mentioned  some  persons,   who,    at  an 
advanced  time  of  life,  with  a  debilitated  body,  have 
retained   strong   mental  powers.     Such   instances, 
perhaps,  are  not  very   uncommon;   Mr.    Loveday    ' 
certainly  was  one.     If  some  small  allowance  is  made 
for  memory  in  regard  to  recent  occurrences,  he  pos- 
sessed to  the  last  his  admirable  understanding  and 
recollection  in  all  their  vigour.     But  I  detain  your 
Readers  from  what  is  much  more  worthy  their  atten- 
tion. Yours,  &c.  R.  C. 

"  When  the  world  is  deprived  of  men  of  emineiit 
virtue  and  great  abilities,  it  becomes  an  act  of  justice 
to  pay  that  tribute  of  applause  to  their  memory 
which  is  due  to  their  superior  merit.  It  may  like- 
^se  reasonably  be  hoped  that,  by  presenting  such 
characters  to  the  public  eye,  others  may  be  mcited 
to  emulate  their  virtues,  and  copy  their  bright 
example.  I  shall,  therefore,  make  no  apology  fof 
laying  before  your  numerous  readers  some  further 
Account  of  the  late  Mr.  Loveday  of  Caversham, 
whose  death  was  recorded  in  your  paper  of  last 
Week. — Mr.  Loveday  possessed  a  most  excellent 
Understanding,  which  he  carefully  improved  by 
study,  and  an.unremitting  attention  to  letters,  durin? 
the  course  of  a  long  life.  He  read  much,  and  had 
Well  digested  and  made  his  own  Whatever  he  read. 
Hence  he  had  acquired  an  extraordinary  fund  of 
knowledge,  particularly  with  respect  to  history,  an- 
tiquities, the  original  languages  of  the  Sacred  Scrip- 
tures, and  all  kinds  of  philological  learniivg.  l\\% 
Paerit  wa»  bo  conspicuous  and  well  kuawti,  l^v^t^ 
J^^^ps,  fcw  great  nrork's  have  been  AateVy  wiA«t- 


474  LITEaA&Y  ANECDOTES. 

takea  in  these  branches  of  hterature,  concerning 
frhMi  he  was  not  previously  consulted.  Indeed  he 
was  always  ready  to  communicate  useful  information 
in  this  way,  either  in  conversation  or  by  letters. 
Hence  his  friendship  and  correspondence  were  soli- 
cited by  men  of  the  first  rank  in  literature;  and  he 
numbered  among  his  intimate  acquaintances,  Mr. 
Hearne  the  Antiquary,  Bisliop  Tanner,  Bishop 
Lowth,  Dr.  Ward  of  Gresham  College,  Dr.  Kennn 
cott,  Mr.  James  Merrick,  Mr.  Granger,  and  many 
others  equally  eminent.  His  judgment  both  of 
authors  and  their  works  was  just  and  accurate.  If 
he  ever  erred,  it  seemed  to  arise  from  excess  of  can- 
dour; which,  perhaps,  sometimes  disposed  him  to 
judge  more  favourably  of  publications  than  they 
appeared  to  merit.  Authors,  of  whatever  rank  aixl 
reputation,  who  endeavoured  to  injure  the  cause  of 
religion  and  virtue,  he  always  spoke  of  with  the 
contempt  and  abhorrence  which  they  deserved, 
t. ."  Nor  were  his  goodness  of  heart  and  rectitude  of 
conduct  inferior  to  his  natural  and  acquired  abilities. 
In  true  piety  and  fervour  of  devotion,  in  the  most 
strict  and  scrupulous  attendance  both  on  the  solemn 
offices  of  the  church,  and  the  domestic  and  private 
duties  of  religion,  few  of  the  prasent  age  have 
equalled,  perhaps  none  have  surpassed  him.  This 
spirit,  as  might  reasonably  be  expected,  pervaded 
his  whole  conduct,  and  influenced  all  his  actions. 
He  was  in  himself  humble  and  unassuming,  without 
guile,  of  the  greatest  candour,  and  most  amiable 
simplicity.  With  respect  to  others,  he  was  a  man 
of  the  strictest  justice  and  integrity  to  all  persons, 
of  boundless  hospitality  to  his  friends,  of  munifi* 
cence  and  charity  to  the  poor  and  necessitous^  almost 
without  example. 

"  In  his  relatives  and  nearest  connections  no  man» 
could  be  more  truly  fortunate,  or  deserved  more  to 
be  so.  As  a  husband  and  a  father,  he  was  strict  and 
exemplary  without  severity,  kind  and  affectionate 
without  culpab\e  \nd\x\^ewefc  ox  xevk^laced  partiality. 
The  long  ooutiuuanc^  oi  >^^  ^sx^^x&^k  vuxic&^mVM 


i>R.   JOHN  1.0TBDAY.  4^^ 

fully  evinces  the  propriety  of  his  conduct  as  a  fnastet. 
"  Such  was  the  man,  of  whose  dharacter  tliii 
short  sketch  is  attempted.  May  each  of  us  endea^^ 
vour  to  imitate  him  as  far  as  we  are  able,  that,  likd 
him,  we  may  live  beloved  and  respected,  like  him 
may  be  lamented  at  our  death!  Crito/* 

"  P.  S.  If  a  much  inferior  hand  mi^ht  add  one 
•feature,  which  is  not  distinctly  exhibited  in  the 
J^!)ove  portrait,  I  would  sav,  that,  besides  other  qua* 
lities,  in  themselves  perhaps  more  valuable,  and 
therefore  here  very  justly  noticed,  I  revere  Mn 
Loveday  in  this  respect,  that  time  had  neither  blunted 
his  feelings,  nor  soured  his  manners.  With  the  8ta- 
hility  of  years,  he  possessed  a  sensibility  of  heart 
scarcely  equalled  in  any  period  of  life,  a  fervour  of 
affection  never  surpassed:  and  his  unparalleled 
cheerfulness  and  true  piety  shed  a  kind  of  hea- 
venly lustre  on  all  he  said  or  did.  ..  In  the  gaiety  oiT 
youth,  the  mere  want  of  thought,  or  vigour  of 
Health,  may  give  a  temporary  flow  of  spirits.  ^HJk 
it  is  Christianity  alone,  planted  in  an  honest  heart 
and  sound  understanding,  that  can  crown  old  age 
^ith  uniform  serenity,  and,  on  the  very  verge  of  the 
grave,  array  the  countenance  with  smiles.       R.  C^" 

DR.  JOHN  LOVEDAY, 

only  son  of  the  preceding  gentleman,  by  his  first 
wife,    Anna-Maria,    eldest   daughter    of   William 
Goodwin,  esq.  of  Arlescote,  co.  Warwick  (by  his 
second  wife  Abigail  Bartlett),  was  born  Nov.  22, 
1 742;  and  for  a  twelvemonth  received  instruction  at  the 
Grammar  School  in  Reading,  under  the  Rev.  Havi- 
land  John  Hiley,  M.  A.  "  a  name,**  as  Mr.  Coates 
observes,  "  still  remembered  and   revered   as  the 
Busby  of  that  seminary."     Mr.  Hiley  having  re- 
Bigned  the  School  in  1750,  Mr.  Loveday  continued 
and  completed  his  school  education  under  his  suc- 
cessor, tne  Rev.  John  Spicer,  M.  A.  a  man  of  con- 
siderable ingenuity,  talents,  and  worth,  who  ¥ra%  «l 
frequent  eontnbutor,  in  prose  and  in  vewe,  to  Mlt, 
Urbm's  vaseM,    Jn  the  year  1 760  he  vrw  ^uVct^ « 


47^  UTERA&Y  ANSCDOTXS. 

a  Gentleman  Commoner  of  Magdalen  College^  Ox« 
ford;  where  he  was  distinguished^  as,  in  the  same 
situation,  his  father  had  been  before  him,  by  the 
r^ulari^  of  his  conduct  and  attention  to  his  studies. 
It  was  the  singular  felicity  of  his  early  school-inti« 
roacies,  that  they  were  permanent;  and  of  his  play- 
mates  in   the   Forbery,    George  Vansittart,    Esq. 
M.  P.  for  Berkshire,  and  Charles  Fanshawe,  Esq. 
of  the  Middle  Temple,  Recorder  of  Exeter,  feel- 
ingly regret  the  termination   of  an   uninterrupted 
friendship  of  more  than  sixty  years.     It  was  less 
surprising,  but  not  less  happy,  that  his  College  con- 
nections were  also  lasting;  and  the  learned  Bishop 
of  St.  Asaph,  originally  a  I)emy  of  Magdalen  College, 
and  the  [late]  Rev.  Dr.  Chandler,  sometime  Fellow 
of  that  iSbciety,  shared  largely  in  the  sorrow  of  his 
earlier  acquaintance;  for,  indeed,  as  has  been  truly 
observed  on  the  occasion,  **  an  uninterrupted  friend- 
ship" even  "  of  fifty  years  is  no  ordinary  event  in 
life."     When  Dr.  Chandler  was  preparing  his  splen- 
did edition  of  the  Oxford  Marbles,  Mr.   Loveday 
assisted  him  in  that  elaborate  work;  a  circumstance 
which  gave  his  mind  a  predilection  for  the  fascinating 
study  of  Antiquities,  but  with  no  advantage,  as  he 
would  sometimes  say,  to  his  classical  and  more  im* 
portant  studies.     Having  been  regularly  admitted  to 
the  degree  of  B.  C.   L.  October    10,   1 7 66,   and 
D.  C,  L.  June  5,  1771,  he  became  an  Advocate 
with  increasing  repute  and  practice  in  Doctors  Com- 
mons, till  in  1777  he  married  Anne  Taylor  Loder, 
only  daughter  and  heir  of  William  Taylor  Loder, 
esq.  of  Williamscot  *,  near  Banbury  (great  grand- 
daughter of  Mr.  Goodwin  mentioned  in  p.475,  by  his 
first  wife,  Abigail  Booth)  by  whom  he  left  four  sons 
and  one  daughter. 

He  ppssessed  a  very  ample  library;  his  fathers 
noble  collection  of  books  having  been  neaiiy  doubled 
by  his  own  acquisitions,  including  many  that  were 

*  Mr.  Loveday  and  bis  son  the  Doctor  living  each  at  near^ 
opposite  angles  ot  Ox£Qids\uxe»  vi^;tt^  ^^^x^nsmlodl  by  their  i^eod 
J>r.  DucQM  the  two  Anton, 


e  tnd  valuable  beqaeathed  to  him  by  thatadmirir 
;holar,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Merrick.   Few  men  indeed, 
» except  perhaps  his  incomparable  father,  wen» 
r  acquainted  with  the  contents  of  a  libraiyt' 
no  one  ever  was  more  willing  to  communicata 
stores  in  his  possession.    Accuracy  was  the 
rning  principle^  and^  as  it  were,  the  very  life  of 
e  did;  which,  in  point  of  analogy  and  ortho-i 
hy,  he  endeavoured  perham,  in  some  few  in* 
ses,  to  carry  to  unattainable  or  untenable  con^ 
iicy  and  perfection :  for  in  language, '  which'  was 
r  }^et  framed  by  philosophers,  esteblished  usa^ 
t,  in  many  cases,  be  a  law,  from  which  there  la 
ppeal.    Of  accuracy  not  pushed  too  far,  and  of 
111  information  by  him  on  various  subjtets,  in* 
lerable  specimens  are  to  be  found  in  the  Gentle- 
's Magazine;  to  which  for  many  years  past  he 
a  contributor,  under  the  signatures  oiAntiqua^ 
,  AcademicuSy  Findexj  Scrutator ^  and  others  i 
igh  there  were  letters  occasionally  under  each  of 
te  signatures,  which  did  not  come  from  his  pcC, 
with  his  knowledge.    His  last  communication 
f  be  seen  in  vol.  LaXIX.  p.  133 — 125. 
[e  was  for  some  years  an  active  and  upright  Ma* 
rate  for  the  Counties  of  Oxford  and  Warwick,  in 
1  of  which  he  was  possessed  of  property.    He 
a  liberal  hand  and  tender  heart;  and  if,  agree- 
rto  maxims  of  antient  wisdom,  **  to  weep  is  a 
erion  of  merit  *,**  and  ''  tears  are  the  best .  sense 
have*!*)''  I  never  knew  a  man  in  whom  they 
ired  more  freely  at  every  tale  of  woe,  or  instance 
distress.    But,  in  the  truly  good,  poignancy  of  ^ 
if  cannot  long  predominate;  and,  expepting  these 
isient  effusions  of  purest  sympathy,  serenity  of 
id  in  him  we  deplore  was  the  source  of  unifomi 
1  almost  unexampled  cheerfulness.     Whoever 
red  in  his  society  experienced  its  animating  in-^ 
moe ;  and  in  the  friendly  circle,  lively  remarks, 
isic  allusions,  and  pleasant  anecdotes^  (of  which 

my«Au  y  mptitutfvis  ofifu.    Eaasm.  Adag. 
^iVciiCnf/moptiQiAsenius.*'    Jut. 


479  LITSEAET  AKECOOTB8. 

be  had  an  inexhaustible  fund)  furnished  a  nch  feas 
q!  ''  mirth  that  after  no  repentance  brings.'' 

His  one  great  aim  in  life  was,  to  act  up  to  the  ae 
veral  duties  of  it;  and  whether  we  regard  him  as  i 
husband,  as  a  parent,  or  a  master,  it  would  be  diffi 
cult  to  find  an  instance  in  which  the  duties  of  thou 
respective  situations  were  performed  with  more  scni 
pulous  exactness  and  less  ostentation ;  meek  and  sub 
missive  to  the  will  of  Heaven,  in  his  last  as  in  forme 
illnesses,  not  a  symptom  of  impatience  was  seen;  m 
hasty  or  unkind  word  or  expression  escaped  him; 
and,  by  peculiar  mercy,  his  final  malady  was  neithei 
long  nor  painful.     It  lasted  only  eight  days;  and 
tliough  it  began  with  an  inflammation  of  the  lungs, 
which  is  usually  attended  with  great  suflfering,  be^ 
by  his  own  account,  had  no  pain  at  all  throughout 
Deeply  impressed  with  the  great  truths  of  the  Gos- 
pel, HI  his  devotions  public  and  domestic  (and  doubt- 
less in  those  of  the  closet  also)  he  was  most  punctual 
and  exemplary;  and  the  genuine  fruit  of  this  true 
wisdom  was  fortitude  in  health,  and  consolation  in 
death.    When  his  complaint  had  taken  an  unfavour- 
able turn,  and  he  was  apprized  of  its  too  probable 
issue,  he  received  the  information  with  the  utmost 
composure;  for  though  the  event  was  at  the  moment 
unlooked  for,  it  could  not  afifect  with  surprise  or 
dismay  one  who  daily  remembered  the  uncertaintjf 
of  life,  and  was  daily  prepared  to   meet   his  dis^ 
solution.     He  said,  he  found  "  comfort  in  having 
done  his  duty;"  conformably  to  the  hope  which  he 
had  expressed  in  his  will,  written  some  years  before 
with  his  own  hand,  and  in  the  good  old  form :  ^'  la 
the  name  of  God.  Amen.     I  John  Loveday,  being 
in  perfect  health  both  of  body  and  mind,  fully  coa* 
vinced  of  the  truth  of  the  Christian  reUgion  as  pro 
fessed  by  the  Church   of  England,   and  humblf 
hoping  for  everlasting  salvation  through  the  sow 
merits  of  my  ever-adorable  Redeemer  Jesus  Christy 
do  make,"  &c. 

The  prayers  of  tVveCVvwielv  were  occasionally  read 
to  liim;  aud  thou^.Vt  n<i^  %\x^5^\i^\^\ccav\]^\oui 


DR.  JOHN   LOVEDAT*  479 

mentally  only,  when  breatliing  was  now  becooie 

difficult,  he  bore  his  part  as  at  other  times,  making 

proper  responses  with  a  firm  and  clear  voice.    Oa 

the  ninth  morning,  between  three  and  four  o'clock;p 

when  utterance  had  left  him,  after  a  signal  not  ioH- 

mediately  understood,  he  was  asked  whether  a  prayer 

should  be  said.     He  made  an  earnest  and  reiterated 

tign  of  assent.     The  commendatory  prayer  from  the 

Liturgy  was  shortened  and  adapted  to  the  occasion^ 

the  family  being  present.     In  about  five  minutes  he 

oad  ceased  to  breathe;  and  his  eyes  were  closed  by  a 

filial  hand,  March  4, 1 809,  to  open  again  only  to  be-^ 

hold  his  Redeemer  in  glory !  R.  Churton.* 

VIII.  THE  REV.  ROBERT  MASTERS,  B.  tt 

was  great  grandson  of  Sir  William   Masters,    of 

Cirencester,   in  the  county  of  Gloucester,    whose 

lecond  son,   William,   was  born  there;   admitted 

Bachelor-fellow  of  Merton  College,  Oxford,  from 

Christ  Church,   by  the  Parliament-visitor,    March 

25,   1650,   being  then  under-graduate.     He  took 

tlie  degree  of  M.  A.  about  two  years  after  ♦.     He 

was  rector  of  Woodford,  Essex,  February  13,  1660  ; 

prebendary  of  Chamberlainwood,    1663 — 1666,  of 

Caddington  Magna,  1 666 ;  rector  of  Southchurch, 

Essex,  1 666,  which  he  resigned  1 667 ;    rector  of 

St.  Vedast,    alias   Foster,     with    St.    Michael  le 

Querne  united,  1671 ;  and  died  l684'f*.     He  had 

aa  estate  at  Lamborn,  in  Essex,  of  4  or  500/.  a 

year,  which  he  sold.     He  lived  much  in  Norfolk, 

as  did  his  son,    whose  son,   the  subject  of  this 

article,   was  there  born,   and  his   sister  Lucretia, 

who  married  Mr.  Richardson.     He  was  admitted  at 

Bene*t  or  Corpus  Christi  College,  1731 ;  proceeded 

B.A.  1734;  M.A.  1738,  S.T.  B.  1746;  was  fellow 

and  tutor  of  the  college  1 747— 1750. 

Mr.  Masters  was  elected  F.S.  A.  175^;  and  was  pre* 
•ented  by  Bene't  College  in  I J 56  to  the  rectory  of 
I^andbeach^  co.  Cambridge.     He  was  presented  to 

*  Wood,  AtboHt  Osoaieaaes,  11.  58 1 .        t  Newcowct,  V  V9». 


480  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

the  vicarage  of  Linton,  which  he  resigned  for  thirt 
of  Waterbeach  17 59;  which  last  he  afterwarck, 
by  leave  of  the  Bishop  of  Ely,  resigned  to  his  son, 
for  whom  he  built  a  house.  On  being  presented  to 
the  rectory  of  Landbeach,  he  married  Miss  Corey, 
daughter  of  one  of  his  predecessors  in  that  living, 
who  died  August  29,  I764,  and  by  whom  he  hadi 
son,  William,  born  1759  (admitted  of  his  own 
college  1776,  but,  on  being  refused  a  fellowship 
1782,  removed  to  Emanuel  College;  instituted  to 
Waterbeach,  on  the  resignation  of  his  father,  1784? 
and  died  there  1794),  and  three  daughters;  of 
whom  Constance,  the  youngest,  died ;  Anne, 
•Ynarried  the  Rev.  Mr.  Sprowle,  rector  of  Appleby, 
CO.  Westmorland,  exchanged  for  Great  Bardtield, 
CO.  Essex ;  Mary,  married  to  the  Rev.  Mr.  1\  C 
Burroughs,  senior  fellow  of  Cuius  College,  to  whom, 
by  consent  of  the  respective  colleges,  Mr.  Masters 
resigned  Landbeach  I797,  and  continued  to  reside 
with  them.  Mr.  Masters  was  in  the  commission 
of  the  peace  for  the  county  of  Cambridge;  and 
was  author  of  the  following  works,  ^*  The  Mis- 
chiefs of  Faction  and  Rebellion  considered,  a 
Sermon,  preached  at  Cambridge,  1745,**  8vo. 
"  The  History  of  Corpus  Christi  College  in  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  in  two  parts;  1.  Of  itsFouD" 
ders,  Benefactors,  and  Masters ;  2.  Of  its  other  princi- 
pal Members;  printed  at  Cambridge,  1753,"  4to*. 
He  also  published  a  Plan  and  Elevation  of  the  in- 
tended new  building,  which  he  claimed  the  merit  of 
designing,  which  really  was  due  to  Mr.  James  Essex')'. 

*  In  this  work  he  promised  an  account  of  their  valuable  collec- 
tion of  MSS.  which  he  had  arranged,  and  had  new  bcNUid*  aaot 
the  Catalog:ue  of  MSS  taken  and  published  by  Dr.  Stanley,  and 
followed  by  a  second  by  Dr.  Nasmith. — *«  A  List  of  the  Names, 
Counties,  Times  of  Admission,  Degrees,  &c.  of  all  that  are 
known  to  have  been  Mcmbei's  of  Corpus  Christi  College^  in 
Cambridge,"  dated  1749,  is  subjoined  to  the  two  parts. 

t  Who  published  his  in  1773,  with  •'  A  Letter  to  his  Subscribers 
to  his  Plan  and  Elevation  of  this  intended  Addition,  1743-9t 
made  for  Mr.  Mostere  when  Tutor  "  and  a  paper  warwas  c«r- 
jried  on  beivveen  tYiefa>  ^^\)i^^^.^«AeLitVM^  weviukd 


RBV.   aOBEET  MASTERS.  48 1 

ile  also  published  a  Section  and  Ichnoghiphy  of  I^* 
hagoras'  school  atCambrid^e,  with  the  seal  of  Merton 
ISoll^e,  Oxford,  to  which  it  belongs*.  '^  Memoirs 
if  the  Life  and  Writings  of  the  late  Rev.  Thomas 
8aker-|-,  B.  D.   of  St.  John's  College,   from  the 

*  Engraved  by  William  Stephens^  an  excellent  engraver  oS 
and  plates^  deservedfy  patronized  by  Mr.  Masters.    Of  these 
ieveral  plates^  see  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LIV.  p.  194. 

t  On  this  publication  see  under  the  article  of  Dr.  Z.  Grey^  voL 
n.  p.  545  ,  and  under  T.  Baker,  vol.  V.  p.  116.  — The  following 
extract  is  from  Dr.  Grey's  MSS. :  "  Having  been  credibly  in- 
formed, that  Mr.  Baker  had  been  collated  by  Bishop  Crewe  to  the 
nctory  of  Long  Newton,  in  the  diocese  of  Durham,  in  King 
James  the  Second's  time,  I  prevailed  with  the  Curate  of  that  pa« 
rish  to  search  the  Register  Book  3  from  which  he  fevoured  me 
''ith  the  account  following,  viz.  Mr.  John  Oliver,  rector  of 
Long  Newton,  died  in  February  1686,  and  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
Thomas  Baker,  fellow  of  St.  John's  College  in  Cambridge ;  who, 
refusing  to  take  the  oaths  to  King  William  and  Queen  Mary  at 
Cndlemas,  1680,  returned  to  his  college  again.  —  Mr.  James 
Fiany,  M.  A.  of  St.  John's  Collie  in  Obcford,  chaplain  to  the 
B%ht  Honourable  the  Earl  of  Burlington  and  Cork,  afterwards 
D.  D.  and  Prebendary  of  Durham,  was  inducted  into  the  rec« 
toiy  of  Long  Newton,  on  the  30th  of  January,  1690." — ^Bishop 
Biffnet,  in  his  Introduction  to  the  Third  Volume  of  the  "  Ifis- 
toiyof  the  Reformation,'*  acknowledges  that  the /aur< A  number 
of  the  "  Ai>pendix"  was  sent  him  by  "  a  learned  and  worthy  per- 
son, who  will  not  suffer  him  to  give  any  other  account  of  him, 
M  that  he  lives  in  one  of  tlie  Universities,  and  has  sent  a  copious 
xAection  of  remarks  on  both  his  former  volumes,  but  upon 
xiadition  not  to  name  him." 

I  take  this  opportunity  of  exhibiting  two  specimens  of  M^. 
hker^s  Epistolary  Correspondence : 

1.  *'  To  Peter  Le  Neve,  esq.  Norroy  King  of  Arms,  at  Bow. 
*'  HoKouKED  Sir,  Cambridge,  June  29,  1729. 

"  If  you  did  me  the  fovour  to  offer  me  some  engravings,  your 
ettcr  must  have  miscarried  3  for,  I  solemnly  assure  you,  I  never 
id  receive  it :  or,  if  I  had,  could  not  have  been  so  much  wanting 
I  respect,  as  not  to  have  answered  it.  Your  last  Letter  was  in 
r  smafl  a  volimie  %  >  that  it  was  in  danger  of  miscarrying.  Some 
0&tli8  ago,  I  had  a  letter  for  Mr.  Murray,  to  be  left  with  me ; 
It,  being  directed  to  him,  I  did  not  think  myself  at  liberty  to 
pen  it :  so  it  lyes  by  me  under  seal,  nor  do  I  know  what  it 
lOCains.  Being  so  much  in  the  dark,  I  can  only  say,  that  any 
inf^  of  that  kind  from  you  will  be  very  acceptable,  as  «very 
ingthat  comes  from  you  is  always  cuiious. 
•'To  yoor  intended  donation,  I  must  not  pretend  to  give 
Ivfoe :  you  can  best  judge  how  your  books  are  to  be  disposed 
1  Only  1  may  8^,  that  in  the  Public  Library  there  vfVVW^e^ 
nfenjentsjKDtiiieiTti&r  old  Printa  and  MSS.  as  you  wY^ftiA  va 

t  Tbit  u  txtremeljr  cbuncterUtir  of  Mr.  L«  l4eTtt*ft  Kolta. 


48s  LITERARY  ANECDOTES* 

Papers  of  Dr.  Zachary  Grey;    with  a  Catalogue 
of  his  MS  Collections*   Cambridge,    1784^   8vo# 
*'  A  Catalogue  of  the  several  Pictures  in  the  Publicl: 
Library  and  respective  Colleges  in  the  University  of 
Cambridge,*'    l2mo.   no  date   (about   1790).     His 
last  work  was  "  A  short  Account  of  the  Parish  of 
Waterbeach,  in  the  Diocese  of  Ely,  by  a  late  Vicar, 
1795/'  8vo ;  with  a  slight  sketch  of  Denny  Abbey; 
but  this  was  never  published,  a  very  small  number 
only  being  printed  and  given  to  his  friends. 

Mr.  Masters  published  '^  Remarks  on  Mr.  Wal- 
pole's  Historic  Doubts*;''  printed  in  the  "  Archseo- 

Dr.  Middleton's  printed  plan  or  scheme.    One  thing  furUier  I 
dare  venture  to  say,  that  they  will  be  there  taken  care  of,  whkh 
is  more  than  I  dare  say  for  that  other  place  -,  and  in  a  Public  li- 
brary they  will  be  of  most  public  use.     I  am,  honoured  Sir, 
Your  most  obliged  humble  servant,  Tho.  Baker.'* 

"  If  Mr.  Murray  be  with  you,  be  pleased  to  acquaint  him,  that 
1  have  a  Letter  for  him,  and  have  expected  liim  here  every  day 
these  sevei-al  months." 

2.  "  To  Mr.  Thomas  Mai-tin,  at  Burv. 
"SiHi  Cambridge,  March  12,  [110  year]. 

'*  I  had  a  letter  from  Mr.  Le  Neve,  Norroy,  but  in  so  smaU  a 
Tolume,  that  in  truth  it  is  either  dropped,  mislaid,  or  lost.  The 
meaning  of  it,  as  far  as  I  remember,  was,  to  ask  my  opinion, 
whether  he  should  leave  some  MSS.  and  old  Prints  to  our  Public 
Library,  or  to  Trinity  College  (whereof  I  think  he  was  a  mem- 
ber). The  books  were  not  specified  j  and  indeed  his  letter  was 
so  small  a  thing,  that,  though  it  contiiined  not  much,  yet  there 
was  hardly  room  left  to  add  a  line.  This,  or  tlie  like  account,  I 
sent  to  Mr.  Anstis  (Garter),  when  the  thing  was  more  fresh  ia 
my  memory ;  which,  though  it  can  be  of  no  ase  to  you  or  him, 
yet  I  should  have  been  wanting  in  resi)rct,  had  I  not  sent  an  afi- 
flwer.    I  am.  Sir,  your  most  obedient,  &c.         Tho.  Baker." 

*  Through  the  medium  of  their  common  friend  Mr.  Cok, 
Mr.  Masters  had  previously  communicated  the  following  infonna- 
tion  to  Mr.  Walpole :  "  Mr.  Masters  luis  penised  Mr.  Walpole's 
"  Anecdotes  of  Painting"  (which  IVIr.  Cole  was  so  obliging  as  to 
lend  him)  with  great  pleasure  -,  and  finds  he  has  by  him  one 
of  the  Miniatures  of  Henry  VIL  described  in  Vol.  L  p.  46, 
being  14  inches  by  10^^,  undoubtedly  a  picture  of  that  time, 
and  in  its  original  frame,  which,  if  worth  Mr.  Walpole's 
acceptance  as  a  collector  of  such  curiosities,  is  much  at  his 
service. — ^There  must  surely  be  a  mistake  in  the  sum  paid  for 
the  Tapestryt  in  p.  145,  since  at  10/.  Is.  per  eU  it  amounts 
to  71151.  85. — Mr.  Walpole  speaks  of  a  monument  and  bust, 

f  This  error  (which  remauvs  uncorrected  in  the  Quarto  Edition  of  Lord 
Orford's  Works,  yo\.  lU.  v<  ^^  *^  v'^Vm^Vj  xwc^'wi^^  lum  total,  bat  ii 
thfi  ibU  U*  which  U\Vke\;f  10 h«*mUu^^te^\^t«.^ij&>x%«sA\^^^^^ 


HEY.   ROBERT  MASTERS.  483 

II.  198;  and  ah  account  of  stone  coffins  found 
ambridge  castle^  Ibid.  VIII.  63^  66 ;  of  an  an« 

m  8vo,  280]  erected  to  the  memory  of  Sir  Nathaniel 

I  the  Church  of  Culford  *  ;  which  if  true>  there  must  have 
3,  since  there  is  certainly  one  at  StiiTkey  in  Norfolk. 
e  built  the  Hall^  and  was  interred>  as  his  epitaph  seta 
See  Masters's  Hist,  of  Bene  t  Coll.  App.  p.  85.]— P.  102. 
igs  in  Chichester  Cathedral  were  re-painted  by  Tremayne 
ixpence  of  Bishop  Mawsoki. — Mr.  Walpole,  in  Vol.  II. 
peaks  of  the  first  Lecture  of  Geography  read  at  Sir 
tr  Gerhier^s  Academy  at  Bednal  Green^  which  yet  he  had 
;  novr,  although  this  might  be  the  first  Lectiu^,  on  that 
yet  I  presume  it  was  not  the  first  read  there^  &ince  1 
me  "  The  Art  of  well-speaking,  being  a  Lecture  read 

Sir  Balthazar  Gerbicr's  Academy/'  dated  6  Jan.  1649^ 
A  the  dedication  to  the  Parliament  of  England,  he  styles 
Lecture  f.     I  have  a  print  of  him  diflferent  both  in  person 
s  from  that  in  the  book  5  which  has  the  motto^  Heureux 
^ieu  se  confie,  and  round  the  oval,  D,  Balthazar  Ger* 
'Iques  auratus,  but  no  C.  R.  1653,  on  the  medal  hanging 
ft  su\v,  as  in  p.  60.    Mr.  Masters  apprehends  thai  the 
rho  dedicated  his  book  to  the  right  nigh  and  supreme 
^  this  Nation,  the  Parliament  of  England,  ^c.  in  1649^ 
irce  be  so  much  in  favour  with  the  King  as  to  have  a 
ven  him  in  1653 :  the  date  is  therefbrc  probably  wrong, 
tcrs  Ikls  part  of  a  collection  of  the  Heads  of  Pinters,  &c. 
Mumber  of  which  is  116,  by  different  hands,  butchieflv 
.  by  Pet.  de  Jode,  and  piinted  by  Jo,  Meyssens,   which 
seem  to  correspond  to  cither  of  the  collections  spoken 
a. — Hen.  Van  der  Borcht,  mentioned  p. 73,  is  the  89th  in 
ection. — P.  116.  Nic.  Lanicre  is  said  to  have  died  in  1646; 
» have  been  a  purchaser  of  pictures  in  the  sale  of  theKing*8 
^hich  could  not  have  been  begun  before  1648 :  see  p.  64. 
ers  has  a  ^ood  picture  of  the  Duchess  of  B^hmond 
'd  p.  132.  half  length,  with  this  inscription  on  the  frame: 
^utchesxe  of  Richmond  and  Lenox,  daughter  of  Thomas 
card  of  Bindon,  who  was  second  son  to  Thomas  Duke  of 
whose  mother  was  the  Lady  Elizabeth  Stafford,  eldest 
of  Edward  Duke  of  Buckingham,    Her  Grace  was  bom 
577.  London,  1633.    She  is  drawn  in  black,  with  a  very 
.  ruff  and  handkerchief,  and  many  strings  of  pearls }  on 
ide  hangs  a  miniature,  probably  of  her  husband,  ex- 
well  done ;  her  right  hand  is  supported  by  her  fan,  and 

II  table  on  the  other  side  is  placed  her  coronet.    This 
ably  be  the  picture  of  Petit ot  Vertue  speaks  of." 
iramunication  was  thus  acknowledged  to  Mr.  Cole. 

I,  Sirawherry-hill,  August  19,  1762. 

very  sensible  of  the  obligations  1  have  to  you  and  Mr. 
lod  ought  to  make  separate  ^.cknowledi^ments  to  both ; 

iot  was  adopted  in  the  Qaarto  Edition,  vo\.  \U.  p.\AO. 
iedia  ibeQusfto,  p,  IBS, 


484  LITXEAftY  ANECDOTES* 

tient  painting  on  glass,  representing  the  pafigree  <A 
the  Stewart  family.     Ibid.  VIII.  321. 

A  portrait  of  Mr.  Masters,  from  a  drawing  by  the 
Iftev.  Mr.  Kerrich,  then  Fellow  of  Magdaleo  Col- 
lege, now  Principal  Librarian  of  the  Univenit^  of 
Cambric^^  was.  engraved  by  Facius,  1 736. 


IX.    THE  REV.  JAMES  BENTHAM, 

Prebendary  of  Ely,  Rector  of  Row-brick-hiU  in  the 
Comity  of  Bucks,  and  Domestic  Chaplain  to  the 
ftight  Hon.  Lord  Cadogan,  was  the  son  of  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Bentham  *,  a  very  worthy  clergyman  of 

Imt,  not  knowing  how  to  direct  to  hini^  1  must  hope  that  you  will 
kindly  be  once  more  tFie  cliannel  of  our  correspondence^  and 
that  you  will  be  80  good  as  to  convey  to  him  an  answer  to  what 
you  cummunicuted  from  him  to  me,  and   In  particular  mj 
thanks  for  the  most  obliging  offer  he  has  made  me  of  a  pictoit 
of  Henry  VII ;  of  which  I  will  by  no  means  rob  him.     My  view  in 
publishing  the  Anecdotes  was,  to  assist  gentlemen  in  discovehDg 
the  liands  of  pictures  they  possess  \  and  I  am  sufficiently  rewarded 
when  that  purpose  is  answered.     If  there  is  another  edition^  the 
mistake  in  the  calculation  of  the  T^^estry  shall  be  rectified,  and 
any  others,  which  any  gentleman  will  be  so  good  as  to  point  out.      \^ 
With  regard  to  the  monument  of  Sir  Natlianiel  Bacon,  Vertue 
certainly  describes  it  as  at  Culford  -,   and  in  looking  into  the 
phice   to  which  I  am  refen*ed,    in   Mr.  Masters's  History  o£ 
Corpus  Christi  G)llege,   I  tliink  he  himself  billows  in  the  note 
that  there  is  such  a  monuuicat  at  Culford.    Of  Sir  Balthazar 
Gcrbiei  there  are  several  different  ])nnts.     Nich.  Lanicre  pur-* 
chasing  pictures  at  the  King  s  sale,  is  luidoubtedly  a  mistake  fb^ 
one   of  his  brothers. —  I  cannot    tell    now   whether    Vertue'^ 
mistake  or  my  own.     At  Longleatc  is  a  whole  length  of  France^ 
Duchess  of  Richmond,   exactly  such  as  Mr.  Masters  describes^^ 
but  in  oil  f.    I  have  another  whole  length  of  the  same  Duchess ^^ 
I  beli(!ve  by  Mytcns,  but  younger  than  that  at  Longleate.    BuC^ 
the  best  picture  of  her  is  in  Wilson*^  Life  of  King  James ^ 
und  veiy  diverting  indeed.    I  will  not  trouble  you.  Sir,  or  Mr^ 
Masters,  with  any  more  at  present ;  but,  repeating  my  thanks  tc7 
both,  will  assure  you  that  I  am,  &c.        Horace  Walpolb.** 
*  Against  the  South  wall  of  the  North  aile  of  the  choir  at  Ely  ^ 

"  M.  S. 
Samuelis  Bentham,  A.  M. 
ex  antiqu£l  stirpe  de  Bentham  in  com.  Ebor.  oriundii 
hiyus  ecclesiee  per  annos  36  minoria  canonici^ 

t  P^titot  never  painted  Wl  Vn  efiaaBM\,^XVR  VHUMlteve  miflit  noCwit^^ 
jtAodlof  b«  oopied  iromYum.   yf»C« 


\ 


R^V.   JAMES   B£NT|L\M.  4^5 

the  dioeese  of  Ely,  who  was  descended  from  an 
antient  family  in  Yorkshire,  which  has  produced  an 
uninterrupted  succession  of  Clergymen  fi-om  the 
time  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Having  received  the 
rudiments  of  classical  leamingin  the  grammar  school 
of  Ely,  he  was  admitted  of  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, March  26 j  17  27,  where  he  proceeded  B.  A. 
1730,  M.  A.  1738,  and  was  elected  F.  A.S.  1767. 

In  the  year  1733,  he  was  presented  to  the 
vicarage  of  Stapleford  in  Cambridgeshire ;  w:hich  he 
resigned  in  1736,  on  being  made  Minor  Canon  in 
the  church  of  Ely.  In  1767,  he  was  presented  by 
Bishop  Mawson  to  the  vicarage  of  Wymondham  in 
Norfolk ;  which  he  resigned  in  the  year  following  for 
the  rectory  .of  Feltwell  St.  Nicholas,  in  the  same 
county.  This  he  resigned  in  1774,  for  the  rectory 
of  North  wold  ;  which  in  1779  he  was  induced  to 
change  for  a  prebendal  stall  in  the  church  of  Ely, 
though  he  was  far  from  improving  his  income  by 
the  change.  But  his  attachment  to  his  native  place, 
with  which  church  the  family  had  been  connected 
ivithout  any  intermission  for  more  than  1 00  years, 
surmounted  every  other  consideration. 

In  1783  he  was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Bow- 
brick-hill,  by  the  Kev.  Edward  Guellaume. 
•    He  published  ^^  Queries  otFered  to  the  Considera- 
tion of  the  principal  Inhabitants  of  the  City  of 
EHy  and  Towns  adjacent,  and  of  all  the  Gentlemen 

et  eodem  tempore,  per  specialexn  indulgentiam^ 

ob  iodu^ncm  vocis  claritatem 

et  decoram  in  sacris  officiis  peragendis  gravitateiDj 

Sacelli  R^alis  Westmonasteriensis  presbyteri, 

et  Kegise  Familis  ^  Confessoribus, 

Ecclesianim  S.  P^tri  Weatmonast. 

et  Divi  Plauli  I^ndinensis  minoris  canonic!. 

Rcceasit  ab  h&c  ecclesid^  A.  D.  17^3 

&  ad  VVestmonasteriensem  se  tdtus  contulit. 

Ibi  mortmis  est^  A.  D.  17^8i  stat.  77- 

Uxorem  duxit  Ruth  AUestree, 

matremfomiltaB  providani,  officiosam, 

ex  quft  7  ^lios  S  filias  suscepit. 

Ula  diem  supremam  obiit  A.  D.  17^9,  et.  7T* 

§^)e}hintur  hi  coBtaitmo  claustrali  WeslvoouMC* 

e\seWV\eT^ 


486  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

elsewhere,  who  have  any  Estates,  or  Interest  in,  or 
Regard  for,  the  South  part  of  the  Isle  of  Ely. 
Camb.  1757,**  8vo. ;  and  for  him  was  engraved,  by 
Thomas  Kitchen,  a  plan  of  the  intended  road  from 
Ely  to  Cambridge,  on  a  half  sheet,  1763. 

From  his  first  appointment  to  an  office  in  the 
church  of    Ely,    he   seems  to    have  directed   his 
attention  to  the  study  of  church  architecture.    It 
is  probable  that   he  was  determined  to  the  pur- 
suit of   ecclesiastical    antiquities  by  the   eminent 
example  of  Bishop  Tanner  (a  Prebendary   of  the 
same  stall  which  Mr.  Bentham  afterwards  held), 
who  had  honoured  the  family  with  many  marks 
of  his   kindness   and    friendship.     For    researches 
of  this  kind  Mr.  Bentham  seems  to  have  been  ex- 
cellently qualified.     To  a  sound  judgment,  and  a 
considerable  degree  of  penetration,  accompanied  by 
a  minuteness  and  accuracy  of  enquiry   altogether 
uncommon,  he  added  the   most  patient   assiduity 
and  unwearied  industry.     The  history  of  the  church  • 
with  which  he  was  connected,  afiforded  him  foil    i 
scope  for  the  exercise  of  his.  talents.     It  abounds    I 
with  almost  all  the  various  specimens  of  church  ar-    ' 
chitecture  used  in  England  to  the  time  of  the  Re-   j 
formation.     Having  previously  examined  with  great 
attention*  every  historical  monument  and  authority 
which  could  throw  any  light  upon  his  subject,  after 

*  That  ^  Mr.  Bentham  spared  no  pains  in  his  researches,  wU 
appear  by  the  contents  of  some  of  his  Letters  to  Dr.  Ducarel. 
"Sir,  Ely,  Fe6.2^,  1757. 

"  I  am  greatly  obliged  to  you  for  your  offer  of  subscribing  for 
one  of  the  copper  plates,  viz.  "  The  Elevation  of  the  Arches. 
Pillars,  and  Windows  of  the  Old  Conventual  Church  of  Ely,  built 
A.  D.  970j"  the  drawing  fof  which  is  in  great  forwardness,  but 
not  finished,  and  done  by  a  friend  of  mine,  who  is  veiy  curious  iQ 
these  matters.  I  expect  him  here  again  some  time  in  April  ne^^t 
to  finish  it ;  after  which  I  will  either  wait  on  you  with  the  draw- 
ing, or  find  some  means  of  conveying  it  to  you.  He  advised  roc 
to  have  the  plan  and  elevation  of  the  arches,  piUars,  &c.  on  the 
^ame  plate,  ^d  adapted  to  the  same  scale,  which  is  accordingly 
done  on  a  half  sheet ,  though  they  are  put  down  in  my  catalogue 
lis  two  separate  articles.  There  are  added  likewise  to  the  same, 
pim  original  dpoi(-caae&  f(vaiJLie\v\^mMMg^>  ^sA^voe  of  the  \rindo^ 


REV.   JAMES   BENTHAM.  487 

B  had  circulated,  in  1 756,  *^  A  Catalogue  of  theprin- 

eal  members  of  this  church  [Ely],  viz.  Abbesses^ 
botSy  Bishops,  Priors,  Deans,  rrebendaries,  and 
rchdeaoons,''  in  order  to  collect  further  information 

»wn  in  a  larger  scale.  All  the  arches  of  this  building  are  cir« 
ikur,  and  ornamented  in  a  peculiar  manner. — ^I  return  you  my 
lanks  for  your  Tour  through  Normandy^  which  I  will  send  for 
I  Mr.  Woodyer^  as  you  direct ;  and  will  give  orders  for  some  of 
ly  Catalogues  of  the  Principal  Members^  &c.  to  be  delivered  to 
HL     I  am^  Sir,  with  great  respect,  &c.      Jambs  Bentham.** 

*'  SiH,  Ely,  March  12,  1757. 

'*  I  have  received  from  Mr.  Woodyer  your  "  Tour  through 
onnandy,"  and  have  read  it  over  with  a  good  deal  of  pleasm-e. 
our  observations  there  confirm  the  opinion  I  had  entertained 
I  the  antiquity  of  circular  arches,  which  pre\-ailed  in  this  king- 
>m  under  the  Saxon,  and,  I  think,  under  the  first  four  Norman 
logs  i  but  in  the  following  reign  of  Henry  II.  they  began  to 
»viate  a  little  from  the  ciicular,  and  were  a  little  pointed ;  and 
om  that  time  the  circular  came  into  disuse,  and  pointed  ai-cbes 
soerally  prevailed. — ^The  '*  Catalogue  of  the  principal  Mem- 
srs,'*  &c.  I  beg  the  favoiu?  of  you  to  communicate  to  those  you 
dnk  proper ;  and  you  will  please  to  con3ider  it  only  as  an  in- 
mation  of  my  intention,  and  preparatcny  to  my  ^'  I^oposals  of  - 
rinting  tlic  History  of  the  Church  of  Ely/*  which  I  may  pro- 
ibly  make  next  winter,  but  not  before,  because  I  would  willingly 
we  the  plates  in  some  degree  of  forwardness.  J  a  m  es  Bentham.** 

''  Sir,  Ely,  Aug,  25,  1757. 

^*  I  fully  intended  to  have  waited  on  you  vdien  I  passed  through 
ondonia  my  way  from  Oxford ;  but  was  unexpectedly  obliged  to 
it  out  the  next  morning  after  my  return  to  London,  without 
iking  leave  of  any  of  my  Mends.  I  am  doubly  obliged  to  you^ 
»r  youi*  readiness  in  giving  me  your  assistance  yourself,  and 
kewise  for  your  soliciting  your  friends  on  my  account.  I  thank 
[r.  Morant  for  his  information  and  advice.  Dr.  Lyttelton,  Dean 
r£xcter,  was  lately  at  Ely,  and  called  upon  me :  he  stayed  two 
lys  here,  and  seemed  very  well  pleased  with  our  Cathedral 
burch,  and  the  remains  of  the  old  Saxon  Church,  which  he 
oks  on  as  the  most  considerable  Saxon  building  in  England  | 
le  drawing  of  which  is  now  finished,  and  the  plan,  by  Mr.  Es-* 
!X,  of  Cambridge,  a  very  ingenious  man,  and  particularly 
cilful  in  Gothic  architecture.  He  intends  going  to  London 
nt  week,  or  tlie  week  after,  and  will  wait  on  you  himself 
ith  the  drawing,  and  give  some  necessary  directions  to  the  en- 
raver,  in  order  to  avoid  mistakes.  I  tlunk  you  once  mentioned 
»  me  some  of  the  family  of  the  Hothams,  who,  you  thought^ 
ould«willing]y  become  subscribers  for  Bishop  Hotham*8  monu- 
lent ;  a  first  proof  of  which  coming  to  hand  last  night,  I  now 
Xkd.  that  you  may  see  it.  It  is  only  etched  at  present,  but  will 
I  finished  by  the  gi-svver  next  week>  and  the- whole  w^ieoobint 


488 

ccmcenaiog  them,  be  published  *^  The  Histavr  and 
Airfiqnities  of  the  Canventual  and  Cadiedral  Oioreh 
at  Eljr^  from  the  FoundadoD  of  the  MonMirry,  A.R 
£75,  to  the  Year   1771^    illostrated  with 'copper 

die  i^Bitc,  i.  e.  frr  dnwing,  engrariiig,  and  prindK,  w3  te 
four  guiaeai  and  a  bal£.  If  fcm  know  of  JoiTof  tbe  ttoihr  Ait 
will  be  at  that  cmyieiirr  00  nj  inscribing  it  to  thtmt,  1  bc^  fke 
forour  ciyoar  informadon;  and  ako  the  same  in  reiycct  oTBjp. 
Gray'Aoioiiiuient,  Uieei^enceafvhiciiwillbetheaaoK:.  J.B." 
"Sii,  £isr>  Z>er.  90,  17a^ 

<'  I  am  much  obliged  to  tou,  for  tout  recomineiidatiOTi  to  Bfr. 
Gnqr  of  CcAcbester ;  to  whom  1  beg  joa  to  retnm  my  besi  re- 
fpccU  and  thanks  for  the  i^ate  of  Bp.  Gray's  Monameflft.    Yon 
will  be  pleased  to  onlcr  the  plate,  wiien  fintsbed,  to  beifireeled 
to  Mr.  Alderman  Bentham  at  Cambridge.    I  bave  but  one  at* 
gnwer  employed  on  njr  ftees ;  so  tlM  I  find  it  veiy  tedMns  ia 
setting  them  foiwaitl ;  which  necessarily  detays  wj  pvlilicatai; 
Jot  I  would  not  even  publish  prc^iosab,  till  the  plaiea  are  mar 
finithing.    I  have  aboot  fifty  plates  in  the  whole ;  and  I  ^iA 
about  31  are  now  finished,  b^dcs  that  of  Bp.  Gray's  mooinMnt; 
and  the  rest  are  going  on  as  £uit  as  my  engrarer  can  work.    Be 
Uvea  at  Cambridge  at  present,  on  purpose  to  engra^  way  plates ; 
and  tells  me  he  has  tried  to  get  aaotber  hand  firon  LoikIob  lo 
assist  him  in  the  work,  but  bas  been  unsocoessful  in  it>  they  ars 
all  so  liill  of  work  at  London.    I  send  you  the  indoeed  eheeC,  bj 
which  you  will  see  the  design  Uiat  is  now  carrying  on  here,  fat 
raisii^  the  sum  of  1200/.  by  subscription,  for  removing  the  choir 
of  our  Cathedral  Church  (which  is  now  placed  near  theanddle  of 
the  church)  to  the  East  end.    My  Lord  the  Bishop  of  Ely*  (hf 
whom  the  design  was  chiefly  set  on  foot)  has  offered  5001.  towavii 
It    The  reasons  for  removing  the  choir,  and  also  for  propcBiBg 
to  do  it  by  subscription,  you  will  find  in  the  printed  account 
herewith  sent,  and  also  the  plan  and  elevation  of  the  North  side' 
of  the  intended  choir ;  and  1  cannot  but  express  my  sincere 
wishes,  that  so  noble  a  design  may  meet  with  that  encourage- 
ment it  really  deserves.    Whatever  encouragement  is  given  to  it^ 
wiU,  I  know,  be  very  acceptable  to  my  Lord  the  Bishop,  and 
the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Ely ;  and  I  flatter  myself  will  give  me 
an  opportunity  of  making  honourable  mention  of  the  names  of 
many  worthy  and  public^pirited  persons,  who  are  on  all  occs' 
sions  ready  to  forward  such  good  works ;  it  being  intended  that 
the  names  of  such  generous  benefactors,  and  the  several  sums  by 
them  contributed,  should  be  preserved,  smd  inserted  in  the  Histoiy 
of  the  Church  of  Ely.    I  beg  leave  to  order  half  a  dozen  of  the 
nrints  to  be  sent  to  you,  that  they  may  be  at  hand,  in  case  you  shall 
think  proper  to  distribute  any  of  them.        James  Bbntham. 

*'  P.  S.  1  should  be  glad  to  know  what  forwardness  the  plates 
qf  the  old  Saxon  ChurchatEly  are  in.*' 


ftfeV.   JAMES  SENTHAM.  49§ 

»*,  printed  at  Cambridge,  at  the  Univereitr  • 
5,  by  Joseph  Bentham,  1771,  Finis  hie  OjffScU 
\e  Lahoris  +  "  In  the  introduction  the  author  - 
ight  it  mignt  be  useful  to  give  some  account 
^axon,  Norman,  and  what  is  nsiNilly  called 
lie,  architecture.  The  many  novel  and  in* 
ous  remarks,  which  occurred  in  this  part 
the  work,  soon  attracted  the  attention  of 
e  who  had  turned  their  thoughts  to  the  sulyeot. 
\  short  essay  was  fevouraMy  received  by  ttie  pub- 
and  has  been  frequently  cited  and  referred  to  by 
t  writers  on  Gothic  architecture.  By  a  strange  . 
ake  these  observations  were  hastily  attributed  to 
celebrated  Mr.  Gray  the  Poet,  merely  because  Mr. 
tham  has  mentioned  his  nameamong  thatof  odieiv 
tiom  he  conceived  himself  indebted  for  comuKini- 
m!B  and  hints.  Mr.  Bentham  was  never  informed 
lis  extraordinary  circumstance  till  the  year  ITM^ 
A  he  accidentally  met  with  it  in  the  'Gentleiiian^ 
azine  for  the  month  of  February  in  that  year;}; ; 

'  Sir,  Ely,  April  6,  \7GZ. 

'.  am  fiavoured  with  two  lettero  from  you ;  the  one  inclosing 
of  of  the  plate  of  the  Flan  and  Elevation  of  our  old  ConTen- 
^urch  at  Ely,  which  you  generously  contribute  for  my  Hi»* 
ji  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Ely ;  for  which  I  return  you  my 
« thanks.  It  came  very  opportunely,  as  I  intended  to  have 
id  the  favour  of  a  proof  about  this  time,  having  occasion  to 
some  references  to  it,  in  respect  of  some  observations  about 
at  Gothic  Architecture.  I  cannot  yet  fix  upon  the  exact  time 
Jtling  the  sheets  to  press,  on  account  of  some  alterations  I 
taking  in  my  general  plan. 

n  the  other  letter  was  inclosed  your  Proposal  for  publishing 
leral  Repertory  of  the  Endowments  of  Vicamges ;  a  work 
vill  be  highly  useful  to  many,  especially  the  inferior  Glei^^ 
i  you  all  imaginable  success,  and  shall  be  glad  to  have  it 
r  power  to  send  what  notices  are  to  be  met  writh  here  in  the 
try  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter.  At  present  it  happens  ^ajt 
egistrar  of  the  Church  is  at  London  ;  but,  1  hear,  will  le- 
10  Ely  in  about  a  fortnight's  time  -,  when  I  wiU  not  fiiii  ^ 
bat  informations  I  can,  and  let  you  know.  Jamb^Bentham." 
tfost  of  the  plates  were  drawn  by  J.  Hdns,  and  engraved  by 
Spendelowe  Lambome,  an  ingenious  engraver  and  minia*- 
lainter  of  Cambridge,  where  he  died,  in  November  1774. 
rhe  work  was  projected  and  superintended  by  the  Author*! 
er^  the  Printer;  and  was  the  last  he  concerned YnsDM^  vol. 
7AUILpp.  37j  138,  aoi,  375, 


49t  LLTEKARY  AKECDOTEB. 

time    these  amounted   to  upwards  of  lOOOJL  and 
nearly   to   double   that    sum    on   interest.      The 
scheme  being  thus  invigorated  by  these  helps,  and 
by  the  increasing  loans  of  those  whose  prejudices 
began  now  to  wear  away,  an  act  was  obtained  in 
1763  for  improving  the  road  from  Cambrid^  ta 
£ly.     Similar  powers  and  provisicHis  were  in  a  few 
years  obtained  by  subsequent  acts,  and  the  benefit 
extended  to  other  parts  of  the  Isle  in  all  directioBS, 
the  success  of  which  hath  answered  the  most  sai^ine 
expectations  of  its  advocates.     With  the  same  bene- 
ficent disposition,  Mr.  Bentham,  in  1 778,  submittedt 
plan  for  inclosing  anddraininga  large  tract  of  common 
in  the  vicinity  of  Ely,  called  Gruntifen,  containing 
near  1 300  acres,  under  the  title  of  ^^  Considcnrationi 
and  RelBections  upon  the  present  State  of  the  Fem 
near  £ly,  &c.  Camb.  1778,  8vo."    The  inclosure, 
however,  from  whatever  cause,  did  not  then  tMkt 
place;  but  some  of  the  hints  therein  si^gested  hate 
formed  the  groundwork  of  many  of  the  improve- 
ments which  have  since  obtained  in  the  culture  ami 
drainage  of  the  fens.     Exertions  of  this  kind  couM 
not  fail  to  procure  him  the  esteem  and  respect  of  all 
who  knew  him,  especially  as  they  were  wholly  unac- 
companied with  that  parade  and  ostentation  by  which 
the  best  public  services  are  sometimes  disgraced.  Mr. 
Bentham  was  naturallyof  a  delicate  and  tenderconsti- 
tution,  to  which  his  sedentary  life  and  habits  of 
application  were  very  unfavourable ;  but  this  was  so 
iar  corrected  by  rigid  temperance  and  r^ularity,  that 
he  was  rarely  prevented  from  giving  due  attention 
either  to  the  calls  of  his  profession,  or  the  pursuits  of 
his  leisure  hours.    He  retained  his  faculties  in  Ml 
vigour  to  the  last,  though  his  bodily  infirmities 
debarred  him  latterly  from  attendance  upon  public 
worship,  which  he  always  exceedingly   lam^atad, 
having  been  uniformly  exemplary  in  diatduty.     H^ 
read,  with  Rill  relish  and  spirit,  most  pubhcatioiif 
of  note  or  merit  as  they  appeared ;  and,  till  within  s 
few  days  of  his  death,  continued   his  'Customaiy 
-intercourse  wVdi  Vv\^  feSe^Aa.  "^Vvwi^^  tftxn^^orale 


tBT.  JAMS9  BJSNTHAM.  49S 

bitemious  to  a  great  degree  in  his  oWn  person 
abits,  he  lived  generously  and  hospitably  with 
)ciety  of  the  place,  to  which  he  endeared  him- 
>v  the  most  eentle,  inoffensive,  and  benevolent 
ainour.  Of  himself  he  never  spoke  or  thought^ 
rith  the  greatest  diffidence  and  modesty:  Of 
3,  with  equal  candour  and  charity;  always 
to  credit  and  diffiise  every  favourable  repre- 
:ion  of  their  conduct,  feeling  a  real  uneasiness 
ever  any  thing  to  their  disadvantage  was  men- 
1  in  his  presence,  and  discouraging,  by  the. 
marked  disapprobation,  every  attempt  to  dia- 
e  their  merits  and  reputation.  But  the  ruling 
ions  of  his  soul,  and  those  which  shone  forth 
conspicuous  in  his  character,  and  spread  au 
;ing  kind  of  sanctity  over  his  countenance  and 
t  demeanour,  were  his  unfeigned  humility  and 
These  had  been  his  refuge  and  consolation 
*  some  severe  and  trying  circumstances;  and  to 
he  resorted  in  the  same  humble  confidence  at 
lose  of  life,  supporting  himself,  and  strength- 
the  hopes  of  others,  by  sentiments  of  ))iety 
esignation  suitable  to  that  supreme  respect  for 
ion  which  he  had  manifested  in  every  occurrence 
s  life. 

\  Bentham  died  Nov.  17,  1794,  in  the  86th 
rf  his  age.  There  is  a  very  fine  Portrait  of  him 
icius  after  a  drawing  by  Mr.  Kei-rich,  He  left 
one  son,  the  Kev.  James  Bentham,  vicar  of 
Braddenham,  in  Norfolk;  for  which  prefer- 
be  was  indebted  to  the  kind  patronage  of  the 
(ishop  of  Ely,  the  Honourable  Dr.  James  Yorke. 
r.  Joseph  Blentham,  brother  to  the  Historian^ 
Iderman  of  Cambridge,  and  many  years  Printer 
t  University,  died  in  1778. 
ywrager  brother,  the  Rev.  JefTery  Bentham, 
rf  Catherine-hall,  Cambridge;  B.  A.  I777, 
..  1780.  He  was  precentor  of  the  church  of 
minister  of  Trinity  parish  in  that  city,  and 
r  canon  for  near  50  years,  having,  m  V\\K^ 
wged  the  vicarage  of  Meldreth,  in  l^niVni^^S^ 


494  LITERARY  ANECDOTES* 

shire,  for  a  minor  canonry,  with  Mr.  Tookie.  Ife 
died  at  the  Hill  houre  in  Ely,  on  the  5th  of  Jiine^ 
1792,  aged  72. 

X.   ANTHONY  ASKEW,  M.  D. 

was  bom  at  Kendal,  in  Westmoreland,  in  the  yeat" 
1722,  His  father,  Dr.  Adam  Askew,  was  in  such 
high  estimation  at  Newcastle,  that  he  was  considered 
as  another  Radcliffe,  and  consulted  by  all  the  fami- 
lies of  consequence  for  many  miles  round.  An- 
thony was  educated  at  Sedburgh  school,  and  fix)m 
thence  removed  to  Emanuel  college,  in  Cambridge, 
where  he  continued  till  he  took  his  degree  of  B.  A. 
in  December,  1745.  He  then  went  to  Leyden,  and 
resided  there  twelve  months,  with  the  view  of  being 
initiated  into  the  science  of  medicine.  In  the  fol- 
lowing year  we  find  him  in  the  suite  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's Ambassador  at  Constantinople.  Returning 
from  thence  through  Italy,  he  came  to  Paris  in  the 
year  1749,  and  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Aca- 
demy of  Belles  Lettres.  Here  he  had  an  opportu- 
nity of  purchasing  several  rare  MSS.  early  edi- 
tions of  the  Classics,  and  valuable  books  in  various 
branches  of  science,  and  of  laying  the  foundatiort 
of  an  elegant  and  extensive  library.  Having  finished 
his  travels,  he  returned  to  Cambridge,  and  in  the 
year  1750  commenced  M.  D.  He  was  soon  after 
admitted  Fellow  of  the  Royal  College  of  Physicians, 
and  of  the  Royal  Society,  in  London ;  anci^  on  his 
establishment  m  the  Metropolis,  was  visited  by  all 
who  were  distinguished  for  learning,  and  curious  in 
the  fine  arts*.     What  time  could  be  afterwards 

*  Mr.  Dibdin  says,  "  Dr.  Mead  supported  him  with  a  sort  of  [»• 
temalzeal;  nor  did  he  find  in  his  protege  an  ungibtefiil  son. 
Few  minds  were  probably  more  congenial  than  were  those  of  Mead 
and  Askew;  the  former  had,  if  I  may  so  speak,  a  magnificence 
of  sentiment,  which  infused  into  the  mind  of  the  latter  juSt 
notions  of  a  character  aiming  at  solid  intellectual  fame;  without 
the  petty  arts  and  dirty  tricks  which  we  now  see  too  frequentlf 
pursued  to  obtain  it.  Di.  K&V<e,v7,  yivth  less  pecuniary  means  d 
'^tifying  it^  evmced  «xv  en^  ^\^Q>Kt  m  ^^  y^xi^'^x.  ^  boots, 


DR.  AKtHONY  AdKEW.  495 

1  from  attending  his  professional  engagements 
iedicated  to  the  conversation  of  literary  men» 
)  increasing  and  arranging  his  collection  of  books, 
longst  the  other  rich  stores  of  Dr.  Askew's  li- 
was  a  complete  collection  of  the  editions  of 
lylus,  some  illustrated  with  MS  notes;   and 
ise  one  or  two,  if  not  more,  MSS.  of  the  same 
>r;  which  were  collected  purposely  for  the  in- 
m  of  publishing  at  some  future  period  an  edi- 
of  ^schylus;    and  accordingly,    in  the  year 
,  he  printed  a  specimen  of  his  intended  edition 
mall  quarto  pamphlet,  under  the  following  titl€: 
vaeEditionisTragoediarum  -^schyli  Specimen, 
ite  Antonio  Askew,  M.  B.  Coll.  Emman.  apud 
abrigienses  baud  ita  pridem  Socio  Commen* 
Lugduni  Batavonim,  1746."     This  pamphlet, 
h  is  now  become  very  scarce,  was  dedicated  to 
VIead,  and  consisted  only  of  29  lines,  namely^ 
ver.  563  to  ver.  596  of  the  Eumenides  (edit, 
iltz.)     It  contained  various  readings  from  his 
i.  and  printed  books,  and  the  Notce  Variorum. 
lough  we  have  no  other  publication  of  Dr.  As- 
yet  the  benefit  the  publick  received  by  the 
mination  of  his  collection  of  scarce  and  valuable 
\,  and  books,  give  him  a  just  title  to  be  recorded 
ng  the  promoters  of  literature  and  ipience. 
r.  Askew  died  at  Hampstead,  in  the  neighbour- 
l  of  London,  Feb.  27,  1774,  aged  52;  and  his 
valuable  Library  *  was  sold  early  in  the  follow- 

and  inscriptions.  I  have  heard  from  a  veiy  worthy  old  gen- 
ii, who  used  to  re^-el  *midst  the  luxury  of  Askei^fs  table, 
few  men  exhibited  their  books  and  pictures,  or,  as  it  ifl 
I,  shewed  the  Lions,  better  than  dM  the  Doctor.  Of  his 
unents  in  Greek  and  Roman  literature  it  becomes  not  mc  to 
:,  when  such  a  scholar  as  Dr.  Parr  has  been  most  eloquent 
eir  praise.*'     Bibliomania,  p.  515.  « 

"  We  are  told  by  the  compiler  of  the  Catalogue,  that  it  was 
^bt  '  unnecessary  to  say  much  with  iie^pcct  to  the  library  of 
Ite  Dr.  Anthony  Askew,  as  the  collector  and  tlie  collection . 
to  well  known  in  almost  all  parts  of  Europe/ — Afterwards  it 
MTved  that '  The  books  in  general  are  in  very  fine  condition, 
T  of  them  -bound  in  morocco,  and  russiakatYvex^  vi'vWv  ^X. 
k.  ^ . .  To  giwe  0  /Mirticular  account/  coaUuue^  \Yie  GO\Xi\fte^  > 


49^  *    Un&AKT   ANBCD0T29. 

« 

iBg  year  by  Baker  and  Leigh,  on  the  l^h  of  Febitf^ 
ary,  and  nineteen  following  day^. 

'  of  the  many  scarce  editions  of  books  in  thk  Catalogue  wonU  be 
aimost  endless  ;  therefore  the  first  editions  of  the  Qasaics^  aad 
some  extremely  rare  books  are  chiefly  noticed.    The  catalogue^ 
without  any  doubt «  contains  the  best,  rarest,  and  most  valuable , 
collection  of  Greek  and  Latin  Books  that  was  ever  sold  in  En* 
gland,  and  the  ^reat  time  and  trouble  of  forming  it^  will,  it  is 
hoped,  be  a  sufHcicnt  excuse  for  the  price  put  to  it.'    (1^.  6d.  the 
small  paper,  and  4s.  the  large.) — ^Tl\is  account  is  not  overcharged. 
The  collection,  in  regard  to  Greek  and  Roman  literature,  was 
unique  in  its  day.  finiichccl  with  many  a  tome  from  the  Harl^itDi 
Dr.  Mcad*s,  Maitin  Folkes's,  and  Dr.  Rawlinson's,  library,  a 
well  as  witli  numerous  rare  and  splendid  articles  from  foreign coU 
lections  (for  few  men  travelled  with  greater  ardour,  or  had  an 
acuter  discrimination  than  Dr.  Askew),  (he  books  were  sought 
after  by  almost  every  one  then  eminent  for  bibliographical  re- 
search,    li'is  Majesty  was  a  purchaser,  says.*]\Lr.  J.  Nichols,  ta 
the  amount  of  about  300/.;    Dr.  Hunter  to  the  amount  of 
500/. ;    and  De  Dure    (who  had  cuumiissions  from  the  King 
of  Prsyfice  and  many  foreign  collectors,    to  the  amount  ci 
15002.)  made  purchases  to  the  same  amount;  I>.  Bfetywie 
solicited  by  the  Trustees  of  the  British  Museum  not  ta  be  un« 
mindful  of  that  repository ;  and  accordingly  he  became  a  pur« 
chaser  to  a  considerable  amount.    The  late  worthy  and  learned 
Mr.  M.  Cracherode,  whose  library  now  forms  one  of  the  most 
splendki  acquisitions  of  the  British  Museum^  and  whose  beqnesl 
of  it  win  immortalize  his  memory,  was  also  amon^  the  '  Emptor 
res  literarii*  at  this  renowned  sale.     He  had  enriched  his  cMo^ 
twtt  with  many  an  '  Exemplar  Askevianum ;  and>  in  his  hitet 
days,  used  to  elfliirate  his  hands  and  eyes,  and  exiclaim  i^;aiBSt 
the    prices    now    offin-ed    for    Editiones    Princtpe*.  —  Those  • 
who  recollect  the  zeal  and  scholarship  of  this  illustrious  bib« 
lio  maniac,    and   the  piedous  volumes  with  which  his  library 
was  stored,  firom  the  choice  collections  of  De  Boze,   Gaig* 
nat.  Mead,  and  Folkes,  cannot  but  sigh  with  grief  of  heart  oa 
reflecting  upon  such  a  victim !     How  ardently^  and  how  IdnAfr 
(as  I  renynber  to  have  heard  one  of  his  intimate  friends  say) 
would  A^ew  unlock  the  stores  of  his  glittering  book-treMniei! 
—open  the  magmfkentMio,  or  the  shining  duodecimo,  ftnUei 
upon  vellum,  and  embossed  with  golden  knobs,  or  held  Smt  inth 
silvei*  clasps!     How  carefully  would  he  unrol  the  curious- fna»»* 
'tcripty  decipher  the  half  efiaoed  characters — and  then,  casting 
an  eye  of  ecstacy  over  the  shelves  upon  which  similar  tieasurei 
were  lodged,  exuh  in  the  glorious  prospect  before  him!    Bot 
Death — ^who,  as  Horace  tells  us,  equally  exercises  the  knocker  cf 
the  palace  and  cottage-door,  made  no  scruple  to  rap  at  that  cf 
our  renowned  Doctor — when  Askew,  \Vith  all  his  ddll  in  msdi* 
cine  and  knowledge  o(  V»oVs,  ^\ekkd  to  the  sumMonc  of  the 
air'im  Tyrant — ami  H^  \Mmftitf«(V»  m  >mu>mi^  V^san^!--« 


ff 
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DR.  AKTUOKY  ASKEW,      ?  4gj 


4 


be  MSS.  of  Dr.  Askew  were  separately  aold  in 
'81,  and  produced  a  very  considerable  aum.  The 
ppcndix  to  Scapula,  published  ill  an  octavo  volume 
1789,  was  compiled  from  one  of  these  MSS. 
A  fine  Portrait  of  Dr.  Askew,  engraved  by  Hod- 
?tts,  from  the  Original  in  Emanuel  College,  Cam- 
•idge,  is  given  by  Mr.  Dibdin  in  the  second  vo- 
me  of  his  "  Typographical  Antiquities." 


XI.    MATTHEW  DUANE,  tSQ.  * 

LincolnVinn,  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  A.  S.  and  a  Trustee 
'  the  British   Museum;  a  gentleman  universally 

*.  Askew  had  eminently  distinguished  himself  by  a  refined 
ite,  a  sound  knowledge,  and  an  indefatigable  research,  relating 

every  thing  connected  with  Grecian  and  Roman  literature, 
was  to  be  expected,  even  during  hb  life,  as  he  was  possessed  of 
Bficient  means  to  gratify  himself  with  what  was  rare,  curious, 
d  beautiful  in  litemtiu'e  and  the  fine  arts',  that  the  publick 
mld^  one  day,  be  benefited  by  such  pursuits :  especially  as  he 
d  expressed  a  wish  that  his  treasures  might  be  unreservedly 
bmitted  to  sale  after  his  decease.  In  this  wish  the  Doctor  was 
t  singular.  Many  eminent  collectors  had  indulged  it  before 
n  :  and,  to  my  knowledge,  many  modem  ones  still  indulge  it. 
•Dr.  Askew's  sale  has  been  considered  a  sort  of  ara  in  Biblio- 
aphy.  Since  that  period,  rare  and  curious  books  in  Greek  and 
itin  literature  have  been  greedily  sought  after,  and  obtained  [as 
"etent  salef  abundantly  testifies]  at  most  extravagant  prices.  It 
very  well  for  a  veteran  in  bibliogixiphical  litemture,  as  was 
r.  Cracheiyxle,  or  as  are  Mr.  VVodhull  and  Dr.  Gosset — whose 
Uections  were,  in  part,  formed  in  tlie  days  of  De  Bure, 
igniat.  Askew,  Duke  de  la  Valliere,  and  liimoignon — it  is 
ry  well  for  such  gentlemen  to  declaim  against  modem  prices !  But 
mt  is  to  be  done  ?  Classical  books  grow  scarcer  every  da^;  and 
e  love  of  literature,  and  of  possessing  grare  and  interesting 
>rks,  increases  in  an  equal  ratio.   Hungiy  Bibliographers  dieet^ 

bales,  with  well-furnished  purses,  and  ai*e  resolved  upon 
tnptuous  fare !  Thus  the  hammer  vibrates,  after  a  bidding  of 
^y  pounds,  where  formerly  it  used  regulaily  to  fall  dX/purT 

Dibdin  s  Bibliomania,  pp.  515,  516,  517* 
♦  Blr.  Macpherson,  when  he  published  the  "  Original  Papers 
acerning  the  Secret  History  of  Great  Britain  from  the  Restora- 
m  to  the  Accession  of  the  House  of  Hapover,  1775,"  was  greatly 

t  The  sale  of  Dr.  Heath'/libwry,  1810. 

Vol.  in,  K  k  indebtsd 


49l  *     LITERARY  ANECDOTE*.. 

esteemM  for  his  profound  knowledge,  great  abilities, 
and  unsullied  reputation  in  the  profession  of  the 
Law;  as  well  as  for  his  extensive  learning,  happy 
taste,  and  critical  discernment  in  polite  literatuie 
aod  the  fine  arts ;  nor  less  distinguished  for  his  many 
excellent  qualities,  and  the  practice  of  every  virtue 
that  adorns  the  character  of  an  honest  man  and  i 
good  Christian.  He  died  Feb.  7,  1785,  aged  82*. 
.  His  death  was  occasioned  by  a  paralytic  stroke, 
with  which  he  was  attacked  about  six  o'clock  in  the 
evening.  Dr.  Watson  and  other  medical  gentle^ 
men  attended,  and  administered  their  good  offices 
towards  his  relief,  immediately  after  he  was  taken  ill, 
but  without  success.  He  expired  in  two  hours. 
The  principal  part  of  his  fortune,  which  was  vfery 
considerable,  he  settled  on  his  nephew,  Michael 
Bray,  Esq.  of  Lincoln's-inn,  subject  to  the  jointure 
of  his  widow,  who  survived  till  April  14,  I799. 

Mr.  Duane  had  employed  Bartolozzi  to  engrave  a 
fine  series  of  Coins  on  XXIV  Plates ;  which,  after 
his  death,  were  purchased  by  Mr.  Gough,  who  com- 
municated them  to  the  publick,  in  1805,  under 
the  title  of  "  Coins  of  the  Seleucidae,  Kings  of  Syria;  I 

indebted  to  Mr.  Duane ;  who,  having  discovered  and  purcbasni 
ten  quarto  volumes  of  the  Brunswick  Papers,  placed  them  aO  iA 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Macpherson. 

^  On  a  mural  monument  in  St.  Nicholas  church,  Newcastle: 

**  In  St.  George's  parish  are  interred  the  remains  of  Matthew 
Duane,  of  Lincoln's  Inn»  esq.  Fellow  of  the  Royal  and  Afiti* 
quarian  Societies,  and  a  Trustee  of  the  British  Museum. 

"  He  was  of  great  eminence  in  the  knowledge  of  the  LaWi 
and  of  the  strictest  integrity  and  liberality  in  the  practice  of  it; 
at  the  same  time  the  Friend  and  Patron  of  the  Folite  and  Fme 
Arts  'j  and  particulariy  distinguished  by  his  singular  skill,  ju(^' 
ment,  and  taste,  in  chusing  and  collecting  a  most  complete  »* 
ries  of  Syrian,  Phcenician,  Grecian,  Roman,  and  other  Coins 
now  deposited  in  the  Museum  of  the  late  William  Hunter,  M.D. 
for  the  illustration  and  confirmation  of  History. 

"  The  virtues  of  his  heart  were  equal  to  the  endowments  rf 
his  mind.  Justice,  Benevolence,  aud  Charity,  dictated  his  sen* 
tjjnents  in  promoting  the  happiness  of  mankind. 

''  He  died  the  6th  of  Fcbruaiy,  1785,  aged  78.  . . 

''In  testimony  of  her  affection  and  sincere  esteeoii  UswitM 
erected  tXm  m^wxxaiGoX  Xs^  \aik  m«sa)i^r^r 


(    409    ) 

rom  the  Establishment  of  their  Reign  under  Seleu* 
us  Nicator  to  the  Determination  ofit  under  Antio- 
hus  Asiaticus^  with  Historical  Alemoirs  of  each 
leign." 


XII.    ROBERT  ORME,  ESQ. 

ras  a  native  of  Tilly  Cherry,  in  the  East  Indiea^ 
f  which  his  father  was  governor;  he  was  brought 
[>  England  whilst  an  infant,  and  at  an  early  i^  was 
snt  to  Harrow  school,  where  he  received  his  edu* 
ation.     In  1744  or  1745,  he  \yent  out  as  a  writer 

0  Calcutta;  in  1755  he  was  appointed  one  of  the 
members  of  the  council  at  Madras.  In  1757  he 
ras  appointed  commissary-general ;  which  office  be 
leld  till  1759,  when  he  returned  to  England.  In  . 
763,  he  published  the  first  volume  of  his  valuable 
listory  of  the  Military  Transactions  of  the  British 
Nation  in  India.  In  or  about  1770,  the  Court  of  • 
directors  appointed  him  their  historiographer,  with 

.  salary  of  400/.  per  annumy  and  gave  him  free  ac« 
less  to  the  records  at  the  India-house,  for  the  two 
ucceeding  volumes  of  his  work.  His  last  publican  • 
ion,  which  came  out  in  1789,  was,  *^  Historical 
fragments  of  the  Mogul  Empire  during  the  reign 
if  Aurengzebe.**  Mr.  Orme  came  to  reside  at 
Saling  in  1792,  and  died  there  the  15th  of  January 
1801  •  There  is  a  monument  to  his  memory  on  the 
forth  wall  of  the  church,  thus  inscribed : 

^  Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Robert  Orme ; 

1  man  endeared  to  his  friends  by  the  gentleness  of 
lis  manners,  and  respected  by  the  publick  as  the 
Jegant  historian  of  the  Military  Transactions  of  the 

British  Nation  in  India. 
Ob.  15  January  1801,  aetat.  73.'' 
Mr.  Orme*8  valuable  collection  of  printed  books 
ind  MSS.  relative  tQ    the  affairs  of   India  wer^, 
lursuant  to  his  request,  presented  after  his  decease 
x>  the  EasI  India  Company. 
'  A  medaUio/i  of /iim  is  prefixed  to  his  book* 

KK2  'XilV 


(    500    ) 


XtIL  THE  REV,  JOSEPH  ROBERTSON  ♦ 

was  descended  from  a  respectable  family,  which 
from  time  immemorial  possessed  a  considerable  estate 
at  Rutter,  in  the  parish  of  Appleby,  in  Westmore- 
land. His  father  was  an  eminent  maltster;  and  his 
mother,  the  only  daughter  of  Mr.  Edward  Steven- 
son, of  Knipe,  in  the  same  county,  cousin  to  Ed- 
inttnd  Gibson,  Bishop  of  London.  He  was  bora 
at  this  latter  place,  August  28,  1726;  but  his  fether 
soon  afterwards  removing  to  Rutter,  he  was  sent,  at 
a  proper  age,  to  the  free-school  at  Appleby,  where 
he  received  the  rudiments  of  classical  learning  under 
Mr.  Richard  Yates,  a  man  of  eminent  abilities,  and 
distinguished  character  in  his  profession.  From 
thence,  in  174^,  he  went  to  Queen's  college,  Ox- 
ford, where  he  took  his  degree  in  arts,  with  consi- 
derable reputation  for  ingenuity  and  learning. 

On  his  receiving  orders  he  was,  for  some  time,  cu- 
rate to  the  celebrated  Dr.  Sykes,  at  Rayleigh  in  Essex, 
"with  whom,**  says  Archdeacon  Blackbume,  "hW 
liberal  principles,  with  respect  to  Religion  and  Go- 
vernment, would  meet  with  ample  encouragement^.'' 

In  1758,  he  was  instituted  to  the  vicarage  of  Her- 
riard  in  Hampshire;  in  1770,  to  the  rectory  of 
*Sutton  in  Essex;  and  in  1779,  to  the  vicarage  of 

*  These  Memoirs 'were  found  among  Mr.  Robertson's  paper?* 
directed  '<  To  Mr.  John  Nichols,  Fleet-sti-eet ;"  and  evidently 
intended  for  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  to  which  Mr,  Robert- 
son was  a  frequent  and  ^*aluable  Correspondent,  principally  under 
the  signature  of  Eusebius.  The  following  prefatory  note  ac- 
companied them :  "This  biographical  sketch  was  written  by  Mr. 
Robertson,  to  ascertain  his  genuine  publications,  to  prevent 
misrepresentations  in  some  particular  circumstances,. and  sucli 
false,  injurious,  and  insignificant  anecdotes,  as  arc  ^ecfuently 
introduced  into  the  memoirs  of  literary  men,  who  perhaps,  like 
himself,  had  no  ambition  to  obtain  the  notice  of  future  Biqgr^* 
phers,  and, 

"  That  second  life  in  others  breath, 

Th'  estate  which  Wits  inherit  after  death." 

t  Memoirt  of  TVioioaA  BnUi&»  ea^.  vol  I.  p.  460. 

Horn- 


REV.  JOSEPH  ROBERTSON.  501 

lonicastle  in  Lincolnshire,  to  which  he  was  pre- 
cnted  by  his  relation^  Dr.  Edmund  Law^  bisnop 
if  Carhsle. 

In  1761,  he  published  a  Sermon,  intituled,  ^*The 
lubversion  of  antient  Kingdoms  considered/* 
ireached  at  St.  John's,  Westminster,  February 
3,  the  day  appointed  for  a  general  Fast. 

In  1772,  he  revised  and  corrected  for  the  press  Dr. 
Iregory  Sharpe's  Posthumous  Sermons;  and  the 
ime  year  completed  a  new  edition  of  *^  Algemoon 
idney's  Discourses  on  Government,**  with  historical 
otes,  in  one  volume  quarto.     Thomas  Hollis,  esq, 

Y  whose  persuasion  this  edition  was  undertaken, 
lys,  '^  the  Editor  has  distinguished  himself  emi- 
ently,  even  beyond  my  great  expectation  of  him, 

Y  his  ability,  learning,  and  industry*.** 

In  1775,  a  remarkable  incident  happened,  which 
ccited  the  public  attention.  A  young  woman, 
hose  name  was  Miss  Butterfield,  was  accused  of 
oisoning  Mr,  Wm.  Sc^wen,  of  Woodcote  lodge  in 
urrey.  Mr,  Robertson  thought  her  very  cruelly 
eated,  and  took  an  active  part  in  her  defence.  On 
lis  occasion,  he  published  a  letter  to  Mr.  Sanxay, 
surgeon,  on  whose  testimony  Miss  Butterfield  hod 
een  committed  to  prison ;  in  which  he  very  severer 
r  animadverts  on  the  conduct  and  evidence  of  that 
sntleman.  After  she  had  been  honourably  ac- 
uitted  at  the  assizes  at  Croydon,  he  published  a  se« 
ynd  pamphlet,  containing,  "Observations  on  the 
ise  of  Miss  Butterfield,**  shewing  the  hardships 
16  bad  sustained,  and  the  necessity  of  prosecuting- 
er  right  in  a  court  of  justice :  that  is,  her  claim  to 

considerable  legaw,  which  Mr.  Scawen  had  be- 
ueathed  her  by  a  will,  executed  with  gj^^t  formality 
vo  or  three  years  Ixifore  his  death.  The  cause  was 
rcordingly  tried  in  Doctors  Commons.  .  But  • 
lough  it  was  universally  agreed,  that  this  unfortu- 
ite  young  woman  had  been  unjustly  accused,  and 
lat  Mr.  Scawen  had  been  induced,  by  false  sugges* 

*  Vkmom  of  Tkonm  HoUis,  esc^.  vol  1.  p.  4^^, 


sot  tiTBRAftT  AKECDOTKS. 

tionSy  to  sjgn  another  testamentary  paper,  in 

her  name  was  not  mentioned,  yet  no  redress  could  b^ 

.  obtained,  as  the  Judge  observed,  "that  it  was  tb* 
business  of  the  Court  to  determine  tlie  cause  accord.^ 
ing  to  what  the  testator  had  dpne,  not  according  to 
what  he  ought  to  have  done." 

Mr.  I{obert$on  is  said  to  have  been  the  authov" 
[these  are  his  own  words]  of  a  useful  tract,  pub- 
lished in  1781  *,  "On  CuHnary  Poisons.'' 

In  1782,  he  published  an  elegant  little  volume 
for  the  improvement  of  young  people  in  readings 
intituled,  "  An  Introduction  to  the  Study  of  Pohte 

•  Literature.''     This  performance  was  mentioned  as 
the  Jirst  volume  of  an  intended  series  on  the  same 

.  subject ;  but  the  second  never  appeared^  owing,  as  it 
IS  supposed,  to  the  plagiarism  of  oncf*,  who  reprinted 

*  In  ]  78 1  >  whilst  priDting  the  former  Edition  of  these  Anecdotes 
I  had  adopted  a  letter  of  Mr.  Robertson,  from  the  "  Critical  Re- 
view," respecting  the  edition,  then  lately  published,  of  "Bentley 
on  Phalaris'*  (see  p.  %!)  j  which  produced  the  following  ac- 
knowledgement : 

"  Dear  Sir,  Dec.  15, 1781. 

*'  I  ara  much  obliged  to  you  for  the  polite  notice  you  have 
taken  of  the  passage  in  the  Critical  Re\'icw,  and  its  author.  I 
think  you  judge  very  properly,  when  you  call  Dr.  Salter's  inno- 
vation a  whimsical  mode  of  spelling  and  pointing.  1  am  really 
astonished  at  the  industry,  ingenuity,  and  abilities  of  the  Editor 
of  the  Anecdotes.  By  this  specimen  I  am  convinced,  this  publi- 
cation will  be  extremely  curious  and  interesting. — By  the  second 
part  of  tbe  Reliquias  Galeanae  I  find  that  H.  Gale,  esq.  ha^ 
adopted  the  alteration  suggested  in  the  Review.  Yours,  &c.  J.R." 

About  the  same  time  I  received  the  following  note  from 
another  very  eminent  Reviewer : 

*'  Dr.  Kippis*s  best  respects  to  Mr.  Nichols,  and  looks  fbrwarf 
with  impatience  co  a  pubhcation  which  will  contain  so  much 
useful  intelligence,  and  be  so  eminently  beneficial  to  himself." 

f  Mr.  Archdeacon  Paley. — See  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol  LXJI.  pp* 
3Qi.  3^4. 40^,  his  remonstrance  against  this  literary  depredation. 
•  I  wished  Mr.  Robertson  to  have  softened  his  expressions,  but 
he  was  inflejubly  indignant 

"  Dear  Sir,  *'  Marlbrd  street,  Monday,  Ma^  7,  179«- 

"  No  apoUtgy  ever  was  made,  nor  indeed  can  be  made  j  and  the 

Archdeacon's  insinuation  \sjabe.    All  that  ever  I  heard  upon  the 

Bubject  was  an  accidental  and  oblique  intimation,  that  he  thought 

it  was  not  neccsaary  to  maVe  on-y  ^eknowledgement — that  the 

book  had  no  name — ^tViat  \l^a&ioT  ^  cVafxlaU^  ^^^as^^RRft,  'wvdlbc 

angin^  too  expemxoe.   T^ifc^^x^^^Ti&^^^^^s^'i,^,   v^^^ 


REV.  JOSEPH  ROBEETSON.  50^ 

the  greatest  part  of  the  volume  then  published  in  a 
mean  and  vulgar  tract,  for  the  use  of  Sunday-schools. 

In  the  same  year  he  revised  and  published  a  me? 
dical  work  of  his  friend  Sir  Clifton  Wintringham^ 
**De  Morbis  quibusdam  Commentarii,**  in  one  vo* 
lume  8vo ;  to  which  a  second  volume  was  afterwards 
added  in  1791* 

.  In  1 785,  he  published  an  "  Essay  on  Punctuation/' 
in  12mo,  In  this  treatise  he  has  illustrated  a  diy 
and  unpromising  subject,  with  a  variety  of  elegant 
and  entertaining  examples:  a  fourth  edition  of  this 
essay  was  {>rinted  in  1796. 

•  In  1788,  Mr.  Robertson  surprized  the  learned 
world  by  a  publication,  intituled,  ^^The  Parian 
Chronicle,  or  the  Chronicle  of  the  Arundelian  Marr 
bles,  with  a  Dissertation  concerning  its  Authenticity,** 
The  tendency  of  this  work  is  to  shew,  that  the  au- 
thenticity of  this  famous  inscription  is  extremely 
(questionable. 

The  authors  of  th^  "English  Review,**  in  their 
account  of  this  publication,  say,  "However  the 
commonly  received  system  of  antient  chronology 
may  sufler  by  this  discovery,  we  cannot  help  giving 
our  tribute  of  applause  to  the  ingenuity,  acutencss, 
and  learning  of  the  author.  The  reader,  who,  on 
opening  this  volume,  expects  only  to  find  a  discus- 
sion of  some  dry  points  of  antiquity,  will  find  him 
self  agreeably  disappointed,  when  he  is  introduced  in- 
to a  field  of  general  history  and  enlarged  erudition*,** 
.  The  learned  Compilers  of  the  Encyclopaedia  Bri- 
tannica  express  their  opinion  of  the  abovje-mention- 
ed  work  in  the  following  terms :  "  In  this  disser-  • 
tation  much  ingenuity,  as  well  as  judgement,  and  a 

Mag.  LXII.  292.) — Now^  to  save  appearances,  he  writes  a  mo- 
derate letter,  in  his  oum  name;  aiid  insults  me  under  the  name 
of  J.  O.  (Ibid.  297.) — a  mere  flam !  I  se^  no  occasion  fbr  the 
least  alteration.  My  name  is  subjoined,  and  I  wiU  answer  all  ob- 
jections?. Plagiarisms  are  now  risen  to  a  scandalous  excess^  and 
ought  to  be  checked.  I  am  extremelv  obliged  to  you  fbr  your 
note ;  apd  am,  dear  Sir,  your  sincere  jriend,  J.  Robxitson.*' 
«  English  Review  for  April  1798>  f.  276. 

gieat 


504  LITERARY  AVECDOTES. 

« 

great  extent   of    antient   learning,   are  displayed. 
Some  answers  have  appeared;  but  none  of  thena 
calculated  to  remove  the  objections,  or  materially  to 
affect  the  arguments,  which  have  been  stated  with 
so  much  learning  and  ragenuity  against  it*." 
•  In  1795,  Mr.  Roberti^on  published  a  translation 
of  Telemachus,  with  notes,  and  the  life  of  Fenelon, 
in  two  volumes  12mo;  on  which  the  Reviewer  in 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine  observes,    that,   ^this 
work  bears  the  marks  of  that  elegance,  taste,  and     ' 
learning,  for  which  the  translator,  or  the  annotator, 
is  eminently  distinguished  -f-." 

By  a  note  to  the  Dissertation  on,  the  Parian 
Chronicle :|:  it  appears,  that  he  was  concerned  in 
writing  the  Critical  Review  "for  twenty-one  years, 
from  August  1764,  to  September  1785,  inclusive." 
During  this  period  he  was  the  author  of  above  26i0 
articles,  on  theological,  classical,  poetical,  and  mis- 
cellaneous publications  §. 

In  17.97,  Mr.  Robertson  published  '^Observations 
on  the  Act  for  augmenting  the  Salaries  of  Curates, 
in  four  Letters  to  a  Friend,"  8vo||,  "  These  letters 
contain  an  animated  representation  of  the  hard- 
ships, which  may  attend  the  rigorous  applica- 
tion of  the  Curates'  Act,  when  extended  to  a  living 
of  eighty  or  a  hundi*6d  pounds  a  year;  with 
some  just  and  poignant  observations  on  the  Uttle  at- 
tention and  encouragement  paid  to  probity  and 
learning  in  the  present  age^.**  These  observa- 
tions were  written  in  consequence  of  what  the 
author  thought  a  disproportionate  and  oppressive  in- 
forcement  of  the  Curates'  Act,  by  which  the  Aw- 
mane  and  considerate  Bishop  ******,  when  the  Vi- 
car was  above  70  years  of  age,  and  in  a  precari- 

*  Encyclopedia  Britannica^  articles  Arundel  and  Chrowlog^* 
t  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXVI.  p.  47. 
J  Parian  Chronicle,  p.  505. 

5  I  have  Mr.  Robertson's  sett  of  the  Critical  Review,  in  which 
he  has  particularly  marked  liis  own  articles. 
II  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  |.XVII.  p.  S14. 

^  £ui  Of  eaa  Magazme>  K^ i\\  vM  \ 


REV.  JOSEPH  ROBERTSON.  $0$ 

IS  state  of  health,  reduced  his  small  living,  worth 
K)ut  40/.  a  year,  to  less  than  twenty*! 

In  1798,  he  published  "An  Essay  on  the  Educa- 
>n  of  Young  Ladies,  addressed  to  a  Person  of 
'istinction,  8vo;  and  the  next  year,  "An  Essay  on 
le  Nature  of  English  Verse^  with  Directions  for 
lading  Ppetry ,'*  1 2mo. 

Mr.  Robertson,  married  in  the  year  1758,  Miss 
laikes,  .the  daughter  of  Mr.  Timothy  Raikes,  apo- 

*  The  following  character^  written  by  Mr.  Robertson;  ap- 
eared  in  the  iMorning  Post : 

"  Elsebius  discovered  an  early >avidity  for  learning.    He  ac- 
littcd  himself    at  school  and  the  university  with   singular 
jplaiise  'j  and,  so  far  from  reciuiring  the  assistance  of  others, 
*ry  frequently  composed  a  dozen  exercises,  both  in  prose  and 
'Tat,  for  the  indolent  and  ignorant  part  of  hiii  acquaintance, 
hilc  his  brother  Jerry  was  ui>on  a  scheme  of  pleasure*  or  pur- 
ling the  chasc^  Eusebius  was  rivetted  to  a  folio,  and  ranging 
e  fields  of  science  in  quest  of  knowledge.    He  was  no  sporti^ 
an,  no  jolly  companion,  no  man  of  pleasure,  and  therefore 
id  but  few  associates.  .  He  never  sauntei'ed  away  his  time  at  a 
ifiee-house;  he  never  appearetl  u))on  the  turf  3  seldom  at  a  ball, 
concert,  or  any  other  public  entertainment.     Wlien  iie  entered 
ito  holy  orders,  he  had  a  deep  sense  of  the  sanctity  and  im- 
[nrtance  of  his  office ;  and  discharged  his  duty  for  several  years 
ith  the  highest  reputation }  but  the  sudden  dt^th  of  an  amiablb 
relate,  and  soon  aften^ards  of  a  worthy  Baronet,  to  whom  his 
irtues  and  abilities  were  well  known,  fl^lstrated  all  his  hopes  of 
sing  in  the  Church.     Some,  Who  pretended  to  be  his  friends,    . 
rofessed  the  warmest  regard  for  his  learning  and  merit }  but 
leir  endeavours  to  serve  him  were  feebly  exerted,  and  their  re- 
ommendations   were    cold   and    indifferent.    Instead    of  in- 
.-oducing  him  to  the  Prime  Minister,  or  the  Diocesan,  they  re- 
ouunended  him  to  Providence  !     Eusebiug  was  not  calculated 
3  push  himself  into  preferment ;  he  >vas,  what  every  Clergyman 
ught  to   be,    contented,   modest,  diffident  and  unassuming, 
[is  repeated  disappointments  brought  on  him  a  nervous  com- 
kdnt,  which  disqualified  him  fit)m  pursuing  a  laborious  or  an 
ctivc  Ufa.     He  had  a  small  estate,  of  thirty  pounds  a  year,  in  a 
jstant  county  ;  on  this  small  income  he  lived  near  fifty  years^  a 
etired,  regular,  studious  and  exemplary  life,  and  died  with  per- 
cct  resignation,   and  the  satisfaction  of  having  merited  that 
preferment  and  encouragement  in  the  church  which  he  never 
ibtained.    Render,  if  thou  ait  rich  and  powerful,  remember, 
liat  in  such  instances  ^as  this.  Providence  not  onlv  proves  the 
irtue  of  the  sufferer,  but  more  paiticuku'ly  tries  the  humanity 
ind  beneficence  of  thyself,  and  of  every  man  wYiQVvaA\Xm\Aa 
lower  to  be  a  frieod,  a  ysAron,  and  protector  to  mmX.  va  dS&Vxes&V^ 


(00  UTERART  ANECDOTES* 

thecary,  in  London,  by  \%'hoin  he  had  several 
children,  who  died  in  their  infancy.  With  tbii 
lady,  who  possessed  many  amiable  virtues,  he  found 
his  house  the  constant  residence  of  domestic  felicity. 
(To  the  foregoing  Memoirs,  printed  literally  from 
Mr.  Robertson's  hand-writmg,  I  have  only  to  add 
that  he  died  Jan.  VJ,  lS02,  m  his  jGtli  year.] 


XIV.    RALPH  GRIFFITHS,  ESQ.  LL.D. 

This  gentleman,  who  was  born  in  tlie  year  1720, 
was  the  original  institutor  of  "  The  Monthly  Re- 
view ♦;**  which,  with  unremitting  perseverance,  he 
conducted  54  years,  assisted  only  by  his  son  in  the 
latter  period  of  his  hfe-J*. 

*  The  First  Number  of  the  Review  was  published  in  May  1749, 
at  Tlte  Dunciad  in  St.  PauFs  Church-yard,  vi  hence  in  1754  the 
Pubiibher  removed  to  Paiernosrer-row,  and  in  1759  into  the 
Strand,  still  retaining  the  sign  of  the  Dunciad.  In  17(>4i  the  • 
name  of  Mr.  Becket  (the  present  respectable  Publisher)  first 
appeared  in  the  title  |>agc. 

t  One  of  hin  earliest  coadjutors  was  Dr.  Rose,  who  has  the  cie- 
dit  of  having  written  the  first  article  in  tliat  valuable  work.    He 
has  already  been  mentioned,  p.  3S6,  as  the  friend  aiid  counsellor 
-  of  Andrew  Millar ;  and  is  thus  noticed  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Lysons: 
**  Dr.  Rose,  a  man  of  amiaUe  manners,  and  much  esteemed 
in  the  literary  world,  had  been  for  about  30  years  an  inbabitaDt 
of  Chiftwick  -,  where  he  kept  an  ac^ademy.    He  was  author  of  a  • 
well-known  tmnslation  of  Salhist,  and  editor  of  several  useful 
compilations  in  J^tin,  French,  and  English.     His  able  aiticidins 
greatly  contributed  towaixb  establishing  the  credit  of  the  Moatbl^ 
Review,  in  which  he  was  one  of  the  eailiebt' writers.    Dr.  Rose 
waii  born  in  the  county  of  Aberdeen;  he  died  the  4th  of  July> 
1186,  aged  67*    llie  following  lines  to  his  memory,  written  bf 
Arthur  Murphy^  Esq.  are  inscribed  upon  his  tomb : 
*'  Whoe'er  thou  art,  with  silent  footsteps  tread 
The'hallow*d  mould  where  Rose  reclines  hi^s  head. 
Ah !  let  not  folly  one  kind  tear  deny. 
But  pensive  pause  where  tioilh  and  honour  lie: 
His,  the  gay  wit  that  food  affection  drew; 
Oft  heaildL  and  oft  admir*d,  yet  ever  newj 
.  The  heart  that  melted  at  another's  grief ; 
.  The  hand  in  seci*et  that  bestow'd  relief; 
Science  untinclut'd  mVYviVi<&  v^Vik  of  schools. 
And  native  goodae»  b^  tona  \»cns^  Vi^fi&\ 


PE.   RALPH   GRIFFITH!.  50? 

Dr.  Griffiths  was  a  steady  advocate  of  literature* ; 
a  firm  friend,  a  cordial  lover  of  the  enjoyments  of 
domestic  happiness,  and  a  zealous  and  successful 
promoter  of  ttie  charms  of  social  iutercourse  ^f*. 

With  zeal  through  life  he  toird  in  Learning's  cause^ 
But  more,  fair  Virtue  to  pi*omote  thy  laws ; 

•  His  every  action  sought  the  noblest  end; 

•  The  tender  husband,  father,  brother,  friend 
Perha])s  e*er  now,  from  yonder  realms  of  day^ 
To  his  lov*d  relatives  lie  sends  a  ray  j 
Pleas'd  to  behold  affections  like  his  own 
With  filial  duty  raise  this  votive  stone." 

*  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXXI II.  p.  896. 

t  A  porthdt  of  Dr.  Grfffitlis  is  given  in  the  European  Maga- 
zine for  January  1804,  with  the  following  biographical  notice : 

'Mn  contemplating  the  Portrait  of  this  Gentleman,  in  whose 
character  industry  and  ingenuity  were  in  an  eminent  degree  com- 
bined, there  is  one  question  very  naturally  suggested  to  every 
literary  mind  -,  and  that  is.  How  long  it  has  known,  or  remem- 
bers, the  original?  And  this  leads  to  the  reflection,  that  his 
name  has  been  before  our  eyes  as  far  bslck  as  retrospection  can 
reach,  as  the  Publisher  and  Proprietor  of  the  Monthly  Review. 

*'  At  this  junctinre  there  >vas  no  regular  established  literarf 
Review  in  Great  Britain  -,  nor  was  the  Monthly  Review  very  suc- 
cessful on  its  fii-st  publication.  Several  times  it  was  abotit  to  be 
abandoned,  as  Dr.  Griffiths  often  told  his  fiiends ;  but  patience, 
perseverance,  and  attention,  surmounted  every  obstacle,  and 
procured  it  a  finn  establishment. 

Of  the  Literary  Journals  which  preceded  it,  the  following  ii 
as  accurate  a  list  as  we  can  at  present  obtain :  1.  Memoirs  of  Li- 
teratiire,  8  vols.  Svo.  172^.  2.  New  Memoirs  of  Literature,  by 
Michael  de  la  Roche,  begun  January  17^5,  and  ended  Decem- 
ber 1727t  6  vols.  8.  Ftesont  State  of  the  Republic  of  Letters, 
by  Andrew  Reid,  began  January  17^***  ended  1736,  18  vols. 
4.  Historia  Literaria,  by  Archibald  Bower,  begun  1730,  ended 
1732,  4  vols.  5.  History  of  the  Works  of  the  I^earned,  begun 
January  1737>  ended  June  1743,  13  vob.    6.  Literary  Journal, 

rintcd  at  Dublin,  began  October  1744,  and  ended  June  1749« 
vols.  — The  Monthly  Review  (although  it  has,  perha|)3,  for  what 
might  be  deemed  the  morality  of  criticism,  taken  too  much  the 
colour,  as  its  authors  adopted  too  much  the  passions,  of  tiie 
times)  has  been  uniformly  successful  3  and  it  has  also  tills  sin- 
gular circumstance  attending  its  introduction,  that  it  came  into 
the  world  almost  unannounced.  In  contitidiction  to  the  pro- 
mises, parade,  and  verboi^ity,  which  are  ^nerally  the  precuivors 
of  periodical  works,  the  two  fii-st  lines  of  an  advertisement, 
which  scarcely  contains  twenty,  most  truly  state,  that  "  Under- 
takings  which,  in  their  execution,  carr)*  the  designation  of  t\\c\t 
Use^  need  very  litUe  pre&ce." «—  "  At  tbl*  pcnoA  the  Geti^\«co»xi % 


cEiuuiya  piuiuoiunnwuiuiUUUFe,  . 
of  tbe  R^hBc  of  I^lcn."  waa  attempted )  but,  p 
log  to  the  extenuvfl  natim  of  its  plan,  which  ioch 
nenta  ntber  than  opjoiona  of  works,  wilhout  mii 
CopioiM,  pooipaus,  and  florid  title-pages,  tbaugfa  le 
SWfft,  iMiculed  by  Arhuthnot,  aad  cautiously  humd 
respectable  author,  had  yet,  in  deGftnce  to  common 
tMDcd  tbtt  kind  of  general  toleration  that  we  often  i 
thingsof  fi>rgrail»imponance:  so  that  a  prudent  pt 
bai-e  been  as  diflidriit  at  Judging;  of  (be  conleata  of  a 
'  the  title,  as  he  would  of  taking  the  character  of  tli 
peraonagcs,  whoEe  names  were  genendly  tbe  ptecun 
sofid  matter,  from  the  dedication. 
>  This  kintl  of  titulary  pu^ng,  which,  it  is  said,  ' 
Johnny  Barber  so  much  out  of  trainer,  that  he  was  re 
an  author  out  of  his  ohop  if  tbe  frontispiece  of  his 
exceeded  the  bounds  of  moderation,  had  not  pawed 
by  Mr.  GrilKtht ;  and  it  is  very  [irobable,  that  a  deain 
it  fint  gaie  him  the  idea  uf  the  Mtmthly  Reiiew ;  as 
the  advertiMtnent  alluded  to,  "  Tlie  abuse  of  titlc-pa, 
outly  come  to  such  a  pass,  that  few  readers  care  to 
book,  any  more  than  a  senanl,  without  a  character." 
"  Of  either  ttie  liLeniry  life  or  domestic  habits  of  D 
■  Uttlc  is  at  present  known ;  which  circumstance  we 
ment  as  a  miefurtunc,  were  we  not  informed,  that  it  ie 
tion  of  Jiia  son,  who  at  present  conducts  the  Monti) 
to  publish  his  Memoira. 

"  WIten  we  obacne  that,  but  for  this  intimBtion, 
lament  our  want  of  matei-iols  as  a  misfortune,  it  arise 
reflectioCj  that  in  tbe  variety  of  situations  wpere  this 
i>rifif>    nixf    imliiahbt  nu>n>hi>r  nf  ■npM'tv  hn*   miidMt. 


(    509    ) 

XV.    JOHN  THORPE,  M.D. 

srived  his  descent  from  an  antient  fiimily  seated 
I  the  county  of  Kent  for  several  generations*. 
Edward  Thorpe  was   of  Rolvynden,    otherwise 
lownden,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  VH ;  whose  de- 
cendants  were  afterwards  of  Westerham. 

Dr.  John  Thorpe,  eldest  son  of  John  Thorpe, 
»q.  (fifth  in  descent  from  the  above-named  Ed* 
^ard)  by  Anne-^  his  wife,  was  born  at  Newhoiise, 
mthe  parish  of  Penshufst,  March  12,  l68l-2;  and 
was  educated  at  the  grammar-school  of  Westerham 
in  Kent ;}:,  under  the  care  of  the  then  master,  the 
learned  and  pious  Thomas  Maningham,  afterwards 
Bishop  of  Chichester,  who  married  one  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Mr.  Ireland,  who  had  succeeded,  as  master 
>f  that  school,  Mr.  Hoadly,  father  of  the  celebrated 
Jishop  of  Winchester. 

On  the  14th  of  April  1698,  he  was  matriculated 
■8  a  Commoner  of  University  College  in  Oxford, 

*  Of  this  let  an  epitaph  in  Westerham  Church  bear  testimony: 

"  Hie  infra  situra  est  corpiw 
Johannis  Thorpe, 
rniomie     -  1 
Williclmi        1  rWcsterhara    •)     qui 

?ilg  ^  Thom«  >  Thorpe  <  Lamberhurst  >  obyt 

I  Barlholomsi  I  de  l.Rolvinden  J  A.D. 
L  Edwardi  J 
Ix  antique  &  honestd  olim  ^nte  in  agris  Cantiano  et  Sussexienat 
nundrinim.  Uxorem  duxit  Annam,  Johannis  Luck,  S.  T.  B. 
e  May-field  in  dioeesi  Cicestrensi,  liliam  posthiimam,  et  fratrum, 
role  tandem  defic^ente,  cohsredem  5  ex  qu&  septem  suscepit 
beros,  filios  quatuor,  tiliastres. 

^, ..,  r  Hie  30  Jiinij,  1  *  n  f  1703.\    *  *  1  84. 
^^y ^ { Ilia 25  Marty, }^^'{  1604,  f  «^^^- /  70. 
'osoerunt  Johannes  et  Oliverus,  ex  Johanne  Thoqie  de  Penshurbt^ 
lio  ejus  unico>  qui  connubium  inivit  nopotes  et  hceredes.** 
f  Sister  and  coheir  of  01i%'er  Coiubridge  of  Newhouse,  other- 
rise  Harts,  in  the  parish  of  P^nshurst.     She  brought  with  hef 
1  marriage  a  very  considerable  landed  estate  in  Penshurst, 
peldhurst,  Tunbridge,  Chiddingstone,  &c. 

{  This  school  was  at  that  time  in  great  reputation ;  it  waa 
tuate  about  a  quarter  of  a"^  luile  out'of  the  town,  but  has  since 
pulled  down. 


510  trnsftAET  A5rEaX)T£9. 

under  the  tuition  of  Mr.  John  Boraston,  Fellow  of 
that  CoUege ;  who  being  soon  after  obliged  to  resi- 
dence, either  at  his  curacy  of  Penshurst,  ot  on  hit 
rectory  of  Addington,  he  was  committed  to  the  care 
and  instruction  of  Mr.  (afterwards  Doctor)  Thomas 
Cockman,  then  one  of  the  Fellows,  and  afterwards 
Master  of  the  said  College.     In  Michaelmas  tenn 
1701,    he  took  the  degree  of  B.  A.  and  that  of 
plaster  on  the  27th  of  June,  1704.     On  the  ifith 
of  May  1707,  he  was  admitted  Bachelor  of  Physick, 
and  in  July  1710  took  the  degree  of  Doctor. 

On  Saint  Andrew's  day  1705,  he  was  elected 
F.  R.  S.  which  at  that  time  consisted  of  but  few 
members  in  comparison  with  the  present  number. 

Soon  after  this  he  fixed  his  residence  in  Ormond- 
street^  London,  near  his  friend  Dr.  Mead  ;  and  for 
several  years  assisted  Dr.  Sloane,  then  Secretary  of 
the  Royal  Society,  afterwards  Sir  Hans  Sloane, 
President  of  the  same  Society,  in  publishing  the 
Philosophical  Transactions. 

During  his  continuance  in  London  he  contracted 
an  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  most  eminent 
Physicians,  Naturalists,  and  Antiquaries  of  that  time. 

At  the  pressing  and  repeated  solicitations  of  many 
of  his  relations  and  friends,  he,  in  the  year  1715, 
quitted  l^ndon,  and  settled  at  Rochester  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession  ;  where,  at  his  leisure 
hours,  he  applied  himself  to  his  favourite  study, 
the  History  and  Antiquities  of  his  native  Coun^, 
and  more  particularly  those  relating  to  the  Eccle- 
siastical Affairs  of  tiie  Diocese  of  Rochester.  In  thi« 
pursuit  he  employed  several  amanuenses,  to  copy 
and  transcribe  from  the  Registers  and  antient  deeds 
and  muniments  of  that  See  and  Church,  and  from 
other  public  and  private  repositories  of  antient 
learning,  whatever  appeared  pertinent  to  his  pur- 
pose. His  labour  was  also  indefatigable  in  taking 
the  sepulchral  inscriptions  and  coat  armour  on  mo- 
numents and  painted- glass  within  several  miles  of 
Rochester  (with  a  copy  of  which  he  obliged  that 

great 


•     I>R.   JOHN  THdftP^  511' 

*it  collector  of  antiquities  his  friend  Eldward  Earl 
Oxford) ;  in  searching  and  tracing  out  the  site  and 
ins  or  remains  of  churches,  chapels,  chantries,  cells, 
nnitages,  hospitals,  &c.  many  of  which  now  lie 
1  in  the  midst  of  woods,  over-run  with  bushes  and 
imbles,  and  known  to  very  few  persons. — Having 
en  chosen  into  several  places  of  trust,  and  parti- 
larly  into  that  of  one  of  the  Assistants  of  Roches- 
-bridge,  of  which  he  was  elected  one  of  the  War- 
ns for  the  year  1733,  he  set  himself  to  search  out 
d  make  as  complete  a  collection  of  materials  as  he 
ssihly  could,  not  only  from  antient  Historians, 
t  from  patents,  statutes,  grants,  inquisitions, 
mmissions,  and  other  authentic  evidences,  for  ii- 
^trdting  and  ascertaining  the  history  and  antiquities 
that  antient  and  well-constituted  incorporated  body. 
e  endeavoured  to  shew  that  Rochester  was  the 
urobrovis  of  the  Romans ;  that  Durolenum  was 
38t  probably  at  or  near  Newenton ;  tlie  yagniacm 
Swansoampe,  near  the  head  of  the  Fleet,  whicli 
i^ides  that  parish  from  Northfleet;  Aoviamagum 
Cray  ford ;  and  that  the  emperor  Claudius  passed 
e  Thames  out  of  Kent  into  Essex  from  Higham  to 
ist  Tilbury,  the  same  continuing  the  most  fre* 
ented  place  of  passage  between  those  two  counties 
I  after  the  dissolution  of  Higham-abbey ;  that  there 
18  a  passage  over  the  river  Medway  at  Rochester, 
the  time  of  the  Romans  ;  that  the  first  bridge  was 
ere  built  about  an  hundred  years  before  the  Nor- 
iri  Conquest,  by  king  Edgar,  Dunstan  Archbishop 
Canterbury,  the  Bishop  of  Rochester,  and  other 
nsiderable  owners  of  lands  in  that  part  of  the 
unty,  who  settled  large  estates  (commonly  called 
e  Contributory  Lands)  for  the  t)crpetual  mainte- 
nce  of  the  several  parts  or  portions  that  they  had 
lilt,  which  were  constantly  assessed  to  tlie  supfiort 
those  parts  as  long  as  that  bridge  continued,  and 
lich  are  now  by  Parliament  made  subject  to  tax- 
ions,  applicable  to  the  repairs  of  the  present  bridge, 
lenever  the  estates,  since  given  to  the  support  of 


I 
I 


I 
I 


51*  LITEEAET  ANECDOTES. 

it  (commonly  called  the  Lands  Proper)  shall  prove 
insufficient .  for  such  purpose.  He  likewise  dreir 
up  an  account  of  the  building  the  present  bridge  bjr 
Sir  Robert  Knolls  and  John  Lord  Cobham,  in  mt 
reign  of  King  Richard  11.  and  of  the  benefactions 
given  to  it,  adding  thereunto  a  great  number  of  ori- 
ginal grants,  confirmations,  licences  of  mortmain, 
inquisitions,  surveys,  decrees,  orders,  and  other 
authentic  instruments  and  evidences  relating  to  it, 
and  to  the  chantry  there  founded  by  the  said  Lord 
Cobham  ;  together  with  a  series  of  the  wardens  to 
the  year  15 75,  and  of  the  wardens  and  assistants 
from  that  to  the  present  time,  most  of  whom  were 
the  principal  noblemen  and  gentlemen,  owners  of 
contributory  lands  in  that  part  of  the  county.  By 
his  enquiries,  industry,  and  labour,  that  Corporation 
hath  been  brought  into  a  much  more  regular  and 
laudable  way  of  acting  than  formerly ;  and  as  he 
was  very  instrumental  in  redressing  the  many  abuses 
and  irregularities  that  had  inadvertently  and  insen- 
sibly crept  into  the  management  of  the  affairs  of 
that  Corporation,  so  he  strenuously  opposed  the 
corrupt  practice  of  making  a  private  advantage  of  a 
public  charity :  it  having  been  his  chief  design,  in 
whatever  he  was  concerned,  to  make  himself  mas- 
ter as  well  of  the  antient  as  present  state  of  the  bu- 
siness, well  knowing  that  the  surest  way  of  attaining 
a  true  knowledge  of  any  thing  is  by  tracing  it  up  tt 
and  seeing  its  original  institution,  and  to  execute 
the  trust  reposed  in  him  with  justice  equal  to  his 
judgment.  He  was  very  communicative,  and  al- 
ways ready  to  assist  and  contribute  any  thing  in  his 
Eower  toward  the  studies  and  labours  of  others ;  as 
atli  been  acknowledged  by  many  of  the  most 
learned  Antiquaries  who 'were  his  contemporaries, 
particularly  by  Mr.  Thomas  Hearne  the  Oxford  An- 
tiquary, Browne  Willis,  esq.  and  the  reverend  Mr# 
Johnson,  Editor  of  the  Ecclesiastical  Canons. 

He  practised  his  profession  in  the  city  of  Rochester 
and  county  of  Kent  thirty-five  years,  thinking  it  as 

much 


,nK.  JOBK  THORI^K.  Sft$ 

aeh  his  du^y  to  relieve  out  of  charity  thepoor  and 
:!^itous  in  their  afRictions,  as  those  of  affluent  cir- 
DQstances  for  a  reward.  He  was  void  of  pride^  vani^, 
cory,  and  ambition ;  having  a  desire  of  being  a 
sd  man  rather  than  to  be  thought  a  great  onie: 
a  word,  he  was  remarked  as  a  man  free  from  all 
^ea  of  self-interest,  an  enemy  to  fraud  and  deceit^ 
d  for  having  the  strictest  regard  to  truth,  justice^ 
d  the  public  good,  in  all  his  actions. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Wood^* 
use,  of  Shobdon,  in  the  county  of  Hereford,  second 
a  of  Francis  Woodhouse,  of  Ledicot,  in  that 
rish,  who  was  second  son  of  John  Woodhouse  of 
e  Woodhouse,  esq.  in  the  parish  of  By  ton,  in  that 
Mnty,  the  antient  seat  of  the  family,  where  tliey  had 
ed  time  out  of  mind,  as  appears  by  very  antient 
eds  and  writings,  some  of  which  are  without 
te,  and  are  supposed  to  be  older  than  the  reiga 
King  Edward  the  First. 
The  works  which  Dr.  Thorpe  published  are : 

1 .  A  letter  in  the  Philosophical  Transactions  to 
*  Hans  Sloane,  concerning  worms  in  the  heads  of 
eep,&c.  dated  July  24, 1 704 ;  vol.  XXIV.  p.  i8oo. 

2.  An  account  of  a  great  quantity  of  Hydatides 
md  in  the  abdomen,  vol.  XXXH.  p.  17. 

3.  OTPE2I*OlTHS  Helviticus,  sive  Itinera 
pina  tria ;  from  the  MS.  of  Scheuchzer,  a  cele- 
ited  German  Naturalist,  with  whom  he  corre- 
onded. 

4.  A  List  of  Lands  contributory  to  Rochester 
dge  ;  one  sheet  folio. 

5.  A  Collection  of  Statutes  concerning  Rochester 
dge. 

S.  Articles  of  the  High  Court  of  Chancery  for 
tling  and  governing  Sir  Joseph  Williamson's  ma* 
rmatical  school  at  Rochester, 
it  length,,  beine  worn  out  with  the  fatigues  of 
profession,  and  having  contracted  a  cold  in  ond 
his  journeys,  it  brought  on  a  severe  and  fixed 
lumatism,  that  terminated  in  an  atrophy,  which 
Vol.  III.  Lh  \ft 


514  XITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

he  bore  with  admirable  patience  and  resignation  to 
the  divine  will.  He  departed  this  life  on  St.  An- 
drew's day,  1750,  within  the  precincts  of  the  cathe- 
dral church  at  Rochester;  and  Ues  interred  in  1 
chapel  on  the  North  side  of  the  church  of  Stockbaiy 
in  Kent  *,  which  belonged  to  an  house  and  lands  Id 
that  parish,  called  Nettlested,  which  he  some  yetn 
before  had  purchased ;  and  was  for  several  getie- 
rations  the  mansion  of  the  family  of  Plott,  ancestdn 
of  that  eminent  Naturalist  Dr.  Kobert  Plott. 

A  good  portrait  of  Dr.  Thorpe,  engraved  by  Biy- 
ley,  from  a  painting  by  Wollaston,  is  prefixed  to 
the  "  Kegistrum  Roffense.'* 

«  On  adjoining  grave-stones  in  the  chanod  of  tbat  dnuck 
iue  the  following  inscrifitions: 

"H.S.E. 

Johannes  Thorpe, 

Med.  Doct.  Oxon.  et  Reg.  Soc.  Lond.  Sod. 

Johannii>  Thorpe  de  Penshurst  Filius, 

Johannis  Thorpe  de  Westerham  nepos* 

Natus  XIX.  Mart,  moclxxxi. 

Obijt  XXX  Nov.  MoccL. 

Pai'euti  indulgentissimo 

posiiit  ' 

Johannes  Thorpe,  A.  M.  Oxon. 
Filius  unicus  et  Hsres.** 

''  Here  lieth  intombed 

the  body  of 
■Mr3.  Elizabeth  Thorpe, 
Wife  of  John  Thorpe,  of 
the  City  of  Rochester, 
Med.  Doct.  Oxon.  &  Reg.  Soc.  Lond.  Sod* 
Daughter  of  John  Woodhouse  of 
Shobdon,  second  son  of  Francis 
Woodhouse  of  the  same  place. 
Second  son  of  John  Woodhouse  of 
Hie  Woodhouse  (their  ancient  seat 
that  gave  name  to  the  family)  in 
the  parish  of  Byton,  in  the 
County  of  Hereford. 
She  died  Oct.  9(>,  1745  ;  leaving  isaut 
John  Thorpe,  A.  M. 
her  only  son. 
Bl&sed  are  the  dead  who  die  in  iheLorL^ 


DR.  JOHN  THORPE.  515 

John  Thorpe,  Esq.  was  brought  up  at  Luds- 
own  in  Kent,  under  the  tuition  of  the  Rev.  Samuel 
"hornton,  M.  A.  a  person  of  great  knowledge  in  all 
ranches  of  philosophy,  as  well  as  in  classical  learning; 
ideed,  so  much  excellence  was  seldom  known  to  be 
uried  in  a  situation  of  such  obscurity.  Under  the 
une  master  was  then  educated  many  of  the  sons  of 
[le  first  families  in  that  county,  who  have  risen  to 
elebrity ;  particularly  Mr.  Bryant,  whose  reputation 
s  an  author  is  fixed  on  the  firmest  basis.  Mr.Thorpe, 
rith  a  view  to  the  profession  of  physick,  completed 
is  education  by  studying  several  years  at  University- 
ollege,  Oxford,  where  he  took  the  degrees  of  M.  A. 
uly  7,  1 738 :  soon  after  which  period  an  event  took 
lace  that  threw  a  damp  upon  his  pursuits  in  life, 
kbraham  Spencer,  of  ned-leafe  in  Fenshurst,  esq. 
de  surviving  son  of  Gilbert  Spencer,  esq.  (who  was 
naster  of  the  robes  to  Charles  II.  and  King  William, 
nd  several  years  receiver-general  of  the  land-tax  of 
[lis  county,  and  whose  ancestors  were  of  St  Alban's, 
lerts)  was  cousin-german  to  Mr.  Thorpe.  He  had 
€en  lately  high-sheriff*  for  the  county ;  and  m  him 
ested  a  landed  estate  of  near  ^1 000  a-year.  Many 
nd  frequent  were  the  assurances  that  all  Mr.  Spea- 
er's  fortune  would  be  Mr.  Tliorpe's ;  and  he  even 
new  himself  entitled  to  it,  should  Mr.  Spencer  die 
itestate,  his  possessions  being  principally  a  portion 
f  the  lands  of  his  maternal  uncle,  Oliver  Combrige, 
rho  held  the  same  affinity  to  both.  ^  Hut  such  is  the  < 
lutabihty  of  human  affairs,  that,  aided  by  a  village 
iwyer,  Mr.  Spencer  is  said  to  haveexecuted  a  will  near 
is  death,  not  m  favour  of  Mr.  ThorjK.*,  butof  a[)erson 
^ho  had  some  time  before  been  a  vcrv  humble  de- 
endent  on  his  bounty,  his  moth(?r  and  three  aunts 
eing  the  servants  who  had  ruled  Mr.  Spi^ncer's  house, 
nd  held  his  purse.  That  Mr.  Thorpe  should  not  ques- 
on  thelegality  of  this  will,  was,  at  the  time,  a  matter 
fmuch  surprize.  It  had  even  the  marked  indignation 
r  the  populace,  who  had  nearly  sunk  the  corpse 
Sep  in  Lancup-well^  inPenshurst-park,ere  it  reached 

LL2  >Xv^ 


5 Iff  trfrtAiiY  A^NEcmrrEs. 

the  chancel  of  the  church.     But  in  the  ehaWfeter  of 
Mr.  Thorpe,  modieration  and  content  w^re  the  pre- 
dominant features.    Nursed  on  the  cbiich  of  edseaod 
quiet,  his  unambitious  mind  Would  not  be  rtiflW 
with  contention ;  he  therefore  let  the  qaestionabie 
deed  pass  by  unnoticed,  and  resolved  to  pursue  his 
favourite  studies  in  his  own  way.     Iiiherititig  his  fc- 
ther*s  turn  for  antiquarian  research,  he  was  elected 
F.  A.S.  1755  ;  and  published,  in  17^9,  the  "  R^ 
trum  Roffense,^  with  the  a<Mition -of  *' tRe"M«>ftn- 
xnental  Inscriptions  in  thesevei*al  Churches  and  Cha- 
pels within  the  Diocese."  Pursuing  the  plan,  he  gave 
the  world,  in  1788,  the  '*  Custumaie  Roffense,  from 
the  original  Manuscripts  in  the  Archives  of  the  Drtn 
and  Chapter  of  Rochester;  to  which  atie  fadcKed,  Mfe- 
morials  of  that  Cathedral  Chtirch,  andisiome'AcccntBt 
of  the  Remains  of  Churches,  Chapels,  Ghantiies, 
&c.  whose  instruments  of  Foundation  anrd  Endow- 
ment are  for  the  most  part  contained  in  theRegts- 
trum  RofFense ;  with  divers  curious  Pieces  of  Eccle- 
siastical Antiquity,  hitherto  unnoticed,  in  the  said 
Diocese.     The  whole  irtlfended  as  a  Supplement  to 
that  Work.     Illustrated  with  Copper  Plates,  frcfcn 
accurate  Drawings,  taken  princfpally  urider  the^Bdi- 
tors  Inspection."     His  own  portrait,  an  iexcelient 
likeness,  engraved  by  Cook  from  a  painting'  by  Har- 
dy in  the  possession  of  his  son-in-law  Mr.  Potts, 
accompanies  the  work.      He  intended,    had   he  , 
Ibeen  younger,  to  have  gone  through  the  chutcbesia 
the  diocese  of  Canterbufy,  in  the  same  manner  w 
those  of  Rochester ;  a  plan'  which  has  beerf  too  niueh 
neglected  by  the  Kentish  Antiquary. 

Mr.  Thorpe's  letter  to  Dr.  Ducarel  on  fhes«ot- 
trees,  Nov.  26,  I770,  is  pririted  iu  the  Philosojphi- 
cal  Transactions  vol.  LXI.  p.  152.  —  He  eom- 
municated  to  the  Editor  of  the  "  Biblioth^ca  Topo- 
graphica  Britannica''  "  Illustrations  of  several  Anti- 
quities in  Kent,  which  have  hitherto  remained  an- 
described,"  making  No.  VI.  of  that  ui^fut  collection ; 
and  several  smaUet  articles*  And  to  the  Getitlenian*s 

Maga- 


JDE.  JOHN  THO^ElPgB.  5 If 

t  be  was  an  old  and  a  valuable  contributor ; 
month  in  which  his  death  is  recorded*^ 
^timony  of  his  inclination  to  be  useful-}*. 

nt.  Mag.  voL  IV.  p.  216. 

tecimen  out  of  a  large  number  which  I  possess  of  this 

benevolent  Antiquary's  Letters  sliall  here  be  give^• 
aed  to  Dr.  DucareL 

R  Doctor,  Bexley,^Jug.  31, 1776. 

e  to  your  request^  I  here  send  the  following  account 
f  Testament  in  my  possession. — The  title-page  is  or- 
vith  a  woodei^  cut,  at  the  top  of  which  is  the  tigure 
It  man,  with  a  long-forked  beard,  and  crown  on  his 
habited  ia  a  gown  or  mantle  with  long  sleeves.  He 
{  f.u*  as  the  breast,  and  leaning  oyer  the  top  of  the 
nt  wluch  contains  the  title,  with  his  hands  and  arms 

^ving  his  benediction  to  it.  The  Title  is  as  follows : 
e  Testament,  diligently  translated  by  Myles  CouerdaUg 
ed  with  the  translation  of  fVillyam  Tyndale,  with  the 
oncordanccs  truly  alleged.  An.  M.  D.  L." 
have  drawn  a  stroke  under,  the  words  are  in  rubrick 
•e  piinted  in  Italick]. 

)ttom  of  the  Title,  in  a  shield,  is  a  serpent  wreathing 
le  standing  on  a  globe,  the  shield  supported  by  a  Fox 
Over  the  Fox*s  back,  in  capitals,  is  the  word  RKIN : 
he  back  of  the  wolf,  the  word  WOLFj  being  tne 
pn  and  name. 

ext  page  follows  an  almanake  for  nine  years,  in  red 
ext  letters,  with  its  explanation.  After  that,  in  the 
["s,  is  a  curious  calendar,  and  over  each  month  is  k 
wooden  cut  expressing  the  sign  of  the  Zodiack  the 
,  and  the  difrcrent  kinds  of  husoandry,  &c.  peculiar  to 
cuts,  notwithstanding  their  smaUness,  are  very  ex- 
iien  follows — '  For  to  knowe  wliat  signe  the  sonne  is^« 
newe  moone — notes,*  &c. 

low  the  Gospels,  beginning  with  'the  fyrste  chapiter  of 
hewe  }*  and  at  the  beginning  of  the  first  chapters,  are 
>f  the  respective  Erangelists  with  books  in  their  hands; 
ihom,  are  their  proper  symbols.  At  the  S7th  chapter 
lew,  is  a  small  print  of  the  Crucifixion.  In  the  iirst 
Luke,  is  another  of  the  Annunciation  ;  and  in  the 
ler  of  taking  our  Saviour  down  from  the  Cross,  put- 
to  the  Sepulchre.  In  the  20th  chapter  of  St.  John,  ii 
the  Resurrection  of  our  Saviour  from  the  Sepulclu^, 
ards,  or  soldiers,  asleep.  At  the  end  of  St.  John's 
le  following: — *  Herefbloweth  a  description  or  table  of 
re  or  peregrination  of  the  moste  cristen  and  diligent 
.  P^l,  of  the  whiche  he  hym  sclfe  in  his  Epistles,  and 
M\ic  in  the  Actes  of  the  Apostles,  maketh  mcnciun.' 

Ttea 


518  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Mr.  Tlioqje  married  the  only  daughter  of  Lao« 
rence  Hulker,  M.D.  Cantab,  a  physician  of  exten* 

Then  follows  a  curious  map,  with  the  scale  and  compMi ;  aad 
at  the  hottoni,  is  the  f  lUowing  : 

'  In  this  tab!c,  by  the  distanc*e  of  the  myles,  thou  mafest  eaqrlf 
potceuc  whnte  payufitn  trauayk  Saynt  Paule  toke  in  preacfa^nogt 
the  word  of  Goil  ihroujli  the  regions  of  Asia,  Affiica,  and  E5- 
ropa,  and  the  names  aldO  of  the  citces,  wherin  and  unto  the 
tvhiche  he  v\rote  his  Epistles,  &c.* 

Then  begins  the  seconde  boke  of  *^avnt  Luke,  called  the  Actes 
of  the  Apo%t!es ;  and  at  the  head  of  the  first  chapter,  is  a  print 
of  the  Holy  Ghost  in  the  similitude  of  a  Dore  desceDding  on  the 
Apoetles,  with  cloven  tongues. 

At  the  end  of  the  last  chapter  is  the  following  : 
'  The  ende  of  the  Actes  of  the  Apostles,  written  by  S.  Luke, 
which  was  present  at  the  doyin^'**^  of  them/ 

Beneath  the  above  |Miragraph,  follows : — *  In  as  muche  ascertayn 
leaues  beii)g  licrc  \aeant,  and  in  Hllinge  the  same  wolde  with  some 
convenient  thingc  pi-ofite  the  reailer,  I  have  therfore  thought 
[':oo'l  to  adde  hereunto  a  table  describing  thorder  and  tymesof 
things  touched  by  Saiuet  Luke  in  thacts  of  the  Apostles,  as 
ensucth/  'Ilien  comes  *  The  Order  of  Tymes ;'  which  is  a  short 
kind  of  Chronological  Tab!e,  containing  some  of  the  principal 
matters  tieat6d  of  in  the  Acts. 

After  which  follow  the  Epistles  ;  and  at  the  beginning  of  each, 
is  a  small  cut  with  the  initial  letter,  rcjm^^enting  St.  Paul  either 
in  the  stocks,  pristm,  &c.  ;  and  delivering  his  Epistlej*  to  the 
Messengers.  Likewise,  at  the  beginning  of  the  Epistles  of  St. 
James,  Peter,  John,  and  Jude,  are  their  respective  figures. 

Then  follows  the  Apocalypse,  or  Revelation  of  St,  John,  with 
several  curious  cuts  representing  the  different  visions,  Ac. 

After  the  Aj/ocalypse,  follows  a  Table  of  nine  pages,  with  the 
following  preamble :  '  By  this  table,  shall  ye  fynde  the  Epistles  and 
Gospels,  for  the  sondaies,  and  other  fea^tivall  dayes.  For  to 
fynde  them  the  sooner,  shall  ye  seke  for  these  capital  letters,  A. 
B.C.  D.  whiche  sta'de  by  the  syde  of  this  boke  al wales.  On  or  un- 
der the  letter  shall  you  finde  a  cros^e  +,  where  the  Epistle  or 
the  Gobpell  begjimeth ;  and  where  the  end  is,  there  shal  ye  find 
and  halfe  cross  f .  And  the  fyrst  lyne  in  this  table  is  alway  the 
Epistle,  and  the  sccoatle  lyne  is  alway  the  Gospell.* 

In  the  last  page  of  the  book,  is  the  serpent  twining  round  the 
pole  held  by  two  hands  issuing  from  clouds  ;  and  on  the  side  of 
the  pole  is  NVM.  XXI.  and  beneath,  is  the  following : — '  Imprinted 
in  London,  at  the  signe  of  the  Brasen  Serpent,  in  Paules chuiche- 
yarde,  by  Reynolde  Wolfe  j  Anno.  1550.  m  June.* 

In  Lewis's  edition  of  Wiclif,  p.  4(>,  is  the  following  :  — . "  TTie 
same  year  was  printed  in  Svo,  a  book,  of  which  Maunsell,  in  his 
catalo>^ie,  p.  113,  gives  the  following  account:  "  MylesCove^ 
dale  conferred  with  V\\e  Tt«x^\!\\\ow  of  Will.  Tindai."  Pritfted  V 
Reginald  Wolfe,  IbbO,  S^o,    'ftxxl  VYC\»\\5aN^  ^^iS^  wccl!' 


DR.  JOHN  THORPB*     ,  5^9^ 

^  practice  at  Milton^  near  Gravesend,  by  Katha- 
ne,  daughter  of  Stephen  Allen,  esq.*     Having 

Mr.  Ames  once  told  me,  tfaia  editiun  was  so  scarce,  that  he  could 
nner  get  sight  of  it.  It  is  in  the  black-letter,  and  was  presented 
» my  fiither  by  Mrs.  Lawrence,  a  widow  lady ;  and  in  the  mai^gfai 
foneof  the  l^ves,  she  has  wrote  as  follows : — '  Jane  Lawrence^ ' 
n*  book,  found  in  the  hay-loft  when  she  lived  in  St.  Margaret's, 
iCauteibury,  CX:tober>e  lo,  1713.  Jane  Lawrence.*' 

It  is  evident  this  book  was  concealed  in  the  tinie  of  Queen 
[uy,  to  escape  the  rigid  articles  of  enquiry,  exhibited  to  the 
lurch-wardens,  by  Cardinal  Pole,  who  began  his  visitation  at 
mterbiiry  in  May  155C  $  when  probably  this  new  edition  W|tf, 
r  the  most  part,  lost  and  destroyed. 

In  a  blank  page  before  the  ist  chapter  of  St.  Matthew,  is  vnrot* 
ith  a  pen,  in  an  old  character  as  usual  to  that  age,  the  following : 
Hiis  is  good  Mysters  Hester's  boke ;  and  if  any  good  body  fyind  it, 
ing  it  home  a  gaine  to  good  Mysters  Hester  dweling  at  Saint 
aiy-ajLC.'  —  I  think  I  have  now  given  you  a  full  account  of  this 
ition;  and  am,  dear  Doctor, 

Your  faithful  humble  servant,  J.  Thorpb.'* 

*  A  mural  monument  in  Bexley  church  is  thus  inscribed : 

"  Near  this  place 
are  deposited  the  remains 
of 
Katharine  Harris,  widow,  who  departed 
V  this  life, 

18th  Nov.  1787,  aged  87  years : 
By  her  first  husband,  Laurence  Holker, 
of  Gravesend,  M.  D. 
(deceased  91st  June,  1738,  aged  46,) 
she  has  left  issue,  one  son,  Laurence, 
ind  a  daughter,  Catharina,  wife  of  John  Thorpe,  Esq.  F.S.A. 
She  was  afterwards  married  to  Thomas  Harris,  A.  M. 
Rector  of  Gra^  csend,  and  Vicar  of  Northfleet; 
who  died  27th  Dec.  1762,  aged  67. 
By  her  good  sense,  right  principlcSi 
kind  disposition,  and  discreet  conduct, 
in  every  relation  of  her  long  extended  life,, 
she  deserved  and  acquired  constant  regard; 
«lid  to  the  last  hour  was  loved  and  honoured  by  hor  family 

with  unabated  atfection  and  reverence.** 
In  the  above  monumental  cliaracter  no  notice  is  taken  of  the  fk- 
Qy  of  this  truly  good  old  lady.  Katharine  Allen  was  the  grand- 
ii^ter  of  Thomas  Penyston,  esq.  of  Rochester,  lineally  descended 
dta  Sir  Thomas  Penyston,  bart.  1611,  seated  at  Halsted-place, 
cnt;  mentioned  in  Guitlim's  Heraldry,  p.  427.  Camden  also, 
his  ''  Bemains,**  p.  403,  goes  further  back  with  hb  family, 
iiere  he  gives  an  Epitaph,  in  Rochester  cathedi*al,  *'  upon 
atter  Thomas  Penyston,  one  of  the  clerks  of  the  council  to 
Been  Elizabeth,'*  where  he  is  styled  **  a  gentleman  of  an  antient 
wStys  and  allied  to  many  more,* 


530  LitEaARY  ANECDOTES. 

made  the  tour  of  Europe^  it  was  this  polite  and  fl« 
nislied  gentleman  who  had  the  honour  to  ei^tertain 
the  Prince  and  Princess  of  Orange,  and  their  suite, 
for  three  days,  in  April  1 734,  after  their  nuptials, 
when  they  were  detained  by  contraiy  winds  aturave- 
send,  in  their  way  to  Holland. 

Soon  after,  Mr.  Thorpe  purchased  Higb-«tfeet- 
house  in  Be^ley,  a  seat  formerly  of  the  family 
of  Goldwell,  latterly  of  the  heirs  of  Edward  Aus- 
tin, fourth  son  of  Sir  Edward  Austin^  of  Hall- 
place,  hart.  This  house  and  grounds  are  highly 
enriched  by  the  lively  Cray  passing  through  tfieih, 
and,  at  the  extremity  of  the  garden,  forming,  with 
an  elegant  simplicity,  a  natural  island.  On  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Thorpe,  J^n.  10,  I789,  to  whom 
he  had  been  married  42  years*,  he  let  High^street- 
house,  and  retired  to  Richmond-green,  Surrey, 
that  he  might  dissipate  the  gloom  of  his  mind  by 
a  new  scene.  On  the  6th  of  July,  I790,  he  mar- 
ried to  his  second  wife  Mrs.  Ilollandj  a  lady  who 
lived  with  him  as  housekeeper,  and  the  widow  of  an 
old  collegiate  acquaintance.  Removing  afterwards 
to  Chippenham,  Wilts,  he  there  died  Aug.  2,  179^, 
in  his  78th  year,  and,  by  his  will,  desired  to  be  bu- 
ried in  the  church-yard  of  Harden  Hnish,  Wilts. 
Two  daughters,  Catharine  and  Ethelinda,  survite 
him  ;  and  are  both  married  ;  the  former  to  Thomas 
Meggison,  esq.  a  very  eminent  solicitor  in  Hatton 
Garden  ;  the  latter  to  Cuthbert  Potts,  esq.  sometime 
a  surgeon  in  Pall-mall,  now  of  Sittingbpume,  Kent. 

Mr.  Thorpe  had  the  honour  to  he  appointed  one  of 
the  trustees  under  the  charity  of  John  Styleman,  esq. 

♦  See  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LIX.  p.  89.-*- There  was  an  humWe 
tribute  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Thorpe  intended  for  the  Gentle 
man's  Magazine^  her  favourite  Miscellany  ;  but,  from  some  lit- 
tle, unknown,  or  private  reasons,  was  then  prevented.  To 
those  who  were  happy  enough  to  know  her,  suffice  it  to  say,  thi 
there  was  a  degree  of  magnitude  in  her  mind,  of  soIWty  in  bcr 
judgment,  and  of  beneficence  in  her  Heart,  which' wa%  very  fitf 
above  praise,  In  her  lingering  death,  occasioned  by  a  painful 
disease  m  Vier  toe,  &\»  ^Viev;^  the  virtumu  fbrdtuae  (tf  k  Stdclj 
and  the  finnaeaft  q(  %  ^ttaav. 


i^n.  JOHN  i«oRt*K.  ssrt 

a«  «  Registriitn  Rdffense,'*  p.  9^23 ;  artd  also  die 
Gustbma^ie.*'  tS€  was  happy  in  a. retentive*  me^ 
n»^,  and*<ipuld  (jtiote  whole  pages  of  his  favourite 
^ope  with  th6  utmost  fticility.  He  was  courteous, 
but  not  courtly,  in  his' manners*;  hospitable,  but  not 
extravagant,  athistalSIe;  skilfVit  and  curious  in  his 
garden ;  itttdligent  and  commynicative  in  his  library ; 
social,  elegant,  and' informing  in  his^  general  conver- 
sation, and  on  antiquarian  topics  almost  an  enthu- 
siast. These  facts  are  stated  from  an  intimate  ac- 
quaintance and  attentive  observation  of  many  years; 
and  the  writer  of  this  article  is  well  warranted  in  as* 
serting  that  Mr.  Thorpe,  who  lived  in  the  genQineS 
style  of  our  old  English  gentry,  was  truly  venevatedt 
by  his  family,  and  respected  by  a  inimerous  cifcle 
of  friends,  beyond  the  common  rank. 

The  precedirig  account  of  Mr.  Thorpe  and  his  fa- 
mily produced  the  following  letter: — "  The  late  Mrs. 
Thorpe,  whose  death  you  have  mentioned  with  a  me- 
rited eulogy  on  the  deceased,  was  buried  in  a  vault  in 
Bexley  churchyard,  contiguous  to  a  wall,  which  is  a 
boundary  of  the  premises  of  Highstreet-house^ 
built  by  Mr.  Thorpe ;  and  on  a  tablet  of  black  mar-^ 
h\6,  fixed  to  the  wall,  is  the  following  inscription : 

''  p.  O.  M. 
The  Fossil-stone  beneath 
covers  the  remains  of  Catharina, 
vrifeof  John  Thorpe,  M.A.  F.S.A. 
Pray  disturb  not  her  ashes." 
This  fossil-stone  was  brought  from  Cockleshell 
bank,  near  Green-street  Green,  or  from  some  bank 
of  a  similar  kind  in  Bexley  parish,  whose  strata  at^ 
minutely  described  in  ^^Antiquities  within  theDioces^ 
of  Rochester,"  subjoined  to  Custumule  Rojfense,  pp. 
£54,  5-     As  Mr.  Thorpe  died  at  Chip[Kinham,   it 
cannot  be  itiatter  of  surprize  that  he  should  be  averse 
to  ^ving  his  friends  the  trouble  of  conveying  his  re- 
mains more  than  an  hundred  miles.     But  ivhy  did 
toot  the  tree  lie  where  it  fell,  instead  of  being  drawn 
a  few  miles  to  Harden  Huish  ?  Considering  tbe&l\ott 


$2%  LITERART  ANKCDOnTlf. 


residence  of  my  worthy  frienil  in  Wilts,  Hanleo 
Huish  must  have  been  to  him  a  novel  parish.  Bo^ 
perhaps^  some  information  he  had  acqaired  reqpecdi^ 
its  antient  history,  or  some  vestiges  he  had  traced  oi 
a  testaceous  soil,  might  occasion  his  chusing  this  spot  * 
for  a  place  of  interment.  He  was,  as  you  nave  truly 
observed,  on  Antiquarian  topicks^  almost  an  enthu- 
siast ;  and,  in  this  instance,  he  might  be  willing  to 
shew 

^^  He  felt  his  ruling  passion  strong  in  death/ 

When,  by  his  direction,  a  fossil  of  marine  emvict 
was  made  the  key-stone  of  the  sepulchral  vault  in 
Bexley  church-yard,  it  doubtless  was  his  intentioii 
that  it  should  cover,  and  keep  undisturbed,  the  dust 
of  John  Thorpe,  as  well  as  the  ashes  of  Catharina. 

W.&D/* 


XVL    EDWARD  HASTED,  ESQ.f 

was  the  only  son  of  Edward  Hasted,  of  Hawley, 
Kent;  esq.  barrister  at  law;  descended  paternally 
from  the  noble  family  of  Clifford,  as  he  was  mater- 
nally from  the  antient  and  knightly  family  of  the 
Dingleys  of  Woolverton,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight. 
His  laborious  History  of  Kent  took  him  up  more 
than  40  years,  during  the  whole  series  of  which  he 
spared  neither  pains  nor  expence  to  bring  it"  to  ma- 
turity; and  the  reputation  which  it  still  maintains 
in  the  judgment  of  the  publick,  is  the  best  proof  of 
its  merits.  Notwithstanding  his  attention  to  this 
his  favourite  object  during  the  whole  of  the  above 
time,  he  acted  as  a  magistrate  and  a  deputy  lieu* 

♦  The  usual  signature  of  his  friend  Mr.  Denne ;  see  p.  531. 
•  i  "  I  request  my  Executor  to  cause  the  following  insertion* 
immediately  after  my  deaths  to  be  sent  for  that  purpose  to  the 
Publisher  of  the  Gentleman's  Magazine^  to  be  inserted  in  the 
Obituary  of  the  next  Magazine  after  my  death ;  and  1  am  suit 
my  much-respected  friend  Mr.  Nichols  will  have  the  goodness 
to  consent  to  it.  Edward  Hastbd." 

tenant 


teoant  for  di^  county  of  Kent  with  uiicommpti  ttal 
and  actiirity.     He  was  F.  R.  S.  and  S.  A.    In  the 
latter  part  of  his  life  he  felt  the  pressure  of  a:dverse  ' 
fortune,  which  obliged  him  to  quit  his  residence  in 
Kent,  after  which  he  lived  in  obscure  retirement, 
and  for  some  time  in  the  environs  of  London,  no- 
ticed   by  a  few  valuable  friends,    from   whom   he 
received  constant  tokens  of  benevolent  friendship, 
as  having  known  him   in  more  fortunate  circum- 
stances, several  of  whom  are  of  the  rank  of  Nobility, 
and  of  high  estimation  in  life.     A  few  years  ago, 
his  honourable  and  highly  respected  patron  and 
friend,  the  Elarl  of  Radnor,  presented  him  to  the 
Mastership  of  the  Hospital  at  Corsham  in  Wiltshire  ' 
(a  most  desirable  asylum),  to  which  he  then  re- 
moved;   and,    having  obtained,  a  few  years  ago, 
the  Chancellor  s  decree  for  the  recovery  of  his  es- 
tates in  Kent,  of  which  he  had  been  defrauded,  it 
enabled  him  again  to  enjoy  the  sweets  of  an  inde- 
pendent- competence  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.     He  died  at  the  Master's  Lodge  of  the  Lady 
Hungerford*s  Hospital,  in  Corsham,  Wilts,  at  the' 
advanced  age  of  80,  Jan.  14,  l8l2.     By  Anne  his' 
wife,  who  died  in  1803,  Mr.  Hasted  left  four  sons 
and  two  daughters,  of  whom  the  eldest  son  is  now* 
a   respectable  clergyman,    vicar  of  HoUingbome,* 
with  the  chapel  of  Hucking  annexed,  near  Maid- 
stone, in  Kent,  and  in  the  Commission  of  the  Peace 
for  that  County. 

XVn.  THE  REV.  THOMAS  RUDD 

was  rector  of  Washington,  in  tlie  County  of  Dur- 
ham ;  and  wrote  the  ingenious  disquisition  proving 
SymeoHy  and  not  Turgoty  to  be  the  authdr  of  the 
History  of  the  Churcn  of  Durham,  published  by 
Bedford,  and  which  is  prefixed  to  that  Eklition.  It 
has  always  been  supposed  this  gentleman  left  many 
valuable  MSS.  relating  to  the  County  of  Durham, 
which  ^re  in  the  hands  of  his  grandson,  Wm.  Rudd^ 
esq.  DowJiKin^  at  Durham. 

XSfWV 


(    524.    ) 

XVMI.  The  Rev.  Archdeacon  JOHN  DENNK 

descended  from  a  family  of  good,  note  in  the  couijtjt 
of  Kent,  which  was  seated  at  Denne-hill,  ia  the  pa- 
rish of  Kingston,  in  that  county,  so  long  ago  as.tke 
reign  of  Edward  the  Confessor;  and  there  cond- 
nued  in  a  direct  line  of  male  issue  till  iCiiS;  nay, 
longer  in  the  name,  by  the  marriage  of  a  coUatenJ 
branch  (Vincent  Denne,  Esq.  Serjeant  at  Law)  with 
Mary,  a  coheiress  in  the  direct  line,  in  whose  female 
issue  it  ended  in  l6y3. 

•^From  tjiisautient^tem  sprur^roany  shoots, that 
were  planted  at  different  times  and  places  through 
that  couaty ;  whereof  there  w^as  on^  at  iattleboum^, 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VII.  from  which,  came  Johu 
Denne,  Gent,  who  had  the  place  of  ffopdreve  to 
the  See  of  Canterbury  iu  these  parts,  by  a  paieat 
from  Archbishop  Tenison  *." 

Dr.  John  Denne,  his  eldest  son,  w^s  born  at 
Littlebourne,  May  25,  169S ;  brought  up  at  the 
free  school  of  Sandwich  and  Canterbury ;  admitted 
of  Benet  College,  Feb.  25,  1708;  and  afterwards  a 
scholar  of  that  House.  He  proceeded  B.  A.  1712s 
M.  A.  and  Fellow  1716,  S.T.  P.  1728  ;  joint  Tutor 
of  the  College  with  Dr.  Thomas  [afterwards  Archbi- 
shop] Herring ;  presented  by  the  College,  to  the  per-? 
petual  curacy  of  St.  Benedict's  church,  Cambridge+; 
rector  of  Norton  Davy,  or  Green's  Norton,  co.  North- 
ampton, 1 721,  which  he  exchanged  for  the  vicarage  of 
St.  Leonard,  Shoreditch,  1723  ;  Preacher  of  Boyle's 
Lectures  1725 — 1728;  Archdeacon  and  Prebendary 
of  Rochester:}:  17 28,  on  the  presentation  of  Bishop 

*  Wha{  concerns  the  andent  and  flourbhtng  state  of  this  fit* 

mily  is  coniirmed  hy  soaie  MS  Papers  belonging  JLO  it ;  and  inay 

"be  seen  in  Philpott's  "  Villare  Cai<tianumi*'  Weever's  Funeral 

Monuments ;  Collinses  Peei-age  -,  in  the  Pre&ce  to  Somner*s  Afii- 

tiquities  of  Cantf^rbury ;  and  in  a  very  remarkable  inscrtfition  on 

the  South  vrail  of  the  Temple  Church,  on  John  Denne,  a  figr* 

rister,  who  died  J^n.    16,  }64$,  set.  32,  which  in  ^^^f$$d  in 

Dugda}e*s  '*  Oiigines  Jiuidici<4es/*  p.  175. 

t  Masters's  Hfetory  of  Bcnc't  Coll^;e,  p.  276. 

J  '*  At  the  time  o?  hVs  hecoming  a  member,  not  a  few  ©fits  nni- 

niizients  and  paptcs  viti^  ui  mvu^  >tt;»faA^u\  ^iwsii  Vat  di^psCed, 


ARCHDRATON  47BNNX.  '595 

Bmdfbrd,  to  whom  he  had  been  many  years  dbmestic 
chaplain^  and  whose  daughter/  Susannah,  he  mar- 
aud by  that  means  rendered  the  ananagement  of  the  afiain  of  the 
Dean  and  Chapter  easy  to  his  contemporaries  and  their  succesiors. 
He  is  well  known  to  have  been  ver)'  conversant  in  our  ecclesitti'- 
tical  iiistoiT  'y  and  this  employment  afforded  him  ^n  opportimiQr 
6f  increasing  his  knowledge  in  it,  and  of  gratifying  his  inclination 
to  other  antiquarian  researches.  The  indefatigable  aiid  judicious 
author  of  DritLt»h  Topography  (vol.  II.  p.  373.)  acknowledges 
that  his  pasiiion  for  tlie  pursuits  of  antiquity  was  fostered  within 
the  walls  of  Bcne't  College,  and  oljserves  that  other  Antiquaries 
have  obligation  to  the  same  seminary.  In  which  number  Dr. 
Denne  may  be  classed  :  for,  whilst  a  Fellow  of  that  Society  he 
transmitted  to  Mr.  I-rcwis,  from  MSS  in  the  libraries  of  the  lJni« 
versity  of  Cambridge,  many  useful  materials  for  his  Life  of  Wic- 
liff  J  and  when  that  learned  Divine  was  afterwards  engaged  in 
drawing  up  his  History  of  the  Isle  of  Tenet,  he  applied  to  Mr. 
Dcnne  for  all  the  pertinent  information  that  could  be  collected 
from  the  MS"^.  bequeathed  to  his  college  by  Archbishop  Parker. 
The  care  and  diligence  of  Dr.  Denne  in  collating  the  Text  us  Rof- 
fensis,  and  in  subjoining  to  his  copy  of  Heame's  edition  such. ad* 
ditions  and  remarks  as  would  elucidate  it,  have  been  commended 
by  Mr.  Pegge  (Bibl.  Top.  Brit.  No.  XV.) 

••In  examining  the  archives  of  the  church,  no  grant,  lease,  pr 
chartulaiy,  seems  to  have  escaped  his  notice.  AlQK)st  all  of  them 
were  endorsed  by  him,  and  from  a  great  many  of  them  he  made 
extracts.  His  enquiries  were  not  however  confined  to  the  nnmi- 
ments  of  the  Dean  and  Chapter .  The  registers  in  the  olHce  p£ 
the  Bishop  of  the  dicx^ese,  their  consi^torial  acts,  and  the  minutes 
of  the  Archdeacon's  Cou It,  were  likewise  closely  inspected.  The 
late  Dr.  Thorpe  ba\  ed  him  the  trouble  of  searching  many  of  the 
wills,  by  obliging  him  with  the  perusal  of  the  transcripts  he  had 
from  them.  The  acts  of  the  courts  of  the  Bishops  and  Arch- 
deacons, which  lay  loose  and  dispersed  in  the  office,  were  ar- 
ranged by  him  and  bound  up  in  volumes.  And  in  the  opinion  of 
Bishop  Gibson,  who  was  apprized  of  many  of  the  contents,  there 
are  few  registries  of  our  Ecclesiastical  Courts,  that  can  furnish 
a  more  satisfactoiy  report  of  pi'oceedings  in  them  previous  to  the 
Reformation. 

••  Dr.  Denne,  in  his  enquiries,  had  doubtless  his  first  view  to  the 
discovering  and  ascertaining  of  the  revenues,  rights,  privileges* 
and  usages  of  the  body  corporate  of  which  he  was  a  member,  and 
of  the  judicial  office  which  he  held  in  this  diocese.  But  it  was 
his  flirt'her  intention  to  make  collections  for  a  History  of  the 
Church  of  Rochester,  concerning  which  very  little  was  generally 
known  in  his  time.  With  the  same  purpose  he  noted  references 
to  whatever  printed  books  he  had  of  his  own  in  which  that  churcii 
was  named,  and  copied  largely  from  other  books  and  manuscripts 
that  accidentally  fell  in  hS  way.    That  he  otw^  \iasi  \Vm  Va 


S96  UTKEART  ANECDOnS. 

ried  in  1724;  vicar  of  St.  Margsiet,  Rochester, 
1729  ;  resigned  for  the  rectory  of  Lambeth,  173I; 
and  Prolocutor  of  the  Lower  House  of  Convocation. 
**  Whether  we  consider  him,**  says  the  Historian  of 

thoaghtft  to  HTite  such  a  hifftory  is  evident  1  but  for  many  yevt 
th«*  duties  of  his  station,  to  the  dischai^  of  which  he  always  ptid 
the  most  a<)siduous  regard,  and  a  multiplicity  of  other  affiiiis  of 
'  iuiportance,  prevented  his  engaging  fully  in  this  work.  It  is 
highly  probable  he  entertained  a  hope  that  when  the  busy  sceee 
of  life  was  past,  he  might  find  leisure  for  such  an  employment, 
and  a  plei^sing  one  it  would  have  been  to  him.  But>  long  before 
his  decease,  he  sufiTert'd  from  a  want  of  health  -,  and  his  quick  and 
active  mincl,  owing  to  an  almost  tmremitting  exertion  of  it,  was 
BO  much  impaired,  that  after  Rochcbter  became  his  constant 
place  of  residence,  which  was  in  the  summer  of  1759,  writing 
of  every  kind  was  a  burden  to  him. 

"A  part  of  whut  it  is  conceived  was  hb  design  has  been  pursued 
in  the  preceding  pages.  Every  hint  suggested  by  him,  it  may 
be  well  supposed,  has  had  its  full  weight,  ^nd  not  been  dissented 
from  without  assigning  a  reason.  The  writer  has  differed  from 
what  seems  to  have  been  Dr.  Denne*s  opinion  respecting  the 
choirs  bc*ing  in  ruins  for  nenr  half  a  century,  in  consequence  of  a 
fire  which  he  also  imagined  to  have  happened  not  in  1179>  but 
two  yeai^  earlier;  nor  have  I  concurred  in  his  idea  of  his  stalls  near 
the  comniunion-table  having  been  used  for  a  confessionary.  Hii 
copious  and  accurate  extracts  were,  however,  of  the  utmost  use; 
and  indeed  without  them  I  could  not  have  presumed,  in  my  pre- 
sent situation,  attempting  any  thing  like  a  history  of  the  fiJiric. 

"  It  is  a  fortunate  circumstance  when  collectors  have  it  in  their 
pawcr  to  compleat  their  own  plan ,  and  it  is  in  a  great  measure 
from  a  want  of  this  ability  that  so  many  books  upon  subjects  of 
antiquity  arc  complaiiii^l  of  as  being  erroneous  and  ddfective. 
Between  Dr.  Thorpe  and  Dr.  Denne  there  was  a  fVequent  and  un- 
reserved communication  of  their  respective  enquiries  into  the  His- 
tory and  Autiq\iities  of  the  church  and  diocese  of  Rochester ;  and 
it  is  to  be  regret tetl  that  time  and  other  circumstances  would  not 
admit  of  their  uniting  in  a  production  of  the  matured  fruits  of 
their  researches.  The  edit(^r  of  Registrum  Rofiense,  and  of  d» 
supplemental  volume,  has  not  withheld  either  tiouble  or  expence 
in  endeavouring  to  perpetuate  the  valuable  deposit  with  which  he 
was  entri!sted,  and  to  have  many  of  the  remains  of  antiquity  to 
which  the  MSS.  refer  iliustiated  by  suitable  engravings.  Andl 
*  acknowleilge  myself  to  be  greatly  obliged  to  him  for  accepting  me 
as  a  coadjdtor  in  a  branch  of  his  ]alK>ur8.  One  motive  must  have 
had  an  equal  influence  with  us.  We  would  have  the  work  con^- 
'  dered  as  a  respectful  tribute  to  the  memories  of  the  compilers  of  the 
materials  from  which  it  originated.  May  it,  as  the  object  of  tfa^ 
VFishes  and  intentions,  xxvect  with  the  more  &vouiable  reoqptiott 
from  the  pablick\    ^.  Daa^^r 


ARCHDKACON   DENNK.  5^7 

Us  Coll^,  p.  278,  "as  the  minister  of  a  parish,  o 
as  a  Governor  in  the  Church,  he  has  never  failed,  in 
an  uncommon  degree  of  application,  to  acquit  him- 
self with  credit  in  each  station.  His  abilities  as  a 
scholar  and  divine  may  be  judged  of  from  his  printed 
Sermons,  amounting  to  1 5  ;  a  Concio  ad  Clerum 
Londinensem,  I745  ;  articles  of  enquiry  for  a  paro- 
chial visitation,  1732;  and  the  state  of  Bromley 
College,  1735:  but,  as  to  his  skill  in  biography  and 
the  History  of  the  United  Kingdoms,  particularly 
the  ecclesiastical  part  of  it,  I  dare  venture  to  affirm^ 
he  has  few  equals.** 

The  Archdeacon  died  August  5,  1767,  in  the 
aeventy-ftfth  year  of  his  age,  and  was  buried  in  the 
South  transept  of  his  Cathedral.  Mrs.  Susanna 
Denne,  his  widow,  survived  him  upwards  of  thirteen 
years.  She  had  just  (Completed  her  seventy-seventh 
year,  being  born  November  27,  1703,  and  deceas- 
ing December  3,  1780 ;  to  whom,  but  not  to  her 
family,  friends,  domestics,  and  the  poor,  the  day'of 
death  was  better  than  the  day  of  her  birth.  By  this 
lady  the  Archdeacon  left  two  sons,  John  and  Sa- 
muel, who  were  educated,  first,  at  a  private  school 
at  Streatham  ;  then  at  the  King's  School,  Canter- 
bury ;  whence  they  were  both  admitted  at  Bene*t 
College ;  and  one  daughter,  Susannah,  who  kept  the 
younger  brother's  house,  and  was  living  in  1 799. 

John  Denne,  the  eldest  son,  born  at  Bromley, 
July  21,  1726,  was  elected  Fellow  of  Bene't  Col- 
lege March  2,  1749 ;  and  proceeded  M.  A.  175I  ; 
perpetual  curate;,  of  Maidstone,  by  presentation  of 
Archbishop  Herring,  and  chaplain  to  the  gaol  there, 
Feb.  13,  1752-3 ;  and  rector  of  Copford,  Essex, 
1754,  in  the  gift  of  the  Crown. 

He  published  one  Sermon,  on  the  Election  of  a 
Mayor,  1753,  from  1  Tim.ii.  2,  4to. 

In  the  desperate  riot  in  Maidstone  gaol,  Ailig. 
7,  1765,  when  several  persons  and  two  pri- 
ipnert  were  killed  by  the  fire  of  the  tov^M-^^o^\ft  Vcv 


.  5^8  .UTEB^RY  ANECDOTES. 

th^ir  own  defence,   two  desperate  Italians,  updisr 
.sentence  of  death,  having  stabbed  the  gaoler  to  ^ 
heart,  seized  his  arms,  and  sallied  forth,  firing  oiuU 
who  opposed  them,  ^nd    marched  rto  Seveno^s, 
where  the  two  ruffians  abovenKentioned,  their  ri^- 
leaders,  were  shot  dead.    !Mr.  Deone^  who  w»8  it- 
tending  the  malefactors,  officially  prions  to  tbfir 
execution,  had  so  narrow  an  escape  with. his  life, 
'that  the  fright  brought  on. what  his  brother prop^Jy 
styled  an  intermitting  fever  pf  the  mind,  m^whi^h 
.state  he  continued  the  last  35  ye^rs  of  hisulife. 

He  died,  in  his  74th  year,  at  the  Palace  at  Maid- 
stone, in  March  1800.  His  wife  Mafy,  second 
daughter  of  George  Lynch,  M.D.  of  Canterhuiy, 
died  before  him,iDec.  5,  1737 ;  and  her  remains 
were  interred,  on  the  12th,  in  the  family- gi;^ve]at 
Rochester  Cathedral. 

Samuel  Denize,  the  Archdeacon's  youn^t;sf!k), 
was  bom  at  the  Deanry  at  Westminster,  ^an.  13, 
1730 ;  admitted  of  Bene't ,  CoU^,  1748,  wbffe 
he  proceeded  B.  A*  1753,'M.  A.  1 756;.. and; was 
elected  F.  A.  S.  1783.  He  was  presented  ii^  1754, 
by  the  Dean  and.  Chapter  of  Rochester,,  ta^th^vi- 
•carageof  Lamberburst,  in  Kent;  and  in  1767. to 
that  of  Wilmington,  near  Dartford ;  aii^d,  tbeijsaipe 
year,  to  the  vicarage  of  Darent,  having,. jresigued 
Lamberburst. 

Worn  out  and  nearly  exhausti^d  from  his44UQrcler, 
•  a. bilious  complaint  i(  which  at ,  leogthi  fii^^,  ^  after 
having  tormented  him  forty  years),  he  was  for  nearly 
the  two  last  months  of  Ins  hfe  confined  to  tfaie. chair 
in  the  library;  which  unassisted  he  could  never  quit, 
and  in  which  he  was  supported  by  a  p^k)w,  fre- 
quently sinking  under,  an  oppressive  langnor.  •Qui 
in  this  situation  his  mind  was  not  clQivi^}  Dor 
his  expression  much  confused ;  continuing  aloiostto 
,  the  last  to  write,  and  to  write  connectedly  .and  iplea- 
.  ^antly ^  to  his  fri^s.  ,  The  very  last  letter  reived 


iy  the  late  Mr.  Gough,  from  the  friendly  hand 
ifhich  had  afforded  so  much  instruction  and  plea-* 
are,  ends  thus :  ^^  Perhaps  I  have  scribbled  quant. , 
Y#/f! ;  perhaps  more  than  sufficient ;  for^  though  I 
im  well  able  to  subscribe  myself  your  faithful  and 
obliged  servant,  yet  in  the  spirit  of  weakness  '\% 
idded  the  signature  of  S,  Denke." 

On  Saturday  Aug.  3,  1799,  early  in  the  morning, 
leated  in  his  cnair,  without  having  kept  his  bed  a 
iingle  day,  at  the  age  of  70,  he  breathed  his  last;  and 
m  the  next  Saturday  was  deposited,  near  his  father, 
n  the  South  transept  of  the  Cathedral  of  Rochester. 

An  affectionate  son  he  was ;  and  true  lover  of  the 
>pot  appointed  for  his  resting-place^  and  has  done 
much  for  its  illustration.  For  his  character,  the 
poor  and  needy  of  his  parishes  of  Wilmington  and 
Darent  will  afford  the  best  testimonial  in  one  re* 
ipect ;  the  literary  world  has  sufficient  in  another. 

In  1771  he  published  "A  Letter  to  Sir  Ror 
bert  Ladbroke,  knt.  senior  Alderman  and  one  ot 
the  Representatives  of  the  City  of  London ;  with  an 
Attenipt  to  shew  the  good  Lfiects  which  may  rea* 
lonabiy  be  expected  from  the  Confinement  of  Crimi* 
nals  in  sejiarate  Apartments,"  8vo. 

Of  the  '*  History  arid  Antiquities  of  Rochester/* 
published  by  y.  Fisher  in  1772,  he  was  avowedly 
the  compiler;  and  was  author  of  an  anonymous  paip« 
phlet,  signed  RusTicus,  relative  to  the  hardships 
experienced  by  the  families  of  Clergymen  who  hap- 
pen to  die  just  before  the  time  of  harvest ;  and,  under 
the  same  name,  wrote,  a  letter  on  the  Curates  Act, 
in  the  Gentleman*s  Magazine,  vol.  LXViL  p.  747* 

In  1795  he  published  >^  Historical  Particulars  of 
Lambeth  Parish  and  Lambeth  Palace,  in  addition 
to  the  Histories  of  Dr.  Ducarel,  in  the  Bibliotheca 
Topoeraphica  Britannica/* 

In  iVIr.  Thorpe's  "  Custumale  Roffense,*"  p.  I53 
•—342,  are  *^  Memorials  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
Rochester  ;  by  the  Rev.  Samuel  l)enne,  M.  A.  and 
F.  S.  A.  r  the  History  of  his  parish  of  Darent^  m% 
letter  to  Mn  Thorpe,  ibid.  p.  ()(W— 102  \  Wjdi  N%tvo\i% 

Vol.  III.  M  M  inxii^m 


530  LITEEART  ANECDOTES. 

Umaller  communications  are  mentioned  in  pp.  lOJi 
104,  252,  &c. 

In  Mr.  Gough^s  ^^  Sepulchral  Monuments'*  be  is 
several  times  noticed  as  a  valuable  correspondent 
•  Hecommunicated  some  articles  to  Mr.  Hasted, paur« 
ticularly  concerning  Wilmington.  (Some  remarks  on 
the  churchy  church-yard,  &c.  Mr.  Hasted  rejected.) 
To  the  "  Archaeologia**  he  communicated  some 
Observations  of  Rochester  Castle^  vol.  VI.  p.  381 ; 
on  Ilokeday,  VII.  244 ;  on  the  words  ecctesia 
and  presbyter  in  Domesday  Book,  VIII.  fiS; 
on  the  Waklenses,  IX.  292 ;  on  the  time  when 
William  of  Newburgh  wrote,  ibid.  3 10;  on 
Canterbury  Cathedral,  X.  37  ;  on  the  painting 
in  Brereton  church  windows,  ib.  334 ;  on  stone 
stalls  at  Maidstone  and  elsewhere,  ib.  2ffl,  298; 
on  the  burning  of  St.  Paul's  church,  XI.  72; 
on  the  lavatory  at  Canterbury  cathedral,  ibid.  108 ; 
brief  survey  of  that  cathedral,  ibid.  375;  review  of 
Mr.  Clark's  opinion  on  stone  seats,  ibid.  38 1 ;  on  a 
figure  over  the  porch  of  Chalk  church,  Kent,  XIL 
10;  on  Upcburch  church,  ibid.  101;  on  paper* 
marks^  ibid.  114;  memoirs  of  Phineas  Pett,  ioid, 
SI7  ;  a  paper  on  Arabic  numerals  XIII.  1797.'' 
'  .  In  the  '*  Bibliotheca  Topograph ica  Britannica**  are 
two  letters  of  Mr.  Denne's  on  the  subject  of  Chiy- 
tons,  and  some  Observations  by  him  on  the  Ardii-* 
episcopal  Palace  of  Mayfield  in  Sussex. 

His  ^^  Observations  on  Parish  Registen**  are 
printed  in  the  ^^  Illustrations  of  the  Manners  and 
Expences  of  antient  Tinges  in  England,  IjgjJ* 

In  the  last  edition  of  Bpu  Atterbury's  Epistolary 
Correspondence,    in  1 799,  vol.  V.  p.  3 16,  are  his 

^^  Remarks  on  a  P^issage  in  a  Letter  from  Bp.  At- 

terbury  to  Pope,  in  which  he  refers  to  an  Epistle  of 

Cicero  to  Atticus,  that  mentions  his  Country  N^gh- 

bours,  Arrius  and  Sebosus.'" 

In  "  Tlie  Topographer,'*  vol.  III.  p.  3,  is  a  letter 

from  him  on  the  cypher  I.  H.  S. 

His  assistance  to  the  Historian  of  Shoreditch  was 

considerable,  and  u  ^tooecW  ^^"Gisstd&^&Md  by  Mr. 

Ellis.  ^        \L^ 


RKV.  flAICUXL  tiftstnk  Sil 

His  communications  to  Mr.  UrbanS  Miscellany 
ivere  numerous  and  valuable  (the  first  of  them,  that 
can  be  now  ascertained,  on  a  Visitatorial  Decree  con- 
cerning Magdalen  Collie,  Oxford,  in  voLXLf .  p.  1 8). 
From  that  time  till  hisdeathhis  communications  were 
frequent;  and  it  may  be  said,  with  great  truth,  that 
the  mantle  of  T.  Row  fell  on  ff^.  ^  V.  and  was  worn 
by  him  with  advantage,  though  for  a  shorter  term. 

An  interleaved  copy  of  "  Letsome's  Preacher's  As- 
sistant,** filled  with  additions  by  Mr.  Archdeacon 
Denne  and  his  son  8ainuel,  is  in  the  possession  of 
the  Rev.  Robert  Walts,  the  excellent  Librarian  of 
Sion  Colleee;  who  is  preparing  a  new  edition  of  that 
very  useful  work. 

XIX.  REV.  DR.  RALPH  HEATHCOTE. 

The  following  memoirs  of  this  learned  Divine  am 
from  his  own  pen. 

.  ^^Fugio  nejusarer — '  I  fly  lest  I  should  be  driven 
away,*  said  an  University  Professor  upon  a  critical 
emergency*;  and  I  write  this  account  of  myself^ 
lest  others  should  relate  of  me  what  may  not  be-i 
long  to  me.  Nor  must  it  be  imputed  to  vanity*|-, 
that  I  suppose  any  attention  will  be  paid  to  my 
memory;    the   privilege  of  being  recorded  after 

^  P^terBaro;  Athenae  Oxonlenses. 

t  The  hint  was  suggested  to  me,  some  very  short  time  ago, 
hjr  the  following  passage,  from  a  work  entitled,  ^'  The  Life  of 
John  Buncle,  esq.*'  vol.  11.  p.  249.  956.  ''  It  is  not  the  opinion 
of  the  Sodnians  that  Christ  was  a  mere  man.  It  is  plain  ftt>ni 
this  assertion,  tliat  the  Rev.  Dr.  Heathcote,  in  his  "  Remarks  oi| 
the  True  and  Candid  Disquisitions/'  knows  nothing  of  them* 
Yet  unfriendly  as  he  bath  Ix^en  in  his  account  of  the  Socinians^ 
jmi  are  not  thence  to  conclude  that  he  belongs  to  the  Orthodox 
party.  He  is  fur  from  it )  and  therefore  I  recommend  to  youf 
penisalj  not  only  what  he  has  written  upon  the  **  Free  anc| 
Candid  Dis<{uisitions/*  and  his  finer  "  Boyle  Lecture  Sermons*' 
on  the  Being  of  a  God,  but  also  his  *'  Cursory  Animadvensions 
upon  the  Controversy  concerning  the  Miraculotts  Powers,"  and 
his  *'  Remarks  on  Chapman's  Chsuge."  lliey  are  three  excellent 
pamphlets.**  Now,  it  is  very  certain,  that  Dr.  Heathcote  never 
wrote  any  "  Remarks  on  the  Fixh;  and  Candid  I)\3(C[a\«A\\QiUir 
nor  even  i^new  that  such  "  Remarks"  were  vmUtu.    B..  H. 


533  LITERART  AXECDOTES. 

death,  whatever  the  value  of  it,  is  now  become  an 
appendage  of  authorship;  insomuch  that  the  most 
insimificant  accounts  of  the  most  insignificant  men 
are  hence  deemed  objects  of  amusement  to  the  pob- 
lick. 

My   family  is  of  Chesterfield,   in   Derbyshire; 
and,  for  a  fimily  in  middle  life,  antient  and  respect- 
able.    There  is  extant  among  our  records   a  will, 
signed  by  a  person  of  both  my  names,  a  consider- 
able tradesman,  and  alderman  of  that  town,  who 
therein   provides  decently  for  five  sons  and  four 
daughters*:  it  is  dated  anno  1502.     The  landed 
property  of  the  House  was  afterwards   much  in- 
creased, but  wasted  (the  greatest  part  of  it)  by  an 
eldest  son,  a  fine  gentleman  of  the  times;  who,  in 
the  civil  wars  of  the  17th  century,  while  his  femily 
continued  loyal -|-,  became  a  Cromwellian;  and,  as 
tradition   reports,  contrived  to  get  his  father  pro- 
scribed  and  imprisoned,  for  the  sake  of  prematurely 
possessing  it.     What   little  remained  of  this  said 
property  was  inherited  by  my  great-grandfather,  a 
younger  son,  and  transmitted  down  through  my 
grandfather  and  father  to  me.     These  were  all  of 
both  my  names;  men  liberally  educated  at  Cam- 
bridge, who  had  decent  preferment  in  the  churclv 
and  were  esteemed  for  their  good  sense,  probity^ 
and  learning,  by  all  who  knew  them. 

*  "  And  if,"  says  he,  "  any  of  my  sonnes  wyll  be  a  priest,  L 
wyU  that  he  be  sent  to  the  schole  till  he  is  able  3  and  then  hi^^ 
part  of  land  to  be  divided  among  the  other.** 

t  In  my  possession  is  a  receipt  to  his  father  for  two  pounds 

lent  to  king  Charles  I.  dated  21  Feb.  1626,  in  form  following: 

"  Scarsdale,  in  com.  Derbie.  Received  the  day  and  year  abov^" 
written  of  Grodfrey  Ueathcote,  of  Chesterfield,  in  the  county  0^ 
Derbie,  gent,  the  some  of  two  pounds,  which  the  sayd  Godfre]^ 
Heathcote  hath  lent  unto  tiie  kinge*s  most  excellente  Majestie  > 
1  say,  received  to  his  IViajestie's  use  the  sayd  some  of  2/.  Os.  Od^ 
by  me,  Adam  Eyre,  collector." — ^These  Royal  Loans  were  one  u^ 
the  four  things  remonstrated  against  in  the  *'  Petition  of  Riglits'  ^ 
prevented  to  Charles  I.  May  1628 ;  and  fur  opposing  which  si^ 
Thomas  Wentworth,  afterwards  eai*l  of  Strafford,  had  beef 
committed  a  prisoner  to  the  Marsbalsca  by  the  Lords  of  th^ 
Council.  Stiafiard^&Ui^^,  «X  \^^  ^^oA  v^^  his  Letters^  in  2  vol^^- 
/olio.    R  H. 


tEV.   DR.  RALPH  H£ATHCOR.  68S 

I  was  born  the  19th  of  December  (O.  S.)  in  1791. 
:  Barrow  upon  Soar,  in  the  county  of  Leicester^ 
here  my  father,  then  very  young,  was  only  a  cu- 
tte*;  for  alas,  good  man!  by  marrying  a  daughter 
:  Simon  Ockley,  Arabic  Professor  at  Cambridge, 
hile  attending  his  lectures,  he  had  provided  for 
imself  a  family  before  he  had  provided  where- 
ithal  to  maintain  it.  I  spent  the  first  fourteen 
»rs  of  my  life  at  home  with  my  fother,  who 
rounded  me  in  Latin  and  Greek:  and  was  then, 
pril  1736,  removed  to  the  public-school  of  Ches* 
Tfield  aforesaid ;  where  1  continued  five  years  un- 
er  the  Rev.  William  Burrow,  a  very  ingenious,  as 

*  Ralph  Heathcote,  of  Jesus  College,  Cambridge,  B.  A.  1717; 
irate  of  Barrow  17^1;  M.  A.  1728;  was  presented  to  the 
carage  of  Sileby  in  1730;  to  the  curacy  of  Prestwould  1746 ; 
ad  held  abo  the  rectory  of  Morton,  co.  Derby. 

A  flat  stone  in  Barrow  church  is  thus  inscribed : 

''  Carolus  Heathcote, 

Radulphi  &  Mariie  filius  natu  &  state  tertius, 

felicitate  autem  primus, 

ob\it  Martij  die  8^o,  sepultus  lomo, 

anno  Christi  17^6,  setatis  secundio.*' 

In  the  North  aile  of  Sileby  church : 

"  Hie  sita  est  Maria  Heathcote,  Simoois  Ockley^ 
linguae  Arable  nuper  apud  Cantabrigienses  ProfSessoris, 

iilia  natu  maxima ; 

Radulphi  Heathcote,  hujusce  ecclesiae  vicarii> 

amantissima  nee  mintis  amata  coi\jux. 

Filios  tres  filiasque  quatuor 

felicissimi  pignora  conjugii  rdiquit  superstites. 

Obiit  Januarii  die  tricesimo,  anno  Dom.  1737>  »t.  39.** 

*'  Hie  situs  est  Radulphus  Heathcote, 

magister  artium  Cantabrigi^insli, 

hiyus  ecclesis  vicarius, 

et  rector  de  Morton,  in  agro  Derbienst 

Vivunt  etiamnum  liberi  septem, 

quos  uxor  Maria  peperit, 

optimum  lugentes  et  parentem  et  vinim. 

Morbo  doloribusque  confectus  requievit  tandem  in  pace 

Junii  die  nono,  anno  Dom.  1765,  setatis  68.** 

<'  Here  lieth  the  body  of  Mary  Heathcote, 

ivbo  died  the  8th  c^  January,  1780,  aged  48  years. 

She  vyas  a  woman  of  integrity,  generosity,  and 

all  Christian  virtues.'* 


534  LITERAKT  ANECDOTES. 

yg^eW  as  htitDkhe  person,  and  wllo  was  more  tban 
ordinarily  skilled  m  the  Greek.  He  had  too  (let  M 
observe  it),  by  his  manner  of  commenting  and  ex- 
patiating upon  our  lessohs,  thb  art  of  opening  the 
understanding,  and  teadiing  thte  use  and  exercise  of 
it,  while  he  seetned  to  be  only  teaching  tlie  languages, 
beyond  any  man  I  ever  kriew. 

"  April  1741 5  I  was  admitted  of  Jesus  College  iti 
Cambridge.  I  was  admitted  a  sizar  for  the  sake  of 
oeconomy,  as  we  were  a  numerous  tribe  at  home) 
et  Jfrugcs  consumere  iiati;  yet  oeconomy,  in  rea- 
lity, was  little  concerned,  the  difference  between 
tizar  and  pensioner,  either  as  to  expence  or  manner 
of  living,  being  (in  our  society  at  least)  next  to 
nothing.  1  took  the  degree  of  A.  B.  in  Jan.  1 745 ; 
and^  after  continuing  in  college  till  the  commence- 
ment following,  I  went  into  the  country,  and  be* 
came  a  divine  soon  after.  March  1748, 1  undertook 
the  cure  of  St.  Margaret*s  church  in  Leicester,  the 
stipend  and  perquisites  of  which  were  not  less  than 
507.  per  annum;  and  the  year  after  was  presented 
to  Barkby,  a  small  vicarage  in  the  neighbour- 
hood, but  which,  with  my  curacy,  made  me  tcell 
to  liv€y  as  the  saying  is.  ,  July  1748,  I  took  the 
degree  of  A.  M.  and  at  the  same  time  withdrew  my 
name  from  college,  having  only  a  distant  as  well  as 
uncertain  prospect  of  a  fellowship,  and  being  in 
truth  of  an  humour  no  ways  suited  to  such  situations 
and  connections.  I  had,  besides,  another  fellow- 
ship in  view;  and,  August  17 50,  was  married  to 
Miss  Margaret  Mompesson*^  a  Nottinghamshire 
gentlewoman  of  good  family,  whose  fortune  made 
me,  in  my  own  estimation,  independent,  and  with 
whom  I  have  lived  very  happily  to  this  hour. 

"  But  to  ^o  back  a  little.     In  1746  I  printed  at 
Cambridge,  and  published,  a  small  Latin  work,  of 

.  *  She  died,  much  and  justly  lamented,  the  l*2th  of  April  1790. 
»ged  66,  Her  great-grand&ther,  Ivir.  Mompessdn,  rector  0^ 
Eyam  in  Derbyshire,  is  mneiltioned  with  honour  by  Mr.  Howard. 
tor  "  not  (}uitting  his  ^ttrtshSonet^  Uhder  the  dreadful  calaoiitv 


EBV.  DR«  SAL?H  REATHCOTE.  tK 

ffentytwo  pages,  in  8vo,  entitled,  ^  Historia 
Btronomice,  sivede  Ortu  et  Progressu  Astronomiae/ 
hich,  though  it  cannot  well  he  considered  others 
ise  than  as  a  juvenile  production,  was  yet-  kindly 
jceived  by  the  University  *,  and  laid  the  foundation  . 
r  that  little  merit  I  have  since  acquired  in  the 
'orld  of  letters.  ]t  was  then  imamned,  and  indeed 
le  Professor  Rutherforth  noticed  it  in  his  public 
[)eech  to  me  at  my  Doctor's  degree,  that  I  under* 
K>k  this  work  in  order  to  make  amends  for  some 
cfect  of  character  when  I  took  my  first  degre^  in 
Lrts;  and  when  although  I  was  not  without  honour^ 
et  I  was  not  distinguished  in  the  manner  that  was 
rpected  from  me.     How  far  this  might  be  the  case, 

cannot  pretend  to  say.  Whether  my  taste  or 
irejudices  for  the  Classics,  with  whom  I  had  been 
ane  and  intimately  conversant  (being  in  my  twen- 
ieth  year  before  I  left  school),  had  any  ways  indis« 
losed  me  for  mathematical  and  physical  attamments, 
►r  whether  because  no  encouragement  was  mven  to 
hem  in  college 4*,  certain  it  is,  that  I  had  no  impulse 
owards  academical  learning,  nor  then  could  bring 
nyself  to  apply  at  all  to  it.  What  I  have  known 
n  this  way,  which  however  has  not  been  to  any  ma- 
hematicai  depth,  was  acquired  afterwards. 

**  The  Middletonian  Controversy  upon  the  Mira- 
culous Power,  &c.  being  not  yet  ended,  though 
ndeed  Dr.  Middleton  himself  was  dead,  I  was 
noved  to  enter  the  lists,  and  in  1759  published  two 
Meces;  one  intituled,  "Cursory  Animadversions 
apon  the  Controversy  in  general  ;*'  the  other,  *'  Re- 
narks  upon  a  Charge  by  Dr.  Chapman.**    It  will 

3f  the  plague  in  166S.**    Account  of  Lazarettos,  p.  24.    See  also 
Jiree  letters  from  him  in  Seward's  Anecdotes,  vol.  II.  p.  27*  K.  H* 

*  "  R.  Heathcote,  A.  B.  df  Jesus  College,  Cambridge,  in  1746, 
[Niblidhed  The  History  of  Astronomy,  a  small  Svo,  in  Latin,  of 
3^  Images;  an  ingenious  performance/'  &c.  Long's  Astronomy, 
ral.  li.p.  648.    K.H. 

t  Fifteen  Lectures  in  Watts^s  Log^  were  all  1  ^rer  received 
Eram  my  tutors.    R.  H. 


i$6  LITERARY  AVECDOTES. 

hardly  be  credited  what  diffidence  I  felt  when  I  be* 

Sn  tne  former  piece;  and  still  less,  when  I  mention 
e  cause  of  this  diffidence.  But  it  is  a  real  matter 
of  factf  that,  though  I  had  gone  through  a  school 
and  a  college,  and  had  produced  a  Latin  work, 
which,  notwithstanding  many  mistakes  and  over- 
sights, had  been  applauded  even  for  its  language,  I 
could  not  yet  express  myself  tolerably  in  English; 
but,  after  I  had  stepped  into  my  twenty-ninth  year, 
had  the  writing  part  of  my  native  tongue  almost  en- 
tirely to  acquire.  I  mention  this  chiefly  to  note  what 
i  take  to  be  a  great  defect  in  most  of  the  grammar- 
schools,  viz,  a  total  neglect  to  cultivate  our  own  lan- 
guage :  as  if  the  learning  of  Latin  would  teach  boys 
not  only  to  spell^  as  the  vulgar  imagine,  but  also  to 
write,  English. — In  1753,  I  published  "  A  Letter 
to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Fothergill,  A.  M.  Fellow  of 
Queen's  College,  Oxford,  relating  to  his  Sermon 
preached  before  that  University  30th  Jan.  1753, 
upon  the  Reasonableness  and  Uses  of  commemorate 
ing  King  Charleses  Martyrdom :"  a  slight  production; 
yet  sufficient,  perhaps,  to  shew,  that  there  is  neither 
reason  nor  use  in  any  such  commemoration. 

*^-  Upon  the  publication  of  my  first  Middletonian 
pamphlet,  my  bookseller  transmitted  the  compli-^ 
ments  of  Dr.  Warburton  to  the  unknown  author; 
for  I  had  not  yet  courage  enough  to  set  my  name  to 
my  English  productions.  I  was  greatly  surprised ; 
but  soon  lifter  perceived  that,  Warburton  s  state  of 
authorship  being  a  state  of  war,  it  was  his  custom 
to  be  particularly  attentive  to  all  young  authors  of 
forward  aspiring  spirit,  in  hopes  of  enlisting  tbeip 
afterwards  into  his  service.  Accordingly,  when  my 
tecond  pamphlet  came  out,  he  learn^  my  name, 
and  sent  me  not  only  his  compliments,  but  the  oflier 
also  of  his  assistant  preacher*s  place  at  Lincolns 
Inn  Chapel,  with  the  stipend  of  hulfra-guinea  for 
each  sermon.  The  stipend,  to  be  sure,  was  paltry, 
'  Lut  the  oflTer  and  the  place  were  Very  agreeable  to 

tnej 


i£y.  DR.   RALPH   HEATHCOTC.  537 

le;  for  I  had  some  time  before  formed  i  scheme  of 
ving  in  London,  in  order  to  associate  and  convene 
ith  literati^  and  more  effectually  to  eratiiy  my 
umour,  which,  partly  from  the  love  of  letters^  but 
liefly  from  ill  health,  was  grown  more  retired  and 
udious.     I  removed  to  town  June  17539  ai^d  soon 
>und  my  way  into  a  Society  of  Gentlemen,  who 
let  once  a  week,  to  drink  conee,  and  to  talk  /eant- 
Ui/  for  three  or  four  hours.     This  Society,  as  it 
as  called,  consisted  of  Dr.  Jortin,  Dr.  Birch,  Mr. 
i^etstein,  Mr.  De  MissV;  Dr.  Maty,  and  one  or 
to  more;  and  it  flourished  till  the  death  of  Birch 
r66*,  though  it  was  weakened  by  the  departure  of 
>rtin  to  Kensington  in  1 762. 
'^  The  works  of  lord  Bolingbroke  were  published 

1754;  and  as  all  were  ready  to  shew  their  zeal 
ot  forgetting  their  parts  and  learning)  against  he- 
rodoxy  and  irreligion,  so  in  1755  I  also  published 
bat  I  called  ^^  A  Sketch  of  Lord  Bolingbroke's 
lilosophy;**  though  indeed  my  object  was,  to  vin- 
cate  the  moral  attributes  of  the  Deity,  where.  Lord 
>lingbroke  was  chiefly  original,  other  matters 
ing  only  touched  occasionally.  The  latter  end  of 
is  year,  came  out  ^'  The  Use  of  Reason  asserted 

Matters  of  Religion,  in  answer  to  a  Sermon 
cached  by  Dr.  ratten*,  at  Oxford,  13  July, 
55  r  and,  the  year  after,  a  Defence  of  this  against 
:.  Patten,  who  had  replied.  These  were  favour- 
ly  received  by  thepublick;  yet,  when  the  heat  of 

*  Dr.  Tliomas  Pfttten  (who  died  in  1790)  was  a  leader  of  the 
tchinMmian  sect ;  and,  aejeeably  to  his  principles  and  profes- 
ys,  ^led  his  sermon  '^  St.  Peter's  Christian  Apology/*  and 
ich.  in  ans>wer  to  *'  The  Use  of  Reason/'  he  says,  **  is  fiu> 
r  illustrsKed  and  maintained  against  the  objections  and  misre- 
sentatiom  of  Mr.  Heathcote/* — Dr.  itome  also  (aftemrords 
flop)  publiiihed  that  yi^ar  "An  Apoloj^  for  certain  Gentlemen 
the  University  of  Oxford  aspersed  in  a  late  anonymous  Ptoi- 
et  ["  A  Word  to  the  Hutchinsoniims**],  with  a  short  Po6t- 
pC  concerning  another  Pamphlet  lately  published  by  the  Rev. 
.  Heathcote.*'  On  this  subject,  see  a  controversy  in  Gent. 
5.  vol.  LXV.  pp.  g3«.  509.  931,  984  3  vol.  XAVI.  pp.  303. 
1.  780.    fi. 


I 


538  LITEltARV  ANECD0R9. 

controversy  was  over,  I  could  not  look  into  theift 
myself  without  disgust  and  pain.  The  spleen  of 
Middleton^  and  tlie  petulancy  of  Warburton^  who 
were  then  the  writers  in  vogue,  had  too  much  in- 
fected me,  as  th^  had  other  young  scribblers; 
though  I  never  had  the  honour  to  be  of  what  Hume, 
in  his  Life,  calls  the  Warburtonian  School  *.  The 
substance,  however,  of  these  two  pieces,  purged 
totirely  from  all  that  ferment  which  usually  agitates 
theological  controversy,  came  forth  in  my  ^*  Concio 
ad  Clerum,**  preached  at  Cambridge  for  my  Doctor 
in  Divinity's  degree,  July  4,  1759. 
.  "  Between  the  two  pieces  on  the  Use  of  Reason 
and  the  Defence  of  the  same,  I  published,  at  the 
request  of  the  sheriff  and  grand  jury,  an  Assize  Ser* 
tnon*f*,  preached  at  Leicester,  Aug.  12,  17 56. 

*^  In  1763,  4,  5>  I  preached  the  Boylean  Lec- 
tures, in  St,  James's  Church,  Westminster,  by  the 
appointment  of  Seeker  Archbishop  of  Canterbury, 
and  the  Duke  of  Devonshire,  who  were  the  Trustees. 
This  appointment  was  very  a-propos  to  me ;  for  the 
matter  was  a  good  deal  of  it  prepared  in  my  pieces 
against  Bolingbroke  and  Patten ;  so  that  I  had  no- 
thing to  do  but  to  mould  it  into  the  form  of  Lec- 
tures. They  consisted  of  twenty-four ;  two  of  which, 
making  one  discourse  upon  the  Being  of  God^  I 
published,  by  way  of  specimen,  in  1763.  A  second 
edition  was  printed  the  same  year. 

**  In  1765,  upon  the  death  pf  my  father,  I  suc- 
ceeded to  Sileby,  another  small  vicarage  in  the  county 
of  Leicester;  in  1766  was  presented  to  the  rectory 
of  Sawtry-AU-Saints,  in  Huntingdonshire;  and,  in 

*  What  Pliny  says  of  pleaders  at  the  bar  may  be  said  of  con* 
troversialists  in  general — "  Multum  malitis^  quanivis  nalmt 
addiscunt/'     £pist.  iii.     R.  H. 

t  This  was  published  under  the  title  of  ''  Religion  and  Mora* 
lity  essential  to  Society  /*  and  inscribed  of  coui^  to  .his  friend 
and  patron,  W'illiam  Pochin,  esq.  then  high-sheriflT,  and  to  the 
grand  jiuy  of  the  county;  and  a  new  edition  of  it  (preptfied  for 
the  press  ki  1781)  contains  an  appropmte  compliment  to  Mr. 
Pochin^  who  was  then  member  for  the  couaty.    N« 

176S, 


'68,  to  ft  prebend  in  the  collegiate  chUrch  o^  SoUlh*- 
*n.  These,  in  so  short  a  oottipa^  tfi&y  iMk 
»mpous(  but  their  cl^r  annual  inidottie,  «lrbM 
irates  were  paid  and  all  expetices  d^ut^led,  did  Hot 
nount  to  more  than  150/.  In  177I,  I  published 
The  Irenareh;  or^  Justi<^e  of  the  Pfeare*ei  Manual ;" 
id  qualified  myself  for  acting  in  Octobet*  that  yean 

aualiiied  soon  after  for  the  liberty  of  SouthweH 
Scrooby,  in  Nottinghamshire^  yet,  as  strange 
it  may  seem,  hothing  cduld  be  more  aVetiie  ^m 
y  temper  and  way  of  life.  But  I  was  in  both  tht 
^mmissions  of  the  peace,  and  teased  into  it.  The 
tes  seem  to  have  set  themselves  against  my  natural 
imour ;  for  1  had  but  just  done  with  the  education 

*  my  eldest  son  Ralph  Heathcote,  upon  which  I 
»towed  five  or  six  years,  in  a  manner  interesting^ 
is  true,  but  certainly  not  agreeable  to  myself*. 

^'  In  1774>  was  published  the  second  edition  6f 
The  Irenarch,**  with  a  large  Dedidttion  to  Lord 
[ansfield.  This  Dedication  contains  much  miscel- 
neous  matter,  relating  to  laws,  policy,  and  manners, 
id  was  at  the  same  time  written  With  a  view  to  op- 
Dse  and  check  that  outrageous,  indiscriminate,  and 
3undless  invective  which  had  been  repeatedly  le- 
^lled  at  this  illustrious  person.  But  tlie  publick 
as  disposed,  perversely  as  I  imi^gined,  to  misun- 
^rstand  me;  they  conceived  that,  instead  of  de- 
eding, 1  meant  to  insult  and  abuse  lofd  Mansfield; 
id  this,  as  should  seem,  because,  writing  under  a 
ligned  character,  I  did,  by  way  of  enhvening  my 
iece,  treat  the  noble  Lord  with  a  certain  famiharity 
id  gaiety  of  spirit.  Upon  this,  in  I78I,  I  pub- 
shed  a  third  edition  of  "  The  Irenarch,**  setting 
\y  name  at  full  lengthy  and  frankly  avowing  my 
»1  purpose. 

'*  In  the  summer  of  1 785  we  left  London  altoge- 
ler,  and  divided  our  rural  abode  between  Southwell 

*  "  He  went  to  Christ  Churcli,  Oxford,  and  is  now  the  King's 
inister  at  Cologne  and  Hesse  Cassel.    I  trained  also  my  younger 

HH  Godfrey  Heathcotc«  who  likewise  went  td  Christ  Church,  and 
DOW  In  orders,  Tbue  ivere  aU  the  ch'ddrcu  1  ba\^  YudJ^r  ^.^^« 


g40  LITERART  ANECDOTES. 

and  Sileby,  though  Southwell  of  late  has  had  the 
greatest  share  of  us.  1  became  Vicar-general  of  this 
church  from  November  1788.  The  authority  of 
Vtcar-general  extends  to  28  towns,  the  Peculiar  of 
Southwell,  over  which  he  exercises  episcopal  autho- 
rity, except  ordination  and  confirmation.  But  the 
great  object  of  my  employment  is  the  administration 
of  justice;  and  object  enough  at  my  time  of  life.  I 
have  nearly  reached  the  age  of  man ;  yet  (I  thank 
God)  am  tolerably  free  from  infirmities,  bating  that 
general  invalid  habit  which  has  attended  me  from 
my  birth,  and  which  certainly  has  not  been  mended 
by  a  studiious  and  sedentary  life.  Far  from  presuni« 
ing,  however,^  do  not  reckon  upon  any  long  conti- 
nuance; contented  and  resigned,  I  enjoy  myself  rea- 
sonably well;  cultivating  m  the  mean  time,  and 
careful  to  preserve,  what  I  call  the  true  tone  of  spi- 
rit and  temper,  "  neither  to  wish,  nor  fear  to  die"— * 
summum  nee  metuas  diem,  nee  optes** 

'^  Stet  quicunque  volet  potens 

Aulae  culmine  lubrico: 

Me  dulcis  saturet  quies* 

Obscuro  positus  loco, 

Leni  perfruar  otio. 

Nullis  nota  Quiritibus 

^tas  per  tacitum  fluat. 

Sic  cum  transierint  mei 

Nullo  cum  strepitu  dies, 

Plebeius  moriar  senex  -(••** 
Thus  far  are  Dr.  Ileathcote's  own  words;  to  which 
may  be  added,  that  he,  at  the  request  of  Mr.  Whiston, 
wrote  the  Life  of  Dr.  Thomas  Burnet,  the  learned 
master  of  the  Charter-house,  prefixed  to  the  edition 
of  his  works,  in  two  volumes,  8vo,  1759;  and  in 
1761,  on  the  recommendation  of  Dr.  Jortin,  was 
one  of  the  original  writers  engaged  in  the  compi- 
lation of  the  **  Biographical  Dictionary;'*  eleven 
volumes  of  which  were  completed  in  1764>  and  a 

*  Martial  x.  47.  t  Seneca^  Thyest.  Act  3. 

twelfth 


AEV.   DR.   RALPir  HEATHCOTB.  54l 

fe\tih  added  in  17(77.  The  articles,  Simon  Ockley, 
T.  Robert  James,  Queen  Elizabeth,  Madame  de 
[aintenon,  Dr.  lliomas  Burnet,  Dr.  Jortin,  &c. 
?Iong  particularly  to  him.  He  had  also  a  consider- 
>le  sum  from  the  booksellers  for  several  new  articles 
I  the  edition  of  1784;  and  in  a  letter  I  received 
cm  him  in  I791,  he  says,  '^  Methinks,  I  should 
ke  to  correct  it  for  another  edition;  such  an  employ- 
lent  would  suit  my  time  of  life." 

He  published  in  1767  "  A  Letter  to  the  Honour- 
3le  Horace  Walpole,  concerning  the  Dispute  be- 
veen  Mr.  Hume  and  Mr.  Rousseau,"*  12mo;  which, 
1  some  of  the  Reviews,  was  supposed  to  be  by  Mr. 
Walpole  himself. 

In  1775,  he  was  the  author  of  **  Memoirs  of  the 
ite  contested  Election  for  the  County  of  Leicester : 
r,  a  new  Triumphal  Arch  erected  in  honour  of  Vic- 
)ry  obtained  from  that  Contest  by  the  True  Old 
iterest.  By  a  Freeholder  of  Leicester*."  This 
ttle  tract  was  printed  apparently  to  amuse  and  di- 
irt  a  few  friends,  and  without  any  determined  pur- 
)se  of  being  published ;  but  getting  abroad,  and 
titling  to  be  universally  known  of  by  a  pamphlet 
iblished  against  it  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Greenaway, 
r.  Heathcote  judged  it  expedient  to  send  it  forth  at 
rge.  He  prefixed,  however,  an  advertisement,  by 
ay  of  apology  for  so  doing;  stating  ^'  that  the 
[emoirs,  drawn  up  as  soon  as  the  contest  they  treat 

was  ended,  were  designed,  partly  by  way  of  re- 

*  Two  answers  to  this  pamphlet  were  published  the  same  year ; 
le  by  Mr.  Greenaway,  the  other  by  Dr.  Parry.  The  late' Rev. 
larles  Dkkinson  of  Somerby  also,  8i)eakinglDf  Dr.  Heathcote  aiicl 
I  pamphlet,  in  a  MS  note,  obsenes,  '*  This  gentleman,  though 
idoubtedly  a  learned  man,  was  pleased  to  stigmatize  the  whole 
ninty  of  Leicester  as  Boeotians ;  adding,  when  in  a  strange 
antry,  he  was  ashamed  to  own  himself  a  Leicestershire  man ; 
d  all  this  owing  to  his  friend  Mr.  Pochin  of  Barkby  losing  hit 
sction  for  the  County  of  Leicester  in  the  year  177'>i  a  gentle^ 
an  of  a  most  unblemished  character ;  and  who  mis  sorry  to 
id  Ills  clerical  advocate  endeavouring>  as  much  as  in  him  lay, 
let  the  County  again  in  a  flame,  when  all  were  so  desirous 
at  e^'ery  thing  should  be  buried  in  obUvioa."     N. 


549*  '     LITERART  ANECDOTES. 

prisal  upon  the  conquerors,  who  Iiad  shewn  an  in- 
temperance  in  their  rejoicings,  which  was  thought  - 
to  border  u]x>n  insult;  and  partly  to  amuse  and 
divert  the  conquered,  by  retorting  a  Httle  mirth  and 
pleasantry  upon  tlieir  adversaries.  Some  copies, 
accordingly,  were  distributed  amongst  individuals, 
but  witlioutany  determined  purpose  to  publish  them: 
and  if  such  purpose  was  ever  in  deliberation  at  all, 
it  was  very  soon  laid  aside;  and  they  were  left  to  de- 
part silently  into  that  non-entity,  from  which  indeed 
they  had  scarcely  emerged.  Unluckily,  however, 
they  have  become  an  object  of  attention  to  the  pub- 
lick  :  many  have  enquired  with  eagerness  after  them; 
and  some  have  afi'ected  to  speak  of  them  even 
seriously.  Hence  it  was  deemed  necessary  to  send 
them  forth  at  large;  lest,  from  not  being  sufficiently 
known,  they  should  pass  for  something  which  they 
are  not;  should,  perhaps,  be  imagined  to  breathe  a 
spirit  unrelenting  and  vindictive,  while  they  are 
really  little  more  than  ^  jeu  ct esprit:  a  mere  sally 
and  sport  of  wit,  rather  calculated  to  make  ridiculous 
electioneering  in  general,  than  to  serve  the  purpose 
of  any  particular  electors. — ^The  Comj)iler  had  much 
rather  be  esteemed  an  honest  and  humane  man, 
than  either  a  wit  or  a  scholar :  he  wishes  to  be  be* 
lieved  when  he  declares,  that  he  hath  a  perfect  good- 
will and  kindness  towards  all  men:  that  nothing 
merely  notional,  no  difterence  of  opinion  in  either 
politics  or  religion,  can  destroy  one  grain  of  his  af- 
fectionate regard  for  the  well-meaning  of  all  persua- 
sions and  parties ;  that,  how  ready  soever  he  may  be 
to  ridicule  the  absurd,  and  chastise  the  insolent,  be 
is  equally^  ready  to  serve  all  men  whatever;  and  that 
he  would  deem  it  a  severer  reproach,  than  tlie  petu- 
lant tongue  of  Slander  hath  ever  cast  upon  hiui,  if  be 
could  justly  be  charged  with  neglecting  this  service, 
when  it  was  in  his  power  to  perform  it." 

In  1777>  ^  made  a  trip  to  Holland,  m  company 
with  bis  worthy  friend  Isaac  Reed,  esq.  of  Staple  loo. 

In  1779,  hav\n^  cou%\A\&A.  VvvoL ou  the  subject  rf 


REV.   DE.  RALPH  HKATHCOTE.  (43 

T,  Bowyer's  ^*  Conjectures  on  the  New  Testament,** 
received  the  letter  printed  below  ♦. 
His  Irenarch,  the  JOedication)  and  the  Notes,  ar^ 
>w  all  scattered  up  and  down,  but  without  alter* 
ion,  in  "  Sylva,  or  the  Wood;  being  a  Collection 
Anecdotes,  EHssertations,  Characters,  Apoph- 
egms,  Original  Letters,  Bon  Mots,  and  otlier 
ittie  Things -f-;"  and  are,  indeed,  much  properer 
r  such  a  miscellaneous  collection,  as  being  no  way 
»nnected  with  one  another.  The  first  volume  of 
Sylva""  was  published  in  1786;  and  a  second  edi* 
m  in  1788  J.  . 

*  ''  Sir,  Charlotte-street,  Soho,  Aug,  4,  1779. 

''  I  should  be  very  happy  to  contribute  to  the  very  excellent 
irk  Mr.  Nichols  has  in  hand  (for  a  very  excellent  one  it  is)  | 
1 1  have  never  made  the  text  of  the  New  Testament  a  particular 
iect,  or  have  any  thing  of  consequence  to  the  puipose  among 
f  Adversaria.  There  are,  I  I'emem'ber,  among  Dr.  Jortin*8 
pen,  which  I  have  looked  over,  some  criticisms  in  this  way; 
1 1  think  they  are  not  original  criticisms^  as  1  may  call  them, 
the  text,  but  only  observations  upon  other  commentators. 
It  Mr.  Nichols  surely  need  not  be  solicitous  about  more  mate- 
is,  who  is  already  possessed  of  so  ample  a  Thesamiis.  Mr. 
cbob  wajits  no  assistance  about  revising  and  correcting,  every 
ing  hitherto  seeming  to  be  very  accurate;  else  I  should  be  very 
ppy  to  do  any  thing  in  my  power.  However,  I  am  at  present 
on  the  wing,  and  bhall  (I  suppose)  leave  this  town  within  a 
tnight ;  but  desire  Mr.  Nichols  to  ^ieve,  that,  whenever  op- 
rtunity  may  permit,  1  shall  be  extremely  ready  to  concur  iii 
r.>en4eavours  with  a  person  so  able,  and  apparently  so  willing, 
do  service  in  the  Republic  of  Letters,  as  himself.  I  am,  Mr. 
cfaok's  very  obedient  humble  servant,  Ra.  Hxathcote.** 
f  **  This  work,"  tlie  Author  says,  ''  is  not  so  much  intended 
*  the  mere  illiterate  English  reader,  as  for  men  who  have  been 
erally  trained,  and  are  not  unacquainted  with  languages ;  men 
10  may  wish  to  have  some  pabulum  mentis,  or  mental  fodder, 
?ays  at  hand,  but  whose  professions  and  situations  in  life  do 
t  permit  leisiu^  to  turn  over  volumes.** 
J  "  Our  work  having  met  with  with  a  feir  better  reception, 
in  the  now  prevailing  taste  £br  books  and  reading  gave  any 
iflon  to  expect ;  it  hath  seemed  good  unto  us  to  revise  and  re- 
int  it.  We  have  said  in  the  title-page,  that  it  is  enlarged  and  cor- 
•ted :  enlarged  it  Is,  in  the  Text  as  well  as  Notes ;  bat  the  correc- 
ns  extend  no  farther  than  to  tlic  language,  unless  the  transposi* 
n  of  an  article  or  two,  and  the  insertion  or  omission  of  here 
1  there  a  sentence,  may  be  called  such.  Nothing  fundamental, 
thing  respecting  doctiine,  notions,  or  sentiment,  is  ch^nsed 
U^e  kast.    In  short,  we  have  endeavoured,  by  a  few  a£li* 


544  2JTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

He  used  to  say,  and  it  was  true,  that  he  had  ma^ 
terials  for  half  a  dozen  such  volumes  in  his  common^ 
place  book;  and  actually  began  in  1789  to  print  i 
volume  of  "  Miscellanies;"  including,  1.  "  The 
Irenarch;"  2.  "  Miscellaneous  Keflections  upon 
Laws,  Policy,  Manners,  &c.  &c.  in  a  Dedicationto 
Lord  Mansfield;"  3.  *•  Morality  and  Relig;ioD  essen- 
tial to  Society,"  (the  Assize  Sermon  of  I756); 
4.  *^  A  Discourse  upon  the  Being  of  a  God;  against 
Atheists  (the  Boylean  Lecture);  5.  "  Fidei  Funda- 
mentum 'Ratio"  (the  Concio  ad  Clerum  of  I759); 
6.  "  An  Account  of  Simon  Ockley;**  7.  "  Some 
Account  of  R.  H.  D.  D.  1789"  (the  Memoirs  lierc 
transcribed).  The  copies  of  this  volume  were  in  the 
]K)ssession  of  Mr.  Payne,  Bookseller  in  Pall-mall. 

In  1791,  I  received  the  note  below  from  him,  as 
Vicar  of  Sileby  *. 

On  the  North  side  of  the  church-yard  of  the  Ca- 
thedral at  Southwell,  a  tomb  placed  over  Mrs. 
Heathcote  is  thus  inscribed: 

''  Desueruntesse  mortales 

Radllphus  Heathcote,  S.  T.  P. 

hujui?  Eccletiiye  Prebendarius ; 

et  uxor  ejus  Margaretta: 

Ha^c  12^  ApriUs,  1790,  a^tat.  67; 

Ille  28  Maii,  1795,  aetat.  74.^ 

AAAHAOTS  E4>IA1ISAN  STPH.     Theocritus: 

Under  a  stone  by  the  side  of  the  above  are  depo- 
sited the  remains  of  Dr.  Heathcote,  with  this  in- 
scription: "  Radulphus  Heathcote,  S.  T.  P." 

ticms,  to  be  a  little  more  useful,  and  a  little  pnore  entertainins;; 
yet  are  far  from  being  elated,  or  sanguine  in  our  expectations." 
*  "  Dr.  Heathcote  is  just  now  favoui-ed  with  Mr.  Nichols'3  ad- 
dress ;  and  wishes  h'm  success.  The  countenance  of  a  man  of 
seventy,  and  who  will  probably  be  no  more  ere  the  •  Hbtor)*  of 
Leiccblershire'  appears,  can  a^ail  but  little.  Dr.  Heathcote  knoi« 
nothing  particular  about  the  parish  of  Sileby:  he  ts  little  there, 
Southwell  being  his  place  of  constant  residence :  however,  he 
w  ill  deliver  Mr.  Nichols's  queries  to  his  curate.  Dr.  HeatlK^e 
had  a  correspondence  some  years  ago  on  the  subject  of  this  pub- 
lication: he  has  aetvl  *\t  ^  underwritten  to  Mr.  Nichols,"  — 
[See  the  Third  \o\uinfe  ol  \\i^  >X«Xwj  ^  \j(^«QKsmV;jDe,  p.  viiij 


(     545     ) 

THE  STATIONERS  COMPANY. 

IT  appears  from  the  most  authentic  records,  that 
:he  Company  of  "  Stationers,  or  Text-writers,  who 
MTrote  and  sold  all  sorts  of  books  then  in  use ;  namely, 
\.  B.  C.  with  the  Pater-noster,  Ave,  Creede,  Grace, 
Sec.**  to  large  portions  of  the  Bible,  even  to  the 
ivhole  Bible  itself,  dwelt  in  and  about  Paternoster- 
row  * .  Hence  we  have,  in  that  neighbourhood,  Creed- 
lane,  Amen- corner,  Ave-Maria-lane,  &c,  all  places 
lamed  after  some  Scripture  allusion. 

*'  There  dwelled  also  Turners  of  Beads ;  and  they 
(leere  called  Paternoster-mahers,  as  I  read  in  a  Re- 
cord of  one  Robert  Nikke,  Patemosterr maker  and 
Citizen  in  the  reigne  of  Henry  the  Fourth -f-." 

The  Company  of  Stationers  is  of  great  antiquity. 
By  the  authority  of  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Court  of 
Aldermen,  they  were  formed  into  a  Guild,  or  Fra- 
ternity, in  the  year  1403,  the  4th  year  of  King 
Henry  IV ;  and  had  then  Ordinances  made  for  the 
good  government  of  their  Fellowship:}:. 

Thus  constituted,  they  regularly  assembled,  under 
the  government  of  a  Master  and  two  Wardens. 
Their  first  Hall  was  in  Milk-street §;  but,  notwith- 
standing all  the  endeavours  that  have  been  made,  no 
privilege  or  charter  has  yet  been  discovered,  under 
which  tliey  acted  as  a  corporate  body. 

Some  of  the  earliest  Printers,  however,  were  not 
Freemen  of  the  Company ;  nor  does  it  appear  that 
any  Book  w^s  printed  in  this  kingdom  till  1464, 
when  If'illiam  Cajcton  (Citizen  and  Mercer)  opened 
a  shop  at  the  Sun  in  Fleet-street. 

•  Stowe's  Survey,  1618,  p.  648.  t  Ibid. 

X  This  appears  by  a  Memorial  presented  by  the  Company  of 
Stationers  to  the  Lord  Mayor  abd  Court  of  Aldermen  in  1645  -, 
in  which  they  state  that  their  Brotherhood,  or  Corporation,  had 
then  been  governed  by  wholesome  Ordinances  for  the  space  of 
840  years.    Records  of  the  Company,  Book  A.  p.  153. 

§  The  Company  still  possess  two  houses  in  Wood-street,  and 
three  in  Frier's-afley  and  ClementVcourt  in  Milk-street,  built, 
■fker  the  Fire  of  London,  on  the  site  of  their  original  Hall. 

Vol.  Ill-  N  n  HKynkeu 


54^  LITE&iULT  ANECDOTES. 

fVynken  de  IVarde,  the  successor  of  Caxton,  was 
bom  in  Loirain.  He  settled  first  in  Westminster; 
and  afterwards  in  Fleet-street,  in  the  house  which 
had  been  Caxton  s.  He  was  of  the  Brotherhood  of 
our  Lady  of  Assumption ;  and  was  at  first  a  Citizen 
and  Leatherseller:  but  in  his  last  will,  June  5, 1545> 
he  calls  himself  '^  Citizen  and  Stationer;^  and  di- 
rects to  be  buried  in  St.  Bride's  church. 

ffiUiam  Faques,  Printer  to  King  Henry  W\.  in 
1504,  lived  within  St  Helen's.     He  died  in  1511. 

Richard  PinsoUy  a  native  of  Normandy,  who  was 
also  styled  Printer  to  King  Henry  VH.  lived  first  at 
the  (ieorge  in  St.  Clement's  pari^ih ;  afterwards  near 
St.  Dunstan's,  where  he  died  before  1529. 

Julian  Notary y  in  1 5 12,  lived  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard, near  the  West  door,  by  my  Lord  of  London's 
Falace,  at  the  sign  of  the  Tliree  Kings. 

Henry  Pepwellj  Citizen  and  Stationer,  was  a 
Bookseller  only,  at  the  sign  of  the  Trinity,  in  St 
Paul's  Church-yard ;  where  he  sold  foreign  books  for 
Merchants  and  others.  He  had  a  wife,  Ursula,  and 
children ;  and  a  servant,  Michael  Lobley,  a  Printer. 
His  earliest  book  was  in  1502.  By  his  will,  dated 
Sept.  11,  1539,  he  was  to  be  buried  near  the  altar 
of  St.  Faith's;  and  he  gave  a  printed  mass  book, 
value  5^.  to  the  parish  of  Bermondsey,  where  he 
was  born. 

John  Skofy  in  1521,  lived  without  Newgate,  in 
St.  Pulcher's  parish;  in  1534,  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard ;  and  some  time  in  George-alley,  Bishopsgate. 

Thomas  Godfray  lived  at  Temple  Bar  in  151O; 
and  printed  Chaucer's  Works  in  I532.  He  printed 
also  a  treatise,  written  by  St.  Germain,  in  the  time 
of  King  Henry  VIIL  concerning  Constitutions  Pro- 
vincial and  Le^tine. 

John  RastaUy  Citizen  and  Printer,  at  the  Mermaid, 
against  Powl's-gate,  died  in  1536. 

Robert  Copland^  Stationer,  Printer,  Bookseller, 
Author,  and  Translator,  lived  at  the  Rose-Garland  in 
Fleet-street  iu  1515;  and  died  about  1547, 

fFiU 


STATIQNERS  COMPANY.  f  47 

William  Copland,  a  relation  of  the  former^  was 
a  Freeman  of  the  Company;  and  printed  several 
books  hetween  1548  and  1568>  in  which  year  he 
died,  and  probably  poor,  as  he  seems  to  have  been 
buried  at  the  expence  of  the  Company  *. 

John  Butler  Hved  at  the  sign  of  St.  John  the 
Evangelist  in  Fleet-street  in  1529. 

Robert  ffyer,  an  early  Printer,  lived  at  the  sign 
of  St«  John  the  Evangelist,  in  St.  Martin's  parish^ 
^*  in  the  Bishop  of  Norwiches  Rents,  beside  Charing 
Cross  C  or,  as  in  some  of  his  books,  "  beside  the 
Duke  of  Suffolk's  place." 

Robert  Redman,  Citizen  and  Stationer,  was  suc- 
cessor to  Pinson,  both  in  St.  Clement's  and  in  St. 
Dunstan's.  He  printed  Law  in  1525.  In  his  will, 
dated  Oct.  21,  1540,  he  calls  himself  "  Stationer 
and  Freeman  of  London.'* 

Elizabeth  Redman,  his  widow,  carried  on  business 
till  she  was  re-married  to  Ralph  Cholmonley,  esq. 

Richard  Banhes  had  a  patent  for  printing  the 
Epistles  and  Gospels  in  1540. 

Laurence  Andrew,  a  native  of  Calais,  was  a  Prin- 
ter at  the  Golden  Cross,  by  Fleet-bridge. 

John  Raynes  was  a  Printer,  Bookseller,  and  Binder, 
at  the  George  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard.  Books 
printed  for  him  occur  from  1527  to  1544.  Cawood 
was  his  apprentice  -f*. 

Thomas  Berthelet,  esq.  King's  Printer,  dwelt  at 
the  Lucretia  Romana  in  Fleet-street.  He  retired 
from  business  about  1541  ;  and  lived  several  years 
after.  He  was  an  original  member  of  the  Company 
of  Stationers,  and  joint  Warden  with  William  Bon- 
hatn  ;  but  died  before  the  charter  was  obtained. 

William  Bonham  lived  first  at  the  King's  Arms,, 
afterwards  at  the  Red  Lion  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard.    He  died  soon  after  the  charter  was  obtained. 

*  "  Payd  for  the  burjrall  of  Copland,  6«.*'     Wardens  Accompti, 

t  Raynes  died  before  the  charter  was  obtained.  But,  when  the 

new  Hall  was  fitting  up,  in  1556,  Cawood  paid  "fbriinew 

^lasse  wyndowes,  the  one  for  John  R^ynes^  his  ma8ter>  and  the 

either  for  hymself.**    See  pp.  568.  587. 

N  N  2  John 


548  LITER AKT  ANECDOTES. 

John  MalcTj  a  Grocer  by  company^  i^ras  a  Printer 
at  the  White  Bear  in  Botolph-lane. 

Richard  Fawhes  was  Printer  to  the  Monastery  of 
Syon  in  1540. 

John  Hauhfns  was  a  Printer  in  I54I. 

IVitliam  Rastall,  son  of  John^  was  educated  at 
Oxford ;  became  a  Serjeant  at  Law,  and  a  Justice  of 
the  Common  Pleas.  He  was  a  zealous  Roman  Ca- 
tholic; and  on  the  accession  of  Queen  Elizabeth 
retired  to  Lovain,  where  he  died  in  1565. 

John  Tove  was  a  Printer,  at  the  sign  of  St.  Nicho* 
las,  in  St.  raul's  church  ►yard,  in  1531. 

Robert  Toye  lived  at  the  Bell  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard, and  was  a  member  of  the  old  Company.  His 
first  work  is  dated  in  1542;  and  he  died  in  1556. 

1556.  ^^  Recevyd  of  Mrs.  Toye,  the  xii  daye  of 
February,  for  a  reward  to  the  Company,  for  cominge 
to  the  buryall  of  her  husband  Mr.  Toye,  xx^."  — 
His  widow  carried  on  the  business  *.    (See  p.  588.) 

Richard  Lant  was  an  original  member  of  the  Sta- 
tioners Company.  He  resided  first  in  the  Old  Bai- 
ley, and  afterwards  in  Aldersgate-street 

John  Bedel,  Stationer  and  Printer,  lived,  in  1531, 
at  the  sign  of  the  Lady  of  Pity  in  Fleet-street. 

Thomas  Gibson,  an  eminent  Printer  and  a  studious 
man,  compiled  the  first  Concordance  to  the  English 
New  Testament.     He  printed  from  1534  to  1539. 

John  Gowghe,  Gowgh,  Gouge,  or  Croughy  was 
Author,  Printer,  and  Stationer,  first  at  the  Mermaid 
in  Cheapside,  and  afterwards  at  the  same  sign  in 
Lombard-street.     His  earliest  book  was  in  1536. 

fVillium  Marshall,  a  Gentleman,  or  Merchant, 
obtained  a  licence  to  print  the  first  Reformed  Primer 
from  the  Cantahigian  or  Oxonian  casting  oflT  the 
Pope's  Supremacy.  This  book,  protected  by  Anna 
Boleyn,  was  printed  tn  1534. 

Roger  Latham  lived  in  the  Old  Bailey;  and 
printed  a  Latin  Grammar  in  1535* 

^  iMarch  11^  1557-8,  her  8on«  Humfirey  Toye,  was  wwyle  firee 
by  his  father's  copy  j  aiid  on  the  avoe  day  her  apprendoe,  Wil- 
liai^  Jone8>  was  made  &ee. 

Richari 


STATIONERS   COMPANY.  549 

Richard  Grafion^  Citizen  and  Grocer,  was  bred  a 
Merchant,  and  lived  in  a  part  of  the  Grey  Fryars. 
He  was  King's  Printer,  jointly  with 

Edward  fThitchurch,  who  lived  at  the  sign  of  the 
Well  and  two  Buckets  in  St.  Martin's ;  afterwards 
in  Aldermary  Church-yard;  and  then  at  the  Sun  in 
Fleet-street. 

Grafton  and  Whitchurch  had  the  honour  to  print 
the  translation  of  the  Bible  into  English,  in  the  years 
1538  and  1540,  or  thereabouts;  and  they  continued 
to  print  in  the  reign  of  King  Edward  VI. 

Thomas  Petit  lived  at  the  sign  of  the  Maiden's 
Head  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  about  1538. 

John  fVayland^  Citizen  and  Stationer,  lived  at 
the  Blue  Garland  in  Fleet-street  in  1541 ;  and  called 
himself  allowed  Printer. 

Anthony  Malerty  a  Haberdasher  by  Company, 
had  a  patent  for  printing  a  Folio  Bible,  1540. 

iVilliam  Middleton  succeeded  Redman  at  the 
George,  near  St.  Dunstan's,  1541. 

Jolm  Hertforde  printed  tirst  at  St.  Alban's ;  after- 
wards in  Aldersgate-street,  from  1541  to  1548. 

Thomas  liaytialde  lived  in  St.  Andrew  in  the 
Wardrobe,  and  kept  shop  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard 
from  1544  to  1548. 

Reginald  fVolfe^  a  native  of  Switzerland,  was  a 
man  of  learning,  and  bred  to  the  profession  of  a 
Printer.  He  settled  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  in  a 
house  which  he  built  on  the  site  of  a  dissolved  chan-" 
try.  His  first  work  is  dated  1542;  his  last  1573. 
Wolfe  was  ArchbishopCranmer's  Printer,  and  printed 
his  books*,  and  other  books  appointed  for  public  use 
in  the  church.  He  was  also  a  great  collector  of 
English  history;  afterwards  digested  and  printed  by 
Holinshed.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Company  before 
the  incorporation  ;  and  was  afterwards  four  times 

*  In  1549,  when  the  Chapel  was  pulled  down  which  liad  been 
built  on  the  site  of  the  old  Charnel-house,  several  dwelling- 
houses  and  warehouses  were  built  on  the  site,  and  sheds  before 
them  for  Stationers.    On  this  occasion  Wolfc  paid  for  removing. 
1000  load  of  the  bones  of  the  dead  to  Finsbury  field.  Stowe,  p.6^1. 

Master ; 


550  LITERART  ANECDOTES. 

Master;  in  1558,  1564,  1567,  and  1572.     Hiswi- 
dow,  Joan  fVolfe,  printed  from  1574  till  1580. 

John  Day^  a  man  of  great  learning,  began  print-* 
ing,  about  1549,  in  Holbourn,  a  little  above  the 
Conduit,  and  afterwards  in  Aldersgate,  where  he 
built  on  a  part  of  the  City  Wall,  and  was  not  inferior 
in  reputation  for  printing  to  any  in  those  times.  He 
had  a  shop,  or  shed,  near  the  beginning  of  Queen 
Elizabeth's  reign,  in  St  Paurii  Church-yard,  by  per- 
mission of  the  Church.  He  printed  the  voluminous 
books  of  Fox's  Acts  and  Monuments,  of  Thomas  Bea- 
con's Works,  and  a  great  many  other  good  books, 
written  in  favour  of  Religion  against  Popery.  His 
motto,  with  respect  to  the  Night  of  Ignorance  and 
Superstition  newly  dispersed,  was.  Arise,  for  it  is 
Day,.  He  also,  March  25,  1553,  obtained  a  licence 
for  printing  a  Catechism  in  English,  with  the  brief 
of  an  A  B  C,  thereunto  annexed ;  and  also  for  the 
printing  and  re-printing  of  all  works  and  books  de- 
vised and  completed  by  the  Reverend  Father  in  God 
John  Foynet  Bishop  of  Winton,  or  by  Thomas  Bea- 
con, Professor  of  Divinity :  so  that  no  such  books, 
or  any  part  of  th^m,  were  any  ways  repugnant  to 
the  Holy  Scriptures,  or  proceedings  in  religion,  or 
the  laws  of  the  realm,  as  the  licence  ran.  He  was 
Master  in  1582  ;  and  died  July  23,  1584. 

John  Day,  M.  A.  son  of  the  former,  was  elected 
from  Eton  to  King'sCollege, Cambridge;  and  served 
the  cure  of  Highgate.  He  was  joined  in  a  patent 
with  his  father  to  print  the  Psalms,  &c.  His  shop 
was  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  at  the  sign  of  the  Tree. 

WilUani  Seres  \vas  concerned  with  John  Day  in 
several  pieces ;  but  Day  is  always  mentioned  first. 
The  name  of  Set^es  occurs  in  books  from  1 544  to 
1576.  He  kept  his  shop  at  the  sign  of  the  Hedge- 
hog, in  some  part  of  a  large  building  which  had 
been  called  St.  Peter's  College;  but  which,  on  the 
general  dissolution  of  Religious  Houses,  had  become 
private  property.  Sir  William  Cecy  1,  Principal  Secre- 
tary to  King  Edward,  procured  for  Seres,  who  was 

his 


WATIOMXE8  CQMPAinr*  5Sk 

rant,  a  licence  to  print  all  manner  of  private 
I,  called  Primers  (containing  the.P&alter  or 
t,  Devotions,  &c.)  as  should  be  agreeable  to 
x>k  of  Common  Frayer  established  in  the 
)f  Parliament,  and  that  none  else  should  print 
[le,  upon  pmn  of  forfeiting  the  same*. 
I  Cawood  was  a  regular  stationer.  When, 
vhom,  he  was  instructed  in  the  Art  of  Print- 

rovided,  that  before  the  said  Seres,  or  his  assigns,  did  be- 
ritit  the  same,  he  or  they  should  present  a  copy  thereof, 
owed  by  the  Lords  of  the  Privy  CaunGilv  or  by  the  Lord 
or  for  the  tiibe  being,  or  by  the  King's  four  Ordinary 
s,  or  two  of  them.  And  when  the  same  was,  or  shotdd 
time  to  time  printed,  that  by  the  said  iDrds,  and  others 
id  Privy  Council,  or  by  the  Loni  Chancellor^  or  with  the 
f  the  vi'iu-dens  of  the  said  Occupation,  the  neasonable 
ireof  be  ;^t,  as  well  in  the  leaves,  as  by  being  bound  In 
board,  in  like  manner  as  was  expressed  in  the  end  of  the 
Connnon  Prayer."  — This  licence  was  taken  away  from 
yueen  Mary's  days,  but  obtained  again  for  him  under 
lizabeth  by  Cecil  s  means.  And  tlie  grant  now  was  to 
to  his  son  William  Sei-es,  during  the  life  of  the  longest 
them,  with  an  addition  to  print  all  books  of  private 
for  which  they  had  a  patent.  This  gave  occasion  to  a 
le :  for  Seres  the  iather,  in  liis  latter  years,  and  being 
ell  able  to  attend  and  follow  his  business,  assigned  the 
,  with  all  his  presses,  letter,  stock,  and  copies  (which 
tiole  life  he  got),  to  one  Henry  Denhani  ftw  a  yearly 
enham  took  seven  young  men  of  the  Company  of  Sta>- 
}  join  him  in  the  same.  But  certain  inferior  persons  of 
[lany  setting  up  pre^srs  more  tlian  England  might  bear, 
other  men*s  cojiies  forbidden  to  them,  and  privileged 
by  tho  J^een*s  letters  patents.  These  endeavoured,  fiir 
1  gain,  to  have  the  said  privilege  taken  away  \  prefer- 
tition  to  the  Privy  Council,  wherein  they  pretended^ 
iistice  it  stood  with  the  best  policy  of  this  realm,  that 
ing  of  all  good  and  useful  books  should  be  at  libei*ty 
man  to  do,  without  granting  or  allowing  of  any  privi* 
ie  Prince  to  the  contrary. — ^After  a  long  contest,  it  was 
lat  those  who  had  privileges  were  to  grant  some,  allow-: 
>  the  Company  for  tiic  maintenance  of  their  charge  and 
r.  Tlius  Seres  for  his  part,  who  had  the  privilege  of 
Primers  and  Psalters  and  all  Books  of  Piivate  Prayer, 
is  assigns  yielded  the  best  part  of  the  baid  privilege  for 
of  the  whole  Comimny :  and  out  of  that  pri\i!ege  only 
:o  themseU'cs  the  Little  Primer  and  the  usual  Palter. 
8  other  Stationers  in  like  manner  granted  many  of  their 
the  same  intent.    This  was  about  the  year  I58ti. 


55C  unxAftT  ASCECDoru. 

log,  does  not  appear;  bat  he  exefcked  tint  An 
three  or  four  years  before  a  patent  ^  iras  graitBdhim 
by  Qoeen  Mary,  with  a  salary  for  life  of  61 131. 4^ 
(when  Richard  Chrafton  was  set  aside,  and  had  a  mr- 
row  escape  for  his  life) ;  and  on  Queen  Elizabeth's 
accession  he  was,  jointly  with  Richard  Jugge,  ap- 
pointed Printer  to  the  Queen,  by  patent  dated  March 
24,  1560,  with  the  usual  allowance  of  61.  13s.  4d 
to  print  all  statutes,  &c.     Cawood  died  in  I570. 

Richard  Jugge  was  elected  from  £ton  to  Ring's 
College,  Cambridge,  in  153I-  About  the  time  of 
the  Reformation,  he  acquired  the  Art  of  Prioting, 
which  he  practised  in  King  Edward  the  Sixth^s  time. 
He  had  a  shed  at  the  North  door  of  St  PauFs  church; 
but  kept  shop  at  the  Bible  in  Newgate-market,  near 
Christ's  church.  Jugge's  editions  of  the  Old  and 
New  Testaments  were  considered  curious  and  mas- 
terly pieces  of  printing ;  for  they  were  ornamented 
with  many  elegant  initial  letters  and  wooden  cuts. 
He  was  four  times  Master  of  the  Company ;  in  1568, 
1569,  1573^  and  1574.  Surviving  Cawood,  he  en- 
joyed the  patent  singly.  He  carried  on  business 
about  30  years,  and  his  last  printed  Proclamation  is 
dated  Feb.  16,  1 576-7. 

He  was  succeeded  by  John  Jugge,  who  appears 
to  have  been  his  son,  but  did  not  long  survive  him; 
for,  in  1579,  Richard's  widow  resumed  the  business, 
and  carried  it  on  for  some  years. 

Robert  Crowley  was  a  student  of  Oxford,  and  be- 
came Demy  of  Magdalen  College.  In  1542^  being 
B.  A.  he  was  made  Probationary  Fellow  of  die  said 
house,  by  the  name  of  Robert  Crole,  When  King 
Edward  Vl.  began  to  reign,  he  lived  in  Ely-rents, 
Holborn,  where  be  printed  and  sold  books,  and  at 
the  same  time  preached  in  the  City;  but,  upon  the 
accession  of  ^ueen  Mary,  he,  among  several  Enghsh 
Protestants,  went  to  Francfort  in  Germany.  After 
Mary's  reign,  he  returned,  and  had  several  benefices 

*  This  paleut  msi^  be  ^a^u  ia  Rymer^  and  is  dated  Dec.  29, 1553. 

bestowed 


fljTATIpNERS  COMFANY.  553 

bestowed  <m  him;  among  whicb^  was  St.  Gileses, 
Cripple^te^  Londoq, .  of  which  church  he  wrote 
him^f  vicar  in  1 566.  He  lived  to  a  good  age;  and 
was  buried  in  St.  Giles's  church,  where,  over  his 
grave,  a  stone  was  laid,  with  this  inscription  en- 

S'aven  on  a  brass  plate :  ^^  Here'lieth  the  body  of 
obert  Crowley,  clerk,  late  vicar  of  this  parish,  who 
de))arted  this  life  the  128th  of  June,  1588/' 

Rowland  Hall  lived  first  in  Golden-lane,  at  the 
sign  of  the  Arrows.  At  the  death  of  Edward  VL 
with  several  Refugees  during  the  reign  of  Queen 
Mary,  he  went  and  resided  at  Geneva,  from  whence 
we  have  several  editions  of  the  English  Bible ;  and 
one  of  his  impressions  in  the  year  1560.  After  his 
return  to  England,  he  put  up  the  Half  E^gle  and 
Key  (the  arms  of  Geneva)  for  a  sign,  at  his  old  house 
in  Golden-lane,  near  Cripplegate,  and  the  same  sign 
in  Gutter-lane. 

Hugh  Singleton  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  very 
early  Printer ;  yet  the  first  book  of  his  production, 
with  a  date,  was  in  the  year  1548.  He  lived  at  the 
Golden  Tun  in  Creed-lane,  near  Ludgate ;  and  con- 
tinued in  business  until  1588. 

T/iomas  Mar  she ,  Printer,  Bookseller,  and  Sta- 
tioner, is  mentioned  by  Stowe  to  have  had  the  first 
patent  granted  for  printing  Latin  school  books ;  of 
which  the  Stationers  Company  complained  to  the 
Lord  Treasurer.  He  continued  in  business  from 
1555  to  1587. 

.  Richard  Totthill^  in  the  time  of  Queen  Mary,  was 
the  great  IVinter  of  Law-books,  and  lived  at  the  sign 
of  the  Hand  and  Star  in  Fleet-street.  He  was  Mas- 
ter of  the  Company  in  1578,  and  again  in  1584. 
There  was  a  patent  ready  drawn  for  Queen  Eli- 
zabeth's signing,  for  seven  years,  privileging  Ri- 
chard Totthi  11,  Stationer,  to  imprint  all  manner  of 
books  OP  tables  whatsoever,  which  touched  or  con- 
cerned Cosmography,  or  any  part  thereof;  as,  Geo- 
graphy, Chorography,  or  Topography,  written  in  the 
English  tongue,  or  translated  out  of  any  other  V&w- 


554  LrrEEA&T  ASEcwnws. 

gaage  into  Ei^ish,  of  whatsoever  countries  they 
treaied,  and  whomever  was  the  author:  but  whe- 
ther this  were  ever  actually  signed^  is  uncertain. 

John  tValley  rented  one  of  the  Coropany^s  roooi 
over  the  Hall,  for  which  in  1557  he  paid  15^-4^ 
and  in  15<?1  20s.  In  1558  he  was  fined  2s.  SJ.  for 
keeping  open  shop,  and  selling  books  on  a  Festival- 
day;  and  in  1564  for  keeping  open  shop  on  St 
Luke*s  day^  with  1 8  others,  1 6s.  8d.  He  was  Mas- 
ter in  15(54;  and  after  that  time  the  Printers  were 
in  general  Freemen  of  the  Company  of  Stationers. 

it  appears  that,  about  1550,  the  Company  had 
begun  to  turn  their  thoughts  to  a  removal  of  their 
Hall,  and  to  a  more  substantial  IncorporatioD ; 
for  in  that  year  the  following  memorandum  stands  in 
the  front  of  the  earliest  Book  of  their  Records  that 
is  preserved :  ^'  Anno  15  50,  the  13  of  Marche,  Mas- 
ter Sholmley*  J  of  LincolneVinne,  promised  to  be  of 
Counsaill  with  the  Company  of  Stationers,  when 
thw  should  conveniently  desire  it,** 

St.  Peter's  College^  the  place  fixed  on  for  their 
new  Hall,  was  probably  obtained  for  them  by  Mr. 
Seres,  who  occupied  a  part  of  it.  The  Company 
purchased  the  site;  and,  about  1553,  adapted  the 
old  building  to  their  own  purposes.  The  Chapel 
was  converted  into  an  armoury  and  a  warehouse. 

The  situation  of  this  College  cannot  be  precisely 
ascertained.     Bp.  Tanner  was  of  opinion  that  it  was 
the  hall    of    the  chantry  founded   by    Alderman 
Holmes.     But  it  seems  more  probably  to  have  been 
the  building  erected  for  the  members  of  44  small 
chantries,  which  had  been  so  slenderly  endowed  that 
divine  service  could  not  be  maintained  therein  accord- 
ing to  the  tenor  of  their  foundations,  and  which,  with 
'   theKing^s  licence,  were  consolidated  and  incorporated 
by  Richard  Bray  broke,  Bishop  of  London,  in  1390, 
as  noticed  by  Sir  William  Dugdale  in  the  Appendix 
to  his  History  of  St.  Paul's.     This  building  stood 
at  the  South-west  comer  of  the  Church-yard.     It 

*  Master  Sholmle^  \^  lDam<^  ^Yr^x^V  %.^dow  -^  see  p.  547. 


STATIONERS  COMPANY.  555 

was  afterwards  converted  into  the  Feathers  Tavefn ; 
And  covered  the  spot  now  occupied  by  the  garden 
of  the  Deaniy,  and  the  small  court  in  which,  after 
the  Fire  of  London,  four  houses  were  erected  by 
Dean  Sancroft  for  the  use  of  the  Minor  Canons. 

Stowe,  mentioning  ^^  the  Deane's  lodging,  a  &ire 
ntd  house,  and  divers  large  houses  which  yet  re- 
maine,  and  (of  old  time)  were  the  lodgings  of  Pre- 
bendaries and  Residentiaries,  which  kept  great  house- 
holds and  liberali  hospitalitie,**  says,  "  Then  was 
there  the  Stationers  Hall,  lately  buiided  for  them,  in 
the  place  of  Peter's  College;  where,  in  the  year 
154,9  7  the  4th  day  of  January,  five  men  were  slayne 
by  the  fall  of  earth  upon  them,  digging  for  a  well.** 

The  Wardens  of  the  Company,  in  their  accompts 
from  July  158 si  to  July  15 83,  charged  "  for  repara- 
tions, 1/.  5j?.  6(1.;'  and  in  their  next  audit,  "  for  a 
labourer  cleaning  the  Dean's  yard  4d. ;"  a  plain  indi- 
cation that  their  Hall  then  adjoined  the  Dean's  yard. 

A  causeway  led  directly  from  this  Hall  to  the 
door  of  St.  Paul's  church. 

The  fitting  up  of  the  new  Hall  (which  was  a  large 
building)  was  defrayi  d  by  the  voluntary  subscrip- 
tions of  the  several  njenibers.  Among  other  bene- 
factions, sixteen  glazed  windows  were  contributed ; 
and  also  the  wainscoting  both  of  the  parlour  and  the 
council-r'hamber. 

A  Benevolence  was  collected,  in  1554,  towards 
"  the  charges  of  the  Hall ;"  and  in  an  "  Account  of 
money  received  and  paid  by  John  Cawood  and 
Henry  Cooke,  from  Dec.  9,  1554,  to  July  18,  I557>" 
^re  these  entries : 

"  Item,  receyved  in  monye  at  the  gevynge  up  of 
Mr.  Barthelette  and  Mr.  Bonham  thayre  accumpts> 
at  the  hands  of  the  coUccters,  Lviii^.  \d.  ob.'* 

Several  sums  were  also  received  for  the  occasional 
use  of  the  Hall  for  diflferent  public  purposes. 

1554-5.  ^*  Item,  receiv}^d,  the  viii  daye  of  Ja- 
nuary, of  the  Wardmothe  Inquest  of  Castell  Bay- 
nard  Warde,  for  occupy inge  the  Hall,  45.**  ^Tta* 
sum  in  subsequent  years  was  20s A 


S^6  LnXRART   ANECDOTES. 

"  Item,  reoevyd'for  occupyinge  the  Hall  at  a  wed- 
ding, 3^.  4d. 

Another  Benevolence,  in  1554,  towards  "  the 
Corporation ;"  to  which  Mr.  Dockwra,  then  Master, 
contributed  40*.;  Mr.  Cawood  20*.;  Mr.  Cooke 
35*. ;  Reginald  Wolfe  20*.;  and  Mrs.  Toye  20*. 

The  building,  when  fitted  up,  consisted  of  a  Hall, 
sufficiently  capacious  for  the  Wardmote  Inquest,  a 
ereat  parlour,  a  council-chamber  (in  which  were  nine 
historical  paintings,  and  at  least  two  portraits), 
kitchen,  buttery,  and  several  warehouses;  over 
which  were  rooms  let  out  to  different  tenants ;  among 
whom  were,  in  1557,  «3^-  ^-  ^• 

John  Pont,  who  paid  annually      -     -     3     3    ^ 

John  Walley ,  for  one  chamber     -     -     0  1 3    6 

William  Seres,  for  a  cellar     -     -     «■     -  0     4    0 

Seres  was  afterwards  five  times  elected  Master  of 
the  Company:   1510,  1571,  1575,  157^,  and  1577- 

Though  unable  to  describe  the  exterior  of  this 
Hall,  the  Records  of  the  Company  contain  a  parti- 
cular account  of  its  furniture  in  1 557  *  : 

"  This  ys  the  inventory  of  all  suche  stufTe, 
with  other  thyngs,  as  dothe  appertayne  to 
this  bowse  as  foUoweth ;  that  ys  to  save, 

In  the  Hall. 

In  the  hall  joined  with  vaynescott  playne  pan- 
nelles,  with  crestes  and  benches. 

Item,  a  skrene  with  a  deske  for  plate. 

Item,  the  hall  paysse  over  the  hygh  bourde. 

Item,  a  deale  table  of  five  yardes  and  a  half  longe, 
with  ^  tresselles. 

Item,  2  syde  tables  pay n ted  red  and  blacke,  one 
of  them  with  a  leafe  and  a  staye  of  ireon,  with  6 
tresselles  to  them. 

Item,  6  new  joy ned  formes. 

Item,  all  the  wyndovves  glaysed. 

Item,  one  banner. 

*  These  entries,  extracted  by  the  late  George  Steevens,  esq. 
were  printed  in  the  "  IHuslrations  of  the  Mannei^s  and  Expence« 
of  Antient 'times  \nEt\g\«ad»  \wtKe  I5th,  16th,  and  17th  Cen- 
turies, 1797  •,"  a  vroxW  xtfw  \ae)wuttv^  «3^<0d^dtts^^^  xw^. 


STATIONERS   COMPANY.  557 

Item,  3  scutcheons. 

Item^  a  lattes,  with  the  appurtenances. 

In  the  Great  Plour. 

Item,  a  joyned  table,  with  a  frame  of  4  yards  longe. 

Item^  a  joyned  table,  with  a  frame  of*  3  yardes 
onge. 

Item,  If  joyned  stowles. 

Item,  2  olde  formes^ 

Item,  a  joyned  cubberte,  with  a  hall  payse,  and 
I  deske  for  plate. 

Item,  all  the  p'lour  joyned  with  wayneskott  with 
playne  pannells  and  crests. 

Item,  a  dornexe  carpett. 

Item,  an  iron  plate  for  the  chymne. 

In  the  Counsell  Flour. 

Item,  a  table  of  the  names  of  the  Auncients. 

Item,  a  newe  joyned  dramrng  table,  with  a  frame. 

Item,  one  vysser  and  2  whippis  for  reformacyon. 

Item,  2  new  joyned  formes. 

Item,  a  cheste  with  3  lockes  3  keyes. 

Item,  a  box  with  2  lockes  and  2  keyes. 

Item,  a  joyned  box  with  a  locke  amd  a  key,  for 
the  herse  clothe. 

Item,  all  the  p'lour  joyned  with  wayneskott  new 
playne  pannell  and  crests,  with  benches  alonge  the 
table. 

Item,  all  the  wyndowes  glaysed,  with  6  casements 
of  iron. 

Item,  9  payntedstoryes  standynge  above  the  vay- 
neskott  in  the  sayde  p'lour. 

Item,  a  courte  cubberte,  with  2  stayes  of  iron. 

Item,  a  greene  carpett  of  2  yardes  and  3  quarters 
longe. 

Item,  one  herse  clothe  of  the  gift  of  Mr.  Cawood. 

In  the  Chappell. 
Item,  a  table  with  3  tresseles  in  2  pecea. 
Item,  2jackes. 
Item,  3  gonnes. 
Item,  a  bowe  and  a  shafTe  of  arrowes. 


558  UTSRART  ANECDOTES. 

Item,  8  alman  revetts. 

Item,  5  bed  peoes. 

Item,  3  skuUes  with  2  cappes. 

Item^  7  payre  of  spents^  and  one  spente. 

Item^  9  gorgetts. 

Item,  4  swordes. 

Item,  4  cotts. 

Item,  aborespere. 

Item,  8  blacke  bylles. 

Item,  5  blacke  gyrdelles. 

Item,  one  pyke. 

Item,  3  gyrdelles. 

Item,  4  dagors. 

In  tbe  Buttrye. 

Item,  a  sreat  cheste,  bought  of  Mr.  Seres.' 

Item,  a  home  gameshed  with  a  leppe,  and  the 
toppe  sylver  and  gylte,  and  the  foote  coper  and  gylte. 

Item,  3  olde  playne  table  clothes. 

Item,  3  olde  playne  towelles. 

Item,  4  stone  crusys  covered  with  |)ewther. 

Item^  2S  stone  potts. 

Item,  IS  dosyn  of  trenchers. 

Item,  2  shelves. 

Item,  a  geste  for  ale  and  here. 

Item,  a  new  tabuU  cloth  for  one  old  by  Toye. 

Item,  1  dosyn  of  napkyns,  gyven  by  Mrs.  Toy, 
pleyne. 

In  the  Kytchen. 

Item,  a  dressynge  bourde  4  yardes  and  a  halfe 
Ipnge. 
Item,  2  shelves. 

Item,  a  pa}Te  of  iron  rostyne  rackes. 
Item,  an  iron  barre  in  the  chcnine. 
Item,  3  tramelles  to  hange  potts  on. 
Item,  3  spytts. 

Item,  a  brasse  potte,  and  a  brasse  panne. 
Item,  a  stone  morter  and  a  pestell. 
Item,  4  cressets  with  staves. 
Item^  46  platters. 


STATIONERS   COMPANY.  $^ 

Item^  44  deshes. 

Item^  48  sawcers. 

Item,  one  olde  deske  besyde. 

In  the  Seller. 

Item,  a  geste  for  here  and  ale. 
Item,  in  olde  lede  contaynynge  in  wayghte  9  faun* 
iredth  laeken  5  pounde. 
Item,  of  a  thousande  of  tyle. 

^emaynynge  in  the  clieste  with  3  lockes  and  3  keyes, 
which  standeth  in  the  Counsell  Chamber. 

Imprimis,  one  longe  case  with  locke  and  keye, 
covered  with  lether. 

Item,  the  Corporacyon  of  Stacyoners  under  tlie 
p-eate  seale  of  Englande,  made  in  anno  Phil.  & 
Vlarie  3«  &  4*. 

Item,  one  box  of  evydence  conteyneng  8  pieces 
or  the  purchase  of  our  hall. 

Item,  one  leaze  betwene  the  Company  and  John 
Poynt,  concernynge  the  howse  he  dweflyth  yn  for 
he  terme  of  3 1  yeres  to  his  oblygacyon  for  perform- 
mce  of  covenants. 

Item,  one  oblygacyon  made  by  Adam  Bland  to 
:he  Company  in  parte  that  he  should  doo  no  injury 
JO  the  hall. 

Item,  one  oblygacyon  tlaat  Hugh  Singlei on  stAnd- 
^th  bound  to  fVilUam  Seres  in  20  nobills  for  pay- 
nent  of  4/.  10.v.  whereof  26s.  %d.  is  payde,  and 
o  remayneth  3/.  3^.  4^.  whych  oblygacyon  is  gyven 
.0  the  hall. 

Item,  another  boxe  with  a  patent  given  by  harolds 
o  the  Company  of  Stacyoners,  concernynge  their 
irmes,  with  charges,  a  gyfte  of  Mr.  Caivood. 

Item,  one  sjK)ne  of  sylver  parcell  gylt,  of  the  gyft 
»f  Mr.  Dockraij. 

Item,  a  spone  all  gylt,  of  the  gyft  of  Mr.  Cawood. 

Item,  a  spone  of  sylver  all  gylte,  of  the  gyft  of 
Hr.  IValye,  &g. 


560  LITERARY  AN£CDOT£S. 

The  expence  of  the  first  public  dinner  at  the  Hall, 
in  1557,  IS  also  thus  preserved  : 

The  charges  of  our  denner  as  followeth ; 

that  is  to  saye^ 

Item,  payd  for  18  dosyn  of  breade 
Item,  payd  for  a  barrell  of  stronge  here,    0 
Item,  payd  for  a  barrel  of  dubble  here, 
Item,  payd  for  a  stande  of  ale 
Item,  payd  for  20  galons  of  wyne, 
Item,  payd  for  11   galons  of  Frenshe 

^^e, 

Item,  payd  37lb.  of  beffe, 
Item,  payd  for  4  loynes  pf  vele, 
Item,  payd  for  a  quarter  of  vele, 
Item,  payd  for  11  neckes  of  motton. 
Item,  payd  for  2  loynes  of  motton,     - 
Item,  payd  for  9  mary-bones, 
Item,  payd  for  25lb.  of  suette. 
Item,  payd  for  38  punde  of  butter, 
Item,  payd  for  2  freshe  samons. 
Item,  payd  for  4  dosyn  of  chekyns*. 
Item,  payd  for  3   bushells  3  peckes  of 

flowre,         ------ 

Item,  payd  for  20  pounde  of  cherys. 
Item,  payd  for  20  capons  of  grayse. 
Item,  payde  for  20  capons  to  boyle,     - 
Item,  three  capons  of  grese. 
Item,  payd  for  1 8  gese. 
Item,  payd  for  3  gese,         -         -         - 
Item,  payd  for  3  dosyn  of  rabbetts,     - 
Item,  payd  for  6  rabbetts. 
Item,  payd  for  2  galons  of  creme, 
Item    payde  for  bakynge  of  20  pastyes 

of  venyson         .         -         -         .         - 
Item,  payd  for  bakynge  of  16  chekyn 

pyes, 

Item,  payd  for  salte 

Item,  payd  for  venygar 

Item,  payd  foY  vergis        -        -         . 

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\y  payd  for  mustserde        -        -  0  0    4 

1^  payd  for  |(ose  jburyes    ,    -        «-  0  0  10 

1^  payd  for  a  baskett        -        -  0  0    3 

\^  payd  for  10  dosyn  of  trenchers  0  1     9 
1^  three  dosyn  of  stone  crusys      -030 

1^  payd  for  tappes            -        -*  0  0     1 

\y  payd  for  a  pottle  pycher        -»  0  0     3 

1^  payd  for  3  stone  potts            -^  0  0     2 

1,  payd  for  packe  thyrde          -  0  0     1 

1,  payd  for  a  hundreth  of  iagotts  0.4.4 

1;^  payd  halfe  a  tliousand  of  beltetts  0  4    4^ 

\j  payd  for  13  sackes  of  coles        -  0  7     6 

\,  payd  for  flowres  and  bowes      -  0  1     3 

I,  payd  for  garlands         -        *  0  10 

I,  payd  for  the  car\'er        -        -  0  3     0 

I9  payd  to  the  minstrelles        -  0  10     0 

I,  payd  to  the  buttlers        -        -  0  6     8 

I,  payd  to  the  coke  -        -  13     4 

I,  payd  to  the  under  cokes  to  drink  0  0     3 

I,  payd  to  the  water  berer          -  0  3  10 

\y  for  3  porters  that  caryed  over  meate  0  0     6 

I,  payd  to  the  smythe         -         -  0  0     2 
I,  payd  for  the  hyre  of  3  gameshe 

jU          -----  0  3     0 

\y  payd  for  a  hundredth  and  34  ^gs  0  4    0 

i^  payd  for  3  strayners      -        *  0  0     8 

The  spyse  as  folowthe : 
1^  payd  for  2lb.  and  a  quarter  of 

--         .        -        -         -0(?0 

t^  payd  for  a  quarte  of  pounde  cloves  0  14 

,y  payd  for  4  pounde  of  datts        •     0  4     0 

;,  payd  for  5  punde  of  currans    -      0  1     8 

.,  payd  for  34  pounde  of  prunys  ♦     0  3     8 

I,  payd  for  ss^ron          -        -        0  0    9 

• 

his  and  some  other  articles/*  Mr.  Steevens  fiuietiously 
*'  will  account  for  the  fbllowin^  entry  on  the  same 
the  year  1560;  **  Item,  payde  wt  makyng  clene  the 

ly  Mr.  Jugge  and  Mr.  Judson,  *'  which  conteynedj^^ 

le  28th  day  of  December,  jf  1. 6#.  8d" 

.III.  Ob       •  Item, 


5ffS  I^mCRART  AKlSCDOTSf.^ 

£.  s.  I 
Item^  payd  for  synimon  and  gynger  0  3  8 
Item^  payd  for  a    pounde  of    greate 

reasons  -         -         -         -         -         OO? 

Item,  payd  for  lolb*  of  curse  suger  0    8  4 

Item,  payd  for  81b.  of  whyte  soger     -     0    8  0 
Item,  payd  for  learge  mayse  -  0    1   8 

Item,  payd  for  smale  mayse  -  0    1    8  | 

Item,  payd  for  a  punde  of  besketts  and  1 

carywayes         -         -         -         -         -        Olff] 
Item,  a  rewarde  for  bryngynge  of  a  sjrde  ] 

ofvenyson         -         -         -         -         -OOJ 
Item,  payd  for  p^scan'ce        -  -        0    0  8 

Item,  payd  for  wafers         -         •         -05^ 
Item,  payd  for  epycryse  4  galons       -      1    0  8 

ITie  ch&rgis  for  settynge  forthe  of  4  men 
the  13  day  of  July,  1557. 
Item,  payd  for  4  cotts  of  wacket  coller    1    0  fi 
Item,  payd  for  2  newe  billes  -         0^8 

Item,  payd  to  every  one  of  them  55.  and 

3rf.  le  pece,  which  ys  in  the  hole        -    -    1    0  8 
Hem,  payd  for  the  barge  hyre         -        0    1   0 

Money  spent  on  3  quarterns  denners  at  the 
Hall  about  necessarye  busynes. 

Item,  a  loyne  of  vele        -         -         -    0  1   4 

Item,  a  pece  of  beffe         -         -         -     0  0   8 

Item,  for  breade         -         -        -         -  0  0  6 

Item,  paid  for  here  and  ale         -         -     0  0  1^ 

Item,  payd  for  wyne         -         -         -     0  0  6 

Item,  payd  for  a  capon  -         -         0  2  8 

Item,  paid  for  2  conyes  -         -         0  0  8 

Item,  for  nother  denner         -         -         0  4* 

Hereafter  foloweth  the  chargis  of  tlie  den- 
ner at  the  chusynge  of  the  Master  and 
Wardyns,  the  v  day e  of  July,  .in  a<*  1558. 

Fyrste,  for  12  capons         -      /  -  1    6  9 

Item,  for  7  gesse         -         -         -  0    9  4 

Item,  payd  for  a  dosyn  of  rabbetts  0    4  4 

Item,  payd  fot  2  dosyn  of  chekyna  0    9* 

Item, 


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\f  payd  for  S  rounds  of  stui^on      080 

:,  payd  for  3  breasts  of  veele            0  S     8 

I,  payd  for  a  surloyne  pece  of  beffe  0  S    « 

,  payd  for  e^es             -         -         0  0     5 

,  payd  for  13  pounde  of  butter        0  3    4 

,  payd  for  flowres  and  rosys         -  0  I     5 

,  payd  for  orryilges         -         -       0  0     4 

,  payd  for  6  mary-bones         -         0  1     4 

,  payd  for  gosse  buryes         -          0  0     4 

,  payd  for  mary  golds         -         -  0  0     1 

,  payd  for  lavynder        -        -       0  0     1 

,  payd  for  parsylly         »         ^,       0  0     1§ 

,  payde  for  2  neckes  of  motton       0  10 

,  payd  for  4  rabbetts         -        ,-      0  1-4 

,  payd  for  a  foyne  of  vele         -       0  i     0 

,  payd  for  6  sackes  of  colys         -    0  4     0 

,  payd  for  a  quartron  of  bylletti      0  8     5 

,  payd  for  a  quartron  of  fifties     0  10 

,  paydforastondeof  ale        -        0  8    0 

,  payd  for  3  dosyn  of  breade           0  8     0 

,  payd  for  salte         -         -         -     0  0     8 

,  payd  for  a  barrell  of  bere        -     0  4    8     ' 

,  payd  for  20  pouode  of  cherea       O  1     8 

,  payd  for  3  pynts  of  why  te  venyger  0  0     6 

,  payd  for  3  quarts  of  vyr^s            0  0     5 

.  payd  for  a  pottle  of  muskedele      0  14 

,  payd  for  13  galons  of  wine           0  16    0 

payd  for  4  pound  of  suete         -010 

pavd  for  1 6  pounde  and  an  once 

*^    ,         -        -         -         -         0  18     0 

payd  for  synomon  one  pounde  6 

ahalfe          -         -         -         -       0  16     0 

payd  for  gynger  5  onz  3  quatrons  047 

payd  for  halfe  pounde  of  pepper  0  14 

payd  for  an  on2  of  mayse         -     0  1 '  4 

payd  for  clovts  and  mayse  one  onz.  0  0     7 

payd  for  6  pounde  of  currance      0  8     0 

payd  for  4  pounde  of  dates           0  »■    8 

payd  for  5  poundie  of  prunes         0  0  10 

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Item,  paid  for  nuttmegges  half  a  poonde  034 

Item^  payd  for  water         -        -        -  O  1    3 

IteiDy  payd  for  5  peckes  of  flowre  O  1    3i 

Item,  P^y<l  f^r  bakjmge  of  pyes         -   O  1  10 
Item,  payd  to  the  coke  and  nis  man  for 

dressynge  of  the  denner  -        -         O  5    0 

Item,  payd  to  the  buttler  for  his  attend- 

aunce  at  the  denner  -         -         -         O  4   0 

Item,  payd  for  wafiers  -         -         0  4   0 

The  chargis  of  sett^nge  fourthe  of  men  to  sare 
the  Quene  accordynge  to  our  commyssion. 

Item,  for  prest  monye  for  8  men         -      0    8   0 
Item,  for  preste  monye  for  8  men  more, 
at  6d.  le  pece  -        -        -        -         0    4  • 

Item,  payd  for  4  cappes         -         -         0    3   0 
Item,  payde  for  thayre  meate  that  daye 

whan  tbay  went  fourthe        -         -         -     0    4  4 
Item,    monye  delyvered  to  them   for 

thayre  necessaryes        -        -        -        -    0  13   4 
Item,  payde    for  gonne  powther  and 

matche        -        -        -        -        -        -OOl 

Item,  payd  for  thayre  cundett  monye  at 

1  &d.  le  pece        -        -        -        -        -06O 
Item,  for  settynge  of  2  bowes  -         008 

Item,  payd  for  2  dosyn  of  poynts         -    0    0   4 
Item,  payd  to  the  taylor  for  makyng  of 

yoel^t  hooles  in  the  jackes        •*        -  0    4   0 

Item,  payd  for  bowe  stiynges         -  0    0   il 

Item,  payd  for  3  jackes         -        -  0    1    8 

Item,  payd  for  4  swords        -         -         0  11    • 
Item,  payd  for  4  dagors        *        -  0    S   0 

Item,  'payd  for  a  bowe  and  a  shafie  of 

Strrotves        -        -        •        -        -         -04' 
Item,  payd  for  2  jackes  -         -         114 

Item,  payd  for  6  gyrdelles         -         -      0    0   S 
Item,  payd  for  2  homes  for  gonne  pow- 
ther with  chargis        -        -        -        -       03* 
Item,  payd  for  6  gorgetts      -        -         0    8    0 
Item,  payde {oTSli^Mudeof^nnepowthero    s  0 

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payd  for  2  roUes  of  matche 

payd  for  a  hande  gonne 

payd  for  4  cappes 

payd  for  5  payre  of  spynts^ 

payd  to  the  armerer  for  mendy nge 

and  a  hed  pece 

payd  for  6  dosyn  of  poynts 

payd  for  24  yards  of  whyte  cotton 

ours  cotts,  at  yrf.  le  yarde         -     0  '14     0 

payd  for  2  yardes  of  grene  carsaye 

de  the  sayde  cotts  at  25Ld.  le  yarde  0     3     8 

payd  for  ixiakyng  of   the  same 

1  red  clothe  for  the  crosses        -     0     6    4 

payde  for  mendynge  of  a  gonne     0     0     6 

payd  for  mendynge  of  2  dagors       0     10 

payd  for  a  bracer  and  a  showty  nge 

r  -  -  -  -  -00    XO 

payd  for  2  freyse  jerkyns  for  the 

-         -         -         -       -    0  12     0 

payd  for  a  payre  of  hose         -         0  2     0 

payd  for  4  payre  of  shoyes         -     Q  8     0 
payd  money  to  them  by  cpm- 
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payd  for  meate  and  drynke  for 

;  daye         -         -         -         -         0  2     8 

Dayd  for  lede  to  make  pellets          0  0     2 

Dayd  for  bowe  strynges  -  0  0  * 
3ayd  to  them  for  cundett  moneye^ 

^  to  comandemefite        -         -     0  14     0 

layd  for  2  pursis  for  thayre  pelletts  0  0  8 
3ayd  for  a  lynke  for  to  leade  them ' 

ienhall  to  the  Towre            -         0  0^ 

jayde  for  2  blacke  bylles  -  0  2  4 
3ayd  for  2  newe  keyes  with  one 

\j  and  mendynge  of  the  old  lockes  0  40 

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$66  UniUUtT  ANECDOTES* 

The  Company  of  Stationers  do  not  appear  to  ha?e 
bad  any  authority  granted  them  witti  relation  to 
printed  books^  as  an  incorporated  body,  till  they 
received  their  first  charter,  dated  the  4th  of  May, 
1557,  in  the  third  and  fourth  of  Philip  and  Mary,  by 
the  title  of  "  The  Master  and  Keepersr,  or  Wardens, 
and  Commonalty,  of  the  Mystery  or  Art  of  Sta- 
tioners of  the  City  of  London  *,'*  by  which  they 
obtained  an  inquisitorial  right  upon  all  literary  com- 
positions, and  might  search  houses  for  any  books 
which  they  deemed  obnoxious  to  the  State,  or  their 
own  interest;  and  might  seize,  burn,  take  away,  de- 
stroy, or  convert  to  their  own  use,  whatever  they 
might  deem  printed  contrary  to  the  form  of  any 
statute,  act,  or  proclamation  made  or  to  be  n&ade. 
Thomas  Dockwray  was  then  Master;  JohnCawood 
and  Henry  Cooke,  Keepers  or  Wardens ;  and  the 
Fraternity  was  numerous,  as  the  charter  was  signed 
by  the  names  of  94  niembers  of  the  Commonalty. 
The  expence  of  obtaining  the  charter  will  appear 
by  the  following  extracts  from  their  Records : 
The  chargis  Tayde  oute  for  our  Corporation : 
Fyrste,  for  two  tymes  wrytinge  of  our  ^.  s.  rf. 
boke  before  yt  was  sygned  by  tne  Kynge 
and  the  Quene's  Majestie's  Highness     -      0  18    0 
Item,  tor  the  syngned  and  the  prevy  scale  6    6    8 
Item,  for  the  great  scale         -         -         89,0 
Item,  for  the  wrytynge  and  inrolynge      3     0    0 
Item,  for  wax,  lace,  and  examenacion      0    3    4 
Item,  to  the  clerkes  for  expedycion     -     0  10    0 
Item,  for  lymnynge  and  for  the  skyn  *    1     0    0 
.  Item,  payd  to  the  screvener  for  wry- 
tinge  of  the  indentures  of  the  surrender 
for  the  feffers  of  truste  unto  the  Master 
and  Wardyns  of  this  Companye  and  thay re 
successors         -         -         -        -         -        OI40 

*  An  original  Record^  intituled,  "  Incorporatio  Artb  SiO' 
turners,  in  Civitate  Londonis/'  is  preserved  in  the  Recorcb  of 
the  Exchequer,  %  ?«kXsOn^Qal.  9  and  3  Philip  and  l^lary ;  99^ 
in  5  P^iis  OtiginaL  2b  «dj9l  \Y\si^%sAlftsai«^«iu^/^ 


STATIONERS  CQMPANT.  ftfj 

his  incotporation^  the  Company  obtained  from 
raids'  College  their  armonal  bearings  *. 

privileges  to  chUse  their  proper  onioers^  to 
laws  for  the  good  and^  well  governing  of 
^mpany,  &e.  granted  by  Philip  and  Mary, 
SQ  found  so  just,  and  agreeable  to  the  laws  of 
d,  the  liberties  of  the  subject,  and  in  parti- 
)  necessary  to  the  well-being  of  the  said  Uom* 
hat  Queen  Elizabeth^  on  her  first  coming  to 
wn,  by  letters  patent,  confirmed  the  charter. 

government  of  the  Company  was  vested  by 
barters,  and  still  continues,  in  a  Master,  two 
ns,  and  a  Court  of  Assistants  ^,  who,  under 
3veral  charters,  pay  200L  a. year  in  pensions 
laritable  donations;  to  which  much  lan^r 
ave  been  added  by  the  benefoctions  of  indivi- 
embers.  Their  trading  concerns  are  managed 
gular  Committee  consisting  of  nine  members ; 
',  the  Master  and  Wardens  for  the  time  being*; 
:  other  Stockholders,  who  are  annually  elect^. 

first  copy  entered  is  in  1558,  ^^  to  IftUiam 
fnge,  a  ballett,  called  a  Rys^  and  Wake,  4^.** — 
*d  fVaye  was  then  Master,  and  again  in  1563. 

1>  1559-fiO,  the  Fellowship  of  the  Company 
ermitted,  by  the  Court  of  Aldermen,  to  wear 
Y  gown  and  livery  hood,  in  such  decent  and 
wise  and  order  as  the  other  Companies  and 
ships  of  the  City ;   and  ordered  to  prepare 

0  attend  the  Lord  Mayor  on  public  occasions; 
1564,  "  ITie  Lyvery  new  begamie  and  revjfved 
?,  in  the  colors  of  skerlett  and  browne  blew, 
on  the  feast  daye,  beinge  the  Sondaye  after 
Peter  s  daye." 

ure,  on  a  chevron  Or,  between  three  Bibles  lying  fesse- 
les^  garnished,  leaved,  and  clasped  of  the  second  (x,  e. 
36  downwards),  an  eagle  rising  proper,  inclosed  by  two 
lies,  seeded  Or,  barbed  Vert }  from  the  top  <jf  the  chief 
irclc  of  Glory,  edged  with  clouds  proper  -,  therein  a  dove 

1  Argent ;  over  the  head  a  circle  of  the  last.  Crest,  On 
h,  a  Bible  open  proper;  clasped  and  garnished  On 
Vbrbum  Domini  m anbt  in  ^tbrnum. 

\MiBtu]ff  at  present.  Match  2,  IS\%,  of  ^5  merobcin. 


568  tITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

"  May  6,  1662,  the  Feast  vulgarly,  but  errone- 
neously  called  Lamb's  Feast,  was  held  this  day,  as 
formerly,  at  the  charge  of  the  Warden,  with  the 
usual  allowance  towards  it  by  the  Company — the 
Company  of  Clothworkers  detaining  the  whole 
twenty  nobles,  of  which  the  above  fourteen  shillings 
went  to  the  Warden,  and  the  rest  to  the  poor  of  St. 
Faith,  where  his  body  lyes.'* 

At  the  close  of  the  Wardens  accompts  in  July 
1561,  in  an  inventory  of  the  Company's  furniture, 
is,  *^  A  picture  of  John  Raynes,  master  to  John 
^awode ;"  also,  "  A  picture  of  John  Cawode." 

Robert  Kewallw^LS  Master  in  1561,  and  in  1565. 

Thjomas'Purfoot  *,  Printer  and  Stationer,  an  ori- 

final  member  of  the  Company,  had  a  shop  in  St 
^auVs  Church-yard,  in  1563;  and  another  at  the Lu* 
cretia,  within  the  New  Rents  in  Newgate-market. 

Henry  Denhamy  in  1564,  lived  at  the  sign  of  the 
Star,  in  Paternoster-row,  with  this  motto  round  it, 
*^0s  homini  sublime  dedit ;"  which  he  put  at  the  end 
of  several  of  his  impressions.  He  lived  also  in 
White-cross-street,  and  was  assignee  to  William 
Seres  in  1564.  In  1568,  he  lived  in  Aldersgate- 
street.  Denham  had  a  privilege  granted  him  in 
1567  for  printing  the  New  Testament  in  the  Welsh 
tongue.     He  continued  in  business  till  1587. 

In  1566,  a  sheet  was  printed,  intituled,  *' Ordi- 
nances decreed  for  Reformation  of  divers  disorders 
in  printing  and  uttering  of  Books -f*." 

In  1570,  a  considerable  sum  was  laid  out  for  in- 
larging  and  translating,  with  the  making  a  payre 

*  Another  person  of  the  same  name^  supposed  to  be  his  son, 
is  the  tliircl  person  named  of  the  twenty  who  were  allowed^  1537. 
by  a  decree  of  the  Star-chamber,  to  print  for  the  wliolc  kingdom. 

t  At  the  end  were  subscribed  the  names  of  some  <rf  the  Privy 
Council  hereunto,  being  an  order  in  the  Star-chamber,  viz.  the 
Lord  Keeper  Bacon,  Marcjuis  of  Winchester,  Lord  Treasurer, 
Earl  of  Leicester,  Lord  Clynton,  Lord  Admiral,  Secretary  Cecil, 
and  others.  W  liich  was  occasioned  by  a  motion  of  those  of  the 
Commission  Ecclesiastical  mider  their  hands.  These  Ordinanca 
were  desij;ned  ,for  the  prevcnting'the  bringing  in,  or  printing 
l^ooks  against  iVie  'Rje^ii^o^  e:g^2i^>^^^\. 

4 


STATlONBlLS  COMPANT«  $6^ 

of  new  stairs  in  the  Hall.  Apd  in  the  same  year^ 
'^  paid  for  the  pavynge  of  the  long  causey  between 
PauFs  church  door  a»d  the  Stationers  Hall,  20^.  \dT 

In  1571,  a  subscription  was  raised,  among  the 
Members  of  the  Company,  "  towards  building  the 
new  kitchen  and  buttery,  with  other  necessaries.** 

In  1572,  paid  Mr.  Norton,  for  paving  at  the  East 
end  of  Paul's,  3/,  15*.  6rf. 

In  1573,  the  feasts  of  the  Company  were  re^ 
strained  by  order  of  Common  Council. 

Henry  Bynneman  was  instructed  in  the  Art  by 
Reynold  Wolfe,  and  became  eminent  in  his  profes- 
sion. He  dwelt  in  Thames-street,  near  Baynard's- 
castle,  and  in  Knightrider-street,  at  the  sign  of  the 
Mermaid.  He  was  sequestered  in  158 1,  for  having 
printed  a  book,  dedicated  to  Sir  Henry  Knjrvett,  in 
which  were  reflections  and  reproaches  on  Sir  Robert 
Bell,  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons,  and  se- 
veral of  the  members.     He  died  in  1583. 

Tfiomas  Easte^  Est,  or  Este,  if  the  same  person^ 
lived  in  Aldersgate-street,  at  the  sign  of  the  Black 
Horse,  and  at  other  places  and  signs,  ar  the  custom 
then  was;  which  makes  it  difficult  to  assign  whether 
it  was  the  same  person  or  not.  He  appears  to  have 
been  employed  by  Birde  and  Tallis,  to  whom  Queen 
Klizabetn,  in  the  15th  year  of  her  reign,  granted  a 
patent.  He,  or  they,  printed  music  and  other 
books  from  1569  until  after  1600. 

Robert  JValdegrave,  in  1578,  first  practised  the 
Art  of  Printing  in  the  Strand,  near  Somerset-house; 
from  thence  he  removed  to  Foster-lane  ;  but  after- 
wards, by  printing  Puritanical  books,  involved  him- 
self in  troubles,  which  obliged  him  to  retire  to 
Wales ;  but,  by  the  assistance  of  friends,  overcame  his 
diflficulties;  and  was  appointed  Printer  to  King  James 
VI.  of  Scotland,  from  whom  he  received  a  patent. 

In  1575,  some  certain  persons  endeavoured  to 
pbtain  from  the  Queen  a  privilege  for  the  sole  print^^ 
ing  of  all  Ballads,  damask  paper,  and  books  in  prose 
pr  metre>  from  the  quantity  of  one  ^Vve^^  ol  iga:^«t 


S70  LITERARY   ANECDOTES* 

to  four  and  twenty.  The  Company  of  Stationen 
made  a  petition  to  the  Lord  Treasurer,  for  stay  of 
this;  setting  forth,  that  it  would  be  the  overthrow 
of  a  multitude  of  families:  and  that  by  the  im- 
printing of  these  tlie  Company  was  chiefly  main* 
tained  ;  so  as  if  the  same  were  taken  from  them  by 
way  of  privilege,  they  should  be  utterly  undone; 
whereof  if  the  Queen  were  advertised,  they  were 
sure  she  would  not  pass  such  a  gran^.  Wherefore 
they  prayed  the  Treasurer,  who  had  aforetime  al- 
ways been  favourable  to  them  in  all  their  causes, 
that  he  would  acquaint  the  Queen  with  the  premises, 
and  be  a  means  that  the  said  privilege  might  not  be 
granted.  Other  privileges  there  were,  which  theQueen 
sometimes  had  granted  to  some  Stationers  for  their 
property  in  certain  copies;  whereby  all  others  were 
abridged  from  printing  the  same :  and  some  of  these 
copies,  such  as  before  were  indifferently  printed  by 
any  of  that  calling,  to  the  great  sustentation  of  them 
and  their  families ;  which  advantage  was  by  these 
privileges  taken  from  them.  Thus,  John  t/ugge, 
besides  the  being  her  Majesty's  Printer,, had  the  pri- 
vilege for  printing  of  Bibles  ami  Testaments ;  the 
which  had  been  common  to  all  the  Printers.  R'h 
chard  Totthilly  the  printing  of  all  kind  of  Law  books 
(common  before  to  all  Printers)  who  sold  the  same 
books  at  excessive  prices,  to  the  hindrance  of  a  great 
number  of  poor  students.  John  Day  the  printing 
of  A-  B  C,  and  the  Catechism,  with  the  sole  selling 
of  them,  by  the  colour  of  a  commission.  These 
books  were  the  only  relief  of  the  poorest  sort  of  that 
Company.  James  Roberts  and  Ricliard  ffTitkinSf 
the  printing  of  all  Almanacks  and  Prognostications ; 
the  which  was  also  the  chief  relief  of  the  poorest  of 
the  Printers.  Thomas  Marsh  had  a  great  licence 
for  Latin  books,  used  in  the  Grammar-schools  of* 
England ;  the  which  was  the  general  living  of  the 
whole  Company  of  Stationers.  Thomas  FantroUeTy 
a  stranger,  had  the  sole  printing  of  other  Latin 
books^  as  the  ^evi  T^^Xam^wl  ^6xA  ^\J\e\:s.     One 


STATIOKEHS  COMPANY.  571 

JByrde^  a  singing  man^  had  a  licence  for  printing 
all  Music-books;  and  by  that  means  claimed  the 
printing  of  ruled  paper.  IVilUam  Seres  had  a  pri« 
▼ilege  for  the  printing  of  all  Psalters,  all  manner  of 
Primers,  English  or  Latin,  and  all  manner  of  Prayer 
Boolcs;  with  the  reversion  of  the  same  to  his  son. 
Francis  Flower^  a  gentleman,  being  none  of  the 
Company,  had  privilege  of  printing  the  Grammar, 
and  other  things ;  and  had  farmed  it  out  to  some  of 
the  Company  for  lOO/.  by  the  year;  which  lOO/. 
was  raised  in  the  enhancing  of  the  prices  above  the 
accustomed  Order.  This,  as  a  grievance,  many  of 
the  Company  complained  of,  being  now  in  number 
in  the  City  175 ;  and  of  these  140  came  to  their 
freedoms  since  Queen  Elizabeth^s  access  to  the 
Crown.  So  much  did  Printing  and  Learning  come 
into  request  under  the  Reformation. 

Shortly  after,  one  John  ffolfe*,  a  Fishmonger 
using  Printing,  taking  upon  him  as  a  Captain  in  this 
cause,  was  content  with  no  agreement,  but  gene- 
rally afhrmed  that  he  might  and  would  print  any 
lawful   book,  notwithstanding  any  commandment 

*  John  Wolfe,  who  practised  Printing  about  1588,  is  ths 
first  person  who  is  mentioned  as  Printer  to  the  City  of  Lon*- 
don.  —  John  Windet  succeeded  Wolfe  as  Printer  to  the  City 
of  London,  and  carried  on  business  at  the  White  Bear^  in 
Adling-street,  in  Baynard's-castle ;  and  afterwards  at  the 
Cross  Keys,  near  PauIVwharf.  He  used  a  device  of  Tinje 
cutting  down  a  sheaf  of  corn,  with  a  book  clasped ;  on  the  co- 
▼er,  '*  Verbum  Dei  manet  in  etemum,'*  The  compartment  has 
the  Queen's  arms  at  top,  the  City*s  on  the  right,  and  the  Sta* 
tioners*  on  the  left,  with  his  sign  of  the  Bear  beneath,  and  J.  W. 
over  it,  with  this  motto,  "  Homo  non  solo  pane  vivet,**  round  it. 
He  continued  in  business  from  1585  until  1651,  when  he*  was 
micceeded  by  Richard  Cotes ;  who  was  succeeded,  in  1669,  by 
James  Flesher;  who  v^as  succeeded,  in  167^»  by  Andrew  Clark, 
In  1679>  Samuel  Roycroft  was  appointed  in  that  place,  who>  ia 
1710,  was  succeeded  by  John  Barber,  esq.  who  afterward  served 
the  office  of  Lord  Mayor ;  he  was  succeed  by  Geoi^  James^ 
whose  widow  carried  on  the  business  for  some  time,  when  that 
office  was  conferred  on  Henry  Kent,  esq.  Deputy  of  the  Ward  of 
Broad-street  -,  who  was  succeeded  by  ]Vir.  Charles  Rivington ;  on 
whose  resignation,  in  1779>  the  office  was  conferred  on  Mx«  Usxsr| 
Fenwiclo  the presept  City  Piinter, 


57*  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

of  the  Queen. — Roger  fVard  was  another  unruly 
Printer,  who  would  print  any  book  however  for- 
bidden by  the  Queen's  Privilege,  and  made  it  hia 
p?actice  to  print  all  kind  of  books  at  his  pleasure  ♦. 
About  these  times  the  Company  of  Stationers 
put  up  a  petition  to  the  Lord  Treasurer  (who  was 
their  great  Patron)  that,  towards  the  maintaining  of 
their  poor  Company,  he  would  be  a  means  to  the 
Queen,  to  grant  them,  for  their  relief,  the  privily 
of  printing  those  two  little  books  of  introduction 
into  the  Latin  tongue,  used  in  schools  by  her  au- 
thority, the  Accidence  and  Grammar.  They  set 
forth  in  this  petition,  what  a  very  poor  Company 
they  were,  and  not  able  to  bear  the  charge  that  lay 
on  them :  that  they  paid  excessive  yearly  rents,  for 
farming  of  such  books,  pertaining  to  their  art,  as 
had  been  obtained  from  them  by  means  of  privi- 
leges: their  good  deserts  from  the  Commonwealth, 
in  searching  for,  and  suppressing  of  popish  and 
seditious  books,  and  executing  several  warrants  di- 

*  The  Master  and  Wardens  of  this  Company  going  to  siearch 
Ki8  printing-house,  according  to  the  power  they  had,  were  re- 
sitited  by  his  wife  and  servants ;  of  which  a  complaint  was  made 
by  the  said  Master  and  Wardens  to  the  Court.  And  again,  in 
the  year  1583,  the  Master  and  Wardens  preferred  a  petition 
against  this  man,  to  the  Lord  Ti-easurer:  shewing  his  con- 
temptuous demeanour,  doing  contrary  to  all  order  and  autho- 
rity; and  withal  his  insufficiency  to  use  the  art  of  Printing, 
The  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  Council  could  bring  hini 
to  nothing :  but  still  he  continued  to  print  what  he  pleased  with- 
out allowance,  by  his  own  authority ;  and  such  books  as  were 
warranted  by  her  Highness's  letters  patent  to  other  men :  and 
S0I4  and  uttered  the  same  in  City  and  Country,  to  men  of  dther 
arts ;  whereby  the  Company  sustained  great  loss,  in  taking  the 
sale  of  them,  and  particularly  the  decay  of  seven  poor  young 
men,  who  executed  a  privilege  granted  to  William  Seres  for  a 
yearly  rent.  Tliis  man  notwithstanding  had  given  two  several 
bonds  to  the  Queen  j  the  one,  not  to  print  any  more  disorderly, 
the  other,  to  bring  in  such  books  as  he  had  printed ;  but  none 
performed.  All  this  was  laid  open  in  the  said  petition.  The 
signers  of  it  were,  John  Harrison,  Master ;  and  Richard  Wat- 
kins  and  Rafe  Neubery,  Wardens ;  and  besides  them,  Christopher 
Barker,  John^  Day,  William  Norton,  George  Bishop,  John  Jud- 

Bon,  and  Frances  CvAdock  \  ^^<5^€\^\&\!6L\3cNssAtii92es  of  the 

chiefest  reputatioa. 


StATIONERS   COMPANY.  67^ 

rected  to  them  for  such  purpose  by  the  Queen's 
Commissioners  in  Causes  Ecclesiastical.  And  finally^ 
that  they  should  be  driven  to  dissolve  their  Company^ 
unless  the  Treasurer  stood  their  good  Lord,  as  on  for-  . 
mer  occasions  he  had  done,  as  the  special  Patron  of 
their  Company,  and  Favourer  of  the  Art  of  Printing, 
June  33,  1586,  the  Lords  of  the  Star-chamber 
affirmed  and  confirmed  their  former  laws^  empow- 
ering them  to  search  into  bookbinders-shops,  as  well 
as  printing-offices,  for  unlawful  or  heretical  books, 
and  take  up  the  offenders. 

Jan.  28^  1588-9.  A  precept  *  from  the  Lord  Mayor, 

requiring  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  six  of  the  come- 

liest  personages  of  the  Company,  to  attend  him  at 

the  Park  corner  above  St.  James's,  on  horseback,  in 

velvet  coats,  chains  of  gold,  and  with  staff  torches, 

to  wait  on  the  Queen,  **  for  the  recreating  of  her 

Majesty,**  in  her  prepress  from  Chelsea  to  WhitehalK 

In  the  accompts  of  1591  are  the  following  entries: 

"Item,  a  little  box  of  plate  and  other  things  given 

by  the  Master  and  Wardens^  and  divers  other  persons. 

Item,   paid  for  charges  of  search  dinners,   ten 

times,  at  3^.  4d. — 33*.  4^.'* 

TheCAaj9e/in  1602  was  leased  to  Mr.  Bishop  for  20^. 
a-year  ;  and  a  room  on  the  South  side  of  the  yard, 
tiext  the  great  fVarehouse,  towards  the  street,  was  (in 
1606)  allowed  to  theClerk,  for  tbeCompany*s  business. 
'Oct.  29,  1603,  the  Company  obtained  the  Kiug*8 
LettersPatent  for  the  sole  printingof  Primers,  Psalms, 
Almanacks,  &c.  in  English,  for  ttic  help  and  relief 
of  them  and  their  successors  for  ever. 

In  1606,  seven  warehouses  and  other  rooms  were 
let  out  at  the  annual  rent  of  lo/.  13^.  4d. 

In  or  about  the  year  1611,  the  Company  thought 
proper  to  remove  from  their  old  Hall  to  the  situation 
they  now  occupy ;  and  on  the  1 1th  of  April  in  that 
year,  the  purchase  of  Bergavenny  house  was  ordered 
to  be  paid  for  from  the  stock  of  the  partners  in  the 
Privilege.     That  house  is  thus  described : 

*  Printed  in  Qu^en- Elizabeth's  Progresses,  vol.  lll.^,x«. 


574  LtTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

*^At  the  North  end  of  Ave  Maiy-Iane,  is  On§ 
great  house,  builded  of  stone  and  timber^  of  old  time 
pertaining  to  John  Duke  of  Britaine,  Earle  of  Ricb« 
mond,  as  appeareth  by  the  records  of  Edward  the 
Second.  Since  that,  it  was  called  Petnbrooke  limey 
neere  unto  Ludgate,  as  belonging  to  the  Earles  of 
Pembrooke  in  the  times  of  Richard  the  Second^  the 
eighteenth  yeere,  and  of  Henry  the  Sixt,  in  the 
fourteenth  yeere.  It  was  afterwards  called  Aburga- 
venny-liousey  and  belonged  to  Henry  late  Lord  of 
Aburgavennie.  But  the  worshipftill  Company  of 
Stationers  have  since  that  purchased  it,  and  maae  it 
the  Hall  for  the  meeting  of  their  Societie,  converting 
the  stone-worke  into  a  new  feire  frame  of  timber,  and 
applying  it  to  such  serviceable  use,  as  themselves 
have  thought  convenient  for  the  amending  it  in  some 
particulars  in  which  it  had  been  found  defective  ♦.** 

In  1612,  an  annual  sermon,  with  cakes^  wine, 
and  ale,  for  the  Company,  on  Ash-wednesday,  was 
established  by  the  will  of  Alderman  John  Norton. 

In  1614,  feasting  was  restrained  for  six  months, 
by  order  of  the  Lord  Mayor. 

In  1619,  the  Company  was  ordered  to  attend  in 
their  stand  in  due  form,  on  the  King  going  to  hear 
a  Sermon  in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral. 

March  8, 161 5-6,  the  Company  obtained  a  renewal 
of  their  Charter  for  the  sole  printing  of  Primers, 
Psalters,  both  in  metre  and  prose,  with  or  without 
musical  notes ;  Almanacks,  &c.  in  the  English  tongue ; 
and  the  A.  B.  C.  with  the  Little  Catechism,  and  th& 
Catechism  in  English  and  Latin,  &c.  by  Alex.  Nowell. 

In  1619,  a  Precept  was  issued  by  the  Court  of 
Aldermen,  ordering  Livery  gowns  to  be  decently 
faced  with  fur.  The  number  of  Livery  was  then  49. 

In  1627,  the  Company's  plate  was  pledged,  to 
raise  840/.  towards  a  loan  to  King  Charles  1. ;  and 
in  1628,  three  bills  of  sale  of  plate  were  sealed  with 
th«  common  seal,  to  Dr.  Eden,  Walter  Terrill,  and 
John  Burrage,  for  lOO/.  each. 

*  Stowe,  ed.  1618,  p.  649. 

Oct 


STATIONERS  C^MPANT.  ^75 

Oct.  28, 1629,  theCompany  were  called  uponforffo/1 
4^.  as  their  quota*  of  4300/.  expended  by  the  City 
ibr  pageants  and  other  solemnities^  and  beautifyidg 
theCity,  against  the  late  entrance-time  of  his  Majesty 
passing  through  the  same  for  his  Coronation 4-,  ana 
for  other  necessary  and  public  service  of  the  City. 

In  1632,  the  Company  of  Stationers  contributed 
150/.  towards  the  repairs  of  St.  Paul's  church. 

In  1633,  Mr.  Recorder  Littleton  being  made 
Reader  to  the  Temple,  the  Court  orc|ered  lO/.  to  be 
presented  as  a  remembrance  of  their  love  to  him. 

In  U635i  it  having  been  noticed  that  some  of  the 
Assistants,  and  others  of  the  Livery,  came  to  the 
Hall  in  iklUng  bands,  doublets  slashed  and  out,  or 
other  indecent  apparel,  not  suitable  to  the  habit  of 
Citizens ;  it  was  ordered  that  the  Assistants  do  come 
to  the  Hall  on  Court-days  in  ruff  bands. 

July  11,  1637,  "A  Decree  of  the  Star-chamber 
concerning  Printing,'*  was  published  by  authority ; 
restraining  the  number  of  Printers  to  Twenty  X^  be- 
sides his  Majesty's  Printer,  and  the  Printers  allowed 
for  the  Universities.  The  Letter-founders  were  at 
the  same  time  restored  to  Four^. 

In  1638,  the  Company  were  ordered  to  attend  in 
their  stand,  on  the  Kmg,  Queen,  and  Queen  Mo- 
ther, passing  through  the  City. 

In  1640,  the  several  Companies  were  required  to 
lend  50,000/.  to  the  Kin^;  of  which  the  Stationers^ 
quota  was  500/. — and  m  1642,  in  like  manner, 
100,000/.  towards  which  they  paid  lOOO/.  —  In 
1643,  they  were  called  oh  to  pay  5/.  a  week  for 
three  months,  besides  32/.  for  a  Koyal  Subsidy.-— 

«  This  was  regulated  according  to  the  proportion  of  140  quar- 
ters of  com  (at  which  the  Company  c5f  Stationers  were  in  general 
rated  on  an  assessment  fur  provisions)  to  10,000. 

t  King  Charles  I.  was  crowned  Feb.  %  1625-6. 

%  Felix  Kingstone,  Adam  Islip^  Thomas  Purfout,  Miles  Flesher, 
Thomas  Harper^  John  Beale,  John  Lcgat,  Robert  Young,  John 
Haviland,  George  Miller,  Richard  Eidger,  'fhomas  Cotes,  Ber- 
nard Alsop,  Richard  Bishop,  £dw.  Griffin,  Thos.  Purslow,  Richard 
Jfohn  Raworth,  Marmaduke  Hodkinsonne,  John  Dawson^  Parsons. 

k  John  Grismand^Tboi.  Wright,  Arthur  ^vc\ic&s»  t^i.«Y>i<e^. 


57^  LlTEftART  AN£CI>OT£S. 

To  defiray  these  heavy  charges,  all  their  plate  ^"as 
sold,  except  Mr.  Hulef  s  standing  cup— the  white 
plate  at  4s.  9d.  an  ounce — one  parcel  of  gilt  plate  at 
4^.  lorf.— ^and  another  at  5^.  3rf. 

In  1641,  a  precept  from  the  Lord  Mayor,  for  the 
Master,  Wardens,  and  ten  of  the  most  graceful  of 
the  Company,  to  attend  on  horseback,  in  their  best 
array,  with  footmen,  to  receive  the  King  at  his  return 
from  Scotland,  and  wait  on  him  through  the  City. 

In  1643, 539  ounces  of  plate  were  pledged  for  120i 
to  answer  the  assessment  of  5/.  a  week  for  3  months. 

1643.  On  account  of  the  present  distractions, 
there  shall  be  no  dinner  on  May  6th,  usually  called 
Lamb's  Feast;  nor  procession,  or  livery  gowns. 
Only  the  Company  to  meet  at  St.  Faith's  church,  to 
hear  the  sermon. 

In  this  year  a  new  green  carpet  was  bought  for 
the  Court-room  by  the  newly-elected  Assistants. 

A  Book  of  Martyrs  was  given  for  the  use  of  the 
Prisoners  in  Ludgate,  at  tneir  request,  inscribed, 
*'  The  Gift  of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  1645/' 

In  1650,  a  Precept  occurs,  from  the  Lord  Mayor, 
ordering  the  Company  to  substitute  the  Arms  of 
the  Commonwealth  for  those  of  the  late  King;  and 
to  remove  the  King's  Picture  and  all  Monarchical 
Arms  out  of  the  Hall. 

In  1654,  in  consequence  of  another  Precept 
from  the  Lord  Mayor,  for  the  Company^s  rails 
to  be  set  in  the  street,  and  the  Livery  to  attend  ia 
their  gowns  and  hoods  on  February  8,  when  the 
Lord  Protector  goes  to  dinner  at  Grocers'  hall;  or- 
ders were  given  accordingly ;  and  the  Wardens  to 
provide  cloth  to  adorn  the  rails. 

July  7,  1657.  This  day  was  the  Election  Feast 
kept  by  the  Master  and  Wardens  with  garlands, 
music,  &c.  according  to  former  practice,  but  for  se- 
veral late  years  discontinued. 

1660.  A  Precept  from  the  Lord  Mayor,  dated 
May  17,  directed  to  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  the 
Company,  was  reaxl;  re(\uiring,  that  if  the  King,  at 
his  return  to  Yvi%  l^w^om^  ^^  ^^^^s^ai^  to  pass 


STATIONBRS  G0MPAK7.  577 

lihroii|^  the  Gty^  ten  of  th^  mdst  grav^  tall,  and 
Domdy  penoDages  of  the  Company,  well  honed, 
ind  in  their  best  array  or  furniture  of  velvet,  plushy 
yr  satttn,  with  chains  of  gold,  be  in  readiness  to 
Uten3  the  Lord  Mayor,  AMermen,  and  other  Citi- 
Bens,  for  his  better  reception.  They  were  accordingly 
BomiAated,  and  ordered  to  choose  each  of  them  a 
rootman  to  attend  him.  The  Wardens  are  to  deliver 
them  (ioats,  ribbons,  and  truncheons,  for  the  occasion. 

Mn  Hunscott  f  the  beadle)  being  very  antient,  and 
bhereifore  incapable  of  the  service;  ordered  that  John 
C3eaver  do  carry  the  Company's  banner  on  horse- 
back on  that  day,  with  such  furniture  and  allowance 
for  his  service  as  the  Wardens  think  fit ;  the  War- 
dens to  pay  Mr.  Hunscott  20s.  in  lieu  of  the  benefit 
that  might  accrue  to  him  had  he  carried  the  Com- 
pany's banner ;  and  to  give  notice  to  some  young 
Freemen  of  the  Company,  to  serve  as  Whifflers, 
who  are  with  him  to  attend  the  Livery  at  their  stand 
on  that  day. 

1662.  In  consequence  of  a  Precept  from  the  Lord 
Mayor,  imparting  his  Majesty's  pleasure,  that  the 
Lord  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  500  Citizens  on  horse- 
back attend  on  Tower  Wharf,  to  receive  the  Russian 
Ambassador,  and  conduct  him  through  the  City, 
and  commanding  that  some  of  the  chief  of  the  Com- 
pany do  attend  him  in  velvet  coats  well  mounted  for 
that  occasion ;  three  gentlemen  were  ordered  to  fur- 
nish themselves,  and  appear  accordingly. 

1662.  Miles  Flesher,  esq.  having  lately  fined  for 
Alderman  of  London,  earnestly  moved  that  he 
might  not  be  exposed  to  election  for  Master  of  the 
Company ;  but  tiis  desire  was  overruled. 

1663.  A  Precept  from  the  Lord  Mayor  was  re- 
ceived, for  sending  ten  men  of  the  Company,  sub* 
stantially  horsed,  and  apparelled  in  velvet  coats  and 
chains  of  gold,  to  attend  his  Lordship,  and  wait  on  tha 
King  and  Queen,  at  their  return  from  their  progress. 
A  Court  was  accordingly  called  for  their  nomination* 

In  1^65,  tlie  Company  was  requested  by  th^XiOt^L 
Majror  to  resign  their  pew  in  St.  PauVs  cYkmxc^^.  X<> 
V0L.IIL  Pp  ^f 


57^  lixEEART  ANSCDOntS. 

r 

the  G>mpany  of  Cloth  workers,  in  etchaiige  for  an- 
other pew.  But  they  refused  to  reliiiquish- tb^  an^ 
cient  pew ;  and  the  Verger  was  to  hive  notioe*  of 
this  resolution  ;  and  to  be  advised  ^*  to*  reserve  it  for 
the  use  of  the  Company,  as  he  will  expect  their  foi 
ture  favour  and  reward.'* 

'  Oct.  2, 1 666 J  the  first  Court  after  the  Fire  of  Loih 
don  was  held  at  Cooks*  Hall ;.  and  aftserwards.  at  St 
Bartholomew's  Hospital,  in  the  Latne  HospitidHaiL 

Dec.  21,  1666.  All  the  ruined  ground,  asfwelliie- 
longing  to  the  Hall  as  to  other  tenements  of  the 
Company  destroyed  by  the  late  dreadful  Are,  to  be 
forthwith  cleared,  and  measured. 

April  3,  1667.  A  Precept  was  received,  to  attend 
the  Lord  Mayor,  for  receiving  his  Majesty's  pleasure 
about  re-building  the  Company's  Hall. 

Aug.  10, 1667,  the  Charter  of  the  Company  wasex* 
emplified,  at  the  request  of  Humphry  Robinson,  Mas- 
ter, and  Evan  Tyler  and  Richard  Royston,  Wardens. 

March  3,  1668-9.  The  new-built  warehouse  to  be 
used  for  theCompany's  meetings  till  theHall  is  finished. 

1670.  An  excuse  to  be  made  for  this  year's  at- 
tendance by  the  Livery  upon  the  Lord  Mayor  at 
taking  his  oaths,  in  respect  that  the  Hall  of  thil 
Company  is  but  now  building. 

1676.  Ordered,  that,  before  Lord  Mayor^s  day, 
there  be  made  four  streamer^  or  banners,  to  be 
carried  before  the  Company ;  viz.  the  King's  Arms, 
the  City  Arms,  the  Lord  Mayor's  Arms,  and  the 
Company's  Arms. 

March  £6,  1677.  The  use  of  the  Hall  granted  to 
the  parish  of  St.  Martin's,  Ludgate,  for  a  year  and 
a  half,  to  read  divine  service,  and  preach  in. 

The  Charter  was  again  exemphfied,  October  13, 
1684,  at  the  request  of  Roger  Norton,  then  Master, 
and  Henry  Hills  and  James  Cotteral,  Waidens  of 
«he  Company. 

Nov-  4,  1684,  the  Music  Feast  on  St  Cecilia  • 
day  was  held  at  Stationers  Hall  *. 

*  "  In  the  Vr«idea&'  KcKiom^  lcf»ii<^t^^)S^  ^^  lul^^  1634* 


tfTATlONfiRS   CbMPANt.  57J 

Sept.  IS,  1(?85.  The^Clerk  to  have  the  letting  of 
tlie  Hall  for  Feasts  and  Funerals,  with  the  consent  erf 
the  Master  and  Wardens  for  the  time  being,  as  by 
order  of  Sept.  26,  1676. 

July  4,  ]687.  Two  dozen  of  Turkey  nailed  chairs 
to  be  bought. 

Aug.  6,  1688,  The  appli(*ation  of  a  Nonconformist 
Minister,  with  the  Elders  of  his  Church,  for  the  use 
of  the  Company's  Hall  as  a  meeting-place  for  their 
congregation^  was  refused. 

1697.  Five  new  banners  and  streamers  ordered  to 
be  made,  on  occasion  of  the  King's  passing  through 
the  City,  and  the  Loid  Mayor's  desire  that  the  Com- 
pany should  appear  in  the  utmost  splendour;  the 
King's  banner,  the  Company's  banner,  the  streamer 
of  ^the  Company,  the  City  banner,  and  City  streamer. 

1760.  On  a  message  from  the  Lord  Mayor,  to  in- 
form the  Master  that  on  account  of  the  King's  death 
there  could  be  no  public  procession  on  Lord  Mayor's 
day,  and  to  desire  that  the  Company's  barge  might 
not  go  out,  Hor  any  music  be  at  the  Hall ;  ordered  that 
the  Livery  be  summoned  to  dinner  only  on  that  day. 

head  of  Charj^e:  "  Recoived,  the  25th  of  November,  1684,  for 
the  Musick  Veixsi  kept  in  the  Hall,  2/."      . 

A  similar  entry  occurs  in  each  year  from  1664  to  1700  IdcIu- 
live,  excepting  the  years  1686,  1688,  1689,  and  1697.  In 
1698,  Mr.  Glover  paid  for  that  and  the  preceding  year. 

The  price  paid  by  the  Stewards  of  this  feast  fpr  the  use  of  the 
Hall,  till  1694,  was  only  2/.  Probably  in  1693,  some  damage 
had  been  done  by  the  scalTolding  employed  fur  the  accommoda- 
tion of  the  company ;  for  in  that  ycivr,  as  ap})eai"s  from  one  of 
the  Company's  books,  F.  194.  (a,)  an  order  was  made,  that "  in 
consideration  of  the  damaire  that  muv  be  done  to  the  Hall  on 
St.  Cecilia's  feat^t,  by  setting  up  scatfolding,  and  fixing  tables 
uid  benches,  the  Hall  bhall  not  be  let  for  h  ss  ilian  5/."  The 
Court  of  Assistants,  however,  ajipcar  to  have  bt^ii  afterwards 
nmrented  with  a  less  sum;  fur,  both  hi  1694  and  1695,  no  moi'a 
than /our  pounds  wei-e  paid.  At  th^  i>erformance  of  Dryden'i 
lelebi-ated  Ode,  the  price  was  raised  to  5/. ;  which  sum  wa9  also 
paid  in  each  of  the  two  following  years.  In  1698,  an  order  was 
made  that  «*  the  Hall  should  be  let  to  the  Stewards  of  St,  Cecitia*s 
Reast  for  5/.  they  agreeing  to  make  good  all  damage  that  may 
Happen  to  it  or  any  room  adjoining/*  G.  16.  (a.)  lu  1700)  vVia 
mm  ofiixguioeai  w3a  paid  far  the  use  oC  lY\e  HaHir 

Miilones  L[fe  0/ Drt^dcn,  \o\A.^.^^- 
P  P  2  \l^'i 


560  UTSRAJIY  ANECDOTES. 

1 768.  A  Precept  from  the  Lord  Mayor,  for  the 
Company  to  attend  him  on  the  River  in  their  baige, 
on  the  King  of  Denmark's  dining  in  the  City. 

In  December  l8off,  on  occasion  of  the  Public 
Funeral  of  the  gallant  and  ever-to-be-lamented  Lord 
Nelson,  the  Master  and  Wardens,  with  sixty  of  tlie 
senior  members  of  the  Company,  attended  the  solemn 

Erocession  by  water,  on  the  8th  of  January,  in  thdr 
arge,  from  Greenvirich  to  Whitehall. 

Mr.  Malcolm,  the  modem  Historian  of  London, 
describes  the  situation  of  the  present  Hall,  as  abut- 
ting to  the  WeBt  on  the  old  City  wall,  and  separated 
from  LudgSite-street,  on  the  South,  by  St»  Martin  s 
church;  bounded  on  the  North  by  the  ho'uses  of  the 
Residentiaries  of  St.  Paul's ;  and  open,  on  die  East, 
to  the  passage  called  Stationers-alley ;  on  which  side 
it  has  a  paved  court-yard,  handsomely  railed. 

The  basement  story,  and  some  other  parts  of  the 
building,  serve  as  warehouses  for  the  Company's 
stock  of  printed  books ;  and  for  the  stock  of  such  in- 
dividual members  as  chuse  to  rent  them.  Sufficient 
room,  however,  is  reserved  for  an  excellent  kitchen 
and  other  offices. 

The  front  has  a  range  of  large  arched  windows, 
an  ornamented  entrance,  a  neat  cornice,  and  pan- 
tiels  of  has  reliefs  above  it.  A  flight  of  steps  leads 
td  the  great  room,  which  is enteredthrough  the  arch 
of  a  screen  of  the  Composite  order,  with  a  pedi- 
ment, the  Company's  aroM  and  rich  ornaments, 
finely  carved,  distributed  in  the  intercolumniations 
and  other  appropriate  places.  The  room  is  sur- 
rounded by  oak  wainscot;  and  a  court  cupboard, 
of  antique  origin,  sujifports  the  Hall-plate  on  gala 
days.  At  the  North  end  is  a  large  arched  window, 
entirely  filled  with  painted  glass,  the  border  and  fan 
of  which  are  very  vivid  and  splendid.    Seven  com* 

aents  are  filled  with  the  arms  of  London,  the 
^  arms,  the  Commny*8  arms,  their  crest,  the 
arms  of  Thorns  Cadell,  cs(\.  and  two  emblematic 
£gures  de^gcved^^  ^statV^.     Kx  ^^\^Vl<c^\sl  \a  the 


STAnONKRS  COMPANT.  Sftl 

following  inscription:  ^^This  window  (except  the 
arme  ana  crest  of  the  Company,  which  for  their  ex* 
cellence  and  antiquity  it  has  been  thought  advise- 
able  to  preserve)  was  the  gift  of  Thomas  Lladell,  esq. 
Alderman,  and  Sheriff  of  London,  iSoi.** 

It  would  be  unjust  to  Mr.  Egginton,  of  Birming- , 
ham,  not  to  add  that  the  whole  is  a  most  brilliant 
ornament,  and  admirably  executed. 

A  door  in  the  West  wall  leads  through  an  anti- 
room  to  the  Court-room,  a  superb  apartment,  with 
four  large  windows  surmounted  with  festooned  cur- 
tains, which  admit  light  from  a  pleasant  garden. 
The  arched  cieling  commences  on  a  Composite  cor- 
nice, and  the  ornaments  in  stucco  on  it  are  very  ele- 
mnt.  A  large  lustre  of  cut  glass  is  suspended  from 
ttie  centre.  ' 

The  chimney-piece,  of  vari^ted  marble,  has  an 
highly-enriched  frieze  of  fruit  and  flowers  iji  carv- 
ings of  the  greatest  possible  relief,  which  are  con- 
tinued quite  to  the  cornice,  in  many  fanciful  forms^ 
exceedingly  tasteful. 

The  floor  is  covered  by  a  fine  Turkey  carpet. 

At  the  West  end,  over  the  Master's  cnair,  and  un- 
der a  drapery  of  crimson,  is  Mr.  West's  celebrated 
painting  (presented  in  17  79  by  Mr.  Boydell,  after- 
wards Alderman  and  Lord  Mayor)  of  Alfted  the 
Great  dividing  his  last  loaf  with  the  stranger  *•    The 

»  *  While  the  Danes  were  rava^g  all  before  them,  Alfred, 
with  a  small  company,  retreated  to  a  little  inaccessible  island  in 
Somersetshire,  called  Athelney  5  whe^  hb  first  intention  was  to 
build  a  fortress :  thither  he  afterwards  moved  his  ikmily,  wtme 
security  eave  him  the  most  jpungent  cpncem.  He  had  early  mar- 
ried a  lady,  who,  by  her  birth,  accomplishments,  and  beauty^ 
was  worthy  of  the  high  station  to  which  he  had  ndsed  her.  Al- 
fred  loved  with  the  sincerest  aflfection,  and  had  the  happiness  to 
find  his  love  returned  with  eqoai  sincerity.  H^ven  too  had 
blessed  him  with  children.  The  principal  inconvenience  he  la^ 
boured  under,  in  this  forlorn  situation,  arose  irom  a  scarcity  of 
provisions.  It  happened  one  day,  as  he  was  reading,  that  he 
Ibund  himself  distiurbed  by  a  poor  Pilgrim,  whd,  with  the  great- 
est earnestness,  begged  for  somewhat  to  satisfy  his  hunger.  Tho 
humane  King  (whose  attendants  had  been  all  sent  out  in  search' 
of  food)  catted  to£lswitlui>  and  refjuested  bet  to  xeAjci^  tt^ft  \ca^ 


58s  LITERACY  AMECPOTBS. 

beauty  of  the  females,  the  benevolent  placid  features 
of  Alfred,  and  the  regret  expressed  by  the  infants  at 
the  loss  of  their  food,  are  well  known  to  the  publick 
through  the  fine  print  engraved  from  it  by  Sharp. 

A  whole-length  portrait  of  Mr.  Boydell*,  painted 
by  Graham,  hangs  on  the  right  of  the  chimney  place. 
The  colouring  of  this  picture  is  good,  and  the  like- 
ness excellent;  but  the  introdu'ctiofi  of  allegory  on 
the  same  canvas  with  ^  portrait  cannot  but  be  consi* 
dered  as  an  unpardonable  deviation  from  propriety. 

0    On  the  left  side  is  a  large  picture  thus  described: 

"  Mary  Queen  of  Scots -|-,  escaping  from  Lochle- 

vin  castle  by  the  assistance   of  George  Douglas; 

serable  object  with  a  part  of  what  little  there  remained  Id  the 
fort.  The  Queen,  fixuiing  only  one  loaf,  brought  it  to  Alfred) 
but  at  the  same  time  represented  to  him  the  distresses  that  the 
family  would  be  driven  to,  should  the  attendants  prove  unsuo 
c;essf\il.  The  King,  however,  not  deterred,  but  rather  rejoicing 
at  the  trial  of  his  humanity,  divided  the  loaf,  and  gave  to  the 
poor  Christian  half  of  it :  consoling  the  Queen  with  this  poui 
reflection,  *  That  he  who  could  feed  live  thousand  with  five  loaves 
and  two  fishes,  could  make,  if  it  so  please  him,  the  half  of  a 
loaf  suffice  for  more  than  their  necessities.'  The  Pilgrim  de- 
parted ',  the  King  resumed  his  studies }  and  felt  a  satisfiictioQ 
that  ever  results  from  beneficent  actions.  His  attendants  re- 
turned with  a  vast  quantity  of  fish,  which  greatly  encouraged 
the  King,  and  put  upon  him  those  glorious  undertakings  whkh 
tutored  the  lustre  of  the  Saxon  diadem. 

*  Thus  described  by  the  Artist : 

*'  Portrait  of  John  Boydell,  esq.  LoM  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
London ;  painted  by  Mr.  Graham,  and  presented  by  him  to  th« 
Company  of  Stationers,  June  8,  1792.  The  Lord  Mayor  in  the 
City  Chair.  On  his  right  hand,  and  resting  on  the  Chair,  standi 
the  figure  of  Justice,  holding  the  balance  and  the  City  SwonL 
On  the  left  stands  the  figure  of  Prudence  with  her  looking-glaai, 
and  with  the  emblem  of  penetrating  wisdom  in  bar  right 
hand.  Behind  the  chair,  in  the  centre,  stands  the  figure  of 
Industry,  with  a  sun-burnt  complexion  and  bee»)uve  on  her  he^d, 
On  the  left,  and  rather  before  the  Chair,  recumbent  ona  Cpmn- 
copi»,  is  the  figure  of  Codimerce,  with  the  mariner*8  compaBS 
in  her  left  hand,  whilst  »he  points  with  the  other  to  the  Pknty 
poured  from  the  horn,  at  the  same  time  turning  her  face  to  the 
Lord  Mayor  with  a  persuasive  look  of  iivvitation  for  him  to  par* 
take  of  that  which  he  is  so  justly  entitled  to.  And  oa  the  taUs 
is  the  bust  of  Shakspeare,  and  the  Qty  Mace.'* 
.^.  ''Therewa»\ivOut  Qm^c^I  L(K.hkviaayouoffgentlei^ 

«ai«d 


'      STATIONERS   COMPAKV.  $83 

painted  bypraham.  Presented  Au^stll^  I791| 
to  the  Company  of  Stationers  by  the  Right  Ho- 
nourable John  Boydell^  Lord  Mayor  of  the  City  of 
London.** 

In  the  North-^t  corner  of  the  Hall  is  a  lai^  and 
convenient  room^  in  which  the  mercantile  part  of 
the  Company*s  business  is  transacted ;  and  it  is  or* 
namented  with  the  following  pictures : 

called  George  Douglas,  the  brother  to  her  keeper ;  he  was  not 
more  than  eighteen  >i?ar8  ef  agjs.  -To  him  she  paid  a  flattering  at- 
tention. H^r  engaging  manners^  her  misfortunes,  lier  beauty,  her 
tmiks,  won  him  completely  to  her  interest.  She  opened  her 
mind  to  him ;  and  cYen  insinuated  that  she  might  tender  her 
Jiand  as  the  reward  of  his  service  and  fidelity.  His  heart 
was  big  with  love,  generosity,  suid  the  spirit  of  adventure.  By 
bis  means  she  corresponded  with  her  ftiends,  and  prepared  them 
fiir  her  enterprise.  Upon  the  second  day  of  May,  1568,  about 
•even  o  clock  in  the  evening,  when  her  keeper  was  at  supper  with 
his  family,  George  Douglas,  po^sessing  himself  seqretly  of  the  keys 
of  the  castle,  hastened  to  lier  apartments.  He  conducted  her  out 
of  her  prison.  She  felt  herself  to  be  again  a  Queen.  He  locked 
the  gates  of  the  castle  behind  him,  to  prevent  a  sudden  pursuit. 
They  iiew  to  the  lakc^  entered  the  boat  that  was  in  readiness  for 
them,  and  were  instantly  irowed  to  the  opposite  shore.  There  she 
was  received  by  the  Lord  Seton,  with  a  chosen  band  of  horsemen 
in  complete  armour.  That  night  he  conveyed  her  to  liis  house  at 
Niddrie,  in  West  I^thian.  She  rested  a  few  hours,  and  set  out 
for  Hamilton.**  Sluart't  Huiory  of  Scotland,  8to.  vol.  I.  p.  998. 
"  All  contempoi'ary  authors  agree  in  ascribing  to  Nlary  the 
utmost  beauty  of  countenance  and  elegance  of  siiape  of  which 
the  human  form  is  capable.  Her  ludr  was  black,  though* 
according  to  the  fashion  of  tliat  age,  she  frequently  wore  bor- 
ffowed  lQcks>  and  of  ditTercut  colours ;  her  eyes  were  a  dark  grey ; 
l^r  complexion  was  exquisitely  fine ;  her  hands  and  arms  wert 
xemarkably  delicate,  both  as  to  shape  and  colour ;  her  stature 
was  of  an  height  tliat  rose  to  the  majetstic.  No  man,  saye 
Braatome*  ever  beheld  hqr  person  without  admiration  and 
loTe ;  or  will  read  her  hi^tory  without  sorrow.'*  There  is  little 
Ho  praise  in  tliia  effort  of  Mr.  Graham*8  pencil,  who  has  totally 
-fiuled.in  deliocating  the,  beauty  of  the  unfortunate  Queen. 
JHe  that  has  seen  tlie  portrait  of  Mary  in  the  hall  of  the  Scottish 
Corporation  in- Crane*court,  Fleet -street,  will  immediately  dia- 
odver  that  Mr.  Graham's  Mary  rather  resembles  a  modern  truant 
■Msft  escaping  (rooi  a  boai  ding-school  with  a  Scotch  soldier  to 
Hretna-graen,  than,  a  |[)ueen  ,of  majestic  front.  It  m«nt.  how- 
ever, be  admitted  that -the  boatman's  head  and  his  boy  are  full  of 
just  expretaion.    Makolm-p  Londinmn  RedMviiim,  yoL  lY.  V;^*?^* 

TycVvo 


584  UTEHA&T  AKECD0TK9. 

Tycho  Wing.  This  celebrated  composer  t^  Al- 
manacks is  represented  as  possessing  very  lively  ancl 
expressive  features,  which  are  well  painted,  and  with 
considerable  warmth  of  colouring.  His  right  hand 
rests  on  a  celestial  sphere,  his  collar  is  open,  and  a 
loose  drapery  covers  his  shonlders. 

Under  him  is  a  scarce  engraving  of  his  relation 
.  Vincent  Wing^  and  another  of  Lilly  the  Astrologer. 

On  the  North  wall  are  prints  of  Earl  Camdbi^ 
and  Alfred  dividing  his  last  loaf. 

Near  them,  "Matt,  Prior,  ob.  I721,  aet.  57  f  an 
exceeding  good  portrait,  and  the  features  full  of  ani- 
mation and  vivacity.  He  wears  a  cap  and  crimson 
gown.  This  picture  and  its  companion  Sir  Richard 
Steele  were  presented  to  the  Company  by  the  Editor 
of  these  "  Anegdotes."  The  latter  exhibits  a  large 
man  inclined  to  corpulency,  with  handsome  dark 
eyes  and  brows,  with  a  velvet  cap  on  his  head^  and 
his  collar  open.  They  were  formerly  part  of  the  col- 
lection of  Edward  E^rl  of  Oxford ;  and  werepainted^ 
it  is  believed,  by  Kneller. 

Between  them  is  a  half-len^h  of  Bishop  Hoadly 
an  excellent  portrait,  given  by  Mr.  Wilkins  *. 

«  Extract  from  the  Will  of  Mrs.  Wilkins,  dated  Nov.«4, 1773. 

''  Item,  I  give  to  the  Worshipful  Company  of  Stationers  in 
•London^  according  to  the  desire  of  my  late  dear  Husband,  the 
-Picture  of  the  late-  Right  Reverend  Doctor  Benjamin  Hoadly, 
Lord  Bishop  pf  Winchester,  whom  be  had  a  great  esteem  lot, 
and  said  his  principles  were  founded  on  the  Gospel ;  he  was  a 
true  Protestant,  and  had  always  been  a  firm  firiend  in  the  cause 
of  Liberty,  religious  and  ciyil ;  after  my  Executors  have  caused  it 
"to  be  new  fhuhed  in  a  handsome  manner,  to  be  put  up  in  some 
'conspicuous  part  of  Stationers  Hall."    [See  also  p.  5970 

On  a  tablet  under  it  is  the  following  inecription :  **  This  portrait 
of  Dr.  Benjamin  Hoadly,  Lord  Bimk^  of  Winchester^  Prelate 
•of  the  most  noble  Order  of  tiie  Garter,  was  painted  at  the  ex« 
pence  of  William  Wilkins,  Esq.  Citiaen  and  Stationer  of  f^ondoiiy 
out  of  the  high  esteem  ^nd  veneration  he  had  for  the  Bishop,  on 
account  of  his  being  always  actuated  by  the  true  spirit  of  the 
Gospel,  and  the  principles  of  the  Protestant  Religion,  and  of  bis 
being  a  firm  fiiend  to  Liberty,  Religious  and  CiviL-*^Mf. 
Wilkins  left  it  to  the  Stationers  Coropiany  after  his  wife's  decease 
who  departed  lb\3  \ife  tiie  SlSfVii  <ia?j  <if  JuL^  1784."  .  i 

Vm  fineFottraiVi&^\va3£\^T^^Ql^'S>s^^^ 


STATIONERS  COMPAKT.  58$ 

A  fine  print  of  Alired  III.  visiting  William  de 
Albanac  completes  the  decorations  of  tfie  North  wall. 

At  the  East  end  of  the  room  is  the  brass  plate  in 
memory  of  Mr.  Bowyer,  described  in  p!  29$  ;  with 
a  bust  of  him  taken  after  death ;  and  the  three  fol* 
lowing  portraits,  all  dven  by  Mr.  Nichols : 

Ardioishop  Chichiey,  the  venerable  Founder  *  of 
All  Souls  Coll^,  a  fine  old  picture  on  board. 

A  portrait  of  "William  Bowyer,  Printer,  bora 
July  1663  ;  died  Dec.  27,  1737."  He  had  been 
many  years  a  valuable  member  of  the  Company  of 
Stationers ;  and  appears  to  have  been  a  pleasant  round 
faced  man.  This  is  a  very  good  picture ;  and  a  faithful 
engraving  from  it  by  Basire  is  given  in  this  Work. 

*^  Robert  Nelson,  bom  June  23,  Iffsff;  died  Jan. 
10,  1714-5.*'  The  excellence  of  this  pious  Author^s 
life,   evinced  in  various  admonitory   publications^ 

Sve  his  features  great  placidity,  whicn,  added  to 
eir  beauty,  has  enabled  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller  to 
present  us  with  a  most  engaging  likeness. 

The  Register  of  printed  books  in  the  records  at 
(his  Hall  have  been  on  many  occasions  highly  ser- 
viceable to  editors  and  commentators  of  our  antient 
En|^li;h  lore.    Both  Mr.  Steevens  and  Mr.  Malone 

in  his  robes  as  Prelate  of  theOrder  of  the  Garter.  This  emineiit 
Divine  appears  to  have  been  more  than  60  years  of  age  when  the 
painting  was  made>  and  has  pleasant  full  features^  shaded  by  a 
moderate-sized  powdered  wig. 

*  Of  this  great  man  there  are  many  ori^nal  portraits  pre- 
served ;  and,  as  he  lived  to  so  great  an  age,  it  is  not  siuprizing 
that  they  should  in  some  respect  vary  from  each  other.  They 
M,  however,  so  hr  agree  as  to  exhibit  somewhat  of  a  childish 
bee.  That  in  the  fine  series  of  Archbishops  which  adorn  the 
Lambeth  Gallery  is  in  the  same  attitude  of  benediction  with  the 
mgraving  given  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  Llll.  p.  284,  but  was  taken  aC 
in  earlier  period  of  life.  Another,  on  glass,  in  the  Lambeth 
Ubrary,  is  9s  nearly  as  possible  like  that  plute,  but  is  barely  the 
hoe,  without  the  crosier.  It  would  be  tedious  here  to  enter  into 
I  detail  of  a  life  so  universally  known ;  but  it  may  be  proper 
lOSt  to  mention  that  he  was  educated  first  at  Winchester,  and 
then  at  New  College,  Oxford  \  became  Archdeacon  of  Salisbury 
L4O0 ',  Chancellor  of  that  diocese  1404  -,  Bp.  of  St.  David's  1407; 
md  Aichbishcp  of  Canterbury  1414 ;  and  died  Od.  Vi, \V^. 


58,6  LITERARY  AN£CDOT£S. 

have  industriously  searched  through  them  for  the 
^lustration  of  Shakspeare  and  Dryden ;  and  Mr. 
Herbert  mpstdiligently  for  his  improved  edition  of 
*f  Ames  8  lypographical  Antiquities,** 

Many  curious  particulars  relating  to  the  uses  made 
of  Stationers  hall  may  be  found  in  Malone's  Life  of 
tDryden;.and  at  the  commencement  of  the  last  Cen- 
tury concerts  were  frequently  given  in  it,  similar  to 
those  now  common  in  Hanover-square  and  other 
places.  Numbers  of  funeral  feasts  and  convivial 
meetings  have  besides  been  celebrated  .and  held 
there,  exclusive  of  those  peculiar  to  the  Company. 

The  City  wall  extends  along  the  West  end  of  the 
Courts-room  of  Stationers  Hall,  where  a  small  piece 
of  ground  has  recently  been  demised  by  the  City  of 
JLondon  to  Messrs.  Leech  and  Dallimore,  proprietors 
jof  the  London  Coffee-house;  for  the  purpose  of 
^enlarging  their  already  extensive  buildings  (a  part  of 
.if?hich,  a  few  years  after  the  pulling  down  of  Lud- 
gate,  was  fitted  up  as  a  German  chapel).  The 
workmen  employed  discovered,  in  July  1806,  one 
of  the  bastions  of  the  old  City  wall,  a  circular  stair- 
case, and,  worked  in  with  the  masonry,  a  mutilated 
female  head  as  large  as  the  life,  with  coarse  featuresi 
a  sexagon  altar  three  feet  ten  inches  and  ^  Wghi 
ioid  width  2  f^et  6  inches,  thus  inscribed ; 

D.  M. 

C   .  MARTIN 
NAE.  AN.  XL 

ANENCLI 
TVS 

PROVING 

CONIVGI 

PrtcN'nssnftte 

H.  8.  E. 

They  found  also  an  elegant  broken  trarik  and 
thighs,  of  a  statue  of  Uercoles ;  tbe .  whple  of 
which,  correctly  drawn  by  Mr.  John  Garter,  was 
engraved  by  Mr.  Basire,  and  publi^h^lntbeXjeiitle- 
maa'ft  Maganiie>  noV  \i^^\  1«  ^.  %^i. 


(    587    ) 


Bemefactors  to  the  Company. 

Mr.  Thomas  Dockwray  ^  Master,  1554—1557. 
Mr.  JolinCawood*,  Warden,  1554 — 1557. 

'  Mr.  Dockwray  ^ve  to  the  Company  one  glass  window  in 

heir  new  Hall,  and  "  a  spone  of  sylver,  parcel  gilt.**     He  wa$ 

Master  from  December  1554  to  July  1568;  and  was  buried  in  St. 

Faith's  church,  with  tliis  epitaph  :  1 

**  Jlere  under  thys  stone  restythe,  yn  the  mercy  of  Godi, 

the  body  of  Master  Thomas  Dockwray,  Notary, 

late  one  of  the  Proctors  of  the  Arches ; 

Cytezen  and  Stacyoner  of  London. 

And  Aime  his  wyfie. 

vhich  Thomas  deceased  the  xxiii  daye  of  June,  anno  mccccclix. 

And  the  said  Anne  deccssyd  the day 

Whose  dethe  have  you  in  remembrance^ 
calling  to  God  for  mercy.*' 

*  John  Cawood  wa^  of  an  anticnt  ^Eimily  in  the  county  of  York; 
IS  appears  from  a  book  at  the  Heralds' -office,  William  Grafton, 
ITI  A,  B,  C,  London,  wherein  are  the  following  words  .*  **  Cawood, 
Tffpographus  Regius  Regkia  Marus"  He  was  three  times  Master 
if  the  Company ;  in  1561,  1562,  and  1566.  He  gave  them  six 
fmrds  of  wainscote '  in  their  Coimcil  Chamber ;  and  two  new 
grazed  windows  in  the  Hall ;.  a  portrait  of  himself,  and  another 
3f  his  master,  John  Rayues ;  "  a  hcrse  clothe,  of  clothe  of 
{okl,  pouderyd  with  blew  \elvet,  and  borderyd  abought  with 
t»lacke  velvet,  embroidered  and  steyned  with  blew,  yclow,  red, 
and  green."  He  also  gave  a  salt  and  cover,  weighing  six  ounces 
ind  a  half,  double  gflx,  with  the  Stationers  arms  on  it ;  another 
lalt,  without  a  cover,  weight  9  ounces;  "  a  spone,  all  g>'lt;'* 
the  Arms  of  England  gra^yn  on  stone,  and  set  in  a  frame  at  the 
jpper  end  o^  the  Hall  -,  and  "  a  box  with  a  patent  given  by  Ha* 
rolds  to  the  Company  of  Stacyoners,  conceminge  their  Annes, 
Krith  Cliarges.** — He  was  buried  in  St.  Faith*s  church,  where  hit 
tomb  was  thus  inscribed  : 

"  John  Cawood,  Citizen  and  Stationer  of  London,  Printer  to 
the  most  renowned  Queen  s  Msyesty,  Kiizabcth,  mairied  titree 
pfives,  and  had  issue  by  Joane  his  first  wife  onely,  as  followeth, 
;hree  sons  and  four  daugliters;  John  his  eldest  son  being  Bache- 
lor of  Law,  and  Fellow  in  New  College,  in  Oxenford.  died  1570. 
Mary  married  to  Geoq;e  Bischoppe,  Stationer  -,  Isabell  mairied 
to  Thomas  Woodcock,  Stationer.  Gabrael,  his  second  son,  be- 
stowed this  dutifull  remembrance  of  his  deare  (larents,  1591, 
Jien  churchwarden;  Susanna  married  to  Robert  BuUok;  Barbara 
nuurried  to  Mark  Norton ;  Edmund,  third  son,  died  1570.  He 
lied  1  of  April,  1572,  he  being  of  age  then  58  * 

[Gabriel  Cawood  was  Master  in  1592  and  1599.1 


5S8  LITERARY  ANECDOTKr. 

1557  Mr.  Henry  Cooke  *,  Warden. 
1560  Mrs.Toye*. 

1563  Mr.  Thomas  Dewyxsell*. 

1564  Mr.  William  May  ^ 
1567  Mr.  William  Lambe  ^ 

*  Mr.  Cooke  gave  ten  quires  of  Royal  paper  to  make  the  tvro 
earliest  accompt  books,  \%'hich  were  bound  at  the  cost  of  Thomas 
Dewkswell  (the  value  of  the  paper  1  Is.  Sd.) 

*  Mrs.  Toye  appears  to  have  been  a  coiuteous  dame,  contri- 
buting to  all  the  Company's  collections  for  the  estaUishment 
of  their  corporation,  and  their  public  dinners.  She  also  paid  for 
one  of  the  glazed  windows  in  the  Hall.  In  1560,  she  presented 
the  Company  with  a  new  table-cloth,  and  a  dozen  of  napkins. 

*  Mr.  Dewyxsell,  in  1563,  gave  by  will  one  fourth  of  the  resi- 
due of  his  property  to  the  Company,  mr  the  use  of  the  poor. 

*  ''A  cup  all  gilt,  with  a  cover,  called  a  maudeUn  cuppt, 
weighing  11  ounces,*'  was  given  by  Mr.  May;  and  at  the  same 
time  "  a  spone  all  gylt,"  with  the  arms  of  tl^  house,  the  gift  of 
Mr.  Jugge ;  and  another,  the  gift  of  Mr.  Irelande. 

^  Mr.  William  Lambe,  Clothwofker,  gave  this  Company  an 
annuity  of  61,  13«.  Ad.  charged  on  the  chapel,  or  church,  of  St. 
James,  lying  near  the  Wall  of  the  City  of  London,  and  within  the 
gate  of  the  same  city  called  Crippelgate,  and  the  churchyard  to 
the  said  chapel,  pr  church  adjoining,  confirmed  by  his  last  will, 
for  perpetual  relief  of  the  poor  in  the  parish  of  St.  Faith  under 
PauVs.  Out  of  the  annuity  the  Company  undertook  to  pay  6f .  8^. 
for  a  Sermon  at  St.  Faith*8  on  the  6th  of  May ;  and  alsor  to  give 
weekly  to  twelve  poor  men  or  women  of  that  parish  one  penny 
in  money,  and  one  penny  in  bread ;  leaving  to  the  Company 
\l.  2«.  Sd.  towards  a  dinner.  The  Sermon  is  stUl  preached,  agree^ 
ably  to  the  will  of  Mr.  Lambcb  fn  the  6th  of  May,  when  the 
twelve  pensioners  are  r^ularly  required  to  attend. 

Mr.  liambe  died  (saith  Stowe)  in  1577  }  which  must  he  a  mis- 
take; but  Mr.  Newcourt  very  properly  suggests,  chat  it  was 
about  two  or  three  years  before  that  time  y  for  his  will,  proved 
in  the  Prerogative-office,  bears  date  March  10,  1579,  and  a  co- 
dicil annexed  to  it  April  1,  1580,  both  which  were  proved  Jine 
9,  1580;  so  that  it  is  plain  he  died  between  the  first  of  April  and 
the  beginning  of  June,  that  year.  Stowe  likewise  teUs  us,  that 
then  (1577)  he  gave  this  Chapel  to  the  Clothworkers  of  Looidofi. 
He  was  buried  in  the  church  of  St.  Faith :  and  near  his  grave  a 
Wass  plate  on  a  pillar  was  thus  inscribed : 

''  As  I  was*  so  are  ye ; 
As  I  am,  you  shall  be ; 
That  I  had,  that  I  fi;ave; 
.  That  I  gave,  that  I  have) 
Thus  I  end  all  my  cost : 
Thallleft,  \\»X\V»\. 


JBTATIONKRS  COMPANY.  $$9 

1567  Mr.  Bacon'. 

I 

William  Lambb,  so  sometimes  was  my  name. 

Whiles  alive  dyd  run  my  mortal  race. 
Serving  a  prince  of  most  immortaU  fame 
Henry  the  Eight,  who,  t)f  bis  princely  grace. 
In  his  chapell  allowed  me  a  place. 
By  whose  &vour,  fi-om  gentleman  to  esquire 
I  was  .preferred,  with  worship  for  my  hire. 
With  wives  three  I  joyned  wKllock  \knd, 

Which  (all  alive)  true  lovers  were  to  me, 
Joane,  Alice>  and  Joanc  ^  for  so  they  came  to  hand^ 
What  needeth  pray^  regarding  their  d^;ree. 
In  wifely  truth  none  stedfiist  more  could  be, 
Who  though  in  earth  Death's  force  did  once  diissever. 
Heaven  yet,  I  trust,  shall  joyn  us  alto^ther. 
O  Lambe  of  God,  which  sinne  didst  take  away; 

And  as  a  Lambe  was  ofired  tip  for  sinne. 
Where  I  (poor  Lambe)  went  from  thy  flock  astray. 

Yet  thou,  good  Lord,  vouchsafe  thy  Lambe  to  winnft 
Home  to  thy  folde,  and  holde  thy  Lambe  therein; 
That  at  the  day,  when  Lambes  and  Goates  shall  sever. 
Of  thy  choise  lauibcs,  Lambe  may  be  one  for  ever.*' 
tinder  which  remembrance  two  lines  arc  added,  containing 
both  a  Petition,  and  an  Injunction  of  Duty  to  the  Poor,  who 
weekly  receive  their  allowance  at  the  hands  or  appointment  of 
the  Company  of  Stationers  ^   the  which  Mr*  Lambe,  bearing 
great  a£fection«  and  having  also  a  reasonable  assurance  in  them  | 
lie  made  them  his  disposers  and  stewards  in  tliat  behalf. 
''  I  pray  you  all,  that  receive  bread  and  pence, 
To  say  the  Lord's  Prayer  before  ye  go  hence.'* 
In  1580  was  published,  in  8vo,  "  A  Memoriall  of  the  &mout 
Monuments  and  charitable  Almes-deedes  of  the  right  worshipfidl 
Mr.  WiUm.  Lambe,  esquier,  sometime  Gent,  of  the  Chapel  in  the 
i^igu  of  the  most  renowned  Kingc  Henry  theight,  &c.  late  Gtizen 
of  l»ndon,  and  free  of  the  right  wurshipfuU  Company  of  Cloth* 
workers,  who  deceased  the  xxi  of  April),  1580.    By  Abr.  Fie* 
auing.**    See  Heibert s  Amesi,  vol.  111.  p.  1540. 

The  Chapel  of  St.  James,  which  had  originally  been  a  Hermitr 
age  dependant  on  Uie  Abbey  of  Garendon  in  Leicestershire,,  was 
granted  by  king  Henry  VIII.  in  1543 ;  and,  it  is  supposed,  con* 
finaed  by  (though  Stowe  says  purchased  from)  Edward  VI.  to 
the  said  William  Lambe,  one  of  the  gentlemen  of  the  king's  cha* 
pel,  citizen  and  clotliworker  of  London ;  from  whom  it  hatk 
been  since  generally  called  LanUfts  Chapel.  It  contains  the  mo* 
jiument  of  Mr.  Lambe,  with  four  Saints,  James,  Matthew,  Pe- 
ter, and  Matthias^  engraved  in  the  History  of  Leicestershire^ 
Yol.  III.  ps  843.  See  an  ample  account  of  William  Lambe,  and 
bis  various  charitiea,  Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  LIII.  p.  134» 
'  Mr.  Bacon,  in  1567,  gave  "  a  bowle  parcell  gylt". — In  tha 
same  ymr  Mr.  JvggQ  and  Mr.  Saye  gave,  e;M:\x  **  %  smaikb  ^ 


59d  tnttAnY  AK£CDOTi^# 

1568  Mr.  Arthur  Pepwell '. 

1572  Mr.  Re^nald  Wolfe  «. 

1573  Mr.  RicnardJugge*. 
1584  Mr.  Ralph  Newberyl 
1591  Mr.  Francis  Coldock  5. 

1593  Mr.  William  Norton  ^. 

gylt.**  —  Such  bowb  and  spoons  were  at  that  period  the  tisua] 
gift  of  the  Master  and  Wardens ;  and  were  inscribed  either 
with  their  names^  their  arms,  or  a  posey ;  and  so  cpntinued 
till  1581,  when  it  was  agreed  that  every  Master,  on  quitting 
.  his  office,  should  give  a  piece  of  plate,  weighing  14'  ounce)»  at 
leyst ;  and  every  Upper  or  Under  Warden,  on  election,  to  gi^e 
a  piece  of  plate  of  at  least  three  ounces.  —  In  1604,  Mr.  East 
was  excused  from  serving  offices,  on  giving  a  piece  of  plate 
weighing  31  ounces.  —  In  1605,  a  silver  salt,  with  a  cofcr 
gilt,  weighing  11  ounces,  was  presented  by  Mr.  Dawson  and  Mr. 
Harris ;  and  a  silver  salt,  with  a  cover  gilt,  by  Mr  Edward  Bi- 
shop.—  Tn  1607,  two  gilt  bowls  were  given  by  Mr.  White  and 
Mr.  Leake,  late  Wardens.  —  In  1617,  three  silver  cups  were 
given  by  Mr.  Mann,  Mr.  Adams,  and  Mr.  Matthew  Lane,  late 
Master  and  Wardens,  weighing  26  ounces  ^vanting  12  grains. 

'  Mr.  Arthur  PcpweU  (son  of  Henry,  of  whom  see  p.  546)  gave 
100/.  for  the  use  of  the  poor. 

*  Mr.  Wolfe  gave,  besides  the  usual  silver  bowl  and  spoons, 
*'  the  Stacyoners  armes  standyng  in  a  fkire  compartyment." 

'  Mr.  Ju£^,  beside  the  usual  bowl  and  spoons,  gave  "  eight 
gryne  cushions  for  the  Council-chamber." 

^  Mr.  Ncwbery  was  Master  of  the  Company  in  1598  and  1601. 
He  gave  a  stock  of  books,  and  privilege  of  printing,  to  be  soki  for 
the  benefit  of  Chiist*s  Hospital  and  Bridewell. 

*  Mr.  Coldock  gave  "  a  silver  college  pot."  He  was  Master 
in  1591,  and  again  in  1595.    On  a  piUar  in  St.  Faith*s  church : 

"  Near  to  this  place  lieth  buried  the  body  of  FVands  Cbklodc, 
twice  Master  of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  who  departed  this 
life  the  xjii  day  of  Januaiy,  1600,  being  of  the  age  of  threescore 
and  twelve  years ;  who  married  Alice,  the  widow  of  Richard  Wa- 
terson  ;  and  had  issue  by  her  two  daughters.  Joane»  married 
to  William  Ponsonby,  Stationer^  and  Anne,  who  died  young* 
The  said  Alice  was  the  daughter  of  Simon  Burton^  Citizen  and 
Waxchandler  of  London." 

^  Mr.  William  Norton,  a  Printer  of  great  note,  and  sometime 
Treasurer  of  Christ*s  Hospital,  lived  m  St.  Paul's  Church-yard. 
He  was  Master  of  the  Company  1581,  1586,  and  1593,  the  year 
in  which  he  died.  By  his  will,  dated  Jan.  5,  1593-4,  he  gave 
€l.  138.  4d.  a  year  to  Christ's  Hospital ;  and  the  like  ^jaxa  (to  be 
paid  annually  by  the  Governors  of  the  Hospital)  to  the  poor  of 
the  Company  of  Stationers.  On  a  tomb  in  the  old  church  of  St 
Paul  w-vis  thU  \nacTipl\otv. 

''William  NorXou,C\X3a«Kiw.^^\ai:^^^ 


8TATION8R9  COBIFAMT.  59f 

1597  Mr.  John  Stuckey  ^ 

1603  i\Ir.  Short  «. - 

1604  Mr.  Robert  Dexter^ 
1604  Mr.  HenryBillage*. 
l6o3  Mr.  Cuthbert  Burby  *• 
1608  Mrs.  Mary  Bishop^ 
1610  Mr.  Geoi^  Bishop  7. 

lurer  of  Chrisfs  Hospital,  died  anno  1593>  aged  66  yean,  and 
lad  issue  one  only  son. 

"  Hib  nq>hew,  John  Norton,  esq.  Stationer,  and  some  time  Ah 
ierman  of  this  City»  died  without  issue,  anno  1612,  aged  55  yeara.-  ' 

"  Also  Bonham  Norton,  of  Church-Stretton,  in  the  county  of 
Uop,  esq.  Stationer,  and  some  time  Alderman  of  this  City,  soil 
if  the  aforesaid  William,  died  April  5, 1635.  aged  70  yeartt.  He 
lad  isisue  by  Jane,  daiigliter  of  Thomas  Owen,'- esq.  one  of  the 
fudges  of  Common  Pleas,  nine  sons  and  four  daughters,  whereof 
hree  sons  were  here  buried ;  Thomas  and  Georj^  unmarried; 
ind  Arthur,  who  married  the  only  child  of  George  Norton, .  of 
Uibot  s-Leigh,  in  the  county  of  Somerset,  esq.  and  having  by> 
ler  issue  two  sons,  died  October  *iS,  1635,  aged  38  years.  Jane 
Morton,  the  said  widow  of  Bonham  afoit^asud,  caused  this  mo- 
lumcnt  to  be  erected  near  the  sepulchres  of  the  deceased.** 

The  above  sum  of  6L  1  Ss.  4d.  is  annually  paid  by  Christ's  Hos- 
ntal  to  the  Company  of  Stationers  ;  who,  in  return,  pay  to  the 
Hlospital  6/.  annually,  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Bishop;  and  4^  (in  fii« 
des)  the  gift  of  Mrs.  Meredith. 

'  Mr.  Stuckey  gave  20/.  to  the  poor. 

*  Mr.  Short  gave  IOj.  a  year  for  26  years  to  the  poor  of 
lie  Company,  chiarged  on  a  tenement  in  Monkweil-street,  held, 
inder  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital. 

*  Mr.  Dexter  gave  90l.  to  the  poor. 

4  Mr.  Henry  Billage,  of  St.  Martin's  in  the  Vintry,  Dyer,  gave 
'M.  to  pay  524.  yearly  to  the  Churchwardena  of  that  pourish  for 
iirad,  to  be  given  to  the  poor  weekly.  This  sum  continues  to  be 
Tgularly  paid  by  the  Company,  under  the  erroneous  name  of  Mr', 
Bellenger's  gift,  [Mr.  John  Bellenger  was  Master  in  1686and  1693.] 

<  Mr.  Burby  gave  20(.  to  the  poor. 

*  This  lady  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Mr.  John  Cawood.  In 
1606,  »he  gave  to  the  Com|)any  a  table-cloth,  towel,  and  two  dozen 
)f  napkins,  wi  ought  with  white  laid  work ;  and  by  her  will,  in 
1613,  gave  ten  pounds,  four  arras  wrought  cushions,  a  cupbcMud 
iloth,  and  two  long  flaxen  table  clotlis  of  her  own  spinning. 

'  Mr.  George  Bishop,  Stationer.,  was  Deputy  Printer  to  (^eea 
mzabeth ;  and  became  an  Alderman  of  Londoi).  His  wife  it 
nentioned  in  the  preceding  note.  He  was  Master  of  the  Com- 
lany  in  1590,  1592,  a  part  of  1593,  1600,  1602,  and  1608. 
le  gave,  by  his  last  will,  two  tenements  called  Newton,  with  the 
ukI^  thereto  belonging  in  the  parish  of  Milbon\i^Ve,^i8\»^, 
or  500yesn,  Mt  pie  quiuitnt  cf  a  pfpper-com>  to  ^^  ^l.  y 


593  UTERARY  AKECDOTES. 

1612  Mr.  John  Norton'* 

year  to  Christ's  Hospital;  61.  yearly  to  the  Company;  and 
also  to  pay  lOL  yearly  among  such  Pk«adiers  as  oome  to 
preach  at  Faul's  Cross,  and  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  JLondon,  are  not  sufficiently  provided 
for ',  remainder  to  Christ's  Hospital.  —-On  failure  of  issue  by  his 
daughter  Martha,  he  leaves  all  his  freeholds,  Norton  bdbre 
mentioned  excepted,  to  the  Mayor,  Commonalty,  and  Otizens 
of  London,  Governors  of  Christ's  Hospital,  on  condition  of 
applying  the  rents  to  the  following  purposes-:  60i.  a  year  to  the 
maintaining  three  poor  students  in  Divinity ;  the  first  three  to 
be  chosen  by  the  Mayor,  Commonalty,  and  Citizens  of  London ; 
and  next  by  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Commonalty  of  the 
Stationers  Company,  and  so  for  ever.  In  particular,  Christ's 
Church,  Oxfora;  where  his  son  died  and  was  buried,  to  be 
chosen  rather  than  any  other,  as  often  as  vacancies  of  Schohj^ 
ships  permit ;  and  any  poor  kindred  of  his  &mily  to  have  the 
preference.  This  allowance  to  cease  as  soon  as  any  student  is 
beneficed,  or  dismissed  for  misconduct.  One  moiety  of  the 
residue  of  such  rents  to  be  applied  to  the  i-elief  of  the  poor 
children  of  Christ's  Hospital ;  and  tlie  other  to  be  paid  to  the 
Master  and  Wardens  of  the  Company  of  Stationers.  IVovided 
that  if  in  the  Judgment  of  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Assistants  of 
the  Company  in  writing  under  their  common  seal,  the  MayoTi 
Commonalty  and  Citizens  should  be  found  remiss  or  negligent,  in 
bestowing  snch  rents  according  to  the  Testator's  intention,  the 
bequest  to  them  to  be  utterly  void. 

*  John  Norton,  esq.  was  an  Alderman  of  London ;  and  had 
the  office  of  Queen's  Printer,  in  Latin^  Gx'eek,  and  Hebrew.  In 
1593,  he  lived  at  the  sign  of  the  Queen's  Arms,  in  the  house  for- 
merly inhabited  by  his  cousin  Bonham  Norton ;  and,  being  a 
man  of  eminence,  employed  several  others  to  print  fo;>  him.  He 
appeal's  to  have  been  the  first  who  introduced  printing  at  Eton 
in  1610.  He  was  Master  of  the  Company  in  I607,  1610,  and 
1612,  the  year  in  which  he  died.  He  gave  150L  to  the  minister 
and  churchwardens  of  the  parish  of  St.  Faith,  to  purchase,  in 
fee  simple,  lands,  tenements,  and  hereditaments  ;  from  the  pro- 
duce of  which,  ten  shillings  to  be  annually  paid  for  a  somon 
at  St.  Faith's  on  Ash  Wednesday ;  and,  weekly,  to  twelve  poor 
pci*sons  (six  to  be  appointed  by  the  Company  of  Stationers,  and 
six  by  the  parish)  Sd.  each,  and  a  i)enny  loaf,  the  vantqge  Iw^ 
(the  thirteenth,  allowed  by  the  baker)  to  be  the  Clerk*s ;  the  re- 
ridue  of  the  revenue  tn  arise  by  such  purchase  to  be  laicl  out  in 
cakes,  wine^  and  ale,  for  tlie  Company  of  Stationers,  either  be- 
fore or  after  the  sermon.  —  He  also  gave  to  the  Company  1000^. 
to  be  laid  out,  in  like  manner,  in  fee  simple  purchases ;  and  the 
produce  to  be  applied,  by  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Assistants, 
at  their  discretion,  for  the  benefit  of  the  poor  members  of  the 
Company.  This  benevolent  Testator's  intentions  are  substantially 
fulfilled.  The  weeV\\  i^mvot^^  tc^xvVvwviR  lo  be  paid.  The  Sermon 
if  also  anauaUy  'pieacY:^ \  Xo  \ii\aOdl  ^u^\»t«r|  ^\is^  vcs. xe- 


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STATIONERS  COMPANT.  593 

I6l6  Mr.  Thomas  Dawson'. 
1620  Mr.  Thomas  Adams ». 
1623  Mr.  Edward  Hulet^. 
1625  Mrs.  Lownes^ 

1630  Mr.  Humphry  LownesV 

1631  Mrs.  Lucreria  Easte  «. 

gularly  invited  ;  and  every  one  who  attends  receives  six  buns.  — 
A  guinea  is  presented  to  the  preacher  for  his  seruion>  half  a 
^inea  to  the  reader,  and  5*.  to  the  sexton.  ITie  Court  of  As- 
vistants  dine  together  on  that  day,  in  commemoration  of  this 
bountiful  Bene&ctor ;  whose  legacy  was  paid  to  the  Company  by 
Bonham  Norton^  esq.  who  was  aJso  an  Alderman;  and  Master  of 
the  Company  in  1610,  1616,  and  1619. 

'  Mr.  Dawson  was  a  Stationer  and  Printer  at  the  Three  Cranes 
in  the  Vintry.  He  was  Master  in  1615 ;  and  gave,  July  12, 1616, 
**  twenty  shillings,  towards  making  up  the  Stairs  in  the  Garden, 
up  to  the  City  Wall." 

*  ^'  Mr.  Adams  gave  100^  towards  defraying  the  public  charges 
of  the  Company,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Court.'* 

*  Mr.  Hulet  gave  5/.  to  the  Company,'  "  for  a  drinking  among 
them  ;'*  and  a  silver  bowl,  gilt,  in  fashion  of  an  Owl;  weighing 
60  ounces,  inscribed,  '*  Tlie  gift  of  Edward  Hulet,  gentleman, 
1623.*'  This  bowl  was  preserved  in  1629,  when  all  the  rest  of 
the  plate  was  sold,  to  relieve  the  King's  wants. 

.  *  Mrs.  Lownes,  widow  of  Matthew  Lownes,  gave,  in  1625, 10/. 
as  a  remembrance  of  her  husband.  Matthew  was  son  of  Hugh 
Low*nes,  of  Rode,  in  Astbury,  Cheshire;  and  was  born  about  1568. 
^  Humphry  Lownes,  elder  brother  of  Matthew,  bom  about 
1566,  was  bound  apprentice  to  William  Jjoxmes  in  1580. 
His  first  shop  was  at  the  West  door  of  St.  Paul's  5  and  be 
lived  afterwards  at  the  Star  on  Bread-street-hill.  He  was 
Under  Warden  in  1616,  and  Master  in  1620  and  1624;  and 
gave  20/.  to  the  poor.  [There  was  an  earlier  Humphrey 
I^ownes,  who  was  Upper  Warden  in  1615,  and  died  before 
1620.]— llie  name  continued  famous  in  the  trade:  John 
IXinton,  about  1698,  mentions  a  "  Mr.  Lownds  in  the 
Strand.  He  was  Dr.  Horneck's  bookseller  for  many  years;  he 
printed  his  *  Great  I.aw  of  Consideration,'  his  '  Sermons 
of  Judgment,'  and  Discourse  on  the  Sacrament,  intituled, 
'  The  Crucified  Jesus,'  &c.  Mr.  Lownds  was  a  sincere,  honest 
dealer,  and  had  this  peculiar  to  hiipself,  tliat  he  was  never 
much  concenied  (except  for  the  death  of  his  pious  and  learned 
author)  for  the  things  that  he  could  not  help ;  for  he  did  all  he 
could  to  prevent  a  grievance,  and  then  he  acquiesced  in  the  di« 
vine  pleasure."     Life  and  Errors,  p.  290. 

•  Widow  of  Thomas  Easte.    She  gave  a  legacy  of  20/.  for  a 
jriecc  of  plate,  "  The  gift  of  Lucretia  Easte,  widow,  1631. '* 

Vol.  III.  (^  ^  \^%\ 


594  UTERARY  AHECbOTBSA 

1631  Mr.  Busby*. 

1633  Mr.  Locked. 

1636  Mr.  Robert  Allott  3. 

1648  Mr.  Edward  Brewster^. 

1650  Mr.  Anthony  Uphill  ^ 

1654  Mr.  Miles  Flesher«. 

1654  Mr.  John  Mould  7. 

1^55  Mr.  Christopher  Meredith  *• 

l€56  Mr.  Leaked. 

1657  Mr.  Thomas  Pierrepont  *^. 

*  Mr.  Busby  gave  the  Company  SL  '^  for  a  meeting.'* 

'  [At  that  period  the  fixed  sum  of  52.  was  frequently  given  hy  in- 
dividuals for  the  attendance  of  the  Livery  on  the  funeraU  of  their 
husbands  or  wites.] 

*  Mr.  Locke  left  a  legacy  of  &0f.  towards  building  the  lUl;  aod 
9  piece  of  plate  value  10/. 

'  Mr.  Allott  gave  102.  to  the  poor,  and  10/.  for  a  dinner. 

*  A  large  bowl  of  fiilver,  weighing  19  ounces,  was  presented 
by  Mrs.  Brewster,  as  a  legacy  left  by  her  husband,  who  had  been 

*ei^t  years  Treasurer  to  *tl4  Company.    See  p.  607. — ^Edward 
Brewster,  their  son,  vi^as  Master  in  1G&9  and  1692. 
^  Mr.  UphiU  left  5/.  to  the  poor. 

*  Bii\  Fksher^  in  1654>  gave  5/.  "  for  the  service  of  Uie  Li- 
very at  the  funeral  of  his  wife.'*  —  In  1662,  Miles  Flesher,  esq. 
having  lately  fined  for  Alderman,  earnestly  moved  that  he  might 
not  be  expc»ed  to  the  election  for  Master  of  the  Company  -,  but 
his  desire  was  over-ruled.  In  1666,  he  gave  two  silver  salts. — 
''  This  Bowie  and  Coller  was  made  in  the  year  1721  out  of  tm> 

'large  saltes  the  gift  of  Miles  Flesher,  Printer  to  the  Worshipful 
Company  vof  Stationers  in  the  year  1666.*'  To  this  gentleman 
the  elder  Mr.  Bowyer  ^^as  an  apprentice. 

7  A  silver  bowl  was  presented,  as  a  token  of  respect,  by  John 
Movdd,  Tallow-chandler,  aj'reeman  of  4he  Company,  inscribed, 
''  The  gift  of  John  Mould,  Stationer,  1654.*' 

'  Mr.  Meredith  gave  to  the  Company  20/.  a  year^  (which 
fltiU  continues  a  rent  chaige  on  two  houses  on  the  Nbrth  skle  of 
St  Paul's  Church-yard) ;  out  of  which  books  to  the  amount  of 
6L  are  annuaUy  sent  to  the  rector  of  Kempsey  in  Worcestershire, 
fbr  the  use  of  the  finee-school  in  that  parish  -,  4L  to  Christ's  Hos- 
pital, for  Bibles  5  and  10/.  to  the  poor  of  the  Company. 

^  Mr.  Leake,  on  behalf  of  himself,  Mr.  Rothwell,  Mr.  Hurford, 
Mr.  Pakeman^  and  Mr.  Fawne,  presented  a  laige  silver  cup,  va- 
lued at  12/.  10».  with  the  Company's  arms,  and  their  smnd 
names  engraved  on  it. 

'"  A  silver  pot  with  two  ears,  after  the  manner  of  a  College 
pot,  weighing  lOouno^  II4  dwts.  was  presented  foy  Mr.' Thomas 
Pierrepont,  with  the  arms  of  the  Company,  and  his  anns,eagiaven 
on  it. — A  like  pot,  of  nearly  the  same  weight,  was  presented  by 
Thomas  Vere  asdVfiiUikam^i&^fisX^^ 


nATIOKERS   COMPA^IV.  '    £95 

1657  Mr.  John  Haviladd^ 

Mr.  Robert  Mead. 
1659  Mr.  John  Sweeting  2. 
1665  Rev.  Thomas  Triplett  3,  D.  D- 

*  "  July  7,  ICSZ.  Before  the  dinner,  Mr.  Andrew  Crook  pra- 
nted  to  the  Company  a  large  silver  bowl,  inscribed,  ''  The  Gift 
^  John  Havilcmd,  Printer,  by  Andrew  Crook,  Executor.'* 
^  Mr.  John  Sweeting,  if  not  the  Founder,  was  at  least  the 
oofirmer  and  Augmenter,  of  the  Annual  Venison  Dinner.     Br 
ill,  dated  May  8,  1659,  and  proved  Feb.  6,  IGGl,  he  gave  his 
^urscore  pound  share  of  the  English  stock ;  a  fee-&rm  rent  of 
3/.  a  year  from  the  tithes  of  Dodington  in  Northumberland, 
id  another  fee-farm  rent  of  10/.  a  year  from  the  titlies  of  Qiut- 
vn  in  the  same  county,  purchased  in  1657  from  the  trustees  fbr 
le  sale  of  fee-farm  rents,  and  then  payable  by  the  Lord  Grey  of 
^ark,  possessor  of  the  premises.    Oat  of  the  first  year's  receipt, 
[r.  Sweeting  directs  that  10/.  be  laid  out  in  something  to  pre- 
rve  "  his  NJemorial  in  the  Company,"  and  that  his  broker,  who 
as  a  Merchant  in  London,  should  be  advised  with  on  that 
bject.     He  also  desires  that  61.  should  be  ex])ended  on  two 
nners  (3/.  for  each  dinner)  for  all  the  Bachelors  that  are  Book- 
Hers  free  of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  shopkeepers  of  theip- 
Ives  in  the  City  of  London.    After  the  first  year,  the  aiuiual 
m  to  be  thus  applied :  To  the  Master,  10s.  for  a  pair  of  gloves; 
id  208.  to  a  godly  Minister,  for  a  Sermon  to  be  preached  on 
e  loth  of  August,  or  some  day  near  it ;  and  with  the  residue 
Dinner  is  to  be  pro\-ided  for  the  Master,  Wardens,  Assistants, 
crk,  and  such  of  the  Livery  as  should  attend  at  the  Church 
hear  the  Sermon. — On  the  3d  of  August,  1663,  the  Company 
vited  Mr.  Sweeting's  brother  to  a  dinner  of  four  shillings,  when 
was  agreed  that  the  10/.  given  by  his  Brother's  will,  should  be 
stowed  on  a  silver  cup»  College  fashion,  for  the  preservation 
his  memory.     At  the  same  time  four  Bachelor  BodLsellers 
ne  appointed  Stewards  for  the  first  dinner. 
'  Thomas  Triplett,  bom  in  or  near  Oxford,  was  beyond  a 
)ubt  in  some  way  related  to  Robert  Triplett,  "  Stationer,  or 
lokebindef ,  at  the  signe  of  the  Aqua  Vitie  Siill,  neere  Old* 
iih-streete,**    whose  name   occurs  in  a  book  without  date 
out  the  year  1587.    He  was  educated  a  Student  of  Christ 
lurch ;    and,  in  the  University,  was  esteemed  a  Kood  Wit, 
d  a  good  Grecian  and  Poet.     He  had  the  rectory  of  Whitbome, 
.  Durham,  in  1631 ;  and  that  of  Washington  in  1640.     Sept» 
1641,  being  then  M.  A.  he  was  presented  to  the  Prebend  of 
nton,  tn  the  Church  of  York.     He  held  also  for  some  time. 
5  rectory  of  Woodhomein  Northumberland.  In  October  164r>, 
was  collated  to  the  Prebend  of  Preston,  in  the  Church  of  Sa- 
nn ;  and  iCtarcb  20,  164S,  to  the  ninth  Prebend  in  the  Church 
Durham ;  but,  from  the  troubles  of  the  times,  was  not  installed 
either  till  1660.  Being  sequestered  from  his  l\vVnc^,VveX»a^QX. 
ioqJ  in  Dublin^  wm  tbere  when  King  Ch«rVe»  \.  Nm  bc\ttai5ie^s 

a  Q  2  VM^ 


5{p6  UTERARY  a)7£CDOT£9. 

1670  Mr.  Thomas  Cowley  ^ 

1671  Mr.  Humphry  Robinson*. 
16*75  Mr.  Crofts  3. 

1676  Sir  Thomas  Davies  ^,  Lord  Mayor. 

iind  afterwards  taught  at  Hayes  in  Middlesex.  In  1651  >  he  pub- 
'Itshed  a  new  edition  of  Lord  Falkland's  ^*  Infkllibilitv  of  the 
C'hurch  of  Rome,**  with  **  an  Answer"  to  it  by  G.  Holland,  and 
Lord  Falkland's  "  Reply."  (See  a  Letter  of  his  to  Loixi  Falkland 
in  Hammond's  Works,  vol.  H.  p.  0*'29.)  After  the  Restoration, 
he  was  installed  in  his  Prebend  at  Salisbury  in  September  1660. 
and  at  Durham  in  November.  He  was  dipiomated  D.  D.  April 
),  16GI ;  and  in  Maich  1661-Q  exchanged  his  Prebend  at  Dur- 
ham with  Dr.  Bancroft  for  a  Prebend  at  Westminster ;  and  in 
li»62  resigned  Salisbury  He  died  July  18,  16*70;  and  was  bu- 
ried in  tlie  South  tiansept,  or  lai'ge  South  aile,  joining  to  the 
choii*  of  St.  Peter's  church  in  Westutinster.  Over  his  grave  was, 
boon  after,  fastened  to  the  West  wall  of  the  South  aile  a  fair  mo- 
nument, in  the  veiy  place  where  that  of  Thomas  May  the  Poet 
once  stood,  inscribed*  ''Hie  requiescit  Vir 

Revcrendus  Ds.  Thomas  Triplett, 

ex  agro  Oxoniensi : 

Prasbcndarius  hi\)us  Ecclcsiae, 

qui  postquam  ad  annum  u^tatis  septuagesimum 

pietate  &  culttis  assiduitate  Deo, 

Graecce  linguae  pcriti^  non  vulgari  Doctis, 

largitate  &  continua  beneficeuti^  egcnis, 

morum  im)ocu£L  jucunditate  omnibus^ 

carum  se  pncbuisset, 
ab  Mc  vit&  ad  mehorem  commigravit 
anno  Domini  1670,  die  Julii  18^" 
Tills  worthy  Doctor  hath  several  specimens  of  his  Poetry  ex- 
tant in  various  books,  and  some  that  yet  go  from  hand  to  hand 
in  MS.     Woodf  Athena  Oxonienses,  vol.  I.  p.  ISS.  vol.  II.  Fasti, 
p.  145. —  He  gave  20i.  to  the  poor  of  the  Company  in  1665; 
and  100/.  in  10*68. 

»  Mr.  Cowley  gave  a. legacy  of  lOOZ.  to  the  poor. 
'  Ten  pounds  given  by  young  Mr.  Robinson,  to  be  bestowed 
on  a  piece  of  plate,  in  memory  of  his  fiitlier.    A  silver  tankard 
was  purchased,  weight  34  ounces,  10  dwts. 
3  Mr.  Crofts  left  5/.  to  the  Company. 

*  In  1667,  Sir  Thomas  Davies,  Knight,  Alderman,  and  She- 
riff, was  chosen  an  Assistant  -,  and  Master  in  1668  and  1669. 
''Aug.  4,  1673.  Ordered,  That  if  Sir  Thomas  Davies  do  not 
provide  his  Brace  of  Bucks  in  time  towards  the  entertainment  on 
the  10th  of  August,  that  then  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  tbe 
Company  shall  provide  the  said  Brace  of  Bucks  at  their  oinn 
charge,  and  shall  repay  themselves  out  of  tlic  said  Sir  Thoina* 
Davies  next  dividend. "-^Two  large  silver  cups,  weight  124  oz.  9 
dwts.  were  given  b^  Svt  TVvomaa  Davies,  Lord  Mayor  in  1677, 00 
his  translalioa  lo  t.\ki&  Cost^^^vi^  ol\>i93^\^« 


STATIONERS  COMPANY*  597 

1677  Mr.  Abel  Roper  ^ 

Mrs.  Mary  Crooke  2.  * 

Mrs.  Anne  Man. 

Mr.  Thomas  Vere  '. 

Mr.  Thomas  Roycroft^,  City  Printer* 
1677  George  Sawbridge,  esq.  ^ 
1680  Mr.  John  North  ^. 

*  Mr.  Roper  gave  a  large  silver  flagon ;  weight  3 1  oz.  3  dwts.— 
**  He  rises  in  the  world,  and  his  behaviour,  methinks,  is  extremely 
obliging.  He  prints  the  Post-boy,  the  Life  of  King  William,  the 
Annals  of  Queen  Anne,  and  several  excellent  abridgments.  I 
have  fomieriy  been  a  partner  with  him,  and  have  found  him 
very  just  in  trade,  and  very  true  to  his  word.**     Dunton,  p.  286. 

*  Ml  s.  Crooke  gave  a  silver  cup,  weight  22  02.  19  dwts.  She  was 
the  widow  of  Mr.  Crooke,  Bookseller  near  Temple  Bar,  who  was 
Master  in  166*5  and  1 666 ;  and  of  whom  Dunton  says, "  He  was  well 
acquainted  with  Mr.  Hobbes,  and  publii'hed  many  of  his  books. 
He  got  a  good  estate  by  his  trade,  and  was  a  man  of  extraor* 
dimuy  sense,  which  he  had  the  happiness  of  being  able  to  express 
in  words  as  manly  and  apposite  as  the  sense  included  under  them.** 

^  He  gave  a  silver  cup,  with  a  handle,  weighing  21  oz.  15  dwts, 

*  Captai  n  Roycroft,  formerly  the  Law  Patentee  and  City  Printer, 
gave  two  silver  mugs,  weight  27  ounces  3  pennyweights.  He 
was  Master  in  1675)  and  died  Feb.  5,  1717-18,  of  an  apoplexy^ 
at  his  housie  in  Bartholomew  Close.  On  the  left  side  of  the  altar 
at  St.  Bartholomew  the  Great  is  thb  epitaph :  "  M.  S.  Hie  juxta 
situs  est  Thomas  Roycroft,  Armiger,  Unguis  Orientalibus  Typo* 
graphus  Regius,  placidissimis  moribus  et  anliqudprobitate  memo* 
randus,  quorum  grati£l  optimi  civis  famam jure  merit5  adeptus  est, 
Militis  civicae  Vicetribunus.  Nee  minus  apud  exteros  notus  ob 
libros  elegant issimos  suis  typis  editos,  inter  quos  sanctissimum 
ilium  Bibliorum  -Polyglottorum,  apud  quem  maxim^  eminet. 
Obiit. .  die  Augusti,  anno  Reparatae  Salutis  1620,  postquam  56 
setatis  annum  implevisset.  Parent!  optima  merito,  Samubl 
RoYCROPT,  filius  unicus,  hoc  monumentum  posuit." 

»  He  was  Master  in  16/5,  and  died  in  1681.  —  "Squire 
Sawbridge**  gave  'a  large  silver  bowl,  46  oz.  3  dwts.  — 
"George  Sawbridge,  esq.  was  the  greatest  Bookseller  that  has 
been  in  England  for  many  years,  as  may  sufficiently  appear  by 
the  estate  he  has  left  behind  him,  for  (besides  that  he  was  chosen 
Sheriff  of  London,  and  paid  his  tine)  he  left  behind  him,  four 
daughters,  who  had  each  of  them  for  their  portions  10,000/.  a- 
piece.  And  if  Mr.  Awnshani  Churcliill  (l:is  apprentice)  continue 
to  thrive  as  he  has  begun,  he  will  be  as  rich  as  his  master  in  a 
few  years.'*  Dunton,  p.  291. — "  Mr.  George  Sawbridge  succeeds 
his  father  in  the  trade,  and  prints  many  valuable  copies.  He 
has  good  skill  in  military  discipline,  and  made  a  ver^  kaA\dk&oi£i& 
fieure  in  Captain  Robinson's  company.**     Ibid.  p.^HB. 

'  Mr.  Nartbguve  a  piece  of  plate^  66  i  ouucea,  nviIu^  SK>1 


59  S  LITER  ART  ANSCIXIT£9# 

1681  Mr.  John  Martyn  ^ 
ld82  Mr.  Thomas  Newcombe^. 

1682  Mr.  Evan  Tyler  3. 

1685  Mr.  Samuel  and  Mrs.  Anne  Meame^. 

1686  Mr.  Richard  Royston^ 

1687  Mr.  William  Hammond^. 
1689  Mrs.  Susanna  Latham*^. 
1692  Mr.  John  Macock®. 

i 

'  Mrs.  Martyn  gaye  a  silver  bow1>  in  discharge  of  her  hxa* 
band*s  legacy  of  20/.  weight  69  ounces  18  pennyweights.  He(^ 
July  3,  1680,  aged  60.     On  a  flat  stone  in  St.  Faith's  vault : 

**  M.  S.  Johannis  Martyn,  Societatia  Region  Typographic  &c.  >** 
on  a  very  fine  monument  in  the  same' vaults  with  a  fine  figure 
^  of  him  in  robes  kneeUng,  his  lady  in  beautiful  drapery  on  the 
opposite  side;  and  a  pile  of  books  in  the  middle. — *'  He  was 
Ihrinter  for  many  years  to  the  Royal  Society.  He  managed  all 
his  afifaii-s  with  discretion,  was  a  thriving  man  in  his  trade, 
and  made  a  very  pious  end.'*    Dwiton,  p.  989. 

*  A  silver  bowl  (68  oz.  12  dwts.),  the  gift  of  Thomas  New- 
combe,  esq.  his  Majesty's  Printer,  was  presented  by  his  executor, 

^Mr.  Henry  Herringman,  master  in  1685. 
.  '  Mr.  Evan  Tyler  was  Master  in  1672.  By  wiU,  dated  Dec. 
5, 1682,  hegave  5002. ;  and  the  interest  of  120/.  to  be  applied  to 
»  yearly  collation,  for  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Assistants, 
and  such  other  members  as  they  shall  chuse,  for  their  trouble. 
*— In  1688,  tlie  small  sum  which  the  Company  received  towards 
a  dinner  from  the  leeacy  of  Mr.  Lambe  (amounting  only  t« 
1/.  2«.  8d.)  was  consolidated  with  the  interest  of  1202.  (7^.  4i.) 
given  bv  Mr.  £van  Tyler  -,  to  be  expended  in  a  dinner  on  May  29. 

^  A  silver  salver,  684  ounces,  presented  by  Blrs.  Meame^  relict 
and  executrix  of  Mr.  Samuel  Meame  (who  had  been  Master  in 
1679;  and  again  in  1682-3,  dying  whilst  in   office).  —  Mrs. 
'  Meame  added  a  tankard,  31  ounces  16  pennyweights. 

'  Mr.  Roystonwas  Master  in  1673  and  1674;  and  gave  5/.  to 
the  poor.  Two  silver  candlesticks,  the  gift  of  Mr.  Richaixi  Roy- 
•ton,  deceased  (57  ounces  15  dwts.),  were  presented  by  bis  wi- 
dow ;  to  accomparjy  which,  a  pair  of  snuffers  and  a  anuflfer-box 
of  silver  (10  ounces  13  dwts.),  were  purchased. 

In  the  South  aile  of  Christ  Chiu'ch,  Newgate-street : 

"  Richard  Royston,  Bookseller  to  Three  Kings,  died  1686, 
in  the  86th  year  of  his  age. 

"Elizabeth,  wife  of  Luke  Meredith,  grand-daughter  of  the 
above  Richard,  1689. 

*'  Mary  Chiswel,  late  wife  of  Richard  Chiswel,  Bookseller,  an- 
other daughter  of  the  above  Richard  Royston,! 698.'*  (See p.  610.) 

*  Mr.  Hanunond,  of  Skipton  in  Craven,  gave  lOi.  to  the  poor. 
'  Asilvertankard,''Thegiftof Susanna Lalham,**31oz.  ISdwts. 

*  A  silver  cup  aM  too\ ,  4^  en..  At  4vit&.  the  legacy  of  Mr.  Joha 
Macock,  who  had  \>e!eTi^\aaV«Hsi\^^*/\ss&«i^\ft^with 
that  ffiven  bv  Mr.  Sawbiv^. 


STATIONERa  COMPANY,  SSQ 

1695  Mr.  William  Rawlins. 
1705  Mr.  Henry  Herringman  ^ 
1707  Mr.  Burton'. 
1709  Mr.  Richard  Mount  ^ 
1712  Mr.  Thomas  Parkhurst*. 
'  1717  Thomas  Guy  *,  Esq. 

'  The  gift  of  20^.  by  Mr.  Herringman,  applied  to  the  pur* 
base  of  a  large  silver  flaggon,  weight  65  oimces. 

*  He  gave  a  laige  silver  fkiggon,  64  ounces  15  pennywcig^ta. 

'  "  Mr.  Mount,  on  Tower-hill,  is  not  onty  moderate,  but  has  a. 
latural  ai\ti])athy  to  all  excess.  He  hates  hioanling  either  xfloney 
r  goods,  and,  being  a  charitable  man,  values  nothing  but  by 
he  use  of  it;  and  has  a  great  and  tender  love  fbr  truth.  Ife 
cab  chiefly  in  paper,  and  searbooks ;  and  is  a  hearty  frtend  to 
be  present  Government.*'     DwUon,  p.  896. 

l^Ir.  Ricliard  Mount  was  Master  of  the  Company  fbr  three  yean, 
717 — 1719 ;  and  gave  the  Clock  in  the  Court-room. 

*  Mr.  F^khurst  was  Master  in  1783,  gave  by  his  will  37^.  to 
aut^hase  annually  ^  BiJ>ies,  with  Psalms,  to  be  given  to  the 
loor.  Hence  the  present  custom  of  giving  Bibles  to  apprenHooB 
•ound  at  the  Hall. — He  gave  also  20/.  to  buy  a  piece  uf  plate. 

^  *'  Mr.  Guy,  in  Lombard-street,  makes  an  eminent  figure 
fi  the  C  ompany  of  Stationers,  having  been  chosen  Sheriff  of 
x>»d0n,  and  paid  the  fine ;  and  is  now  [1695]  a  Member  of 
filament  for  Tamworth.  He  entertains  a  very  sincere  respect 
)r  English  Liberty.  He  is  a  man  of  strong  reason,  and  can  talk 
cry  much  to  the  purpose,  upon  any  suli^t  you  will  propose.  He 
( truly  charitable,  of  which  his  Alms-houses  fbr  Uia  Poor  are 
tanding  testimonies.'*  Dunton,  p.  381.— This  generous  Be-  • 
icfiictor  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Guy,  citiien  imd  carpenter, 
•ho  was  by  profession  a  hghterman  and  coal-dealer  in  HorselejF- 
own,  Southwark.  He  was  bound  apprentice,  Sept.  S,  1660,  fbr 
ight  years,  to  Mr.  John  Clarke,  Bookseller,  in  the  porch  of 
Icrcers  chapel)  and,  in  166S,  having  taken  up  his  fireedom,  and 
een  admitted  a  Liveryman  oif  the  Company,  set  up  trade  with 
stock  of  about  SOOi  near  Stocks  Market,  in  the  house  which 
Mins  the  angle  between  Comhill  and  Lombard-street.  The  £ng- 
£h  Bibles  being  at  that  time  very  badly  printed,  Mr.  Guy  en- 
aged  with  othm  in  a  scheme  for  printing  them  in  Hdland,  and 
sporting  them ;  but,  this  being  put  a  stop  to,  he  contracted 
rith  the  University  of  Oxford  for  their  privil^  of  printing 
hem ;  and,  having  been  admitted  into  the  Court  of  Assistants 
i  the  Stationers  Company,  he  canied  un  a  great  Bible-trade 
3r  many  years  to  considerable  advantage.  Thus  he  began  to .  • 
cciimnlate  money,  and  his  gains  rested  in  his  hands;  fbr,  bqng 
single  man,  and  very  penurious,  his  expencet  were  next  to 
olbing.  His  custom  was,  to  dine  on  his  shop-counter,  with 
lO  other  taUe-cloth  than  an  dd  newspaper  s  he  vraa  ^^bo  ^\LVt\i& 
im  In  nigfid  to  bis  a^faid»    The  \n3^  oE  )ni  tonsnu^  >Bsm« 


660  tlTERARY   ANECDOTES. 

1718  John  Lilly  ^  Esq. 

ever,  was  acquired  by*  purchasing  seamen's  tickets  during  Queen 
Annc*s  wars,  and  by  South -sea  stock  in  the  memorable  year  17'20. 

•  To  shew  what  great  events  spring  from  trivial  causes,  it  niay 
be  observed,  that  the  publick  are  indebted  to  a  most  t rifting  in- 
cident for  the  greatest  part  of  his  immense  fortune's  being  ap- 
plied to  charitable  uses.  Mr.  Guy  had  a  maid-servant,  whom  he 
agreed  to  marry ;  and,  pre^jai-atory  to  his  nuptials,  he  had  or- 
dered the  pavement  before  his  door  to  be  mended  so  far  as  to  a 
particular  stone  which  he  marked.  The  maid,  while  her  mas- 
ter was  out,  innocently  looking  on  the  paviours  at  work,  saw  a 

»  broken  place  they  had  not  repaired,  and  mentioned  it  to  them  j 
but  they  told  her  that  Mr.  Guy  had  directed  them  not  to  go  so  fiur. 
f'  Well,"  sa)-s  she,  "  do  you  mend  it  :  tell  him  I  bade  you,  and 
I  know  he  will  not  be  angry."  It  happened,  however,  that  the 
poor  girl  presumed  too  much  on  her  influence  over  her  wary 
lover,  with  whom  the  cliarge  of  a  few  shillings  extraordiDarj 
turned  the  scale  entirely  against  her :  for  Guy,  enraged  to  find 
his  orders  exceeded,  renounced  the  matrimonial  scheme,  and 

•  built  Hospitals  in  his  old  age.  In  1707»  he  built  and  furnished 
three  wards  on  the  North  side  of  the  outer  court  of  St  Thomas's 
Hospital  in  Southwark  ;  and  gave  100^  to  it  annually  for  eleven 
years  preceding  the  erection  of  his  own  Hospital.  Some  time 
before  his  death,  he  erected  the  stately  iron  gate,  with  the  lai^ 
houses  on  each  side,  at  the  ex  pence  of  about  30001.  Aug.  5, 
1717,  he  offered  to  the  Stationers  Company,  through  the  medium 
of  his  friend  Mr.  Richard  Mount,  1000/.  "  to  enable  them  to 
add  50/.  a  yeai ,  by  quarterly  payments,  to  the  poor  members 
and  widows,  in  augmentation  of  the  quarterly  charity  j"  also 
1 100/. ''  to  be  ])aid  quarterly  to  such  charitable  uses  as  he  should 
appoint  by  his  will,  in  writing  ;*'  and  a  further  sum  of  1500/.  to 
have  75/.  a  year  paid  quarterly  for  another  charitable  purpose,  to 
be  appointed  in  like  manner  ^"  in  default  of  such  appointments 
the  sum  of  125/.  to  be  paid  annually  by  the  Company  of  St.  Tho- 
mas's Haspital.  And,  no  appointment  having  been  made,  the 
same  is  now  regularly  paid  by  the  Hospital.  He  was  76 
years  of  age  when  he  formed  the  design  of  building  the  Hospi- 
tal near  St.  Thomas's  which  bears  his  name.  The  charge  of 
erecting  this  vast  pile  amounted  to  18,793/.  besides  219,499/. 
which  he  left  to  endow  it :  and  he  just  lived  to  see  it  roof^  in. 
He  erected  an  alms-house  with  a  library  at  Tamworth,  in  Staf- 
fordshire (the  place  of  his  mother's  nativity,  and  which  he  re- 
presented in  parliament),  for  14  poor  men  and  women)  and  for 
their  pensions,  as  well  as  for  the  putting  out  of  poor  children 
apprentices,  bequeathed  125/.  a  year.  To  Christ's  Hospital  he 
gave  400/.  a  year  for  ever :  and  the  residue  of  his  estate,  amount- 
ing to  about  80,000/.  among  those  who  could  prove  themsehes 
in  any  degree  related  to  him.  He  died  Dec.  17, 1724,  in  theSlst 
year  of  his  age,  after  having  dedicated  to  charitable  purposes 
more  than  any  oue  pn\A\fc  ^ei%aa  w^«^\^fix«d  iu  this  lungdofo. 


STATIONERS  COMPAKT»  CoX 

1718  Mr.  Theophilus  Cater  ^ 
1 726  Mr.  Thomas  Wood  «. 
1734  Mr.  John  Osborne  3. 
1736  Mr.  William  Mounts 
1739  Mr.  Arthur  Be ttes worths 
1750  James  Brooke^,  Esq. 
1757  Daniel  Midwinter  7,  Esq. 

was  laid  out  in  a  Monteith  and  collar,  to  match  with  one  |;iveA 
in  1666.     The  two  weigh  75  ounces  5  dwts. 

*  Theophilus  Cater,  of  the  parish  of  Christ  Church,  London, 
June  9,  I7I8,  gave  1000/.  to  the  Company,  on  condition  of 
their  paying  him  an  annuity  of  50/.  for  his  own  lifej  and,  after 
his  death,  40/.  to  be  thus  disposed  of:  To  the  IVfinister  of  St. 
Martin's  Ludgate  for  a  sermon,  1/.  105.  j  to  the  Reader,  5«. ;  to 
the  Clerk  and  Sexton,  ^s.  6d.  each,  55. 3  to  Fourteen  poor  Free- 
men of  the  Company,  14/. ;  to  Ten  poor  men  of  St.  Martin's,  10/.  j 
and  to  Ten  poor  men  of  Christ  Church,  1/.  each  3  the  remainder 
(being  4/.)  towards  a  Dinner  for  the  Master,  Wardens,  and*  As- 
sistants.    [Mr.  Cater  received  the  annuity  to  Christmas  1719.] 

■  "  May  3,  17^6,  Mr.  Wood,  a  member  of  the  Company, ga\e 
the  King's  coat  of  Arms.** 

'  A  noted  Bookseller  in  Patemoster-row.  In  1734,  whilst 
Upper  Warden,  he  gave  30/.  to  the  Company  5  which  was  dis- 
posed of  for  the  purchase  of  a  branch  for  illuminating  the 
Hall  on  public  occasions;  it  was  put  up  at  the  expence  of  Mr. 
Williiim  Mount,  Master.  Mr.  Cteborne  was  Master  in  1735, 
and  died  March  13,  1739.  There  were  at  that  time  three  others 
of  the  name  on  the  Livery ;  Mr.  Thomas  Osborne  (who  died  in 
1743)  ;  I'homas  Osborne,  junior,  of  Gi*ay's-inn  (of  whom  sec 
before,  p.  401)  :  and  Mr.  John  Oaborne,  who  died  in  1775. 

*  William  Mount,  esq.  Treasurer  of  St.  Thomas's  Hospital,  and 
eminent  for  works  of  charity,  died  at  Clapham,  Feb.  22,  1769- 
He  had  been  Master  of  the  Company  three  years,  1733 — 1735. 

John  Mount,  esq.  died  Feb.  12,  1786. 

*  A  legacy  of  twenty  guineas,  by  Mr.  Bettesworth,  was  applied 
to  purchase  a  pair  of  silver  candlesticks. 

*  Mr.  Brooke  had  been  sheriff  of  London  in  1738.  He  died 
Dec.  5, 1750 ;  and  gave  by  his  will  a  legacy  of  50/.  to  the  poor, 
to  be  distributed  at  the  discretion  of  the  Court. 

'  Mr.  Midwinter,  an  eminent  bookseller  in  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard, died  June  19,  1757-  By  will  dated  June  20,  1750,  proved 
Feb.  7,  1757*  he  gave  to  the  Company  1000/.  after  the  decease  of 
his  wife,  on  condition  of  their  paying  14/.  a  year  to  the  parish  of 
Hornsey,  and  the  like  sum  to  the  parish  of,  St.  Faith  in  London^ 
for  the  purpose  of  apprenticing  from  each  two  poor  children 
(boys  or  girls)  annually,  and  to  buy  them  some  cloaths  when 
they  go  out.  The  remainder  (2/.)  to  be  apphed  towai*ds  the  ex- 
pence  of  a  dinner  on  the  fn-st  of  December.  Tl\ia  sum.  \na&  \«iJA 
(after  the  death  of  the  widow)  April  4,  IT'JO.'^efc  mN^\.^^ 
J09.  a  cbaracter  of  Mr.  Midwinter's  &lher. 


$09  UrULAKY  ANECDOTES. 

1 75 8. Jonathan  Taylor  ^  Esq. 
^  1760  Nathaniel  Cole^  Esq. 
1 769  Richard  Manby  2,-  Esq. 
1772  Richard  Brooke ^  Esq. 
1772  Mrs.  Hannah  Knaplock  ^ 
1777  Sir  Stephen  Theodore  Janssen^^  Bart* 
1777  William  Fenner',  Esq. 

*  Mr.  Taylor  bad  been  formerly  a  Stationer  in  London ;  bot 
had  retired  fioQ^ fousinebs  to  Lyme  Regis  in  Donsetftkire*  wkere 
he  died  Dec.  16,  1758.  His  name  is  here  inserted,  as  a  com- 
pliment to  his  intentions.  He  left  to  Christ's,  Devon  and  Exeter, 
and  Bath  Huepitab,  and  to  the  Society  for  Propagating  the  G<»- 
pel,  1002.  eaUi ;  tlic  interest  of  100/.  to  be  divided  ereiy  Christ* 
mas  amongst  ten  poor  widows  of  the  Stationers  Company  i  the 
interest  of  70/.  for  two  boys  to  be  taught  navigation  at  WeynKxith; 
to  the  Mayor  and  Corporatioo  of  Dover,  a  silver  punch-bowl,  of 
800  ounces,  in  commemoration  of  his  recovery  from  a  dangeious 
fit  of  sickness  gained  in  France  ^  and  if  a  County  Hospital  be 
erected  at  Dorchester  within  seven  vears,  100/.  aiud  intorest  at 
4  per  cent.  But,  from  some  informality  in  his  will^  the  legAaes 
vrere  set  aside  by  the  Lord  Chancellor. 

*  This  respectable  gentleman  was  Solicitor  to  the  East  Inda 
Company ;  and  in  17  «6  had  been  elected  Clerk  to  the  Company 
of  Stationers,  which  ofiicc  he  resigned  in  Nov.  6, 1759  -,  and  wu 
on  that  day  elected  into  the  Court  of  Assistants  -,  but  died  on  the 
4th  of  December  following.  He  gave  to  the  Company  100/. ;  out  of 
ivhich  40s.  to  be  annually  added  to  Cater's  dinner,  and  100/.  more 
*'  to  buy  silver  candLsticks  with,  for  their  table  on  public  days." 

'  Mr.  Manby  was  a  bookseller  of  great  eminence  on  Ludgate- 
hm.  He  fined  for  the  office  of  Sheriff;  was  Master  of  the 
Stationers  Company  in  17G5;  and  died  atWalthamstow,  April  13, 
17^.  He  gave  100/.  to  the  poor.  —  Thomas  Manby,  es^.  died 
there  in  1763;  and  William  Manby,  esq.  in  1790. 

*  Mr.  Brooke  was  Master  of  the  Company  in  17C4.  He  died 
in  1772 ;  and  gave  3/.  a  year  towards  Cater's  dinner. 

^  Mrs.  Knaplock  died  Nov.  29, 177^ ;  and  gave  200/.  to  the  poor. 

*  Sir  Stephen  Theodore  Janssen  became  a  liveryman  of  the 
Company  in  17^3. — He  gave  SO/,  in  1774,  as  a  present  to  the 
poor ;  and  50/.  more  in  1775.  In  1776,  he  gave  }00/.  half  to 
the  poor,  and  half  to  purchase  a  piece  of  plate  with  his  arms 
on  it  (with  which  a  handsome  epergne  was'  piuxrhased).  He  ad- 
ded in  1779  a  legacy  of  50/.  In  1754,  when  he  was  Lord  Mayor, 
the  arms  now  in  the  Hall  were  painted;  Mr.  Samuel  Richardson 
being  then  Master,  John  March  and  Thomas  Wotton,  Wardeas. 
See  Memoirs  of  him,  p.  406. 

^  Mr.  Fenner*s  father,  wlio  was  a  Printei*  in  Lomhard-stieet, 
died  young ;  and  his  mother  was  re-married  to  Mr.  James  Waugb, 
an  apothecary,  but  coiitinued  to  caii7  on  the  business  of  a  Printer 
till  her  death.  Thit  soiXN«a&loi  ^^^iOM^  <\\fifc  Viss  assistant  sod 
partner ;  and  aflerwaxAa,  lox  «i  ^Eya\V\«6n^tVi{tfw^^^^T54B^ 
cion  of  a  BocifeeVtet  Va  1PatwasteV«t-w«  \\s^  \Mroia^L^«^\ 


STATIONfiRS  COMPANY*  60j( 

1777  William  BowyerS  Esq. 

1778  Mrs.  Beata  Wilkins  ». 
1778  John  Nichols  *,  Esq. 

and  satisfied  with  a  very  moderate  competence,  he  retired  from 
llie  biistie  of  trade,in  theprime  of  life;  and,  for  more  than40yean>' 
prolonged  a  life  devoted  to  acts  of  kindness  and  philanthropy. 
Possessing  a  strong  mind,  improved  by  habits  of  early  industiy^and 
gifted  by  Nature  with  a  fine  manly  form,  improved  by  polished 
manners,  his  conversation  was  always  pleasing ;  his  friendship  wai 
very  generally  comted  -,  and  his  advice  was  frequeiltly  requested  ia 
cases  of  difficulty,  and  always  given  freely  and  judiciously.  He  died 
Oct.  30,  1809,  in  his  83d  year,  at  his  house  in  Addington-place, 
Camberwell.  He  had  been  twice  married ;  and  the  second  wife 
iurvived  him ;  but  he  left  no  child.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  Father  of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  of  wluch  he  had  been 
Master  in  17S6 ;  and  to  whom  in  1777  he  had  given  a  large  silver 
coffee-urn,  with  a  set  of  tea-spoons,  &c. ;  and,  by  his  last  wilU 
left  a  Reversionary  Legacy  6i  2500/.  Three  per  cent.  Consob  to 
the  Company ;  the  interest  of  which  (75/.)  to  be  thus  applied : 
•hol,  in  anninties  of  50s.  each  to  ten  poor  freemen,  and  ten 
widows ',  20/.  for  a  dinner  for  the  Court  of  Assistants,  who  are 
to  attend  divine  sernce,  on  the  29th  of  July,  at  St.  Martln*« 
church ;  20$.  to  the  Clerk  of  the  Company ;  305.  to  the  Rector, 
§or  a  Sermon ;  20*.  to  the  Curate,  for  reading  Pi-ayers ;  hs,  each 
to  the  Clerk,  Organist,  and  Sexton  -,  and  5^.  each  to  the  Beadle, 
Poller,  aiid  Housekeeper  of  the  Cotnpany. 

'  Mr.  Bowyer  gave  to  the  Company  ISO/,  a  year  for  specific 
charitable  purposes ;  and  250/.  to  the  Court  of  Assistants,  for 
their  trouble  in  selecting  the  Annuitants.  He  ^ve  also  a  small 
silver  cup.    See  his  Will  at  large,  p.  270. 

*  *'  Item,  I  give  the  Interest  and  produce  of  all  the  money 
arising  for  my  Forty  Pounds  share  in  the  Stock  in  the  Sta- 
tioners Company,  which  is  computed  at  Three  Hundred  and 
Twenty  Pounds,  to  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of  As* 
sistants  of  the  said  Company  for  the  time  being,  and  their 
successors  for  ever,  in  trust  that  the  Interest  thereof  be  by 
them  distributed  annually  amongst  Six  poor  men  and  Six 
poor  Widows,  not  Pensioners  to  the  said  Company^  which  Princi- 
pal Money  I  desire  may  be  by  them  placed  at  Interest,  au4  sucU 
Interest  is  to  be  by  them  paid  in  the  month  of  December,  befort 
Christmas  every  year,  at  the  time  when  the  Company  pay  their 
iPensioners^  and  equally  divided  between  the  said  poor  Men  and 
]poor  Widows,  as  they  the  said  Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of 
Assistants,  shsdl  in  their  discretion  think  proper.  This  Sum  was 
laid  out  in  the  purchase  of  35d/.  \\8.4d.  Five  per  Cent.  Navy 
Annuities,  and  from  the  yearly  dividends  twelve  persons  receive 
yearly  30s.  each." — See  before,  p.  ,584. 

^  Mr.  Nichols,  in  1778,  gave  the  portrait  of  Robert  Nelson,  esq. 
and  of  the  elder  Bowyer,  with  a  bust  of  the  youngerlBowver  '^  ta 
which^  in  1798,  be  added  those  of  Abp.  CbkitAe(y»  ^vc  kJm^cas^ 
l9ieek,  aad  Matthew  Prior}  with  the  quarto  comes-i^^^  V^w^^i 
^agrsmd  by  the  Father  tft  the  present  Mr.Bwuie),  ^!ba^  asi\m- 


604  LITERARr  ANECDOTES. 

1779  John  Boy delP,  Esq.  Aldt^rman. 
1784  William  Stralian-,  Esq. 
1786  Thomas  Wright -^j  Esq.  Alderman. 
1795  Mr.  Richard  Johnson^. 

pression  of  it  may  be  constantly  given  to  each  Annuitant  under 
Mr.  Bowyer'swill. — Mr.  Nichols  was  Master  oft  heCompany  in  lb04. 
'  Of  this  worthy  Alderman,  and  the  elegant  pictui-es  wbivh  be 
presented  to  the  Company,  see  before,  pp.  411.  581,  582. 

*  Of  this  veiy  eminent  Printer,  and  generotis  Benefactor,  sec 
also  before,  p  390. — He  gave  1000/.  to  purchase  annuities  for 
ten  poor  printers,  four  pounds  to  each,  of  w  horn  five  to  be  Free- 
men of  London,  the  other  five  to  be  Natives  of  Scotland. 

*  This  gentleman  w^as  for  50  years  in  paj  tnership  with  Mr.  Gill, 
as  a  wholesale  Stationer,  in  Abchurch-lane  (see  p.  605>  j  and'sur- 
vived  his  partner  only  a  fortnight.  He  died  suddenly, after  taikinga 
walk  in  his  grounds,  at  Dulwich,  Surrey,  and  without  any  pre- 
vious complaint.  He  was  attacked  with  an  epileptic  fit,  and  ex- 
pired before  any  medical  assistance  could  be  procured.  Alder- 
man Gill  was  stated  to  have  amassed  the  sum  of  300,000/. ;  and 
the  fortune  of  Alderman  Wright  was  supposed  to  have  been  equal, 
if  not  to  a  greater  amount.  They  commenced  business  together, 
as  Stationers,  on  London-bridge,  retained  the  most  respectable 
characters,  and  were  remarkable  for  great  application  and  fru- 
gality. Mr.  Wright  was  several  years  one  of  the  Common  Coun- 
cil for  Candlewick  Ward,  where  hje  was  elected  Alderman  in  1777. 
He  was  Sheriff  in  4779  ;  and  iJcnd  Mayor  in  1785.  In  17S6', 
he  presented  to  the  Company  a  large  silver  tea-um.  He  died 
April  7,  1798  ;  and  in  his  Will,  dated  Nov.  54,  1/94,  says, 

"  1  give  to  the  IMaster  and  Keepers  or  Wardens  and'  Com- 
monalty of  the  Mystery  or  Art  of  a  Stationer  of  the  City  of 
London,  Two  Thousand  Pounds,  Foiu*  per  Cent.  Bank  An- 
nuities, upon  trust,  to  pay,  apply,  and  distribute  the  Dividends 
and  yearly  Produce  thereof  upon  the  first  Day  of  January  in  each 
year,  or  as  soon  after  as  conveniently  may  be,  in  manner  follow- 
ing; that  is  to  say,  "The  Sum  of  Fifty  Pounds  Eight  Shillings,  part 
of  such  Dividends,  unto  and  amongst  Twenty-four  poor  Freemen 
of  the  said  Company,  not  receiving  any  other  Pension  from  the 
Company,  in  equal  shares  and  proportions  at  Two  Pounds  Two 
Shillings  each.**  To  the  Clerk  of  the  said  Company  for  the  time 
being,  the  Sum  of  Three  Pounds  Three  Shillings,  other  part  of 
such  Dividends?,  for  his  trouble  upon  this  occasion.  And  the  sum 
of  Twenty-six  Pounds  Nine  Shillings,  residue  of  such  Dividends, 
in  and  towards  the  providing  and  defraying  the  expence  of  a 
Dinner  for  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Assistants  of  tlie  said 
Company  upon  the  day  of  such  Distribution.  [The  said  Sum  of 
£000/.  was,  soon  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Alderman  Wright 
(which  happened  on  the  9th  day  of  April  1798),  transferred  by 
his  Executors,  to,  and  now  stands  in  the  Name  of,  the.  Corpora- 
tion J  the  Yearly  D'widcTv^Vieviv^^^l. 

*  Son  of  Mr.  "RicWtd  3o\vsv&oii,  vj\vQ\s3a&  \s«eiv  t&k:x^<(scs»^  \Sk 
p.  441,  as  an  Editor  oi  \iifc  TS«xot;sXa]g2;>  ^»^  ^\»  ^«i^  ^  xw\ 


STATIONERS  COMPANY.  605 

1797  James  Dodsley  *,  Esq. 

1798  William  Gill  2,  Esq.  Alderman. 

u»:eful  Corrector  of  the  Press,  and  occasional  Editor  for  the 
Booksellers. — The  son  was  for  some  years  princi|)al  clerk  to 
Thomas  Curtis,  esq.  (a  worthy  Member  of  the  present  Court  of 
Assistants) ;  in  which  station  he  had  saved  a  considerable  sum  of 
money.  He  became  a  Liveryman  in  1785 ;  died  in  January 
1 795  ;  and  was  buried,  with  his  father,  in  Hendon  churcli-yaj*d. 
In  his  last  Will,  dated  Jan.  3,  1795,  he  sa3-s  : 

"  1  give  and  bequeath  all  the  Remainder  of  Property  what- 
ever to  the  Worshipful  Company  of  Stationers,  upon  the  follow- 
ing conditions :  I'hat  they  will  allow  my  sister  Mary  Johnson, 
Fifty  Pounds  per  annum,  to  be  paid  half-yearly  to  her  only;  and 
1  en  Pounds  per  annum,  to  my  uncle  Lockington  Johnson,  or  to 
his  wife  Elizabeth  Johnson,  during  their  natural  lives.  So  that 
after  the  deaths  of  my  sister  Mary  Johnson,  my  uncle  Lockington 
Johnson,  or  his  wife  Elizabeth  Johnson,  all  my  whole  proper- 
ty to  be  divided  Half-yearly,  viz.  the  Interest  as  the  Dividends 
ftliall  become  due  (after  deducting  one  guinea  for  an  annual 
sermon  at  Hendon,  and  three  guineas  for  a  dinner  for  the 
Master  and  Wardens,  when  they  hear  the  sermon  and  visit 
his  grave)  auiong  "  Five  very  poor  widows  who  have  seen 
better  day^,  above  the  age  of  sixty,  whose  Husbands 'were  Livery- 
men, and  in  a  gocxl  way  of  business;  were  either  Stationers, 
Printers,  BookselIei*s,  or  Binders:"  the  choice  of  these  objects 
to  be  left  to  the  Master,  Wardens,  and  Court  of  Assistants  of  the 
Company  of  Stationers.  —  N.  B.  To  avoid  any  Dispute,  In  case 
my  Dncle  and  Aiint  outlives  my  Sister,  the  Fifty  not  to  go  to 
llu»m,  but  to  be  divided  amongst  the  Five  Widows.  [Besides  the 
Sum  of  1000/.  Four  per  Cent.  Bank  Annuities,  found  in  the  Tes- 
tator's name,  the  Executors,  with  his  other  property,  purchased 
800/.  like  Annuities ;  the  whole  of  which  has  been  transferred  to, 
and  stands  in  the  name  of  the  Corporation,  with  a  balance  in 
cseh  of  4^1,  lOs.  \0d.  paid  over  by  the  Executors  to  the  Master 
and  Wardens.  Since  which  the  Sum  of  bOl.  like  Annuities  has 
from  a  surplus  of  cash  been  purchosed,  and  stands  in  the  name  of 
the  Corporation. — There  is  also  a  Sum  of  50/.  Five  per  Cent, 
Bank  Annuities,  in  the  name  of  the  Testator's  Father,  which 
cannot  be  transferred  until  the  event  of  the  Testator's  Sister 
either  marrying  or  an-iving  at  the  age  of  Forty  ;  but  the  Divi- 
dends of  it  are  received  by  the  Company. — The  half  yearly  Divi- 
dend on  the  whole  1900/.  being  S8/.  s/.] 

*  Mr.  Dodsley,  by  his  will,  gave  320/.  to  the  Company.    See 
memoirs  of  him  in  vol.  VI.  p.  437. 

"  Thia  gentleman  (partner  with  Mr.  Wright,  as  stated  in  p. 
604)  was  several  years  one  of  the  Common  Coimcil.of  the  ward 
of  Candiewick,  and  was  elected  Alderman  of  Walbrook  in  1781. 
He  served  the  office  of  Sheiiff  the  same  year,  and  that  of  Lord 
Mayor  in  1788;  and  was  elected  Treasurer  of  Christ *s  Hospital  in 
1785.  He  died  March  26,  179«  ;  and  by  his  will  ga^^  ^Q  ^^* 
luQgf  a  year,  to  be  added  to  Cater'i>  dinner. 


€q€  tITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

1801  Thomas  Cadell  ^  Esq.  Alderman. 
1803  Charles  Dilly^,  Esq. 

%*  The  Company  pay  5/.  annually  to  the  Churchwaniens  of  St. 
Mary  jLt  Hill,  imder  the  name  of  Mrs.  RevelTsgift  [widow  of  Jokn 
Bevel£]  i  but  l\er  name  does  not  occur  among  the  Benefactors. 

CLERKS  OF  THE  COMPANY. 

1578  Richard  Collins;  died  1613. 
1613  Thomas  Mountfort;  died  1631. 
1631  Henry  Walley;  resigned  1652. 
1G52  John  Burroughs;  resided  1663. 
1663  George  Tokefield ;  resigned  16*73. 
167s  John  Lilly  ^;  resigned  1 68 1. 
168 1  John  Garret;  resigned  1692. 
1692  Christopher  Grandorge;  incapacitated  bf 
severe  illness,  1696. 

1 696  Benjamin  Tooke  *,  pro  tempore. 

1697  Simon  Beckley;  died  I723. 
1723  Nathaniel  Cole  5 ;  resigned  1759. 
1759  John  Partridge^;  resigned  1776. 
1776  Joseph  Baldwin  ^ ;  died  1 80O. 

1800  Henry  Rivington  ®,  the  present  CltrL 

TREASURERS. 

1605  Nathaniel  Butler ;  resigned  l6o6. 

1606  William  Cotton. 

*  Mr.  Alderman  Cadell  was  Master  of  the  Company  in  1799. 
ITe  gave  the  fine  window  which  adorns  the  HalL  See  before,  f» 
581 ;  and  memoirs  of  him  in  voL  VI.  p.  44]. 

*  Mr.  Dilly  (who  had  been  Master  in  1802)  gave  700^  Thne 
per  Cent.  Annuities ;  the  interest  to  be  paid  to  two  pcxir  widofB 
of, Liverymen,  10  guineas  to  each.    See  vol.  III.  p.  190. 

3  See  among  the  Bene£Bu:tors,  p.  600. 

«  See  pp.  6or.  626.— Mr.  Tooke  is  also  noticed  in  voL  I.  pp. 
107. 115. 

^  See  among  the  Bene&ctors,  p.  602. 

^  Mr.  Partridge  retired  to  Croydon,  where  he  diedMarck 
3,  1809,  at  the  advanced  age  of  90,  having  for  several  yeaia  be* 
fore  been  totally  blind. 

7  Mr.  Baldwin  was  many  years  DqMityQerk  of  the  Crown,  atti 
JReg^trar  of  the  Amicable  Society  in  Seijeant's  Inn.  He  died 
Ainiversally  re^)ected,  March  15,  1800,  aged  75. 

^  Youngest  sou  oi  Jb\ux  Elvin^on,  esq.  Master  in  1775;  rf 
whom  see  p.  400. 


STATIOXSKS  COMPANY.  6O7 

1610  Edward  Weaver ;  resigned  1635. 
1639  Edvvard  Brewster  * ;  died  1647. 
1647  George  Sawbridge  * ;  resigned  1 679. 
1679  John  Leigh;  died  1685-6. 

1 686  Obadiah  filagrave,  pro  tempore. 

1687  Benjamin  Tooke;  resigned  1702. 
1702  Joseph  Collyer ;  died  1724. 
1724  Thomas  Simpson;  resigned  1728. 
1728  Thomas  Simpson,  junior;  resigned  1 755. 
1755  Richard  Hett^;  died  1766.  ^ 

1766  George  Hawkins  * ;  died  1780. 

1780  John  Wilkie*;  died  1785. 

17S5  Robert  Horsfield  ^ ;  resigned  1797, 

1 797  George  GreenhilU,  the  present  Treasurer. 

See  among  the  Benefiaictors^  p.  594.  *  See  p.  597. 

Mr.  Hett  had  been  for  mMXxy  years  a  Bookseller  in  th» 
iltry,  of  considerable  reputation  amongst  the  Dissenters.  He 
1  ill  1 780 ;  leaving  two  sons,  one  of  whom,  Mr.  Richard 
:t,  a  man  of  mild  and  amiable  manners^  was  a  Printer  of 
fitderabie  business  in  Wild-€0urt>  LincolnVinn-fields,  in  tht 
ce  which  had  formerly  belonged  to  Mr.  John  Watts.  He  died 
y9,  IB05>  leaving  an  only  daughter. — The  other  son,  Mr. 
ji  Heit;  was  bred  to  the  Law;  and  in  1775,  became  a  Mas- 
in  Chancery ;  which  he  resigned  in  1799  -,  and  died  soon  af- 

paralytic,  at  Bath. —  His  niece  (the  daughter  of  Richard) 
\  niarried,  Feb.  5,  1795,  to  John  Mackintosh,  esq. 

Mr.  Hawkins  was  many  years  a  Bookseller  in  Fleet-street, 
r  the  Temple  Gate.    He  died  in  1780,  at  a  very  advanced  age. 

Mr.  Wilkie  was  a  Bookseller  in  St.  PauFs  Church-yard  j  and 
ch  respected  for  his  pleasant  and  engaging  manners.  He  died 
y%f  1785;  leaving  two  sons,  now  living,  and  very  worthj 
mbers  of  the  Company.  — The  eldest,  Mr.  Geoi^  Wilkie,  has 
A  already  mentioned  in  p.  449.  —Mr.  Thomas  Wilkie,  the 
wnger  son,  is  settled  in  Salisbury,  of  which  City  he  has  had  the 
KMir  of  being  Chief  Magistrate. 

Mr.  Hoiafield  died  March  4,  1796,  aged  75.— He  had  been 
several  years  a  Bookseller,  in  Lud^te-street ;  where  he  suc- 
ded  to  the  extensive  business  of  Messrs.  Knapton. — Mr.  James 
•pton.  Master  of  tht  Company  in  1727>and  again  in  1728,  died 
r.  M,  1736. —Mr.  Paul  Knapton  married  Feb.  14, 1741,  Eli- 
cth  ChilweU ;  and  died  June  IS,  1755. — Mr.  John  Knapton^ 
se  times  Master,  1743,  1743,  and  1744,  died  in  1770. 

A  younger  son  of  Thomas  Greenhill,  esq.  many  yean  a 
[ilrsalfi  Stationer  in  Gracechurch-«treet.  m  was  Sj^ter  of 
Company  in  1787 ',  but,  having  retired  from  business,  died 
i^atfbid,  HerU,  Jan.  16,  1798. 


(  eo5  ) 


No.  XXI. 

Progress  of  selling  Books  by  Catalogues. 
By  Richard  Gough,  Eset.  *  1788. 

If  the  circulation  of  Books  be  a  mark  of  a  learned 
age,  no  method  has  been  thought  of  better  adapted 
to  that  purpose,  than  by  making  what  are  com- 
monly called  Sale  Catalogues  of  them  -f".  TTiese 
are  of  two  sorts;  by  auction  and  by  hand.  ITie 
practice  has  now  obtained  considerably  above  a  cen- 
tury. 

The  oldest  I  have  seen  of  the  first  class  are  those 
of  Lazarus  Seaman ;{:,  D.  D.  1676,  by  Will.  Cooper, 
bookseller,  Warwick-lane;  and  Mr.  Kidner,  rector  of 
liitchin,  by  the  same,  in  Little  Britain.  And  that 
these  were  the  first  in  the  kind^  may  be  gathered  from 

*  First  printed  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  LVIll.  1066. 

t  MaunseU's  Catalogue  of  English  prhited  Books,  part  I.  in- 
scribed "  to  the  Qiteene's  Most  Sacred  Msyestie  be  continued  the 
blessinge  and  protection  of  the  Mighty  God  of  Jacob  j**  and 
part  II.  dedicated  to  Robert  Earl  of  Essex,  &c.  were  both  pub- 
lished in  1505,  fol.  This  is  i-ather  analogous  to  the  modem 
Catalogues  of  new  publications. 

*'  A  Catalogue  of  the  most  vendible  Books  in  England,  digested 
under  the  heads  of  Divinity,  Histor)',  Physick,  &c.  with  School 
Books,  Hebrew,  Greek,  and  I^tin  j  and  an  Introduction  Ibrthe 
Use  of  Schools,  by  W.  London,*'  was  published  in  4to«  Loud. 
1658 ,  with  this  motto,  Vakietas  Delectat. 

*'  Clavors  General  Catalogue  of  Books  printed  in  Ei^tand 
•':ice  the  dreadful  Fire  1666,  to  the  end  of  Trinity  Term, 
1GT6,  was  continued  every  Term  until  1700.—*'  Mr.  Robert 
Clavel  is  a  great  dealer,  and  has  deservedly  gained  himself  the 
reputation  of  a  just  man.  Dr.  Barlow,  Bishopof  Lincoln » used  to 
call  him  the  hor.est  Bookseller.  He  has  been  Master  of  the  Gmn- 
pany  of  Stationers  [1698  and  1699]  ;  and  perhaps  the-greatest 
unhappinoss  of  Fife,  was  his  bein^  one  of  Aldennan  Comisb'i 
Jury.     He  printed  Dr.  Comber*8  Works,  &c.**     DuntoH,  p.  983. 

X  To  this  Catalogue  is  prefixed  an  Address  to  the  Jleider, 
wherein  4he  custom  of  selling  books  by  auction  is  mentioned  as 
having  been  but  of  recent  origin  in  our  country.  See  some  curious 
particulaib  coucermn^ Wvd  ^f^^Va  Dvhdini'a Bibliomania,  p.  409^ 


PR0GRBS9  OF  BAJiZ  CATAVOC^UE^.  9Q9 

the  preface  to  the  n^t^  which  w&s,  that  of  WiJIjaqi 
GreenhUl,  m  mister  of  Stepney,  at  the  Tur)('«-l]iea4 
coffee-house^  in  Bread-stre^  (in  sed^bus  Ferdinfiodi 
Stable^  coffipolajf  ad  insigne  capitis  Turcae),  by 
Zach.  Bourne^  who  sets  forth,  tnat  ^  die  attempts 
in  this  kind  (by  the  sale  of  Dr.  Seaman's  and  Mr* 
Kidner^s  libraries)  hairing  giren  great  content  and 
satis&ction  to  the  gentlemen  who  were  the  buyers, 
and  no  discouragement  to  the  sellers,  hath  encou-- 
raged  the  making  this  trial  by  exposing  (to  auctipa 
or  sale)  the  Library  of  Mr.  William  GreenbiU  *.". 

William  Cooper  next  sold  the  Library  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Manton  ^,  at  his  late  house  in  Kipg-street, 
Covent  Garden,  16*78;  and  in  the  same  year>  Johi) 
Dunmore  and  Richard  Chis well  |,  booksellers,  tbosft 

*  WiUiaai  GreenbiU,  a  motive  of  Oxfordshire,  of  piebeian  pa- 
rentage, was  gcUniUcd,  at  the  aee  of  X3,  a  servitor  of  M^pdjlaii 
CoUe^,  Oikford  $  where  he  took  the  dc^^e  of  M.  A.  iiJi  \^\%t 
Embracing  early  the  firiociples  of  the  Puritans,  and  afterward^ 
of  the  ri^d  Indepeodeots,  he  »vas  a|)i)ointed  io  i643  Lecturer  at 
Stepney :  and  afterwardi  tiUcd  the  same  office  at  St.  Michael's^ 
Comhill,  and  St.  Giles,  Cripplegatc.  Being  a  worthy  md  a  isucm 
derate  man,  and  much  valued  for  his  great  learning  apd  u^^ 
wearied  labour3,  lie  was  appointed  in  lo43  one  of  the  Ai»- 
seiubly  of  Divines ;  pre^hcd  a  Fa^t  Seimon  before  the  Hou^  of  ' 
ComiBons  April  W,  1643 ;  and  was'  fixfid  on  as  a  proper  persoa 
to  be  Chaplain  to  the  Kipg*8  children,  tlie  J>uke8  of  YorK.an^ 
Gftouocster,  and  the  Lady  Hcnrict^  Maria.  In  1^33>  he  was  ap^ 
pointed  by  Cromwell  a  Tryer  of  Schoolmasters,  Preach^urs,  &c* 
and  in  1654,  Mr.  Hoyle,  the  vicar  of  Stepney,  having  been  se» 
qiiestared^  Mr.Greenlull  was  appointed  to  that  cufe  by  the  Keepen 
af  the  Liberties  of  England  i  and  hehl  it  till  ejected  after  the  Re* 
storation ;  subsequently  to  which,  he  continued  at  Stepney  as  a 
DieMnting  Minister,  but  in  reduced  circumstances.  Mr.  HoWjS» 
in  his  Funeral  Sermon  fcx  Mr.  Mead,  speaking  of  his  going  ttij 
g»ve  Mr.  GreenhiU  «ouie  assistance,  styles  lum,  "  that  emiaent 
len^uU  of  jChiist,  whose  praise  is  with  God."  He  published  "An. 
EiLpMition  of  £zekiel,  to  Chap.  xxix.  by  William  Gi«enhiU>  L^* 
tiuer  in  L<nidon,  1650,"  4  vols.  4to,  "  Sermoitt  of  Christ  h& 
Dtscov/exy  of  himself,  &c.  1656  >**  "  A  Sermon  before  the  Par* 
liament  165..;  '<  The  Sound  Christian;  or,  a  Ti-eatise  of  the 
Soiinfiness  of  .the  Heart,  with  some  other  Sermons,  16fO,**  Svo  ^ 
uici  is  supposed  to  have  ditd  in  1676. 

t  In  tiic  Aildiifss  to  tht^  Reader,  prefixed  to  MantQn*s  Cata-* 
qgue,  it  would  seem  thaX  this  was  the/ovr^  trial  of  this  mode 
^aale  in  our  own  country.    ^>ee  l>ibdin*8  Bioliomania,  ;>•  ^^- 
I  Of  Mr.Cii^weJUifeevoJ.i  p  6^;  ^oLlV.pp  G7,T^.— WA\^-v>feSxw 
Vot  HI.  R  a  \(S^, 


€10  imaAftT  ANECDOnS. 

of  Dr,  Benjamin  Worsley,  and  two  other  Warned 
Trteti,  over-against  the  Hen  and  Chickens^,  in  FUer^ 
noster-row^  at  nine  in  the  morning. 

1683,  and  I  believe  many  yean  aftenwds  an  emuatnt  Bookseller 
in  St.  Faults  Church-yard.  John  Donton^  p.  2W,  pbces  him  at 
the  head  of  the  most  eminent  of  the  profeasian  of  the  timse 
kingdoms.  <' Mr.  Richard  Chiswell  well '  deserves  the  title 
of  Metropolitan  Bookseller  of  £n^and>  if  not  of  all  tk 
world.  His  name  at  the  bottom  of  a  title  page^  does  sof- 
ficiently  recommend  the  book.  He  has  not  been  known  to  fmt 
either  a  bad  book,  or  on  bad  paper.  He  &  admirafaly  well  fpn* 
lified  for  his  business,  and  knows  how  to  vahac  a  copy  atoofdio^ 
to  its  worth  >  wirtness  the  purchase  he  ha»  BMdb  of  Afcfabishap 
Tillotson^s  octavo  Sermons."  He  was  bom  in  the  parish  fd  Si 
Botolph's  Aldgate ;  and  was  appointed  one  of  the  mt  Directois 
of  the  Bank  of  England  in  the  original  charter;  and  was  burnf 
in  that  church,  viith  the  following  epitaph : 

"  Mr.  Richard  Chiswell,  a  noted  Bookseller  in  St  Vtdk 
Church-yard,  lies  buried  in  the  North  aile  of  this  church ;  ana 
also  his  father  and  mother,  John  and  Mai^garet  Chiswell ;  and 
bis  first  wife  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  King ;  and  also  five  chil- 
dren,  who  died  young,  whom  he  had  by  Mary,  dai^hter  of  Ri' 
chard  Royston,  Bookseller,  who  lies  buried  in  Christ  Cborclu 
London  [see  p.  59S.] ;  by  whom  he  had  likewise  three  sobs  omr; 
John,  who  died  in  India,  Richard,  and  Royston,  who  sunivcd 
him.  He  was  born  in  this  parish  Jan.  4, 16S9,  and  died  May  3, 
171 1>  and  was  a  man  worthy  of  great  praise.  As  a  memorial 
whereof,  his  son  Richard  Chiswell,  of  London,  merchant,  cssased 
a  moaumcnt  to  be  erected,  wbich  is  against  the  wadl  in  the 
South  axle.*^-— See  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LIV.  p.  179 ;  a  list  of  tbe 
principal  Books  published  by  R.  Chiswell  from  1675  to  1709; 
and  some  of  the  hmily  epitaphs.  —  Mr.  Chiswell*s  first  wife  was 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Mr.  John  King;  and  his  second,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Royston,  esq.  bookseUer  to  Charies  L  and  IL 
By  tKe  last  wife  he  had  five  chtldren,  who  died  young,  mrf 
three  sons  more ;  John,  who  died  in  India,  Richard  i^  Rioy* 
ttoo,  who  survived  him.  Richard,  the  eldest  son,  was  an  cfsi* 
nent  Turkey  merchant,  representative  in  Parliament  fbr  Odne; 
CO.  Wilts,  1714;  several  times  a  Director  of  the  Bank,  betifttft 
the  years  1714  and  172  L  He  bought  the  estate  of  Dqden* 
Hall,  near  Newport,  in  Essex,  and  married  Mary,  daughter 
and  one  of  the  coheiresses  of  Thomas  Trench,  of  Lcnrdon,  IIle^ 
chant,  al5<o  several  times  a  Director  of  the  Bank  between  the 
years  1736  and  1751,  in  which  year  he  dfed,  and  was  buried 
at  Depden.  (Mr.  Trench's  other  daughter  married  Dudley  Fo- 
ley, esq.  merchant.)  Mrs.  Chiswell  died  1796,  aged 47,  having 
had  10  children,  of  whom  William  and  Trench  died  at  Cdnstan- 
Hnople,  aged  about  18 ;  a  son,  Richard,  and  two  daugfaten 
5urvived  their  faiVtei.  iSv^  ^^m'^N^  also  a  Tiurkey  merdiant, 
and  resided  in  \]he  eax\^  ^«i\  ^l  \^'^^'^v^:auxa&$^:&sy^  bdng 


PBOcmess  or  sjile  catalogues.         €l  1 

William  Cooper,  those  of  John  Godolphin,  J.  U.  D. 
Owen  Phihps,  A,  M.  under-master  of  Winches- 
in  Westmoreland-court,  Bartholomew-close, 
[oses  Pits,  various  libraries  and  collections,  from 
of  Gisbert  Voet*,  at  the  White  Hart,  Bartholo- 
-close. 

athaniel  Ranew,  those  of  Gabriel  Sangarf*  and  an- 
r  person,  magniy  dum  vixit^  nominiSyZt  the  Har- 
overagainst  the  College  of  Physicians,  Warwick-!, 
ioses  Pits  made  an  auction,  for  the  trade  only, 
:>pie8  printed  at  the  Sheldon  theatre,  and  by 
lelf,  in  Petty  Canons-hall,  Paul's  church-)rard. 
^  1679,  WiUiam  Cooper  sold  the  library  of 
hen  Watkins  and  Dr.  Thomas  Shirley,  and 
tier  learned  man,  at  the  Golden  Lion,  ovep* 
1st  the  Queens-head  tavern,  in  Pater-noster* 
at  Q  in  the  morning,  and  i  in  the  afternoon. 

er  in  the  house  of  Hanger,  brother  to  Henry  Lord  Col^ 
After  he  came  home,  he  was  (Chosen  a  Director  of  the 
in  1738,  and  was  frequently  re-elected  till  the  year  1753 ; 
3  also  a  captfldn  in  the  Essex  militia,  and  one  of  the  tnu* 
r  Sir  John  Mordents  College  on  Blackheath  for  decayed 
lants,  and  had  a  good  house  at  Homerton  in  Hackney, 
he  resided  some  part  of  the  \«ar  3  but  died  unlnanried  at 
m-Hall  June  177^1  leaving  behind  hima  very  great  f  irtune, 
ilk  of  which  descended  to  llichard,  son  of  one  of  his  sisters 
•mentioned,  who  was  married  to  Peter  Muilman,  of  Kirby* 
Essex,  esq.  an  eminent  Dutch  merchant,  younger  brother 
dry  Muilman,  esq.  renowned  in  ojitient  storftfor  having  marv 
le  once  gay,  once  beautiful  Teresia  Constaiitla  Plullips,  of 
js  memory,  who  died  some  years  ago  in  Jamaica.  This 
man  was  also  an  eminent  merchant,  and  married  one  of 
lughters  of  Jannes  Jurin,  M.  D.  some  time  of  Gapton  in 
ley.  After  the  death  of  his  uncle,  he  took  the  names  of 
h  Chiswell ;  and  laid  out  a  great  deal  of  money  in  improv- 
id  embellishing  his  estate  at  Depdcn.  He  u-as  F.  S.  A.  -, 
for  Aldboroiigh,  in  Yoikshire;  and  li^iitcd  in  publishing 
btory  of  Essex,"  in  six  volumes  8V0,  17/9.  In  an  unfbrtu* 
erang^nientofinind,  I  regiet  to  add.  he  destro)ed  him^ 
•45b.  3,  1797  («ec  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LWlI.pp.  173  «49.) 
3^daa(bfercncl  haiMss,  Mary^  married  the  late  Sir  FVancia 
It,  bait,  by  whom  she  had  a  son,  the  pre^nt  Baronet. 
.  oelebfatcMl  Gernmn  Divine.  He  was  Profbssor  of  Divinity 
e  Oriental  Laima^^  atiJtrecht;  and  died  1G77>  aged  87* 
uthor  ot"  The  Work  qf.yaith  -,  behog  a  Repetition  of  soiue 
QgLcctuies^  ia6C/-9fRy 

R  R  3  ^cXva 


Eli  UT£1URY  AVECDOTES* 

John  Dunmore^  bookseller,  sold  at  his  hotii^, 
near  tlie  sign  of  the  Woolpack  in  Ivy-lane,  the 
Library  of  Sir  Edward  Byshe,  knt.  Clareiiceux  (the 
year  not  mentioned). 

By  MS  prices  in  some  of  these  Catalognei  it 
appears,  that  one  pennif  was  a  very  common  bidding. 

Mr.  Smith's  books  were  sold  by  Mr.  Chiswell  ia 
1682 ;  and  I  have  seen  a  few  of  the  prices  in  MS.  ♦ 

Libraries  of  Mr.  Wheatly,  minister,  near  Banbury^ 
and  of  Simon  Rutland,  m.  1).  of  Brentwood,  told 
by  auction,  at  Mr.  Bridges's  coffee-house^  Pope"! 
liead  alley,  April  23,  1683. 

The  interval  till  16*86  I  have  not  been  able  to 
fill  up :  but  in  that  year  I  find  the  Library  of  Sir 
itobert  Wyseman,  Kt.  LL.  1).  sokl  by  Robert  Scott 
-  Obadiali  Sedgewick,  B.  D. ;  Edward  Millington^ 
Bookseller,  of  London,  at  tlie  Black  Swan^  Tram- 
pington-street. 

rhysical,  of  Christopher  Teme  and  Thomas 
Allen,  F.  R.  SS.  and  Robert  Talbot,  Pyntiator ; 
I>itto,  at  his  Auction-room  opposite  tlie  Black  Swan, 
Ave-M  ary-lane. 

r    Richard  Davis,  Bookseller,   two  parts,   Oxford; 
Milliii^on  and  Cooper,  booksellers,  London, 

Choice  English  hooks,  all  folio,  two  Wednesdays 
in  May;  at  Jonathan's  coffee-bouse,  Christopher 
Hussee;{:,  Bookseller,  Little  Britain. 

Choice  books,  chiefly  of  Mr.  Francis  Bacon; 
Black  Swan,  Cambridge,  En.  Wyre,  bookseller. 

Dr.  Bradford,  and  W.  Cooper,  A.  M.  Bridges*! 
coftee-house,  Pope*s-head-alley. 

I^w  books  of  Sir  Richard  Weston,  Knight,  BaroD 
of  the  Exchequer ;  Millington. 

Dr.  Edmund  Castell  ^,  Professor  of  Arabic  at  Cam- 
bridge ;  at  the  Eagle  and  Child  there,  Ditto. 

*  Mr.  Bindley  possef^ses  the  original  Sale  Catalogue,  With  tlie 
prices  ami  purchasers  names. 

t  Of  whom  see  vol.  IV.  p.  ^9.  * 

;  "  He  is  a  downright  honest  man  ;  and  baa  always  a  la^ 
stock  of  bookji  that  ai-e  very  scarce.  He  is  a  man  oEmodenikm, 
and  my  gtK>d  iutitvA."     Dut\ton»  i^.SL^^* 

^  Of  wUomsecm'csitf>\x^*v[^N^.^N*^*Sia* 


<  «  ' 


PR0G1LES8  OF  8AL(  CATAJXK^UES.  6I3 

Aledical ;  Child's  Coffee-house,  William  Cooper. 

James  Chamberlain,  fellow  of  St.  John  s,  Camn 
bridge;  in  CookVrow,  Sturbridge  fair,  Millington. 

Library  of  Ardmr  Earl  of  Anglesey  *,  l686\ 

Mr.  8hep}iard  of  London,  and  another  Gentle- 
man ;  Thomas  Ward,  Upholsterer. 

l68()-7,  Feb.  28.     Rooks  in  quires;  Millington. 

French,  of  Charles  Meanie-f-,  late  Bookseller  to  the 
Kin^ ;  iCing's-arms,  Charing  Cross,  William  Cooper. 

Bibliotheca cujusdam  Vin  literati;  Ditto, Pelican^ 
Little-Britain. 

Charles  Mearne's  English  books ;  Millington^ 
llichard's  Coffee-house. 

Auction  at  Thomas  Bowman^s,  Bookseller ;  Oxford* 

Jer.  Copping,  of  Sion  College,  and  Anscel  Beau- 
mont, esq.  Jonathan's  Coffee-house. 

1687.  The  Library  of  Robert  Scott  J:,  Bookseller, 
f nd  Bibliotheca  Jacombiana  §,  by  Millington. 

Vendible  and  useful  Englir  ^!  and  Latin  Books,  on 
most  subjects,  and  in  all  volumes,  sold  by  Auction 
1688-9,  at  the  Three  Half  Moons,  St.  Paul's  Church- 
yard  II . 

Tooker's Catalogue  of  William  Millers^  famous 
Collection  of  I^mphlets  to  this  day,  no  date. 

*  '*  Bibliotheca  Angkseiana,  sive  Catalogus  Variaruu)  Libro- 
rum  in  qu&vb  Lingu^  &  Facilitate  insignium :  quos  ciioi  in* 
genti  ftumptu  &  sumni^  diligcati^  sibi  procuravit  Hoiioratis- 
maus  Artiiur  Comes  d^Anglcbcy,  Privati  oliin  Sigilli  Cui^os,  & 
Carolo  Secundo  u  Sccretioribus  Concjlii^.  muoiiim  Aiictio  ba^ 
bebitur  Londiai,  in  acdibiis  Nigri  Cygni^  ej^  adverso  Austraiis 
Porticus  Ecclesiu!  Catheilralu  Paulinic,  in  Cauniterio  D.  Paul.  ^5 
die  Octob.  1686,  Per  ThomaiuPbilippum,  Gencro«um,  olim 
lEconomum  pncdlcto  Coiuiti.  1(>80'."  4to,  pp.  9B  and  70, 
Price  6d. 

t  Sou,  probably,  of  Samuel  Mcame  ;  see  p.  598. 

t  Of  Little  Britain.     S(k;  vol.  I.  p.  423. 

§  The  Rev.  Dr.  Thrimas  Jacomb»  a  i-espectable  Nonconformist 
Divine,  died  March  27,  1687  i  and  left  a  valuable  Libi-ary,  in  all 
parts  of  Learning,  which  sohl  for  1300/. 

II  These  Catalo^^ucs  ai'c  all  in  quarto  -,  the  different  Sciences 
(onn  distinct  numbers,  and  sometimes  distinct  pa^^. 

5[  "  His  person  >\*as  tall  and  slender  -,  he  had  a  graceful  as|>ec^ 
{oeither  stern  aor  effeminate)  ^  bis  eyes  wers  smiUng  ^vi  V\\v\n'% 


6 14  LinRARY  AVECD0TE8. 

It  is  not  to  be  doubted  that  from  hence  to  the 

E resent  year  might  be  deduced  a  regular  series  of 
oth  sorts,  distributing  capital  libraries  of  Books  and 
MSS.  among  a' succession  of  owners. 

I  can  begin  only  with  the  Library  of  Mr-  Charles 
Bernard  ♦,  }  7 1 0-1 1 ;  after  which  follows  that  of  Dr.* 
Nehemiah  Grew,  1712,  the  title  of  which  is  too  cu- 
rious not  to  be  inserted  at  large : 

**  A  Catalogue  of  Part  of  the  Library  of  that  late 
eminent  Nehemiah  Grew,  M.  D.  Fellow  of  the 
Royal  Society,  apd  of  the  College  of  Physicians ; 
containing  a  curious  Collection  of  many  valuable 
Books,  in  Pliysick,  Divinity,  and  History,  together 
with  Variety  qf  uncommon  stitched  Panjphlets  and 

his  complexion  was  of  a  honey  colour,  and  be  bfeathed  u  if 
hjs  had  run  a  rape.  The  figure  and  syiumetry  o(  hi^  &ce  ex- 
actly proportionable.  He  had  a  soft  voice>  and  a  very  o^ligin^ 
tongue.  He  was  of  the  sect  of  the  Peripatetics,  for  he  walked 
every  we^k  to  Hampstead.  *  He  was  very  moderate  in  his  ettiDg> 
drinKipg,  a|id  sleeping,  and  was  blessed  with  a  great  memoryi 
which  he  employed  for  the  good  of  the  p\;blick ;  for  be  had  the 
largest  collection  of  stitched  books  of  any  man  in  the  world, 
and  could  fomish  the  Clergy  (at  a  dead  lift)  with  a  printed  ser- 
mon  on  anv  text  or  occasion.  His  death  was  a  public  loss,  and 
will  never  be  repaired  unless  by  hi$  ingenious  son-in-law,  Mr. 
William  Laycock,  who,  I  hear,  is  making  a  general  collectioo  of 
stitched  books  -,  and  as  Mr.  Miller's  stock  was  all  put  i|ito  Im 
hands,  (perhaps)  he  is  the  fittest  man  in  London  to  perfoci  sudf 
'    a  useful  undertaking.**    Dunton,  p.  28^. 

♦  Serjeant  Suig^n  to  Queen  Anne  ($ee  vol.  TV,  p.  104). 
^rhe  Library  orDr.  Francis  Pemard,  Fellow  of  tbe  College  of 
Physicians,  and  Physician  to  St.  Bartholomew*^  Hospital^  was  sold 
by  auction  in  1698.  Se^  the  ^'ery  curious  adverti^i^iient  to  hi^ 
Catalogtie  in  Dibdin*s  Bibliomania,  p.  4I8.— rHe  was  buried  at  St. 
Botolpb's,  Aldersgate,  with  the  following  epitaph  : 

"  Hcic  juxta  situs  est  Franciscus  Bemardus,  M.  D. 

egiegium  sui  seculi  Decus ; 
hiijus  Civitatis  Deliciap  nuper,  nunc  Dcsiderium : 
(]uippe  qute  suspexit  vixnim,  plorat  Moituum ; 
'^  cum  utique  optimum  &  in  umni  re  literari^  ver^tis$imunij 
qucm  sumraa  &  pen^  certa  Artis  medicffi  acientia, 
Ymdique  comprobata  leliciter,  merits  commendavit  omiiibu^* 
Obiit  se])tuagenarius,  Feb.^,  1697-8. 
Co^unx  moercns  posuit. 
And  also  Au(\e,  his  wife,  diet!  April  12,  ITOS.** 
Of  a  Dr.  Edu)ardl^Bttim*A,«ifc\<5i\.V  Y^A^.TOSl. 


PROGRfiSS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  61$ 

JSS.  Also  a  Collection  of  Stones,  engraved  or 
ait  out,  antient,  and  set  in  Gold  or  Silver,  for  the 
Jse  of  Rin^  and  Seals.  Which  will  begin  to  be 
old,  die  &ir  Way  (the  Price  to  be  put  in  each 
look,  «id  on  every  Seal  and  King),  on  Monday 
lext,  being  the  2Sd  of  this  instant  June,  at  the 
lo8e4avem,  without  Temple-bar,  from  Nineo'Clock 
n  the  Morning  till  Eight  at  Night  The  Sale  to 
ontinue  Two  Days,  and  no  longer.  Catalogues 
nay  be  had  at  Mr.  Strachan  s  in  ComhiU,  Mr. 
Hement  8  in  St.  Paul's  Church  yard,  Mr.  Brown's 
rithout  Temple-bar,  Booksellers,  and  at  the  Pla)ce 
f  Sale,  where  written  Catalogues  of  the  whole  may 
e  seen."  There  are  156  Lots  of  **  Libri  Theologici, 
ledici,  &c.  Graece,  Latin^,  et  Anglic^,  Folio,^'  many 
rith  ^.  h.  i.  e.  gilt  backs*  ^^  With  many  otliers  not 
lere  inserted." 

712  Dr.  Burrdl  of  Sudbury,  Edward  Earl  of  Jer- 
sey*, aad  Mr.  Robert  Stretton,  by  T.  Ballard; 
Remains  of  Sir  J*  Chafdin*s  library,  by  James 
Levi,  at  Tom's  CoiTee-house,  St.  Martm*s-lane; 
714  Br.  John  Postlethwaite,  Head-Piaster  of  St. 

PaulVschool,  by  T.  Ballard. 
71.4-15  Thomas  Britton 'f-,  Sniallcoal-man. 
'From  hence  we  may  descend  down  the  ladder  of 
jeamin^  by  rounds,  inscribed  with  the  names  of 

721  Tiiomas  Rawlinsou :{:,  1753-4. 

722  Sir  Robert  SiU>ald,  at  iEdinburgh.. 
725-6  John  Bridges^,  esq, 

727  Sir  Philip  SydennauL 

♦  Sir  Edwsgrd  VUliers,  created  Viscoont  wd  Barcm  Villiers  ki 
69 If  and  en4t)f  feney  in  lC9f»  possessed  a  •valuable  Libiaiy, 
oUected  in  his  various  public  employments.  Me  was  some  time 
ne  of  the  Lords  Justices  t^  Ireland  ^  Master  of  the  Hone  to 
(iieen  Maiyj  and  Ambassador,  6rst,  <o  the  States  General,  and 
ftenvards  to  Prance.  He  was  appointed  Lord  Chamberbdn  df 
tie  Household  in  \70^  ;  and  died  Aug.  26, 1711. 

f  Of  whom  see  a  good  article  in  Dibdin*8  Bibliomania^  p.  438. 

^  8ee  vol.  V.  p.  489. 

)  This  Catalogue  has  a  curious  engraved  frontisinece  of  a  tna 
■C  doim  and  dismembring,  with  this  motto : 

Afvo$  mwu9yii  wjk  amp  ^^lVl7al• 


6i6  tttKHAkv  Antotmt^^ 

1728  Df.  Woodward. 
1739  Sir  Richard  Gibbs. 

1730  Richard  Button,  esq.;  Rev.  Thomas  Rimp- 
son;  Richard  Powell,  esq. ;  Robert  Ciray,  M.D.; 
Hon.  Samuel  Molyneux ;  John  Lingaid,  aa. 
Common  Serjeant  of  the  City  of  London ;  Ed- 
ward Broome^  esq. ;  John  Birch,  M.  D. ;  John 
Coleman,  esq.  (sold  by  Herman  Noortbouck,  tt 
his  shop  in  the  Great  Piazza,  Covent  Garden; 
whoae  own  stock  in  trade  wat  sold  that  year  by 
Christopher  Bateman) ;  William  Hewer,  esq. ; 
Thomas  Herbert,  M.  D. ;  John  Hancocke,  D.  D. 
(sold  by  C.  Davis) ;  the  stock  in  trade  of  J.  Wood- 
man and  D.  Lyon  (sold  by  Christopher  Bateman). 

J  730-1  Peter  Le  Neve,  Anthony  Collins. 

1731  T.  Jeff,  Lewis  Vftslet  *,  Master  of  Fulhtm 
school,  by  Ballard.  Mrs.Oldfield,  Feb.  9,  173 1-2. 

1732  T.  Granger,  Rev.  Robert  Kilbum,  LL.  D.  Prt- 
bendary  of  St.  PauPs,  Rev.  Dr.  M arshallj  Stephen 
Hall,  M.D.  Mr.  Benjamin  Aycrig,  byNoorthottck. 

1733  Philip,  the  eccentric  Duke  of  Wharton  (who 
died  May  31,  1731);  Robert  Smith,  D,D.  B&r* 
ton  Booth,  esq. 

1 734  William  Earl  of  Yarmouth  (who  died  in  173^)) 
Robert  Stephens  4-^  esq.  Hugh  Chamberlen,  M.  D. 
Bp.  Sydall,  Mr.  Richardson,  Apothecary. 

1735  Theocharia  Dadiehi»  John  Eaton,  Dr.  Fbulke^ 
John  White  of  Ipswich,  James  Tvrrel^  esq. 

1735-6  Thomas  Hearne. 

1736-7  Thomas  Sclater  Bacdn, 

1742  Walter  Clavell, 

1745-6  James  Brydges,  first  Duke  of  Chandos. 

1746  I reton  Cromwell. 

i747  Sir  Joseph  Jekyll,  and  the  Earl  of  Oxford. 

1748  Rev.  John  Lewis,  the  Historiai^  of  Margate. 

1 748  Michael  Maittaine  J. 

*  He  has  a  tQml>-$tone  in  Fulham  churtk^yard.  See  Ifseos, 
fol.  II.p.  375. 

t  The  Historiographer}  of  wkomsee  memoirs  ill  vpl.  II.  p.  &i. 

X  Maittaire's  ei>l\ecl\ocv  must  have  been  UQQDmmonlv  nunie* 
Itnis  I  and  of  tVick  mtxSxmc  N^>a»&  >\:l^'c«:^cx  ^^t^  Vxsl  \udge  by 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATA|X>GU£S,  $lj 

^749  George  Holmes* 

1754  Dr.  Mead*. 

1 7/)  6  Martin  Folkes-f^,  Esq.  and  Dr.  Richard  Baw^ 

iinson  ^, 
1757  Sir  Julius  Caesar's  MSS.  Dr.  Derhanu 
L758  Edmund  Calamy. 
1759  ProfiessorWard^. 
1762  Dr.  Thomas  Hay ter.  Bishop  of  London. 
1 7G3  Dr.  Brackenridge,  Lord  Granville. 
1 764  Thoqfias  Earl  of  Macclestield,  Clarendon  MSSL 

John  Hutton. 
i  y6o  Sir  Edward  Simpson^  Dr.  Letherland^  R.  Wid-^ 

more  ||,  Earl  of  Macclesfield,  Dean  Townsend* 

^he  following  extract  from  the '  Advertisement^*  by  Cock  the 
luctionccr,  at  the  back  of  the  title-page :  '*  Though  the  bookai. 
in  tbeu*  prescfit  condition,  make  not  the  most  ostentatious  ap- 
pearance, ye(»  like  the  late  worthy  possessor  of  them,  howc^'er 
plain  their  outside  may  be,  Uiey  contain  within  an  invaluable 
treasure  of  ingenuity  and  learning.  In  fine,  this  is  (after  fiflj 
{rears  diligent  search  and  labour  in  collecting)  the  entire  library 
tf  Mr.  Maittaire  i  whose  judgment  in  the  choice  of  books,  as  it 
ever  was  confessed,  so  are  they,  undoubtedly,  fiur  beyond  what- 
ever I  can  attempt  to  say  in  their  praise.  In  exhibiting  them 
thui  to  the  publick,  I  comply  with  the  will  of  my  clcceased 
friend  ;  and  in  printing  the  Catalogue  from  his  own  copy  jwst  as 
he  left  it  (though  by  so  doing  it  is  the  more  voluminous)  I  had 
an  opportunity  not  only  of  doing  the  justice  I  owe  to  his  me- 
Kuory,  but  also  of  gratifying  the  curious/' 

*  Of  whom  see  memoirs,  vol.  VI.  p.  ^12. — Ihavc  Mr.  Bow- 
per's  copy  of  all  Dr.  Mead's  Catalogues,  with  the  prices  marked 
at  the  time  of  sale. 
*  t  Of  whom  see  memoirs,  vol.  II.  p.  578. 

%  See  memoira  of  him,  vol.  V.  p.  489. 

§  Of  whom  see  memoirs,  vol.  V.  p.  ^17- 

{\  This  leapaod  Divine  has  been  noticed  in  voL  11.  p.  9^7.  He 
BfRs  a  laborious  searcher  into  antient  Records ;  and,  from  his 
appointment  of  Librarian  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  Westmin- 
ter,  had  peculiar  oppoitunities  of  indulging  his  fiaivoiuite  pur- 
suit ;  which  stamps  an  authenticity  on  the  History  of  Westminster 
Abbe}-,  which  he  published  in  17>^1>  and  in  which  is  inserted 
*'  An  Historical  and  Architectui^  Accoimt  of  tlie  Abbey,  and  o4* 
the  Repairs,  in  a  Letter  from  Sir  Christopher  Wren  to  Hishoii 
Atterbiuy,  firincipal  Commissioner  for  them,  about  1714,"  with 
additional  uotes  by  Mr.  Wiilinore. — In  the  following  year  he  me- 
ditated another  work,  which  he  thus  noticed  in  a  letter  to  Dr. 
Diicarel,  Maxt:h  a,  I7:»i2,  **  There  is  among.the  MSS.  at  the  Ho 
p:silds'  OfUce^  No.  5^31  (according  to  Bernard' ft  CaVaXckga^  i>^  >^^ 


6l$  UTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

1766  Daniel  Scot,    John  Warburton,    Esq.    the 
Herald,  and  David  Mallet^  esq.  the  Poet.    John 

MSS.  of  England  end  Ireland),  Chronicon  Ed.  II.  usque  ad  10 
£dw.  III.  per  Adamum  Murimuth  Canonicum  Ltind.  Beside  a 
Chronicle  of  thb  Murimuth,  puUished  Inr  Anthony  HaK  Otcm. 
1722,  as  a  continuation  of  Trivet,  there  is  another  muchlaifer 
than  the  printed  book,  often  quoted  by  Wharton,  both  in  his 
Anglia  Sacra,  and  in  his  Treatise  de  Epispopis  Londinensibus, 
as  the  work  of  this  Murimuth,  of  which  I  have  a  MS.  boi^t 
at  the  sale  of  the  books  of  the  late  Duke  ofChandot,  and  which 
u  the  veiy  book.  No.  1,  in  the  Irish  part  q£  Mr.  Bernard's  Car 
talogue.  It  has  not  the  name  of  the  author,  and  only  gpes  oa 
as  a  part  or  continuation  of  Matthew  of  Westminster's  "  Floces 
Historiarum.**  It  uppears  to  me  a  work  that  deserves  to  foe  pub* 
lished,  and  I  have  transcribed  it  for  that  purpose.  I  shall  be 
glad  to  see  some  other  MS.  of  it,  as  it  may  possibly  have  the 
author's  name  prefixed,  and  as  it  would  help  me  in  some  places 
where  there  is  either  the  first  letter  of  a  proper  name  onl^,  or 
words  by  reason  of  abbreviations,  and  those  written  in  a  veiy 
small  hand,  are  not  easily  made  out. — I  have  not  yet  discovered 
where  I  may  find  the  book  that  Mr.  Wharton  used.  The  fiivour 
1  would  desire  of  you  is,  that  you  would  enquire  of  the  gentle- 
roan  your  friend  at  the  Heralds*  Office,  whether  the  MS.  in  their 
Library  be  a  different  work  from  that  published  by  Hall.  If  he 
has  not  the  printed  book,  it  b^iios  in  this  manner:  **  Quoniam, 
ut  scribitur  per  antiquos.  Res  audita  perit,  littera  scripta  ma- 
net;**  and  it  ends  thus:  ''  Item  nulius  uteretur  pelura  tnmsma* 
ring,  nisi  h^tberet  in  reditibiis  centum  libras."  I  hope,  Sifi 
you  will  excufisis  the  trouble  now  given  you  by  your  much  obliged 
and  very  humble  servant.  Rich.  Widmoib.'* 

"  On  the  12th  of  May,  1T60,  being  the  eooth  year  since  the  ae* 
cession  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  the  same  was  observed  at  the  West- 
minster election  (which  began  this  day)  as  a  high  festival.  Aftesra 
Sermon  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Widmore,  the  only  survivmg 
member  of  the  last  jubilee,  several  copies  of  verses  were  spoken 
by  the  ushers,  scholars,  &c.**  *     Gent.  Mag.  vol  XXX.  p.  ^7. 

*  This  was  followed  by  a  second  celebration  on  the  3d  of  Jmae  t  when 
Dr.  Pearce  (then  Bishop  of  Rochester  and  Dean  of  Westminster)  wenti 
with  the  Prebendaries,  in  procession,  attended  by  the  King's  Scholars,  to 
the  Abbey.  In  the  course  of  the  service  Purcell's  Te  Deum,  and  suBie 
other  fine  music,  were  performed.  Several  Orations  were  spoken  by  the 
Scholars ;  and  a  grand  dinner  was  provided  for  the  Dean  and  Prebenda- 
ries, the  Masters  and  Scholars,  as  also  for  the  Gentlepien  of  the  Cboir. 
A  fine  medalHon  of  Queen  Elizabeth  was  fixed  up  in  the  Abbey  00  the 
occasion,  since  whose  rei^  this  ifistitution  has  been  laid  mndt.  —There 
was  also  printed  *<  A  Sermon,  preached  at  the  Abbey  Church,  West- 
minster, on  Tuesday  June  31,  17^ ;  at  a  Jubilee  then  kept  by  the  Mem- 
bers of  the  Collepate  Church,  on  aceount  of  its  belnp  the  SOOth  Yetr 
since  the  Date  of  their  Charter  of  Foundation.  By  the  Right  Reverend 
Zachary  Lord  Btthof  oi  BACheiter^  uid  Vt$a  of  Westmhittcr.  ?toff 
%xxl  31;' 


FROORfiSS  OF,  SALE  CATiOOGUES*  6l$ 

Baber,  Dr.  Stukeley  *,  Dr.  S.  Chandler. 

1767  Dr.  William  Freindf*  (also  the  Libraiyof 
Dr.  John  Freind  :J:,  undated). 

1768  John  Anstis§,  Dr.  Lardner. 

1769  James  Parsons,   M.  D.;  and  Duplicates  in 
the  British  Museum,  first  sale  {6S2L  I2s.  sd.) 

1770  Rev.  Mr.  Humphrey,  Philip  Stanhope,  esq. 

1771  Philip-Carteret  Webb  II,  Dr.  Gr^ry  Sharpe^ 
Fairfax,  Mr.  Benjamin  Sdllingfleet^. 

1772  Henrv  Baker**,  Esq.  Drs.  Pemberton  and 
Wilson,  Mr.  Beighton,  Mr.  Wood. 

1 773  James  West  -f -f-,  esq. 

1774  Thomas  Snelling  :{:j:. 

In  1762,  being  then  in  his  89d  year,  on  the  suggestion  dP 
Dr.  Ducirel,  he  presented  a  copy  of  his  "  History  of  Weatmin* 
iter  Abbey'*  to  Abp.  Seeker :  ^'  My  book  is  bound,  and  readjr 
to  be  calJed  for :  if  you  please  to  take  it  yourself,  1  will  brin^ 
to  my  house  the  two  Chaitularies  wliich  1  mentjioned  to  you :  if  . 
yaa  aend  for  it,  1  hope>  as  you  approved  of  the  ofiferin^  it,  you 
will  introduce  it  to  his  Grace.  The  two  PreEices  to  the  History 
and  Enquiry,  1  have  been  told,  are  not  much  amiss ;  and,  1  sup« 
pose,  if  his  Grace  looks  at  all  into  it,  it  will  be  hardly  &rtlier 
than  these :  if  he  should,  there  is  a  mistake  in  the  account  of 
the  Dean  Dolben,  p.  161,  where  it  is  said  that  he  was  wounded 
at  the  siege ;  for  at,  it  should  be,  during  the  siege  of  York>  or 
when  York  was  besieged ;  for  he  was  depending  it.  I  know  of 
no  other  en'ora,  except  some  words  misprinted,  occasioned  bf 
my  being  obliged  to  correct  the  sheets  by  candle-light.  I  am* 
Sir,  your  much  obliged,  &c.  Rich.Wiomorb,  lYot^.  ^.'* 

He  died  in  November  17^4,  aged  84>  at  a  small  living  whidi 
he  held  in  Hampshire;  and  viras  there  buried. — Mr.  Hent^ 
Binooker  succeeded  him  as  Librarian^  Dec.  1,  1764 ;  and  his  owa 
private  Library  was  sold  in  176*5.  *  See  vol.  V.  p.  499. 

t  Dean  of  Canterbury.    See  memoii's  of  him>  vol.  V.  p.  104. 

X  Ibid.  p.  93. 

§  Gaiter  King  of  Arms;  sec  vol.  V.  p.  969. 

II  See  vol.  II.  p.  279.  %  See  vol.  II.  p.  336. 

*♦  See  vol.  V.  p.  271.  tt  See  vol.  VI.  p.  3M)       2  A^ 

X  4  This  intelligent  Medallic  Antiquary  was  the  Author  of,  ' 
1 .  *'  A  View  of  the  Silver  Coin  as  Coinage  of  England,  from  the 
Noniian  Conquest  to  the  present  Time  ;  considered  with  regsird 
to  Tyi>e,  Legend,  Sorts,  Rarity,  Weight,  Fineness,  and  Value, 
170^/*  2.  "  A  View  gf  the  Goki  Coin  and  Qunage  of  KncrlaiMi, 
from  Hen^y  the  Third  to  the  present  Time,  1763."  3.  "  A  View 
of  the  Copper  Coin  and  Coinage  of  England;  including  the 
Leaden,  Tin,  and  Laton  Tokens  made  by  Tradessmeik,  ^rov^ 
1^  RelgQs  of  EUzabctL  md  Jamcb  L  ^  Ihe  YailVan^ToW^tvi.  <A 


6iO  UT£RARY  ANKCP0TI6. 

1775  Dr.  Anthony  Askew  ♦,   Dean  Cowper^  and 
Mr.  Dowdeswell,  Mr.  Jekyll,  Peter  Templemaiu 

1776  Stanley  and  {k>winan^  Rev.  Caesar  De  Missy |, 


James  I.  and  Charles  h ;  those  of  Towns  and  Corporatwus  voh 
der  the  Commonwealth  and  Charles  II. ;  and  the  Tia  Fartjblngs 
and  Halfpence  of  Charles  II.  James  II.  and  WlUiaai  and  Marj, 
1766."  4.  "  Miscellaneous  Views  of  the  Coins  struck  by  Eng&b 
Princes  in  France,  Counterfeit  Sterlings,  Coina  struck  bjrthe 
East  India  Company,  those  in  the  West  India  Coloniea^  vid  in 
the  Isle  of  Man ;  also  of  Pattern  Pieces  for  Gold  and  Silver 
Coins  >  and  Gold  Nobles  struck  abroad,  in  ImitatioQ  of  £iig|ishj 
•1769."  5.  "  A  View  of  the  Origin,  Nature,  and  Use  of  Jettoos, 
or  Counters  ;  especially  of  those  Icnoivn  by  the  Name  of  Bl^dc 
Money,  and  Abbey  Pieces:  with  a  Sketch  of  the  Manner  of  Reckon- 
ing with  them,  and  its  Affinity  with  that  of  the  Roman  Abacus, 
the  Chinese  Soan  Pan,  and  the  Russian  SfUchota^  I769." 
6.  *'  Irish  Coins  in  Silver  and  Copper,  before  and  from  the  Coor 
quest  to  tlie  present  Reign ;  being  a  Supplement  (with  gnat 
Additions)  to  Simon's  Irish  Coins.'* 

Mr.  SnelUng  died  May  %  1773 ;  and  in  the  following  fear 
was  published,  7.  "  A  View  of  the  Silver  Coins  and  Coinage  of 
Scotland,  from  Alexander  the  First  to  the  Union  of  the  Two 
Kingdoms.  By  the  late  Mr/fhomas  Snelling.  To  which  an 
add«l  Four  Plates  of  the  Gold,  Billon,  and  Copper  Coins  of  the 
same  Kingdom,  1774.*'  All  these  Tracts  wcro  ccdleeted  into  s 
volume  by  Mr.  Thane,  who  prefixed  to  them  the  title  of  '*  Snel* 
ling  on  the  Coins  of  Great  Britain,  France,  and  Ireland;" 
and  an  excellent  Poitrait,  a  small  oval,  under  which  is,  "  Jfr. 
'ilionias  Snelling,  Author  of  the  Views  of  the  C-oins  and  Coinage 
of  England,  &c.  &c.  &c.  John  Thane  del,  lr  sculpS* 
*  See  before,  p.  496. 

t  Of  Exeter  College,  Oxford ;  M.  A.  1734 ;  B.  and  D.  D.  by 
diploma  1746 ;  rector  of  Fordwich,  Kent,  and  one  of  the  Pre- 
hendaries  of  Canterbury,  which  he  resigned  in  1746,  for  die 
Dcanry  of  Durham.  He  died  in  1774,  and  was  buried  in  that 
cathedral ;  with  the  following  epitaph  : 

*'  This  marble  is  erected 

to  the  memory  of  the  Honourable  and  Beverend 

Spenckr  Cowper,  D.  D. 

youngest  Son  of  William  ]£arl  Cowper, 

Lord  High  Chancellor  of  Great  Britain 

In  the  Reign  of  (jueen  Anne  and  King  Geoi^  I. 

He  was  made  Dean  of  this  Cathedral  in  the  year  1746; 

and,  after  a  life  spent  in  a  steady  uniform  practice 

of  unaffected  Piety,  Fi  iciKlship,  Humanity,  and  Charity, 

died  at  the  Dcanry,  in  the  62d  year  of  his  age, 

on  the  25th  day  of  Maich,  1774.** 

X  Of  whom  see  memoirs^  p.  305. 

Dr. 


r^OGRESS  OF  9AL&  €ATAU)CUE«.  ti^SI 

!>.  Campbell,  Richard  Blyke^  esq.  F.  R:  S.  and 
F.  S.  A.  John  Ratcliffe  ♦• 

*  Having  no  knowledge  whatever  of  this  black-teiter  ffcttt{«- 
hinn»  I  should  have  passed  him  over  in  silehce^  if  Mr.  l)ibdixi 
had  not  expected  to  find  his  name  in  tntf  Index,  That  he  vMy 
not  be  wkoily  disappointed  in  that  respect^  1  shall  borrow  a  few 
lines  from  his  own  ingenious  work : 

''  In  1776  died  John  Ratcliflfe,  esq.  of  Befmondsey,  a  biblio- 
maniac of  a  vei-y  peculiar  character.     If  he  h.id  contented  hini- 
fedf  with  his  former  occupation,  and  frequented  the  butter  und 
cheese,  instead  of  the  book,  market— if  he  could  hare  fancied 
himself  in  a  brown  peruke,  and  Russia  apron,  instead  of  an  em- 
broidered waistcoat*  vdvct  breeches,  and  flowing  |K*riwig»  he 
might,  perhaps,  liavc  enjoyed  greater  longevity ;  but,  in&tuated 
by  the  Caxtoits  and  fi'ynktfn  de  Hordes  of  the  West  and  Fleiewode 
collections,  he  fell  into  the  marc  -,  and  the  more  he  8tniggk<d  t6 
disentangle  himself,  the  more  certainly  did  he  become  a  victkn 
to  the  distease.  The  Catalogue  was  collected  with  great  judgment 
omi  expense,  during  the  kist  tbiny  years  of  his  lif; :  eorojn^ 
bending  a  large  and  most  choice  collection  of  the  rare  oM 
English  black-Utter^  in  fine  preservation,  and  in  el^nt  bind- 
ings.   The  sale  took  place  on  March  ^7,  1776 ;  although  the 
near  is  unaccountably  omitted  by  that  renowned  auctioneer  the 
late  Mr:  Christie,  who  disposed  of  tbem.^-If  e\'er  there  was  « 
unique  collection,  this  was  one— *  die  very  essence  of  Old  Divi- 
nity, Poetry,  Romances,  and  Chronicles!      I1ie  articles  were 
only  1675  in  number  -,  but  their  intrinsic  ^tdue  amply  compen- 
sated for  their  paucity.  —  Of  some  particulars  of  Mr.  RatclifTe's 
life,  1  had  hofied  to  have  found  gleanings  in  Mr.  Nictiols^ 
'^  Anealotes  of  lawyer  ;*'  but  his  name  does  not  even  appear  ia 
the  Index ;  being  probably  reserved  for  the  second  forth-coming 
enlarged  edition.     Moaiw\'hile,  it  may  not  be  unintei^csUng  to 
remark  that,  like  Magliabechi,  he  imbibed  his  love  of  reading 
and  collecting,  from  the  accidental  possession  of  scraiis  and 
leaves  of  books.    The  fuct  is,  Mr.  Ratcliffe  first  kept  a  chdnd- 
ler's  shop  in  the  Borough;  and,  as  is  the  case  with  all  retail 
traders,  had  great  quantities  of  old  books  brouglit  to  him  so 
be  purchased  at  so  much  per  pound  !    Hence  arose  his  pa^ion 
for  collecting  tlie  black-ietter,  as  well  as  Siilton  cheeses }  arnl 
hence,  by  unwearied  a*;»iduity,  and  attention  to  business,  he 
mmasied  a  sufficiency  to  retire,  and  live,  for  the  remainder  of 
his  days,  upon  the  luxury  of  old  English  Literature  r 

When  thu)  note  was  thus  far  printed,  I  was  fh%'ourcd  with  th^ 
following  addition  by  an  unknown  correspondent : 

"  Mr.  Ratcllflle  lived  in  E(ist>lane,  Berraondsey  5  was  a  very 
corpulent  man,  and  his  leg^  were  remarkably  thick,  probably 
from  an  anasarcons  complaint,  llie  writer  of  tliis  i^roembers 
him  perftictly  well ;  he  wan  a  N'ery  stately  man,  and,  when  he 
walked,  literally  f\:eBt  a  simVs  pace.  He  wai}  a  Di(Ȥenter  5  and 
-  .»       •'  every 


639  tttfitUHr  A«tidOOT£«« 

1777  Dr.  Smith  at  Oxford,  Mr.  Ives. 

1779  Edward  Rowe- Mores*,  Thomas -Mole 
Ho(^s-f*,  Thomas  Riiddiman  at  Edinburgh. 

1780  Key.  Philip  Fcimeaux:}:,  D.D.  Henry  Justice. 
I7S1  Hon.  Topham  Beauclerk. 

1 783  Drs.  Wheeler,  Merrick,  Musgrave,  Chapman, 
and  Bevis,  Sir  Gregorv  Page. 

1784  Francis  Gulston,  Sir  Thomas  Sewel,  Dr.  Wil- 
son^ John  Upton,  Yelverton  library  and  MSS.  ^ 
Mr.  Harte,  Ralph  Bieland,  esq.  Garter  King  at 
Arms,  Dr.  Johnson,  Mr.  Darker  ||,  Staunton  and 
Ibbot,  Duke  of  Argyle. 

ctciy  Sunday  attended  the  meeting  of  Dr.  Flaxman,  in  the  Lcmer 
Boad  to  Deptfonl.  He  generally  wore  a  fine  coat,  either  red  or 
brovirn,  with  gold  lace  buttons,  and  a  fine  silk  emlnroideied 
waistcoat^  of  scarlet,  with  gold  lace>  and  a  large  and  well-pow- 
dered wig.  With  his  hat  in  one  hand,  and  a  gold-heftded  cane 
*]n  the  other,  he  marched  royally  along,  and  not  unfrequentfy 
followed  by  a  parcel  of  children,  wonderine  who  the  stated 
man  could  be.  — A  few  years  before  his  deatn,  a  fire  happened 
in  the.  neighbourhood  where  he  livedo  and  it  became  necessary 
to  remote  part  of  his  household  furniture  and  books.  He  was 
incapable  of  assisting  himself;  but  he  stood  in  the  street,  la- 
menting and  deploring  the  loss  of  his  Caxtotu,  when  a  sailor 
who  lived  within  a  door  or  two  of  him  attempted  to  console 
him :  '*  Bless  you.  Sir,  I  have  got  them  perfectly  safe  !'*  While 
Ratcliflfe  was  expressing  his  thanks,  the  sailor  produced  two  of 
his  fine  curled  periwigs,  which  he  had  saved  from  the  devoariAg 
element ;  and  who  had  no  idea  that  Ratclifie  could  make  such  a 
fuss  for  a  few  books."     Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXXXIL  pp.  85. 114. 

*  Of  whom  see  memoirs,  vol.  V.  p.  389. 

t  At  this  sale  I  purchased  his  valuable  MS  History  of  Learn- 
ing in  the  Sixteenth  Century ;  which  I  still  possess. 

I  Author  of  "  An  Essay  on  Toleration,  with  a  particular  View 
to  the  late  Application  of  the  Protestant  Dissenting  Misosteis  to 
Parliament,  &c.  1773.*'    See  vol.  V.  pp.  53.  308. 

§  After  the  sale  of  a  few  lots  of  the  Yelverton  MSS.  the  sale 
was  stopped.  They  were  so  lotted,  it  was  impoa^ble  to  have 
proceeded.  To  know  where  the  remainder  are  now  prescned 
would  be  useful  infonnafion.  They  were  all  given  by  Lord 
Sussex  to  Lord  Calthorpe,  whose  mother  was  of  that  femily* 
andat  hb death  had  not  been  opened,  nor  perhaps  since.  Ga^  Mifi 

II  John  Darker,  esq.  an  eminent  Merchant  in  London,  and 
TVeasurer  of  St.  Bartholomews  Hospital,  F. R.  S.  and  F.  S.  A. 
lord  of  the  manor  of  Queneborow,  in  Leicestershire,  and  three 
times  choseu  one  qI  ^Su^  t«:^\^^«K:tk\a3iN^  m  ^^liament  fer  the 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CArALOCUES.  €2$ 

I'  8  5  Dre,  Huck-Saunders  and  Petit,  Professor  Broc- 
kett,  Dr.  Paul  Wright  *  (at  Bishop's  Stortford), 
Edward  Wynne -f-,  Mr.  Tutet,  Henderson  the 
famous  Tragedian,  Jeacock  and  Bromfield,  Toup, 
Dr.  Robertson  s  Spanish  library,  Lord  George 
Sackville,  Bourdillon,  Dr.  Richard  Bentley,  rec- 
tor of  Nailstone  (sold  at  Lieicester). 

7S6  Dr.  Andrew  Coltee  Ducarel  j;. 

787  Edward  Wortley Montague's §MSS.  Dr.Ade^ 
Paul  Henry  Maty,  Dr.  Wright,  Benjamin  Bartiett, 
William  Bayntun,  Major  Pearson,  Mr.  Henderson. 

788  E.  Bettesworth,  A.M. ;  S.  Edmondson,  Mow* 
bray  herald.  Dr.  J.  G.  King||,  Dr.  Sydenham,  Col. 

)rough  of  T^iccster.  In  the  House  of  Commons  he  was  par* 
:u!arly  active  in  all  Committees  relating  to  Trade  and  Cbm- 
cTce ;  an  upright  Legislator,  influenced  only  by  the  dictates  of 
I  honest  heart.    A  portrait  of  him  is  placed  in  the  Town  HaA 

Leicester.  He  died  Feb.  8,  1784>  stat.  6^;  leaving  two 
lu^hters ;  of  whom  one  was  married  to  sir  George* Augustus- 
lliiam  Shuckburgh,  hart.  IM.  P.  for  the  county  of  Warwick^ 
id  died s.  p.;  the  other,  to  Joseph  Nash,  esq.  a  very  considcra* 
e  grocer  in  I^ondon  (only  son  of  Alderman  William  Naflh)  bf 
horn  slie  has  one  daughter;  and,  secondlvi  Aug.  19,  1785,  to 
dward'Lovcdcn  Loveden,  esq.  of  Buscot  Park,  Berks,  M.  P.  for 
bingdon. 

*  Of  whom  sec  before,  p.  179.  t  Sec  p.  151. 

X  Of  uhom  see  meniuirs,  vol.  VL  p.  380. 

$  Of  whom  see  moinoirs,  vol.  IV.  p.  695. 

|l  Dr.  John  Glen  King  was  a  native  of  Norfolk  j  admitted  of 
mis  College,  Cambridge;  where  he  proceeded  A.  B.  1752, 
.  M.  1763 ;  incuri)oiiited  at  Oxford  March  19,  1771 ;  B.  uul  ^ 
.  D.  (of  Christ  Church)  August  21,  1771.  He  was  also  P.  R.  S. ' 
id  P.  S.  A. ;  and  Chaplain  to  the  English  factory  at  St.  Ptteffs«* 
11^.  In  1772,  he  publislicd  **  The  Rites  and  CeremonieB  of 
le  Greek  Church  in  Russia,  containing  an  account  of  its  Doc* 
ine.  Worship,  and  Discipline, '  4to.  In  177B,  ''Al^ter  to 
ke  [late]  Bishop  of  Durham,  containing  some  Observations  on 
le  Climate  of  Russia,  and  the  Noithevn  Countries,  with  a  View 
'  the  Flying  Mountains  at  Zarsko  iSeUo,  neacSt.  Petersbui^g,** 
0.  And  in  the  Vlllth  volume  of  "  Archseologia/'  p.  307» 
Observations  on  the  Barberini  Vase.*'  He  was  engaged  in  a 
ledallic  work,  having  been  appointied  medallist  to  the  Empress 
*  Russia.  He  was  presented  to  the  rectory  of  Worml^  by  Sir 
braliam  Hume,  hart,  in  July  17^^^ ;  and,  on  the  death  of  tbo 
ev.  Whcatly  HeaU,  in  the  summc  r  of  17^6,  he  purcliased  tho 
ii^>elry  of  Sj/ring  Garden.  He  died  in  17d7i  and  was  buried  in 
le  chiut:h-yard  at  Wormley,  with  the  foUuwmg  ep\XA.\k\i  \ 


$94  UT£ftARY  AN£CD0TE9. 

Caldlefwood,  duplicates  of  British  MutetUB,  sec6n4 

sale  (for  446/.3A*.9^.),Dr.Martiii,Gen.Ogleth<Mrpe*. 
And  innumerable  others  of  inferior  notie* 

Among  the  dealers  out  of  this  learned  lore  we 
find  John  Whistofi-f-,  Thomas  Wilcox,  Hiomas,  Sa- 
muel, and  Edward  Ballard :{:,  Samuel  Bathoe,  Samuel  * 
Paterson^,  Samuel  Baker  {|,  and  George  Leigh% 
among  the  booksellers;  and  among  the  general  Auc- 
tioneers, Cooper,  Cock**,  LangiFord -f-f-,  Gentrd, 
Christie  t  J,  Gircenwood,  Compton,  Ansell. 

None  nave  distinguished  themselves  more  in  the 
scientific  part  of  the  business  than  the  tivo  Sams, 
Baker  and  Paterson,  or  been  better  assisted  than 
Cock  and  Langford. 

If,  from  Sellers  of  Books  by  the  hammer,  we  pasi 
to  Retailers  of  Libraries  by  marked  Cataloeues,  per* 
haps  the  preeminence  in  point  of  time  is  dxie  to 
MontafiTue,  to  the  Ballards,  T.  Green,  C.  Davis,  and 
John  Whiston;  to  whom  succeeded  an  ample  series, 

**  Here  He  tlie  remains  of  the  Reverend  John  Glen  King,  D.D. 

late  Rector  of  this  parish. 
He  died  Nov.  9>  17B7>  in  the  56th  year  of  his  age. 
He  married,  first,  Ann-Magdalene, 
da\]ghter  of  Michael  Combrune,  esq. 
by  whom  he  had  one  daiif  htcr,  Anna  Henrietta ; 
he  married  secondly,  Jane,  Slighter  of  John  Hyde,  esq.*' 
**  Of  whom  see  memoirs^  ^ol.  H.  p.  17* 
t  See  vol.  I.  p.  494.  %  Ibid.  p.  492.  vol.  III.  p.  405. 

i  See  before,  p.  438.  ||  See  pp.  161.630.  f  Ibid 

**  Portraits  of  Mr.  Cock,  the  celebrated  Auctioneer,  and  of  Im 
wife,  who  was  famed  for  her  knowledge  of  the  Pblile  Arts,  and 
fkxr  her  taste  in  Literature,  are  noticed  in  the  '*  Memoirs  of  Ho- 
garth, 1810,"  vol.  II.  p.  *287. 

ft  Mr.  Langford's  portrait  is  also  noticed  in  theabove-cftedpege. 
XX  Many  years  well  known  and  justly  celebrated  ao  an  aucti* 
•neer,  and  the  successful  disposer  of  property  of  every  kind,  whe- 
ther by  public  sale  or  private  contract.  With  an  easy  and  c:ei»^ 
tieman-like  flow  of  eloquence,  he  possessed,  in  a  great  degree 
the  power  of  persuasion,  and  even  tempered  his  public  address  hf 
a  gentle  refinement  of  manners.  He  died  in  ¥M  Mall,  after  a 
lo^  and  lingering  illness,  Nov.  8,  1808,  aged  73,  and  was  ba- 
riea,  on  the  14th,  in  St.  Jameses  burial  ground.  His  son,  the  pre* 
ient  Mr.  Christie,  has  distinguished  himself  no  less  in  the  Kte- 
taqr  world  than  in  the  profession  in  which  be  succeeds  hisFathcr. 

who 


PROGRBS^  bF  SALJK  CATALOCbES.  6^$ 

^ho  annually  dlstt-ibute  their  Books  at  fixed  tJric^Sj 
'wr  ready  money,  and  froni  a  certaih  date,  and  sotne 
dF  then!  hive  attained  to  issue  out  Catalo^es  twice  k 
year,  ai  bargains  fell  in^  or  the  tovm  continues  full. 

Among  these  Catalogists  stands  foremostToih  Os- 
borne, who  filled  one  side  of  Gray's-iiin  with  his 
lliihber,  and,  without  knowing  the  intrinsic  value  ol^ 
a  single  book,  contrived  such  arbitrary  prices  as  raised 
him  to  hisc^-^untry  house  and  dc^-and-duck-huntihgs. 

For  his  nearest  imitator  of  the  genuine  breedj 
rank  we  Lockyer  Davis ;  next  in  succession,  Tho- 
mas Payne  and  Son,  Benjamin  Whit6  and  Sbxl^? 
RobsonandClarke,  Leigh  and  Sdtheby,  atid  Otridg*?. 

For  emulous  and  successful  rivality,  SatnUel 
Hayes,  T.  Edwards,  and  the  Egertons ;  for  &uanHiy^ 
Lackington.  And  among  the  Catalogists  wnose  ractt 
is  run,  F.  Clay,  Olive  rayne,  Fletcher  Gyles,  A. 
Lyon,  Herman  Noorthouck,  Nicholas  Prevost^ 
Charles  ^Iarsh,  J.  Wilcox,  David  Wilson,  T.  Da- 
ries,  and  T.  fivans. 

Among  imitators  in  a  second  class  *,  G,  Watf- 
^flfe,  Andrew  Jackson*|*,T.  Lowndes,  T.Cofbett,  sdl 

*  Let  it  be  recollected  that  this  was  writteh  in  1788. 

f  Andrew  Jackson^  well  known  to  many  dealers  in  old  books, 
and  black  letter,  kept  a  shop  for  more  than  forty  years  in  Clare 
Court,  Dniry  I^ane.  Here,  like  another  Afo^/ia^ec^i^  tnidst  dust 
and  cobwebs,  he  indulged  his  appetite  ibr  reading ;  legends  and 
romances^  history  and  poetry,  were  indi^riminateiy  his  flvoulite 
pursuits.  Unlike  a  contemporaiy  brother  of  the.  trade  %,  he  did 
not  make  the  curiosity  of  his  customers  a  foundation  of  a  col* 
lection  for  his  own  use,  and  refuse  to  part  with  Sin  article^  where 
he  ftnind  an  eagerness  in  a  purchaser  to  obtain  it.  Where  he 
met  with  a  rarity,  he  would  retain  the  same  till  he  had  satisHod 
his  own  desires  in  the  perusal  of  it,  and  then  part  with  it  tgrcc- 
able  to  Ills  promise.  Though  placed  in  an  humble  rank  in  lifc^ 
he  was  eafly>  chearfiil,  and  hicetk)us.  If  he  did  not  abound,  his 
wants  were  few,  and  he  secured  enough  to  cany  him  ta  his  jour- 
ney's end.  He  was  retainer  to  the  Muses,  but  rather  tiavetwd 
the  plains  than  ascended  any  steps  up  the  hill  of  Parnassus.  In 
1740  he  published  the  first  Book  of  Paradise  Lost  in  rhimc  :  atld 
ten  yean  afterwards,'  witli  somewhat  better  success,  ''  Matrinlo* 
nial  Scenes  \  coni^isting  of  the  Seaman's  Tale«  the  Manciple's 

X  John  King,  of  Moorfields,  whose  curious  libran',  consisting  of  t6n 
dav^'  sal^>  was  sold  by  auction  by  Bak#r  iu  1700. 

Vol.  hi.  ;S  s  Tale, 


626  tITERARY  AK]^CD6T£S. 

deceased ;  Fox,  quitted ;  Pridden,  Gardner,  Collini/ 
Chapman,  King,  Ogilvie,  Joseph  White,  W.Lowndesi 
Dennis,  Sheppardson  and  Reynolds,  John  Hayes^ 
Anderson,  Cuthell,  Marson,  Manson,  Thornton, 
Jefle^ysj  and  Barker. 

Of  late  years  also  the  Booksellers  in  many  of  our 
Provincial  Towns  have  exhibited  Catalogues  of  no 
small  bulk  or  value;  particularly  Oxford,  Canter* 
bury,  Norwich,  Cambridge,  Yort,  Exeter,  Hali&x^ 
Woodbridge,  &c.  &c,  &c. 

Prices  were  at  first  fixed  in  the  first  leaf  of  each 
Book;  afterwards,  as  at  present,  transcribed  from 
thence  into  the  printed  Catalogue,  where  some? 
books,  however,  of  great  value,  are  left  without 
price.  The  Library  of  Sir  Richard  Gibbs,  knt*  of 
Great  Waltham  and  Bury  St.  Edmund's,  was  sold 
in  1729  by  T.  Green,  Spring  Gardens,  Bookseller 
(with J^ea  prices) .     Qu.  If  not  the  earliest? 

I  iKive  seen  an  undated  ^^  Address  to  the  Learned: 
or,  an  advantageous  Lottery  for  Books  in  Quires} 
wherein  each  Adventurer  of  a  Guinea  is  sure  of  a 
Prize  of  Two  Pound  Value ;  and  it  is  but  Four  to 
One  that  he  has  a  Prize  of  Three,  Six,  Eight,  Twelre, 
or  Fifty  Pounds,  as  appears  by  tlie  following  Pro- 
posals :**  1500  lots,  at  1/.  15.  each,  to  be  drawn  with 
the  lots  out  of  two  glasses,  superintended  by  John 

Tal6,  the  Character  of  the  ^fe  at  Bath,  the  Tale  of  the  Wifi?  at 
Bath,  and  her  Five  Husbands — all  modernized  from  Chaucer ; 
by  A.  Jackfion. 

The  first  refiner  of  our  native  lays 

Chaunted  these  tales  in  Second  RichanTs  days ; 

Time  grudged  his  foit,  and  on  his  language  fed  ! 

We  rescue  but  the  living  from  the  dead ) 

And  tphat  was  sterling  verse  so  long  ago 

Is  here  new  toiTied  to  make  it  current  now.  Lotid .  1750,  Sro.** 
The  contents  of  hb  Catalogues  of  the  years  1756,  1757, 1759, 
and  one  without  date,  as  specified  in  their  titles,  were  in  rfaiine. 
In  17S1,  in  conjunction  with  Charles  Marsh,  he  republished,  ai 
Shakespeare's,  a  ''Briefe  conceipte  touching  the  Commonwok 
of  this  Rcalme  of  England;  originally  printed  in  1581.**  lU 
quitted  his  business  about  a  year  before  his  deaths  which  hap* 
pened  pn  the  twenty-fifth  of  July  1778,  having  completed  Ui 
8Sd  year  the  fourteenth  of  May  prec^ling. 

m 


PkOGftESa  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  62J 

Lilly  *  and  Edward  Darrel,  esqrs.  Mr.  Deputy  .Col- 
lins, and  Mr.  William  Proctor,  stationer.  2  lots  of 
50/.  10  of  12/.  20  of  8/.  68  of  6/.  200  of  3/.  1200 
of  2/.  The  undertakers  were :  Thomas  Leigh  and 
D.  Midwinter,  at  the  Hose  and  Crown,  in  St.  Paul's 
church-yard ;  Mr.  Aylmer-f-,  at  the  'fhree  Pigeons, 
and  Mr.  Richard  Parker;}:,  under  the  I^azza  of  the 
Koyal  Exchange;  Mr.  Nicholson  §,  in  Little  Britain; 
If  r.Tooke II,  at  the  MiddleTempleGatc,  Fleet-street; 
Mr.  Brown,  at  the  Black  Swan,  without  Temple  Bar; 
}dr.  Sare,  at  GrayVinn  Gate;  Mr.  Lownds,  at  tl^e 
Savoy  Gate;  Mr.  Castle,  near  Scotland-yard  Gati ; 
and  Mr.  Gillyflower ^,  in  Westminster-hall;  Book- 
tellers.     D.  H.         Gent,  Mag.  vol.  LVIIl.  pp.  1065—1069. 

*  Who  had  been  Clerk  to  the  Stationers  Company.  See  p.  60^* 

f  "  Mr.  Brabazon  Ailmer,  a  very  just  and  religious  man.  I 
tvas  partner  with  him  in  Keith*s  Narrative  of  the  Proceedings  at 
Turners  Hall,  and  so  had  an  opportunity  to  know  him.  He  is 
nicely  exact  in  all  his  accounts,  and  is  well  acquainted  with  thd 
mysteries  of  his  trade.  He  printed  Bishop  Tillotson*8  Works,  so 
many  of  them  as  came  abroad  in  his  life^time.  He  published 
Doctor  Barrow's  Works  ;  and  has  been  as  often  engaged  in  veiy 
mefVil  designs,  as  any  other  that  can  be  named  through  the  whole 
trade.**  Dunton,  p.  282. 

X  *'  His  body  is  in  good  case ;  his  face  red  and  plump ;  his 
eyts  brisk  and  spariiling ;  of  an  humble  look  and  behaviour,  na* 
turally  witty ;  and  fortunate  in  all  he  prints ;  and  is  universally 
known  and  beloved  by  the  Merrhants  that  frequent  the  Royal 
Exchange  "     Dunton,  p.  287. 

§  '*  His  talent  lies  at  projection,  though  I  am  thinking  his 
Voyages  and  Travels  will  be  a  little  posthumous.  He  is  usually 
Ebrtunate  in  what  he  goes  upon.  He  is  a  man  of  good  sense^  for 
I  have  known  him  lay  the  first  rudiments  and  sinews  of  a  design 
with  great  judgment,  and  always  according  to  the  rules  of  art  or 
interest.  He  purchased  part  of  my  stock,  when  I  threw  up  all 
:K>ncern6  in  trade  -,  and  1  ever  found  him  a  very  honest  man. " 
Dunton,  p.  285. 

II  Mr.  Bei\)amin  Tooke,  immortalized  as  the  BookscUer  of 
Swift  and  Pope,  was  an  eminent  Bookseller  at  the  Middle  Tem- 
ple Gate,  Fleet-street.  He  died  May  24, 1723^  leaving  a  consi- 
Jerable  estate  to  his  younger  brother  Andrew  Tooke,  for  many 
ftmn  Ma^tter  of  the  Charterhouse  School  sis  Under  and  head 
Hnster. — Dunton,  p.  28S,  savs,  **  he  was  descended  from  the 
ingenious  Tooke,  that  was  formerly  Tn?asurer.  He  was  truly 
bones t,  a  man  of  refined  sense  (or  could  never  have  been  related 
to  Ben  Tooke),  and  was  unblemished  in  his  reputation.'* 
^  "  Both  his  eyes  were  never  at  once  from  hoxt^  •,  te  oxve, 

s  8  2  Vk^X.  I 


(J28  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

After  an  interval  of  nearly  six  years,  tfie  following 
notice  was  taken  of  the  preceding  article : 

"Mr.  Urban,  A/ay  13,  1794. 

"  In  your  vol.  LVIII.  p.  IO65,  so  curious  an  ac- 
count is  given  by  D.  H.  of  the  origin  of  selling  books 
by  Catalogues,  that  I  am  tempted  to  solicit  from 
the  same  intelligent  writer  an  historical  narrative  of 
the  Catalogues  by  marked  prices ;  in  which  consi- 
derable assistance  might  yet  be  obtained  from  some 
remnants  of  ^  the  genuine  breed,'  p.  1068. 

*'  One  of  the  Ballards,  I  believe,  still  stirvive?  j 
as  does  that  *  Tri/pho  Emeritus,  Mr.  ITiomas 
Payne,  one  of  the  honestest  men  living,  to  whom, 
as  a  Bookseller,  Learning  is  under  considerable  ob- 
ligations ;*  and  from  whom  the  jMiblick  would  be 
happy  to  receive  such  information  as  he,  perhaps, 
above  all  other  men  in  his  profession,  is  enabled  to 
bestow. 

*  By  age  and  long  ex])erience  rendered  wise,' 
to  him  we  look  with  confidence  for  instruc- 
tion ;  and,  I  flatter  myself,  we  shall  not  look  in  vain. 

'^  Of  the  two  Sams  mentioned  by  D.  H.  Mr.  Pa- 
terson  is  living;  and  no  one  more  capable  of  supplying 
So  material  a  desideratum.  Not  less  able  also  is  Mr. 
Leigh,  the  partner  and  successor  of  the  other  Sam, 
who  continues  to  support  (and  long  may  he  do  so!) 
the  creditof  the  Vork-street  Auctions.  M.  Green  *.* 

Which  was  thus  answered  by  Mr.  Gough  ^ : 
"  Mr.  Urban,  Oct.  3, 17W. 

^^You  hold  out  so  fair  a  challenge  to  continue 
the  circulation  of  Learning  by  Catalogues  of  Books 
with  the  prices  affixed,  that  I  am  tempted  to  take 

kept  house,  and  observed  the  actions  of  men,  while  the  other 
roamed  abroad  for  iiitelligencc.  He  loved  his  bottle  and  hb 
friend  with  an  equal  afibction.  He  was  very  tetchy  upon  some 
occasions :  yet  thriving  was  part  of  his  character.  He  printed 
L*£8trange*s  -^op.  Lord  Halifax's  Advice  to  his  daughter,  and 
maay  excellent  copies/'     Dunton,  p.  ^90. 

*  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXIV.  p.  396. 

t  Itnd.  p.  S97  i  ^otvectod  and  enlarged  by  Mr.  Gough*s  US. 

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Up  my  pen  once  more,  to  gratify  the  curiosity  of 
yourself  and  your  Readers,  by  such  a  List  as  a  pretty 
regular  perambulation  among  the  various  Bibliopoles 
of  the  Metropolis,  for  a  course  of  at  least  40  years, 
enables  me  to  make  out.  So  little  do  we  reflect  • 
tliat  the  pursuits  of  early  life  will  contribute  to  the 
information  or  amusement  of  more  advanced  age, 
that  it  required  the  ceconomy  of  a  Rawlinson  to 
preserve  sufficient  materials  to  render  this  Lirt 
complete.  You  must  take  it  as  it  is ;  and,  if  the 
Booksellers  who  have  survived,  or  the  representa- 
tiTes  of  those  who  are  no  morp,  can  fill  up  tlie 
hiatuSj  they  will  merit  your  and  my  thanks,  and 

f)revent  our  regretting  that  so  many  of.  their  Cata- 
ogues  have  been  added  to  the  ^  Boghouse  Miscel- 
lany/ or  other  miscellanies  of  equal  utility.  Tlie 
intrinsic  merit  of  some  has  kept  the  series  almost 
uninterrupted ;  while  others,  who  had  not  even  ^  a 
nam^  to  live,*  are  lost  in  Lethe's  stream.  Such  as 
have  names  will  shew  posterity  that  the  Dignitaries, 
the  Lords,  the  Esquires,  and  men  of  all  ranks  in 
the  present  century,  had  Libraries,  and  perhaps 
will  obliquely  point  out  to  Biographers  the  dates 
of  their  deaths  or  preferments.  D.  H. 

Anderson* J  John,  Holborn  Hilly  I787. 

1790  Hon.  John  Scott-|-,  LinoolnVinD. 

1792  Miscellaneous. 
ArrovDsmithy  Ifiiddle-roiv,  Holborn,  I793. 
Saker^  Samuel^  Forkrstreet. 

1757  Arthur  Ashley  Sykes,  D.  D.  Dean  of  Burien> 
John  Young,  M.  I>.  Cheshunt. 

1758  Dr.  Thomas  Bundle,  Bishop  of  Deny;  anrf 
Italia]}  and  Spanish  books  of  a  deceased  Nobler 
man. 

—  Hpn.  John  Talbot,  a  Welsh  Judge;   Abra-^ 

♦  He  died  soon  after  the  publicntion  of  his  last  Catalogue. 

t  Only  brother  to  Henry  Earl  of  Delomine.   He  was  of  Graj*^ 
msk,  a  Goupscllor  at  law,  and  a  conuiiissioner  of  biuiknipts.    ¥^ 
was  bom  in  October  1738  j  and  di^  Dec.  30,  1788  j  having' 
znarried  Miss  Youni;,^\\ho  died  Aus^.  17, 1791  i  b^TAvotaVv^^w* 
one  BOD,  who  divd  in  Aiuencdk  in  1 77  •>• 


6^0  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

ham  Castres,  esq.  Envoy  to  Lisbon;  and  Mr.  Hot 

loway,  of  Cheapside. 
1759  Rev.  Dr.  John  Scott;    Richard  Ince,  esq.; 

and  Robert  Helyer,  of  the  Temple,  esq. 
-*-—  Peter  Nourse,    Rector  of  Droxford,   HantSi 

and  Author  of  ^  Discourses  on  the  Homilies* ; 

and  his  son,  Rev,  Major  N.  Minister  of  Highanii 

Kent,  and  Fellow  of  St.  John's,  Cambridge. 
l76lPer8onofQuality;CharlesLethieullier*,LLJ).; 

Rev.  Mr.  Gunn^  of  Colchester;  Rev.  Mr.  NunnSi 

of  Yately . 

1761  Dr. Vernon-f^,  Rector  of  Bloomsbury ;  Dr. Her* 
in^ham.  Vicar  of  Tilbury ;  Rev.  Mr.  Spateman, 
mmister  of  Chiswick;  and  Mr.  John  Moncriefl^ 
author  of  the  Tragedies  of  Agis,  Appius,  &c. 

1762  Rev,  Mr,  Woodford,  Canon  and  Treasurer  of 
Wells ;  Robert  New  J,  esq.  F.  R.  S. 

1763  William  Cony,  esq. 

1764  John  Anthony  Balaguer,  esq.  Secretary  to 
the  late  Earl  Granville;  and  Dr.  Charltoa  Wol* 
laston,  F.  R.  S. 

1 7  66  Dr.Mansfield  Price,  senior  Fellow  of  St.  John's 

college,  Cambridge ;    Mr.  Ashcroft,   Rector  of 

Mepsall,  CO.  Bedford;  Thomas  Thompsou,  M.D^ 

Baker  \  and  Leigh 


*  Of  whom,  and  of  his  brother^  Smart  Lethieullier>  esq.  F.  S.  A. 
lee  memoirs  in  vol.  V.  pp.  368 — 372. 

t  Died  Feb.  26,  1771.  t  Died  July  18,  1762. 

I  Of  this  very  respectable  Bibliopole,  who  may  almost  be  said 
to  have  been  the  first  who  brought  the  practice  of  selling  books 
by  auction  into  general  lisej  see  some  tnemoirs  in  p.  161. 

II  This  genuine  disciple  of  the  elder  Sam  is  still  at  the  head  of 
his  profession,  assisted  by  a  younger  Sam  (see  p.  163)  ;  and  qf 
the  Auctioneers  of  Books  may  not  improperly  be  styled  faeiH 
Princeps,  His  pleasant  disposition,  his  skill,  and  his  integrity, 
are  as  well  known  as  his  famous  snuff-box,  described  by  Mr. 
pibdin  as  "  having  a  not  less  imposing  air  than  the  remarkable 
periwig  of  Sir  Fopling  of  old ;  which,  according  to  the  piquant 
siote  of  Dr.  Warburton,  ususdly  made  its  entran(:e  upon  the 
stage  in  a  secbn  chair,  brought  in  by  two  chairmen,  with  infi- 
nite satis&ction  to  the  audience.  When  ^  high-priced  book 
is  balancing  between  15  and  20^  it  is  a  fearful  signal  of  its  reacb- 
jpig  an  additional  sum,  if  Mr.  Leigh  should  lay  down  his  ham- 
mer,  and  delve  iuio  \bi&  «9(id  <»^w.^k-Ujp.m-shaped  smtff-box  !*' 

\X6% 


PROGHESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  ffgl 

I7ff8  Sir  Brydges  Baldwin ;  Dr.  Lawson;  and  Mr« 
Lobb,  of  Peter-house,  Cambridge. 

1 769  Rev.  Mr.  Wettenball,  Minister  of  Waltham*^ 
stow. 

1772  Dr.  Michael  Testing,  rector  of  Wyke  Regis, 
Dorset ;  Richard  Phelps,  esq.  Provost-marshal- 
general  of  the  Leeward  Islands ;  and  Messieurs 
Richardsons^eminent  Portrait-painters,  of  Queen* 
square. 

1775  Sir  Thomas  Abdy,  Bart,  of  Albyns;  Rev; 
Stotherd  Abdy,  Minister  of  Coopersall ;  Dr. 
Dowset,  Physician  to  the  Cbarter-house ;  and 
the  noedical  part  of  Dr.  Daniel,  of  Colchester. . 

1776  Rev.  Joseph  Sims,  Prebendary  of  St.  PauFs ; 
Dr.  Edward  Jackson^  Rector  of  Christ  ichurch^ 
Surrey. 

1777  Mr.  JohnChanning*,  Apothecary^ofEsseXf* 
street ;  and  Dr.  John  Roberts,  of  Ross. 

\allardy  Samuel  and  Edward,  Little  Britain. 
^758  Randolph  Walker,  esq. ;  Jerv^  IScot^  esq. ; 
Rev.  Dr.  Bar.  Bulkeley. 

1777  Miscellaneous. 

1778  Wayman,  M.  D. 

tar/rer, «/.  Russel^ourt,  Drvry-lane^  >7flO. 

'4Uhoe  ^j  ffllliam,  near  Exeter^ change^  Stramd. 

(Villiani  Hogarth,  esq.  Serjeant-painlen 

'aynesj  ffUlic^m,  Paternoster-row. 

[796  Thomas  Lloyd,  Bristol ;  Wm.  Taylor,  Batht 

ecket  and  De  Hondt,  Strand. 

Books  imported  176I — 176^. 

ickertonj  PFilliam,  Devereux-court,  Temple  bar^ 

1737  Paul  Beach,  esq. 

ingley  :|;,  fVilliam  (hy  commission). 

^  The  very  learned  £ditor  of ''  Rhazes  de  Variolis,  1767.** 
t  This  very  intelligent  Bookseller  died  Oct  %  1768. 
X  A  man' of  some  notoriety  in  the  days  of  Wilkes  and  Liberty. 
\  began  his  political  career.  May  10,  17^8,  by  publishing,  at  a 
)p  opposite  Durham-yard  in  the  Strand,  *'  The  North  Briton/* 
>.  XLVII.  in  continuation  of  the  celebrated  papers  under  that 
me  by  Mr.  Wilkes  -,  and,  for  a  letter  to  Lord  Mansfield  in  No. 
was  called  on*  by  the  Attorney-general  to  shew  cause  yi\\^  ix^ 
acbmeot  should  not  be  issuied  against  bim  «a  V^dkiS^cuiXyH^  \ 
SB  he  wuJM  to  bkfe  pleaded  ius  owfi  came,  \)ul  ^ireft  iiicA.  ^ec- 


$3S  MT£RARY  ANECPQTSS. 

1733  — —  Dorne,  baukrupt,  atFeyerslvuninKtut. 

luitted.     His  inteuded  dpeecli,    Xkith  the  procccdinga  of  the 
Courts  BT^  ^iy^n  in  No.  LI.    He  wb»  conuxdtted  to  Newg^^i 
whence  he  addressed,  July  1^  a  remarkable  letter  to  Mr.  Harle>, 
then  Lord  Mayor,  occasioned  by  some  cruel  reflections  of  bis 
Lordship*s,  No.  LV  -,  another  to  the  North  Briton^  No   LIX. 
In  Numbers  LXiV.  and  LXW.  he  is  stated  to  have  be^  the 
iirst  person^  independeut  of  a  Coui;(  of  justice^  ia^jrisoned  by  at- 
tachment fjTom  the  abplitiou  of  the  court  of  Star  Cliamber.  Nor. 
7,  after  having  been  72  days  in  Newgate,  lie  was  comniitted  to 
the  King's  Bench^  for  "  not  putting  in  bail  to  answer  intcfroga- 
torioB  upon  oath."    AssistedL  as  he  doubtkss  was^  hgr  the  private 
advice  of   $an^  dislin^ishcd   lay/yersj    th^  defieince    fd  the 
English  subject^s  freedom^  in  his  case,  is  nervously  staged  in 
No.  LXXV.    The  result  was,  th^t,  on  Dec.  3>  on  entering  into 
recognizance  for  his  appearing  on  the  Iirst  day  of  the  next 
tarm,  he.  ms^disohaiged  out  of  custody.    His  diecl^iation  to  the 
|Hi|4ic  o^  this  lusafi  i^  in  No.  LXXXL    JaQ.  23, 1769«  persisting 
m  his  refiisal  to  answer  interrogatories,  he  was  remanded  to  tlie 
King's  Bench,  No.  LXXXVH.  -,  and,  Feb.  16,  made  a  solcum 
affidavit  that  he  never  would,  without  ttoiture,  answer  to  Hit 
proposed  iuterro^to^,  Nq.  >(CI.    Jui^o  14,  176111  ha  ^'a^ 
brought  fi^oj|\thie  Ring's  Bench  pci^on  to  the  Co^imon  Pleas,  by 
habeas  (^orpus,  to  surrender  himself  to  au  action  of  debt>  in  order 
tahe  removed  to  the  ^eet ;  but,'  though  it  appeared,  by  the  r • 
turn  of  the  writ,  that  he  was  not  in  execution  at  the  suit  of  tbc 
Crown,  but  in  custody  to  answer  iot^ogajtones^  th^  Court 
was  of  opinion  they  were  not  aiuthorizcd  to  change  thp  ylat-e 
of  his  confinement,    and  he   was  therefore  reii^andcd  bad. 
Ip  August  that  }'ear  he  published  a    new    edition    of  the 
finl  XLVl  numbets  of  the  "  North  Briton/*  with  expUmator^ 
Notes;  and'^a^  Appendix,  containing  a  full  and  di^inci  Ac- 
count of  the  Persecutions  carried  qn  ajgainst  Jx>hn  Wilkes,  Eaq. 
\yith  a  feithfiil  Ojllection  of  th^t  Gentleman's  Tracts,  from  17'« 
to  1769.*'     Ve  still  pursued  the  continuation  of  that  work ;  aii>I 
No.  CXVII.  was  published  July  22,  by  W.  Bingky,  a  Fribomriu 
the  King's  Bench,  and  sold  at  his  shoy.  No.  31,  NewgJiic-streti. 
In  1769  he  was  one  of  the  ecUtors  pf  ''  L*Abb^  Velly^s  Hii>ton  uf 
France,*'  of  which  only  one  volume  was  published.  In  June  1 770, 
being  *'  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  released  from  two  veajV  con- 
finement,** he  commenced,  a  new.  w^V.ly  paix^r^  undur  the  title 
of"  Bindey's  Journal."  He  still  also  continued  '*  The  North  Bri- 
ton" till  No.  CCXVIH.  May  11,  1771 ;  after  which  tbiy  heinwp 
porated  those  Essay's,  for  a  few  weeks  longer^  in  his  Weekly 
Journal ;  till  at  length,  after  having,  been  long  flattered,  by  the 
party  which  had  maile  him  their  tool,  with  the  vain  hope  of  a 
gratuity  of  hOOl,  his  credit  in  trade  became  exhausted,  and  he 
suffered  for  his  temerity  and  credulity  by  an  eiirohncnt  in  the  lid 
of  banknipts.     He  afterwards  sought  refuge  in  k^hmd^  where 
for  several  years  \\e  cBcrcvt^  0x1  \Va  V>\3&\vieika  of  a  Bookseller  -,  but, 
|i:tlirCiiDg  mto  \\n&  covitiXx^  Vck  YiV^^  %^>xsyi^xk  ^"jSaxeBL'^vhcof* 


PROGRESS  or  9 ALB  CATALOGUES.  6J3 

171)4  George  Smith,  of  Peircefiekl,  esq.  including 

ice  of  Mr.  Nichols  the  Printer  (in  which  capi^city  he  ori^nal^ 
ct  out  in  lifv),  and  wliere  he  in  some  degree  found  ix'.pose  from 
li^  luivaaife  df  political  bthfe.     lie  oould  not,  however,  refrain 
rum  authorship,    in  X7b7  he  illustrated  with  notes  <'  The  Rid- 
lie,"  by  tlie  unhappy  G.  R.  Fitzgerald,  esq.  5  wrote  an  essay  uu 
he  Basaltine  tires  in  Ireland ;  a  pamphlet  on  Smithfield  Market, 
md  against  Carcase-Butchers ;  a  curious  letter  on  Stones  faU- 
ng  froni  the  ^s    ofid  a  quarto  pamphlet  on  the  late  Re* 
>eliion    in    Ireland. — He  also    pukdished    "  The  New  Plaia 
Dealer,  or,  Will  Freeman's  Budgets/'  a  periodical  work,  "  con- 
inued  occasiona^yt  at  vaiious  prices,  according  to  quantity." 
^our  numbers  only  of  the  work  appeared  between  179I  and 
l7SMli  copsisting,  chiefly,  of  a  farrago  of  political  spleen,  and 
iavectiyes  against  courtiers  and  their  de{)endcuts.    Prefixed  to 
it  was  a  portrait  of  the  author,  under  the  cliaracter  of  <'an  £ng- 
(iah  Citizen,  wiho  was  two  years  imprisoned  in  Enghsh  Bastiles^ 
mthout  trial,  conviction,  or  sentence,"  and  a  long  account  of 
his  own  sufieringSy  under  the  title  of  "  A  Sketch  of  English  Li- 
berty ;*  in  which  he  states  that  500^  was  actually  voted  to  him  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Constitutional  Society,  on  the  suggestion  of  Mr. 
Home  Tookc ;  but  that«  at  a  subsequent  meeting,  Mr.  Wilkes 
stood  foremost  in  opposition  to  the  money  being  raised  for  him 
on  that  Society,     in  the  prefi&ce  to  No.  iV.  the  writer  modestly 
likens  himself  to  a  phoenix;  "he  exists  merely  of  himself—he 
has  parsed  through  the^Ve  of  perseaition,  and,  in  imitation  of 
that  bird,  has  risen  again /rom  his  own  ashes;  so  that  his  subjects 
of  Fires  and   illuminations,  singular  as  they  appear,  an*  only 
natund.     Hut,  although  a  phcenix,  and  liCiiiajis  such  a  one  sis 
may  never  again  rise  in  thi^  part  of  the  globe,  the  <fitizens  of 
Lond(m  need  be  under  no  apprehension  of  his  ever  sHi\n»  jire  to 
the  Thames.    The  princi|Kd  danger  lies  ag<iinst  the  writer  him- 
self, who,  instead  of  possessing  that  energetic //Vc  which  might 
be  expeclwl  of  a  phuenix,  may,  and  he  fears  will  too  soon,  appear 
to  partake  more  of  the  heaviness  of  a  goose.'^     No.  V.  was  an- 
nounced as  an  intended  *'  Sequel  to  tlu^  Memoirs  of  (he  late  Jack 
Straw,  Sinner,  Saint,  ami  Devil,  who  sold  books  by  millions." 
— In  1790*  Mr.  Bingley  published,  "  A  Supplement  to  Smithfield 
Market,  shewing  the  Power  of  the  Poople,  and  the  l^raoticability 
of  a  Plan  for  reducinti;  the  I'rices  of  Butchei's'  Meat." — He  was  a 
man  of  strong  natuialunderstaiuling,  th« Nigh  not  much  assisted 
by  literature  -,  and  was  of  the  strictest  integrity;  but  unfortu- 
nately  posscs&od  an  habitiud  irritability  of  temper,  which  proved 
a  perpetual  discomfort.    With  the  uiiKit  (uu'ne.'»t  inchnation  to  do 
rigiit,  he  frecpiently  wandeivd  into  error :  and  a  consideiable 
portion  of  his  time  was  employed  in  mid^ing  apoloi^ics  for  mistakes 
which  a  slight  consideration  would  ha^e  ]>rc>v('iucd. — He  was 
for  36  years  happy  in  a  connubial  connexirm  v.  iih  a  ver\' wor- 
thy woman,  by  whom  he  It-ft  three  daughters;  all  of  wliom 
being  respectably  married,  he  aa;ain  enpigeiV  m  w  wvA^tXttw^xiYi^ 
coDBexioa,  Jatiu  21,  1798,  witii  the  widow  o£  a  e^v^oXxv  \\\  \y» 
L^dia  tmk,  who  6ur\i\cd  to  lament  his  aliuosl  suOivicu  \osa. 


0^4  LIT£RART  ANECDOTES. 

that  of  the  late  Dr.  Joseph  Smith>  brother  totk^ 

learned  Editor  of  Bede  ♦. 
BnW/ey+,  P.  New  Bond-street j  1758. 
Brown  J,  Daniel,  Black  Swan,  toithout  Temple-bar. 

1727  Walter  Richards,  esq.  and  Dr.  WopcBiouse. 

1728  Charles  Spelman,  esq. 
Several  otliers. 

Brown  ^y  fVillianiy  Essex-Street,  Strand,  I794. 
Cater,  fFilliam,  Holbom. 

The  following  inscription  is  in  6t.  Bride's  Chorch-yard. 
*'  In  memory  of  Mary,  late  wife  of  William  Bingley^  of  New 
Komney,  county  of  Kent^  but  now  of  this  parish,  bookaeHeTi 
and  daughter  of  the  late  Richard  Dann,  of  Hertsbury,  Wilts. 
She  was  born  March  6th.  1736,  died  June  18,  1796,  in  the  36th 
year  of  her  marriage,  which  terminated,  as  it  commenced,  in 
the  most  cordial  love  and  tniest  friendship. 

''  To  you,  dear  wife»  to  worth  but  rardy  kfiown^ 

I  raise  with  sighs  this  monumental  stone ; 

And  though  mature  from  Earth  to  Heaven  remov'd, 

]n  death  still  honoured,  as  in  life  beloved. 

Oft  as  I  call  to  mind  her  love  sincere, 

Her  virtue,  friendship,  all  the  worid  holds  dsZTs 

With  what  maternal  tenderness  endued. 

Her  truth,  her  more  than  female  fortitude; 

The  rod  of  Power  long  patient  to  sustain, 

A  painful  illness  long,  yet  ne^er  complain  ; 

And  now  resigned  to  everlasting  rest. 

She  leaves  a  bright  example  to  the  best. 

For  When  this  transient  dream  of  life  is  o'er. 

And  all  the  busy  passions  are  no  more. 

Say,  what  avails  them,  but  to  leave  behind 

The  footsteps  of  a  good  and  generous  mind.        W.  B. 
'*  Also  the  said  William  Bingley, 
died  ^d  October,  1799,  aged  61; 

"  Cold  is  that  heart  that  beat  in  Freedom's  cause^ 

The  steady  advocate  of  all  her  Lavrs. 

Unmov'd  by  threats  or  bribes  his  race  he  ran. 

And  lived  and  died  the  Patriot ! — the  Man.*' 
*  Dr.  John  Smith,  the  Editor  of  Bede,  died  1715;  see  red.  T. 
pp.  233.  705.     George  Smith,  son  of  Dr.  John,  completed  the 
edition  of  Bede,  and  died  in  1756. 

t  He  was  predecessor  of  Mr.  James  Robson ;  and  the  publisher 
of  a  remarkably  elegant  Edition  of  the  Ctessics. 

%  *'\  have  always  thought  there's  an  unusual  sweetness  that 
reigns  in  this  nian's  countenance :  he's  very  humble;  and  I  believe 
him  a  good  man.  He's  a  sincere  lover  of  the  Established  Church ; 
and  yet  his  principles  are  moderate  enough.''  JDtmtofi,  p.  2S4. 
§  Mr.  Erovftv  served  \\v&  ^^\kT«cC(ic»e9^\:^  ^tK«  and  was  after- 
wajrds  many  ycavs  '^owtue^xnaivVo  ,\iVt  .%ds»^i  \  q^^Var^  ^^csfi^Sa^ 


PROGRESS  OP  SALE  CATALOGUES.  C^S 

1787  Lord  Willoughby  of  Parham,  P.  A.S. 
1774   The  late  eminent  Antiquary^     Cudworth 
Bruck,  esq.  of  WallingforA 

»777,  78,  73.  So. 

1781  Rev.  Mr.  Spooner^  of  Chesham^  and  an  emi« 

nent  Mathematician. 

^es  Carrieres,  Union-street,  Bishopsgate-str.  1788. 

Jhapmatij  Henry,  Old  Round-^ourt,  Strand,  1776, 

77,  78,  80,  81,  82,  83,  84,  «5,  87. 
1781  Dr.  Henry  Chapman,  Dean  of  Worcester. 
178.;  G>llection  of  Tracts  by  Dr.  Mead ;  remain* 

der  1796. 
Viapman,  Henry,  with  King  and  Collins,  oh  SnowhilL 
..  with  King,  King-street,  Covent 

Garden,  1790. 

ChandoS'Street,  1 790, 92, 93, 94,95  - 


1795  P.  Hobler,  auction. 

— removed    to    Woodstock-Street,    Oxfordr 

street,    I796. 
"Clarke,  IVilliam,  New  Bond-street,  1793. 
Tdllins  *,  IVilliam,  1778,  Pope^s  head-alley,  burnt 

out,  1779,  Exchange- alley,  1781,  82,  83,  84. 
1785  Part  of  Eve's  and  Mead's  Tracts. 
1787  Luke  Trusfield,  esq.  of  Reading. 

Johnrstreet,  Oxford-street,  1795. 

"hnant,   Nathanael,  Successor  to  Mr.   fFhiston^ 

Fleet^street. 

1776   Samuel  Speed,  M.  A.   Rector  of  Martyr 
Worthy,  Hants. 

usiness,  about  1765,  he  opened  the  shop  in  which  he  died.  He 
larried  the  only  sister  of  Mr.  Harrison,  surgeon  and  apothecary^ 
f  Enfield,  and  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Harrison,  Dissenting  Minister  at 
Harrington ;  by  her  he  had  one  son,  who  died  an  infieuit  -,  and 
le  died  1795.— Mr.  Brown  died  of  a  fever,  after  a  week's  ill- 
ess',  Feb.  14,  1797>  aged  63,  and  was  buried  at  Enfidd,  near 
le  remains  of  his  wife,  on  the  24th.  He  divided  his  fortune  be* 
pveen  her  brothers  and  their  children,  after  making  provi^oa 
ir  his  owi)  poor  relations,  who  were  very  few. — He  was  succeeded 
1  business  by  Mr.  Robert  Bickerstaffl 

*  His  Catalogues,  for  a  considerable  number  of  years,  furnished 
sverai  curious  articles  to  the  literaiy  collectors.  He  died>  in 
^an^-ick-street^  Golden-squarcj  of  a  confirmed  asthma»  ia 
Uurcb  laoj. 

G^theU^ 


6^9  UTBEAHY  AKECDOTBS; 

Cuthell"^,  John  J  Middle-row,  17S7 — 89,1791,  I792 

—94,96. 
At  Daviess  Coffee-house,  Utile  Piazza. 

1727  Henry  Nelson,  esq.  late  Secretary  to  Sir  Ro- 
bert Walpole. 
Davies  -f-,  Thomas,  Russel-street,  Coveut  Garden^ 
1764. 

Mr.  Peters,  Rector  of  Islewortb,  from  Januaiy  (0 
March;  William  Slienstone,  esq. ;  Dr.  Oliver  of 
Bath ;  John  Parker,  Painter ;  and  a  GeBtfeman 
resident  in  a  public  char«^ter  in  Spaia  and  Italy, 
Julv  and  September,   1764. 

Remainder  of  these,  April  and  June,  1 765. 

Rev. Russel,  of  Guilford,  and  William  ThoBh 

son,  of  Oueens  college,  Oxford,    1768. 

William  East,  esq. ;  Mr.  Joha  TliofRto» ;  €|eofge 
Macauley,  M.  D.  1 766. 

John  Batcliffe,  esq.  undated. 

1769,  71,  73. 

Curious  and  scarce  Pamphlets,  in  order  of  tiflK, 
1771. 

Another  ditto. 

Gilbert  Elliot,  of  the  Wan-office ;  Rev.  Mr.  More, 
of  Plymouth;  Ambrose  Stapleton ;  andW^ffiain 
Molesworth,  esq.^  of  Wembdon,  co.  Deveit. 

1775  Rev.  Mr.  Barnard,  ofBardiield^  Essex. 

1776  Charles  Chauncy,  esq.  and  an  eminent  An- 
tiquary. 

Undated :  William  Oldys,  esq*  Morroy  King  at 
Arms,  Author  of  the  Life  of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh; 
Rev.  Mr.  Emms,  of  Yarmouth,  and  Mr.  WilUaai 
Rush. 
Davis  f,  Lockt/er,  and  Charles  Reymers, 
Dr.  Thomas  Church,  Vicar  of  Battersea ;  Dr.  Tho- 
mas Wood,  Rector  of  Barrowby,.  cq.  Lixteoln ; 
Rev.  Thomas  Wridit,  lecturer  of  St.  Andrew, 
Holborn ;  Mr.  Natlianael  Worley,  of  Staple-inn, 
Attorney ;  and  an  eminent  Surgeon* 

*  Now  famous  for  his  Oitalog^ies,  particularly  iu  cl^  Medical 
Line,  and  m  evcr^  \>rawc\v  o^  '^\\^t^Sdt.\vc^ 

t  Of  ¥dioBx  see  musxQV£%>  \q>VW  ^.^a»\,      \  '>XML^.^^* 


PROGRESS  Of  SALE  CATALOGUES.  63J 

1757  Hon.  Henry  Finch,  esq.  F.  R.  S. 

Henry  Watkinson,  M.  A.  Lecturer  of  St  Olave, 

Hart-street. 
Phineas  Fowke,  M.D. 
The  learned  William  Wasev,  M.  D.  late  President 

of  the  College  of  Physicians. 
1738  Samuel  Hassel,  M.  A.  Assistant  Preacher  at 

Kenington. 
Richard  Holland,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S. 
James  Hickes,  of  Hatton  Garden,  Surgeon. 
James  WallisjD.D.  Professorof  Geometry  at  Oxford. 
Barrows  Harris,  esq. 
Rowland  Charlton,  M.D. 
John  Burm,  M.  A«  one  of  the  Masters  at  Merchant 

Taylors  School. 
17^1  John'Hawes,  of  the  Custom-house,  esq* 
Stephen  Le  Grand,  M.  D. 

1762  HughWyat,  A.M.  Vicar  of  West  Ham,  and 
Rector  of  St.  Alphage,  London-wall. 

John  Hutchinson,  Lecturer  of  St.  Botol|>h,  Aldgate* 

1 763  Rev.  Mr.  Henry  Crispe ;  and  Laurence  Eus* 
den,  M.  A.  Poet  Laureat. 

1764 of  Guilford. 

George  Psalmanazar  *. 

Peter of  Gray's-inn,  esq. 

17^13  Sir  James  Creed  ;  Mr.  Jenkins,  Lecturer  of 
St.  Martin,  Ludgate;  Rev.  Mr. Preston ;  a  learned 
Mathematician  ;  and  an  eminent  Surgeon. 

1766  Rev.  Mr.  Newcome,  of  Hackney,  Author  of 
the  poetical  edition  of  Har\'ey's  Meditations ; 
John  Robert?,  of  Lincoln's- inn,  esq. 

1767  Dr.  Squire,  Bishop  of  St.  David's;  Dr.  John 
Felling;  Joshua  Tillotson,  M.  A.  Sur-master  of 
St.  Paul's  school. 

1768  Zachar}'^  Gfey,  LL.  D.  E<litor  of  Hudibras ; 
MalachyPostlethwayte,  Author  of  the  Dictionary 
of  Trade  and  Commerce ;  Thomas  Cranmcr,  M.D. 

John  Martyn-f^,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Professor  of  Bo- 

*  Author  of  the  very  pleasant,  but  fabulous^  "  History  of  For- 
jiot>a  '/*  sec  vol.  II.  p.  27. 
t  Of    Mr.  Johf>  Marty R,  5«e  before,    pp.    \5>^>  \Vl,— \w 


s^i 


tnttAtLY  AN£(;i>ares; 


tany  at  Cambridge ;  and  the  single  tracts  ml 
Volumes  on  Botany  of  Dr.  Grey. 
Lockyer  Davis  *  alone. 

]  770  Mr.  Alleyne,  Rector  of  Stanton,  co.  Leicester; 
Dr.  John  Barham^  of  Lewes ;  and  Mr.  Richarl 
Webb,  Surgeon  at  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital. 

1771  Edmund  Herbert,  esq.  Deputy  Pay«»master 
to  tlie  Marines. 

1773  Mr.  Humphry  Cheatham  ;  Francis  Swintoi, 
M.  D.  of  Poole;  Mr.  William  Cowper,  Surgeon 
to  the  First  Regiment  of  Dragoon-guards;  and  the 
Law  Library  of  the  late  Edward  Chetham,  esq. 

1775  Bp.  Lloyd  of  Worcester;  Dr.  William  Lloyd, 
Chancellor  of  that  Diocese;  John  Lloyd,  Rectorof 

1730>  he  engaged  with  Dr.  Russel  in  a  desigp:i  of  repuUnlH 

ing    "  Roberti    Stephani    Thesaurus   Linguae    Latins  ;**   hot 

whether  the   proposals   did  not    meet  with  due   encourage 

ment;   or  for  whiatt  other  i*eason    is    uncertain,    the  deaQjB 

was  dropped.     [See  vol.  IL   p.  65.]     He  was  also  oonoemed 

with  the   same    learned  gentleman  and   others  in   a   wcek^ 

paper    intituled    "  The   Gmb-street   Journal/'    the  princapii 

intention  of  which  was    to   ridicule  bad  authors    and    tliclir 

works.    Mr.  Martyn  wrote  the  introductory  paper  under  the  titii 

of  Baviui,  which  was  the  character  he  preserved  throughout  tUf 

work^  to  which  the  greatest  wits  of  the  time  did  not  disdiiA 

sometimes  to  contribute.     The  best  papers  were  afterwirii 

selected  and  printed  in  two  volumes  12mo,   in  the  year  1737i 

under  the  title  of  "  Memoirs  the  Society  of  Gmb^strefet^    Til 

tMipers  which  were  written  by  Mr.  Mart3m  are  HigtiyigflT^lMti 

by  the  signature  B.    Dr.  Rus&el  took  the  title  of  Maeviu8»  and  iai 

papers  are  signed  M.    The  Grub-street  Journal  had  a  lai^  saki 

^d  was  kept  up  till  the  end  of  the  year  1737.     There  was  tt 

attempt  made  to  revive  it>  at  the  beginning  of  the  year  fioUowiii^ 

under  the  title  of  '<  The  Literary  Courier  of  Grub-street/'  but, 

as  it  was  soon  dropped,  probably  without  much  success. 

MarUffCs  Dmertation  on  the  JEneids  of  Firjgil,  prrface,  p.  xA 

In  the  new  burial-ground  at  Chelsea,  on  a  flat  stone  on  the 

North  side,  is  the  following  inscription. 

"  In  memory  of  J6hn  Martyn, 

F.  R.  S.  Professor  of  Botany  at  Cambridge ; 

and  Eulalia,  hb  wife,  the  youngest  dau^ter  of  Jolm  King^  D.P' 

Rector  of  this  Pburish. 

She  died  Feb.  13,  1748-9,  in  the  46th  year  of  her  9gt  i 

He  died  Jan.  89,  1768,  in  the  69th  year  of  hia  age, 

and  both  lie  here  interred. 
''  The  memoT\)  of  the  Righieout  sKaU  Hoe  far  emr.** 
^  Of  wboukM^xnexaovt^VsLN^N^ 


tkOGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  €$S^ 

Hyton,  CO.  Durham ;  and  the  Law  Library  of 

Matthew  Locke,  esq. 
779  Sir  Thomas  Hare,  Bart. 
178^)  Rev.  Mr.  Thomas  Baker,  late  of  Westminster) 

ankl  Richard  Blackburn,  M.  D. 
1784  Mr.  Gibson,  Rector  of  St.  Botolph,  Bishops* 

gate ;   Rayner  Heckford,  esq.  of  Thaxted ;   and 

Mr.  Humphries^  Attorney. 
1 786  Dr.  John  Negus,  Fellow  of  St.  John's  college, 

Oxford ;    Rev.  Mr.  Daniel  Noble ;    and  John 

1790  William  Ludlam*,B.D.  Fellow  of  St.  John's 

♦  Rector  df  Cuckfield  iii  Suffolk,  and  vicar  o^  J^orton  by 
alby ;  fellow  of  St.  John's  CoUege,  Cambridge  j  B.  A.  there 
rsSi  M.A.  1?4«}  fi.D.  1749.  Hewas  highly  celebrated  for  his 
:i]l  in  mechanics  and  mathematics.     He  was  author  of  '^  Astro«- 
nnical  Observations  made  in  St.  John's  College,  Cambridge^  in 
te  years  1767  and  I768  5  with  an  Account  of  several  Astrono- 
dcal  Instruments,  1769,"  4to.     "  Two  Mathematical  Essays ; 
ic  fii^t  on  Ultimate  Ratios,  the  second  on  the  Power  of  the 
^edge;  1770,"  8vo.     "  Directions  for  the  Use  of  Hadley's  Qua- 
mot  y  with  Remarks  on  the  Construction  and  Use  of  that  InstfU- 
MSDt  demotistrated,  1771 ;"  8vo.  "  An  Essay  on  Newton's  Second 
aw  of  Motion,  1780/*   8vo.    "  The  Rudiments  of  Mathema- 
CB;  designed  for  the  Use  of  Students  at  the  Universities ;  con* 
ifaadng  an  Introduction  to  Algebra ;  Remarks  on  the  first  si< 
ooks  of  Euclid  3  and  the  Elements  of  Plane  and  Spherical  Tri- 
pnometry;  1785;"  Svo.     "An  Introduction  to,  and  Notes  on, 
fr.  Bird's  Method  of  dividing  Astronomical  Instruments;  1786,'* 
to.     "  Mathematical  Essays  ;  1.  on  the  Properties  of  the  Cy- 
kdd;  2.  *'  on  Def.  1  Cor.  1.  prop.  10;  Cor.  1.  prop.  13. ;  Book 
.of  Newton's  Principia,  1787;"  Svo.    "Essays,  on  Scripture 
Iffetaphors ;  Divine  Justice ;  Dinne  Mercy ;  and  the  Doctrine 
if  Satisfaction,  1787  ;**  8vo.    "  Two  Essays,  on  Justification^ 
jdmI  the  Influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  in  addition  to  the  forego- 
ag,  1788.    He  also  publish^,  in  the  "  Philosophical  Transact 
ions,*'  1. ''  Account  of  a  nevi-constructed  Balance  for  the  Wool- 
en Manufecture,"  vol.  LV.  p.  205 ;  2.  "  Obsenations  on  the 
rransit  of  Venus  and  Eclipse  of  the  Sun  at  Leicester,  June  3, 
1769,"  LIX.   236.    3.  4.  and  5.  "  Astronomical  Observations 
liere,"  LX.  355.  LXV.  366.  370 ;  6.  "  Eclipse  of  the  Sun  at 
Leicester,    1778,"  LXVIII.  1019 ;  7.  "  An  Engine  for  turning 
>rals  in  Wood  or  Metal,  and  drawing  Ovals  on  Paper,  LXX. 
178.     In  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  XXXV.  p.  412,  is  his  Report  to  the 
Board  of  Longitude,  on  the  Merits  of  Mr.  Harrison's  Watch ;  and 
in  vol.  XLII.  p.  562,  a  short  account  of  Church  Organs.    He  wai 
alfo,  in  early  life^  an  occasional  writet  in  the  MoniblY  RevSesv . 


$40  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

college,  Cambridge ;  and  theological  part  of  Df. 
H.  Stebbing ;    and  the  medical  part  of  a  late 
eminent  Physician,  F.  R.  S. 
Deightov ^  John  * ^  Cumbrids^e^   17  84. 
Watson  Tookey,  Rector  of  Exning,  Suffolk. 

successor  to  Cater,  Holbom,  1786. 

One  every  year. 
' successor  to  Loch/er  Datis,  1793. 


Mr.  Ludlam  die;]  IVIarch  IG,  1/88^  act.  71  ;  and  was  buried  ai 
St.  Mary's  in  Leicostor  j  whore  a  sniaJl  tablet,  contddniUg  only 
dates,  pi-cserves  liU  memory,  and  that  of  \Villtam  an  infiint  aon. 

Another  of  his  sons,  Thutnas  Ludlam,  inherited  no  small  shate 
of  his  father's  natural  tidcnt  for  scientific  purtuits ;  which 
havijdg  been  euhivated  by  a  stjund  classical  education.  Ids  fir<t 
views  in  life,  in  conformity  to  the  particular  wishes  of  his  father, 
were  turned  to  the  liberal  profession  (jf  a  Printer;  and  in  that 
capacity  I  gladly  bear  testimony  to  the  excellence  of  his  coo- 
duct  during  a  regular  atiprcnticeship.  Gentle  and  unaseiimiflg 
in  his  manners^  and  industi  ious  in  his  habits  of  business,  bu 
conduct  gave  general  satisfaction  both  to  his  equals  and  superion. 
Soon  after  the  expiration  of  his  apprenticeship,  an  oppottiinity 
occurred,  which  was  thought  favourable  both  to  liis  hcaTth,  and 
his  future  fortune,  of  entering  into  the  sen' ice  of  the  Sierra  L&- 
one  Company ;  and  in  tliat  Infant  Ojlony  he  \¥as  for  a  considera- 
ble time  one  of  the  Council,  and  at  Icngtli  became  GoveiTior.  On 
the  Colony  being  taken  into  the  hands  of  Adrninistration,  i 
new  Governor  was  appointed  by  the  Crown ;  but  Mr.  liudlam  ob* 
tained  an  especial  commission,  with  power  to  visit  such  parts  of 
Africa  as  might  be  thought  useful  to  the  interests  of  Great  Bri- 
tain and  the  general  cause  of  Humanity ;  an  undertaking  for 
which,  by  his  mild  conciliatory  manners,  and  by  the  expenence 
acquired  during  a  long  residence  at  Sierra  Leone^  he  was  moA 
eaiinently  qualified.  But  his  bodily  strengtii  was  not  eqpiil  to 
the  task  he  bad  undertaken ;  and  he  fell  a  victim  to  disease,  oii- 
^nally  arising  from  a  weak  constitution  -,  but  with  the  pleasii^ 
consolation,  both  to  himself  and  Iiis  surviving  friends,  ^hat  m 
life,  though  not  a  long  one,  wsls  wholly  passed  in  endeavours  to 
be  useful  to  all  mankind.  This  excelletit  yoimg  man,  whose 
premature  death  was  not  only  a  subject  of  sincere  Luneatatioa 
to  his  numerous  friends,  but  in  some  degree  a  national  loss,  ex- 
pired on  board  the  C-rocodile  frigate,  at  Sierra  Leone,  Jvh/  25i 
1810,  in  the  35th  year  of  his  age. 

Of  another  Thomas  Ludlam,  (brother  of  William),  who  wn 
rector  of  Foston  in  Leiccstershii-e,  confrater  of  tVigstoa's  Ho*- 
pital,  and  an  able  polemic  Writer,  see  an  ample  account  in  the  He* 
toryof  Leicestershire,  vol.  IV.  p.  1040^  Or  in  Gent.  Ifsy.  voL 
LXXXl.part  ii.p.492. 

*  Now  carv^m^  ov\  ^a  ^^tensive  business  at  CtaiWidp  irilh 
very  great  teputaXvou. 


MOGMSS  OF  SALS  CATAIOGUHS.  <;^ 

/,  Henry  ^  J  and  Co.  Holhorn^  IJ^S^ 

I  alone,  1767. 

—  Herring,  esq.  of  Bicklw,  Devon;  a  Bedford^ 

$hire  Clergyman;   Suffolk^  Surgeon^  1788, 

39,00,91,92,93- 

iww-f*,  Bridge-streetj  Blachfn/ars^  ^794* 

w  J,  John^  Fetter-lane^  1791* 

scellaneous. 

'/I,  Tlwrnas. 

^8  Collection  of  a  very  curious  Gentleman* 

iards  &,  tFiUiamj  and  *S(9w*,  Pall-malL 

I4  N.  Wilson,  esq.  of  Pontefract;  two  eminent 

kntiquaries,  deceased ;    H.  Bradshaw,  esq.  of 

klarple-hall,  Cheshire. 

17  J.  Mainwaring,M.D.;  an  eminent  Civilian;  &ۥ 

0  Salichetti  of  Rome,  and  Z^nejtti,  of  Venice* 

"ton,  Thonias  and  John  1|,  N^hiteliall,  1784,  Suc^ 

^sor  to  John  Millan. 

It  Henry  Dell  was  a  BookscUef ,  first  in  Tower-street,  and 
ards  in  Holborn^  where  he  died  very  poor.    He  once  at« 
sd  to  perform  the  part  of  Mrs.  Termagant,  at  Covent  Garden 
re,  hut  without  success.    He  wrote  and  alteitsd  four  dra« 
pieces;  1.  "The  Spouter,  or.  The  Double  Revenge,  1756  j" 
Hinorca,    1756 3"  3.  "The  Mirrour,    1737 i"    4.  "The 
lified  I^y  never  in  Paris,  1757>  (Biographia  Dramatica, 
les,  181?,  vol.  II.  p.  181.) — Mr.  DcU  was  the  Author,  in 
of  "  The  Uooksellers,  a  Poem,"  which  was  pronounced 
le  able  judges,  to  be  "  a  wretched,  rhyming  list  of  Book* 
in  London  and  Westminster,  with  silly  commendations  of 
and  stupid  abuse  of  others.**    See  one  sfiecimen  in  p.  640. 
[r.  Dennis  removed  to  Middle-row,  Holbom,  where  ho 
lied  occasionally  to  publisli  Catalogues,  in  "which  were  gt^ 
several  very  curious  articles,  particularly  in  the  OccuU 
f.    He  died,  a  young  man,  Aug.  ^,  1798. 
ow  one  of  Mr.  Bowyer*s  Annuitants ;  se€  before,  p.  2SS» 
e  before,  in  this  volume,  p.  4^9. 

r.  John  Egeiton  died  January  17i  179ft,  of  a  rheu« 
fe^er,  after  a  week*8  illness.  He  was  a  Bookseller 
It  eminence  To  the  Literati  he  was  an  useful  man; 
!W  books  well;  and  his  memory,  uncommonly  re* 
,  was  seldom  at  a  loss  through  the  vaiieties  of  dates, 
and  sizes.  In  the  sale-room  he  was  conspicuously 
and  put  the  excellences  of  an  article  very  forcibly  to  the 
.  In  private  life  his  character  and  conduct  were,  very  ck* 
7 ;  and  lib  zeal  and  acti  Aty  in  business  few  lave  eiL^^^^sidfcd* 
ried  oneottbfi  daughCej-s  of  Mr.  Lockytr  I>vn&. 

.///.  Tt  T>» 


<S4t  LITERARY  AN£CDOTES. 

The  curious  Collection  of  their  Predecessor,  Mr. 
John  Millan  *. 

'1785  John  Muller-f,  Professor  at  the  Royal  Aca- 
demy at  Woolwich. 

Thomas  Deletanville,  esq.  Author  of  a  French  and 
English  Dictionary. 

1786  Dr.  George  Haddon,  Rector  of  Stepney. 
Dr.  John  Bradshaw,  Bishop  of  Bristol. 

1787  John  Jebb,  M.  D. 
L.  D.  Nelme,  esq. 

1788  Dr.  Markham :{:,  rector  of  Whitechapel, 
WiUiam  Pagett,  esq.  of  the  Middle  Temple. 

1789  Dr.  F.Blackburne§,  Archdeacon  of  Richmond. 
Richard  Ward,  Prebendary  of  Lincoln. 

1 790  William  Young  and  Richard  Knight,  esqrs. 
17y  1  Francis  Hiorne  ||,  of  Warwick,  esq.  F.  A.  S. 
T.  Osborne^  D.  D.  Rector  of  Clifton,  Bedfordshire. 
H .  Brooker^,esq.  Keeper  of  the  Augmentation-ofiice. 
Marmaduke  Overend,  of  Chiswick,  esq. 
Kenton  Couse  ♦♦,  Architectural  Books;  and  the  Li- 

*  Mr.  John  Millan,  who  vms  a  Bookseller  at  Charing  Cross  more 
than  50  years,  died  Feb.  15,  17B4,  ag*ed  more  tiian  81.    He  is 
thus  celebrated  in  Mr.  Dell's  poem  mentioned  in  p.  G4U 
"  Millan,  deserving  of  the  warmest  praise^ 
As  full  of  worth  and  virtue  as  of  days ; 
Brave,  open,  gen*rous,  'tis  in  him  we  find 
A  solid  judgment  and  a  taste  refin'd ; 
Nature's  most  choice  productions  are  his  care^ 
And  them  t'obtain,  no  e\pence  or  pains  docs  tpanei 
A  character  so  amiable  and  bright,  ^ 

Inspires  the  muse  vnth  rapture  and  delight;  > 

Tlie  Gentleman  and  Trade:9man  both  in  him  unite.  I 
f  John  MuUer,  esq.  Professor  of  Artillery  and  Fortification  at 
Woolwich,  and  author  of  some  ingenious  professional  tracU, 
died  in  June  1784,  in  his  85th  year. 

t  Of  whom  see  some  memoirs  in  vol.  II.  p.  682. 
§  Of  whom  see  memoirs  in  thb  volume,   p.  14. 
II  Son  of  the  famous  Architect  of  that  name  at  WarwieL    H« 
was  elected  F.  A.  S.  1784  -,  and  died  Dec.  9,  1789. 

%  Receiver  General  and  ]ibi*arian  to  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of 
Westminster.  He  died  May  29»  1 787. 

**  Mr.  Couse,  an  eminent  Siurveyor  in  his  Ms^esty*s  Office^of 
Works,  was  bred  an  Architect  under  Mr.  FUtcroft  of  the  Boani 
of  Worksy  into  yiYuOdl  ^\ab\Satoftft8Lt  hs  wm  introduced  as  sooa 


^ftOait£8S  OF  8ALC  CATALOGtJM*  6^3 

brtrty  of  a  Physician. 

1792  reter  Whallev*,  M.  A.  Editor  of  Ben  Jonson. 
Michael  Morris,  M.  D*  F.  R.  S.  Physician  to  the 

Westminster  InfirmarVi 

1 793  Two  parts.     Another  in  the  same  year^ 

1 794  John  Smeaton,  F.  R*  S. 

JSvans^,  Tliomasj  King-street^  Cbvent  Garden^ 

1769  Duchess  of  Dorset>  and  an  Antiquary* 

1771  Sir  John  Cross* 
■  near  Vorh-huildings^  1774-*-1779* 

1782  A  Baronet;  and  John  Walter,  esq. 

By  auction,  1775,  Dr.  Van  Swinden;    and  J.  H* 
Schoeman;  and  part  of  Hey  dinger's  Stock,  1776* 
Fatdder^  Robert y  New  Bond  street^  1779* 

1 78 1  Hon.  John  Maitland  %. 

1786  Robert  Foley  §,  D.  D.  Dean  of  Worcester. 

Rev.  Mr.  D^ulhon.j 
Fox,  WiUiam^  Holbom,  1773,  74,  75^  jO,  77* 

as  a  regular  vacancy  happened.  He  progressively  rose  in  this 
dqiartment  to  be  the  first  clerk  of  the  worksi  and  afterwards 
became  secretary  to  the  board.  This  post  he  held  till  the  office 
wma  new-modelled  by  Mr.  Burke*s  Bill  of  Reform^  1789,  when 
he  was  re-appointed,  under  the  denomination  of  examining  clerks 
which  plaoe  he  enjoyed  at  his  death ;  having  been  also,  for  8e« 
vcral  years,  surveyor  to  the  Company  of  Goldsmiths.  fW  mea 
finderwent  more  business,  both  public  and  private,  than  Mr. 
Couse,  or  with  greater  credit  and  integrity.  Libera],  honour* 
able,  and  punctual  in  all  his  engagements,  he  deservedly  sained 
numberless  friends,  and  never  lost  one  in  Uie  practice  of  his  pro* 
Session  for  nearly  50  years.  To  the  applause  of  others,  the  written 
testimony  of  a  very  great  Personage  might  be  added :  but  Dt* 
licacy  forbids  us  to  insist  ppon  it.  Mr.  Couse  married  Miat 
Sarah  Hamilton,  the  younger  daughter  of  Mr.  Hamilton,  who 
held  a  post  in  the  late  King*s  houshold,  by  whom  he  had  thre« 
surviving  children,  viz»  Capt.  Charles  Couse,  appointed,  by  his 
Majesty  himself,  to  the  command  of  the  Roebuck  packet,  on  th«  . 
Falmouth  station,  178^^  and  two  daughters,  immarried.  H« 
died  in  Scotland  Yard,  in  his  70th  year,  Oct.  10,  1790.— TKt 
eldest  daughter  was  married,  March  S9, 1794,  to  Dr.  Christopher 
(since  Sir  Christopher)  Peg;^,  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 

*  Of  whom  see  memoirs  in  vol.  H.  p.  108. 

f  Of  whom  see  memoirs  in  vol.  Vl.  p.  434. 

X  A  Colonel  in  the  Army,  and  uncle  of  tlit  present  Earl  d 
Lauderdale.    He  died  June  29,  1779. 

I  Who  died  Jan.  S,  1783. 

T  T  8  Oair4^ 


.  044  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Gardner*  J  Henry -Lasher y  opposite  St.  Clement  $ 
church,  Strand  J  1786,91,93. 
.  Gorgo,  Anthony y  Middle-row,  St.  Giles  s^  1773,75- 
HaU\,  Francis,  St  randy  1771. 
Hamilton,  near  Grays-inn,  1792. 
Harlow  J  Elizabeth,  St.  James's-street,  1 792. 

1776  Hayes,  Samuel,  from  Mr.  Cater,Jacing  St, 
Andrew's  church,  Ilolborn. 

Charles Thornbury, esq.;  Mr. Worlidge;  G. Arnaud, 
M.D.memberoftheSocietyofSurgeonsinLondon, 
and  of  the  Royal  Academy  of  Surgeons  at  Paris. 

1777  Miscellaneous. 

.    1778  Francis  Fawkes,  M.  A.  rector  of  Hayes* 
Charles  Stanley,  esq. 
J.  Torriano,  Rector  of  Chingford. 
Matthew  Armstrong,  esq. 
1779   Hayes  "i^,,  Samuel,  Oxford-street. 
Rev.  William  Etvvall,  B.  l5.  of  Magdalen  college, 
Oxford,  vicar  of  Stanes,   editor  of  Plato's  Dia- 
logues;   John  Maule,  M.  A.  Fellow  of  King's; 
Herbert  Nettleton,  esq. 

1780,81,85,87—95. 
.Hayes  i,  John,  High  Holhorn. 

1779  Lord  Archer ;  Dr.  S.  Smallbrook  ;  Thomai 
Greenfield,  M.  D. 

1780  Henry  Alcroft,  esq.  of  Mitcham;  John  Hut- 
ton,  esq.  of  Gainsborough. 

1786  Herman  Brown,  esQ. ;  I788 — ^91. 
Herbert\\,  Isaac,  Pall-mall,  1793,  94. 

' Great  Russel'Street,  1795,96. 

Hey  dinger  %C.  Strand,  1771,  73;  not  priced  1772; 

*  Mr.  Gardner  died  at  Clapham,  Feb.  29,  1808. 

f  Formerly  warehouseman  to  Mr.  Bou'yer;  and  afterwards 
for  many  years  one  of  the  Yeomen  of  the  Guaixl  to  His  M^esty. 

{  This  intelligent  and  respectable  gentleman  was  induced,  in 
the  line  of  his  profession,  during  the  last  short  interval  from  war, 
to  visit  Prance;  and  has  since  that  period  been  one  of  ihe  manr 
British  subjects  unjustly  detained  a  prisoner  by  the  tyranny  and 
caprice  of  the  present  Ruler  of  France. 

i  Mr.  John  Hayes,  whose  abilities  were  of  no  ordinary  class,  and 
his  erudition  very  considerable,'  died  Nov.  1^,  1811,  aged  74. 

Jl  NepbewoftVieE^loYoi  k\s«i^**'\Y««j^?«^iealAnriquitied.'' 
^  A  German  Book»e\\ct.  lAfcvi%sfc\\xisKi^«i&\>ii\^^^ 


PROGIiESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUXf,  ^^ 

and  two  Supplements. 
Hingeston  *,  Milesoriy  Strand j  near  Temple-bar. 
Edward  Francklin,  of  Rainham  ;    and  Dn  Brad* 

shaw,  of  Upminster. 
A  Merchant ;  and  a  Gentleman  of  Essex^  1770. 
Sir  William  Wiseman,  Bart. ;  Dr.  Winefield,  Hos- 
pitaller of  St.  Thomas  in  the  Borough ;  Thomas 
Thomson,  vicar  of  Eltham. 
Rev.  John  Lindsev,l77!5j. 
Mr.  Riggs,  of  HoUist,  Kent ;  and  Mr.  AndreW 

Solinus,  undated. 
Hooper  ^y  Samuel,  Ludgate-hill. 

and  Davisy  undated. 

Jeffery\,  Edward,  Warwick-street,  1788. 
The  Parliamentary  and  Constitutional  Library  of  a 

Man  of  Fashion,  gone  abroad,  1789. 
The  Lounging  Books  of  a  Gentleman ;  the  Library 
of  his  Excellency  Baron  Hopp. 

Pall-mall,  1790. 


Library  of  a  Gentleman  from  Marlborough. 
Johfison^,  Joseph,  opposite  the  Monument. 

Stock  of  John  Ward,  bookseller. 
KingW,  Thom^is,  Lower  Moorfields,  1780 — 1796. 

Anthony  Purver,  1786. 
King  and  Son,  King-street,  Covent  Garden,  1 796. 
King,  Thomas-James,  Tavistock-street. 

*  After  having  been  several  years  in  business,  he  retired  to 
a  comfortable  situation  in  the  Ordnance  Office  5  and  diec^,  much 
respected  J  at  his  house  in  the  Tower,  March  ^4,  I8O6. 

f  The  well-known  publisher  of  Captain  Groee'a  Works.  He 
kept  a  shop  for  some  time  in  the  Strand;  afterwards  in  Lud^ate- 
•treet,  and  finally  in  High  Holboum;  and  died  Feb.  20«1793. 

J  Now  of  Pall  Mall ;  industrious  and  intelligent. 

I  Afterwards  of  St.  Paul's  Church  Yard.  See  before,  p.  4G1.  < 
•  It  Now,  and  for  many  years  past,  the  emulous  ^nd  successful 
rival  of  George  Leigh  ;.  like  whom,  he  is  distinguished  for  in- 
tegrity, skill,  and  an  obliging  disposition.  Many  a  precious 
black-letter  morsel  has  passed  under  his  hammer  *,  and  he  still, 
with  the  assistance  of  his  son-in-law  Mr.  Lochfe,  continues  to 
be  a  first-rate  Auctioneer  of  Books. — He  has  a  son  also,  who, 
having  since  colonized  into  a  separate  establishment  (see  p.  646.) 
15  to  be  found  at  his  post,  with  a  respectable  set  of  friendii 
round  him^  at  Fenton*s  Spacious  Rooms,  No.  39  i>  OiLfotd-^it^x.. 


tf4(f  UTEEART  ANECDOTES. 

• 

Lackingion*^  James,  Chiswell-street,  1 78 1—1 793, 
Lackington,  ^llen,  and  Co.  Ftnsbury-square,  1794, 
LaWy  John,  J$lt.  Martins  church-yard^ 
Iteacroft  ^,  Samuel^  Charing  Cross. 

1773  James  Moody,  Rector  of  Dunton,  Bucks. 

1776  Geo.  Oldmixon,  esq. ;  John  Mortimer,  Painter ; 
Rev,  John Boardman, rector  of  Cheadle,  Cheshire, 

»  Dr.  Charles  0\ven,  Author  of  the  History  of 

Serpents ;  Ekiipund  Watson,  M.  D.  of  Stockport. 

J 777  Geo.  Alexander, esq. of Sturt-loe, Huntingdon, 
Jjeigh :}:  and  Sotheby. 

1779  A  Nobleman,  deceased.  * 

J 781  Michael  Tyson,  M.A.  F.R.S. 

■  .  .    Sip  Joseph  Ayloffe^,  hart.  F,  R,  A.  SSt ;  and 
Robert  Young,  esq. 

1785  Dr.  Thomas  Morell  ||,  F,  R.  S.  and  F.  S.  A. 

1786,87,88,91,94,96. 
Lewis  ^y  Great  Russell-street y  Covent-garden. 
Lowndes**,  Thomas,  fteetTstreet,  1756 — 1784, 

•  *  The  Bibliomaniacs  (if  any  such  survive)  who  recollect  tht 
{Contents  of  Mr.  Lackington's  firstCatalogueinChisweli-street^and 
the  dimensions  of  hi^  shop,  would  be  astonished  when  they  first 
Tisited  the  Temple  of  the  Muses  in  Finsbury-square;  but,  as  Mr. 
Lackington  observed  in  the  motto  on  his  first  carriage,  **  &nall 
Qains  do  great  things  ;'*  and  in  him  was  exemplified  the  quota- 
tion very  aptly  selected  for  him  in  more  than  pne  of  his  ec- 
logues: "  Sutor  ultra  crepidam  felicitcr  ausus." — As  he  is  still 
living,  and  has  favoured  the  world  with  his  own  memoirs,  I  shall 
only  say,  that  he  is  particularly  fortunate  in  having  for  his  suc- 
cessors in  business,  a  well-educated,  gentlemanly  Nephew^  and 
Fkutners  of  considerable  talents  and  eaual  industry. 

f  An  eUve  of  Lockyer  Pavis.     He  aied  in  1795. 

%  See  before,  pp.  6«6,  630.      %  Of  whom  sec  before,  p.  183. 

II  See  memoirs  of  him  in  vol.  I.  p.  651. 

%  WhodiedatKn]ghtsbridge,Aug.7, 1S02.  He  was  one  of  the 
oldest  Booksellen  in  London ;  and  used  to  relate  that  his  £ither 
was  a  schoolfellow  with  Alexander  Pope. 

*♦  A  native  of  Cheshire  (as  were  three  eminent  Printers  of  the 
same  name  in  the  sixteenth  century,  see  p.  593.)  He  was  for 
SB  years  a  Bookseller  in  Fleet-street  5  where  he  had  an  exten- 
sive circulatirg  library,  and  was  a  considerable  dealer  in  Dra^ 
matic  Works  J  and,  by  persevering  industry,  acquired  a  considera? 
^le  fortune.  He  was  a  strong-minded  uneducated  man  ;  roiigi^ 
ij^  his  maQnerSj  but  of  sterling  integrity  5  and  is  supposed  tc^ 


PROGEE88  OF  SALfi  CJCtAXX}GVZ$.  647 

Lowndes  ♦,  fVUliam,  Fleet-street y  1785,  86. 
Marsh^y  Charles^  Charing  Cross,  1764. 

• 

have  been  delineated  by  Mias  Bumey,  in  her  celebrated  No?d« 
"Cecilia/*  under  the  name  of  Briggs,  He  died  in  1/84 ;  And 
on  a  flat  sioue  in  the  chancel  of  St.  Bride*s  id  this  inscription ; 

"  H.  S.  Ev 
Thomas  Lowndes,  Bibliopola, 
hujus  paroohis  incola  annos  supra  viginti  octo« 
Mains  pridie  cat.  Decembris,  anno  Salutis  1719^ 
denatus  7  Novembris,  1784. 
Quis  desiderio  sit  pudor  aut  modus 
Tarn  chari  capitis  !** 
*  Eldest  son  of  Mr.  Thomas  LowTides  ;  and  now  a  considera- 
ble Booksellei  in  Bedford-street,  0)vent  Garden. 

t  He  was  author  of  the  poem,  intit\iled,  "  The  Library^  an 
Epistle  from  a  Bookseller  to  a  Gentleman,  his  Customer ;  de« 
siring  him  to  discharge  his  bill.  Printed  for  [the  Author]  Chariet 
Marsh,  near  Northumberland-house,  Charing  Cross,  1766V*  4to. 
With  abundance  of  absurdities,  some  shrewd  thoughts  are  in- 
troduced U[)()n  "  long-winded  credit,**  and  the  disadvantage  of 
it  to  a  tradesman  who  deals  fbr  ready  money  only.    His  plea  for 
his  title  is  the  purchase  of  a  Library,  for  the  accomplishment  o{ 
which  50/.  was  necessary ;  and  he  concludes  ingeniously  enough; 
*'  The  sum  of  all  then  is,  I  be^. 
And  you  shall  have  both  hat  and  leg. 
Your  Worship  would  discharge  your  bill. 
That  I  my  contract  may  ftilfil." 
The  following  MS  Note  (seemingly  written  by  Richard  Otvea 
Cambridge,  esq.  when  a  Gentleman  Commoner  of  St.  John's^ 
Oxford,  who  was  a  fnend  to  the  Genius  mentioned  below  from 
the  year  1737)  is  copied  from  the  back  of  the  title  page  of  the 
poem  above-mentioned. 

•'  The  author  (Charles  Marsh)  was  originally  a  Church-clerk 
in  Westminster,  or,  perhaps,  I  should  have  said  a  Chapel-derk; 
and  it  has  been  said  a  good  one ;  1  will  answer  for  it  as  ^;ood  a 
Chapel-clerk  as  a  Poet.    He  lived  several  years  in  Old  Round* 
court,  in  the  Strand,  but  did  no  great  matter  in  his  business, 
being  of  a  very  unhappy  temper,  and  withall  very  proud  and  in* 
Bolent,  with  a  plenriful  share  of  conceit,  asap|)ears  fram  this  ex« 
traordinary  piece.    To  shew  the  man,  I  must  here  mention  that 
1  once  bought  a  black»letter  tract  of  him,  for  the  ])rice  marked 
in  his  catalogue.  Is.     A  person  not  long  after  came  into  his  shop, 
and  asked  for  it ;  and  upon  being  told  it  was  sold,  «aid  he  would 
have  given  three  or  four  shillings  for  It :  upon  which  his  appren* 
tice,  Evans,  told  me.  Marsh  said,  '  Ah,  It  is  given  away !  *    and 
seemed  angry  with  mc  for  having  got  it.     He  removed  (upon  ac- 
count of  the  court's  being  less  fi-equented,  on  the  new  paving  of 
tlic  street's)  to  Charing  Cross,  not  fer  firom  the  comer  of  North- 
umberland-house ;  turning  down  to  Westminster ;  where  he  had 
not  80  much  businest  as  in  his  old  ^lua^u.    ^«v^  V^  vk^"^ 


64S  UTERARY  AKECDOTES. 

Lord  Melcorabe ;    Daniel  Gell,    of  Westmiiutet 
Abbey,esq. ;  JohaTrenley,  of  Doctors  Commons. 
Manson  *,  John-Pauly  King-street^  /f Westminster, 
17  S6. 

A  Summer  Catalogue,  1795- 
i Duke'S'Coiirt,  St.  Martins-lane,  1788 — 91. 

Robert  Salusbury  Cotton,  esq.   F.  A.  S.   178^. 
Mar  sow  y  Johuy  High  Holborn,  1785,  86. 
Mears,  fVilliam,  Lamb,  witlioat  Temple  Bar,  1727, 

An  eminent  Lawyer. 
Noble  ^f  Francis,  Holhorn. 

Ward'fi  medicines,  and  became  one  of  the  Assistants  in  the  Court 
of  Westminster.  After  his  removal,  he  left  off  trade,  and  cora- 
menced  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  like  many  other  decayed  and  bro- 
ken-down tradesmen  at  that  time.  In  this  novel  way,  he  be- 
came the  tool  to  Sir  John  Fielding,  lie  had  a  son,  who  was  1  • 
man  of  letters,  educated  at  Westminster  school,  and  from  thenc« 
elected  to  King's  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  was  mm? 
years  a  Fellow.  He  was  aftcnvard  a  Clerk  in  the  War  Office," 
•and  died  Jan.  21,  1812,  in  his  78th  year. 

»  *  This  weU-informed  Bookseller  who  was  afterw^ds  for  some 
yeai*s  resident  in  Gerard-street,  Soho,  died  Feb.  7*  1812,  whilst  thii 
article  was  preparing  for  the  press. — Of  him  Mr.  Dibdin  obiervcs, 
"In  the  ])re.sont  Our^on-loving  age,  with  what  avidity  would 
6uch  a  number  of  this  Printer's  books  be  sought  after !  lliey  will 
rarely  ever  again  appear  in  one  collection  so  numerous  or  so  per* 
feet.  I  am  well  acquainted  with  the  skill  and  liberality  of  Messm 
Payne,  White,  Egerton,  and  £\'ans-^that  the^know  and  lore 
Caxton  as  well  as  Aldus,  Froben,  and  the  Stephe^ses ;  but  I  ques- 
tion if  in  the  ocean  of  English  Black-letter  they  have  taken  quite 
fo  deep  a  plunge  as  Mr.  Manson,  of  Gerard-street,  Soho.  It  is 
due  to  the  spirit  and  perseverance  of  this  latter  Bookseller,  to 
notice  his  love  of  the  imprints,  colophons,  and  devices  of  our 
venerable  English  ty|)Ographers. — Professor  Heyne  could  not 
have  exhibited  greater  signs  of  joy  at  the  sight  of  tne  Townky 
MS.  of  Homer,  than  did  Mr.  Manson  on  the  discovery  of  Ras- 
tells  '  Pastyme  of  the  People*  among  the  books  of  Mr.  Brand.— 
If  I  wished  for  a  coUection  of  Rembi-andt's  or  Nanteuil's  prints, 
or  of  old  portraits  and  black-lettered  books,  catalogued,  I  would, 
with  the  utmost  confidence,  resign  the  whole  to  the  integrity  aod 
discrimination  of  Mr.  Manson.'*    Director,  voL  II.  p.  3 16. 

t  Mr.  F.  Noble  for  many  years  kept  an  extensive  circulating 
library  in  Holborn,  but,  in  consequence  of  his  daughter's  ob- 
taining a  share  of  the  first  30,000/.  prize  that  ever  was  sold,  he 
rctii*ed  from  business.  He  died  at  Kentish  Town,  at  an  ad- 
vanced age,  June  7,  1792.  He  was  brother  to  Mr.  Noble,  who 
kept  also  a  circulating  library  in  St.  Martin's-comt,  and  whose  • 
iteiuly  sou  livtd  man^  ^«dx^  \v\)>^\\K»ii.^vfOdt  ^  the  Hews-gafe. 

ls«»t^ 


1»R0GRE9S  OF  SALE  CATAIOQUES.  049^^ 

NoorthaucJc,  Harmauy    Cicero's  Head,  Great  Pi- 
azza, Covent  Garden. 

1727-8,  Sir  William  Dawes,  Archbishop  of  York. 

1728  Miscellaneous. 
Ogilvi/,  Davidy  Middle-rou^  Holborn,  IjSS^ 

Dr.  Brereton,  of  Winchester,  I785.  ^ 

Rev.  Mr,  Smith,  17 86. 

tmdJ.Speare,  I787-8. 

Osborne  *y  Thomas^  Graj/s-inn. 

1756  Vol.1.   Dr.  Thomas  Gale,  Dean  of  York, 
Editor  of  the  "  Histori'de  Anglicanse  Scriptores  ;** 

♦  Of  whom  see  some  memoirs  in  this  volume,  p.  401. 

The  story  of  Johnson's  knocking  down  Osborne  with  a  fblio 
volume,  is  told  at  large  by  Sir  John  Hawkins,  wiio  pre£u:es  it 
by  the  following  severe  delineation  of  his  character : 

*'  Osborne  was  an  opulent  tradesman  as  may  be  judged  from 
his  ability  to  make  so  large  a  purchase  [the  £arl  of  Oxford's  li- 
brary.] He  was  used  to  boast  that  he  was  worth  forty  thousand 
pounds ;  but  of  Booksellers  he  was  one  of  the  most  ignorant :  of  ' 
title  pages  or  editions  he  had  no  knowledge  or  remembrance,  but 
in  all  the  tricks  and  arts  of  his  trade  he  was  most  expert.  John- 
unii  in  his  life  of  Pope,  says,  that  he  was  entirely  destitute  of 
ahame,  without  sense  of  any  disgrace,  but  that  of  poverty.  He 
purchased  a  number  of  unsold  copies  of  Mr.  Pope*s  Iliad,  of 
Che  folio  size^  printed  on  an  inferior  paper,  and  without  cuts, 
and  cutting  off  the  top  and  bottom  margins,  which  were  very! 
large,  had  the  impudence  to  call  them  the  subscription  books,* 
and  to  vend  them  as  such.  His  insolence  to  his  customers  wa^ 
also  frequently  past  bearing.  If  one  came  for  a  book  in  his  ca** 
talogue,  he  would  endeavour  to  force  on  him  some  new  publica- 
tion of  bis  ovm,  and,  if  he  refused,  would  affront  him. — I  men- 
tion the  above  particulars  of  this  worthless  fellow  as  an  introduc- 
tion to  a  fact  respecting  his  behaviour  to  Johnson,  which  I  have* 
often  heard  related,  and  which  himself  confessed  to  be  true." 

This  mighty  Bibliopole  was  thus  noticed  in  the  Dunciad, 
"  Qsboi-ne  and  Curll  accept  the  glorious  strife."  Book  II.  ver.  167. 

And  the  notes  expressly  call  him  ''  a  bookseller  in  Gray*s  Inn, 
Tery  well  quaUfied  by  his  impudence  to  act  thb  part ;  therefore 
placed  here  instead  of  a  less  deserving  predecessor,  Chapman,  the 
publisher  of  Mrs.  Hayward's  New  Utopia,  &c.)*'  And  in  the 
conclusion  of  the  contest,  ver.  189. 

"  Osborne,  through  jjeHect  modesty  o'ercome, 
Cniwn'd  with  the  Jordan,  walks  contented  home." 

The  "  Mother  Osborne  stupified  to  stone"  was  a  very  difibr- 
ent  character ;  intended,  undoubtedly,  for  Pitt,  who,  under  the 
assumed  name  of  Osborne,  publbhed  a  ))arty -paper,  called  the 
Gazetteer,  and  was  supposed  to  receive  a  pension  from  Sir  Robert 
Walpole.  He  was  for  a  time  the  oracle  of  a  \>o\\l\c^\  c\t^^»  \tv 
aCoffee-home,  Teoiple-bar; "  giving  \uaAil\ii&^w«Xfc\3!Wi%-*^ 


ff50  LmftAKT  ANECDOTES. 

Roger  Gale,  esq.  the  great  Antiquary;  the 
learned  Mr.  Hen.Wotton ;  and  Dr.  Fra.  Dickens, 
Re^us  Professor  of  Civil  Law  at  Cambridge. 

Vol.  fl.  Dr.  John  Coneybear,  Bishop  of  Oxford 
and  Dean  of  Bristol. 

Gilbert  Walmsley  ♦,  esq.  of  Lichfield. 

Vol.  IIL  John  de  Pesters,  esq. ;  Dr.  Coneybeare; 
Dr.  and  Mr.  Gale ;  and  Mr.  Walmesley. 

1758  Rev.  John  Creyke,  Chaplain  to  Heneage 
Finch,  Earl  of  Winchelsea. 

1760  Sir  Luke  Schaub,  Bart. 
Edmund  Sawyer,  esq.  master  in  chancery. 

1761  Hon.  Augustus  George  Egerton ;  Dr.  George 
Hepburn,  Physician,  of  King's  Lynn ;  Dr.  Ed- 
wanl  Hody,  Physician  to  St.  George's  hospital. 

1763  Rev.  Drs.  Philip  Bearcroft-f-,  Master  of  the 
Charter-house,  Thomas  Morton,  fellow  of  Cor- 

Sus  Christi  college,  Oxford;  and  Moss,  Fellow  of 
few  coll^,  Oxford ;  Dr.  Charles  Feake,  Phy- 
sician to  Guy's  hospital ;  Dr.  Richard  Conyen, 
Physician  to  the  Foundling  Hospital  and  Army ; 

Mr.  T.  Osborne  had  thoughts  of  re-printing  Dr.  Rawlinson*f 
English  Topographer/*  with  enlai^menls ;  but  could  never 
bring  the  Doctor  to  undertake  it.'*  British  Topography,  I.  xlv. 
—A  few  additions  by  him  are  in  a  copy  which  Mr.  Goi^  be« 
queathed  to  the  Bodleian  Library. 

.  *'  In  T.  Osbome'sXIatalogue  of  the  late  Lord  Colerane's  li* 
brary.  No.  1418,  was  "  A  MS  history  of  the  parish  and  town  of 
Tottenham  High  Cross,  by  lord  Colerane,  curiously  written, 
and  neatly  bound,  witli  his  lordship*s  arms  on  the  cover.**  Whai 
Osborne  piychased  this  library,  he  took  away  many  private  pa- 
pers and  d^s  lodged  in  presses  behind  the  book-cases.  Among 
them  was  this  MS.  which  was  afterwards  bought  of  him  by  Dr. 
Rawlinson,  who  shewed  it  at  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  1755.  It 
appeared,  by  several  circumstances  in  it,  to  be  drawn  up  by  his 
loidship's  father,  and  was  principally  an  account  of  charities  theitt 
With  one  draught  of  an  old  grave  stone,  and  is  now  in  the  Bod- 
leian library.  The  Doctor  also  bought  .1  rent-roll,  which  he  was 
with  difficulty  prevailed  on  to  restore  to  the  right  owners."  lb.  542. 
*  Of  whom  Dr.  Johnson  says,  "  I  knew  him  early;  he  was  one 
of  the  first  friends  that  literature  procyred  me,  and  I  hope  at  least 
my  gratitude  made  me  worthy  of  his  notice.  He  was  of  an  ad- 
vanced age»  and  I  was  only  not  a  boy  j  yet  he  never  received  my 
notions  with  contempt.  He  was  a  Whig,  with  all  the  virulence 
and  malevolence  ot  Vaa  ^paxx^j  •,  >^«x.  ^^v^t^^  o€  opinion  did  not 
keep  us  apart.    1  YioiM»ixed\ivni«  %5A>Mb  ^spAsMt^  ti^^^  ^^  j^ 

t  Ctf  whomaeexDeiitfnnmN^V\k«^V^«  \^^ 


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1>R0CRYSS  OF  SALE  CATAUXnifii.  6$! 

John  Twisleton,  esq.  of  Rowdiff ;  Mr.  Walter 

Birmingham,  Door-keeper  to  the  House  of  LordsL 

IjGS  Dr.  James  Sherrard*',  and  his  Brother  Wil* 

*  James  Sherard^  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  was  for  many  years  a  re- 
spectable apothecary  in  Mark-lane,  London,  where  he  occa« 
uonally  made  a  public  exhibition  of  scarce  plants ;  a  study  in 
Kfhich  he  was  a  great  proficient.  In  the  latter  part  of  life  (hav- 
ing then  taken  the  degree  of  M.  D.)  he  retired  to  Eltham'  in 
Kent,  where  he  continued  his  fevourite  amusement,  the  culti* 
ration  of  valuable  and  uncommon  plants;  a  curious  Catalogue 
of  which  was  published  by  James  Dillenius,  under  the  title  of 
"  Uortus  lillthamensis,  sive  plantarum  rariarum  quas  in  horto 
ino  Elthami  in  Cantio  collegit  vir  omatissimus  &  prasstantiaai* 
mus  Jac.  Sherard,  M.  D.  Reg.  Soc.  &  Coll.  Med.  Lond.  soc.  Gu- 
Belmi  P.  M.  filter,  delineationes  &  descriptiones,  quanun  histo- 
ria  vel  planb  non,  vel  imperfectb  h,  rei  herbariae  scriptoribua  tra- 
dita  fuit  'y  audtore  Jacobo  Dillenio,  M.  D.  London.  1732.*'  Jn  a 
letter  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  in  December  173S,  Dr.  Sherard  says^ 
"  I  send  herewith  a  copy  of  the  Hortus  Elthamensis,  which  Dr. 
Dillenius  is  now  publishing.  You  will  see  that  he  has  not  studied 
to  adorn  either  his  book  or  my  garden  ;  his  chief  care  has  been 
to  improve  and  advance  the  knowledge  of  Botany.**  He  died 
Feb.  12,  1737-S  i  and  is  said  to  have  been  worth  150,0002.  A 
ooDsiderable  part  of  his  landed  property  was  at  Evington  in  Lei- 
cestershire ;  where  he  was  buried,  and  where  a  monument  on 
the  South  side  of  the  church  preserves  his  memory,  and  that  ot 
his  wife  (Susan  Lockwood)  who  8ur\ived  him : 

"  M.  S.  Jacobi  Sherard,  M,  D. 

Colleg.  Medic.  Lond.  &  Soc.  Reg.  Soc. 

viri  multifiari^  doctrini  cultissimi ; 

fairerum  naturalium,  Botanices  imprimis  scienti^,  pen^  singularis  $ 

et^  nequid  ad  oblectandos  amicos  ueesset,  artis  masice  peritissimi. 

Accesserunt  iili  in  laudis  cumulum  mores  Christian!, 

vitse  integritas,  &  ei'ga  omnes  jcomitas  &  benevolcntia. 

Obiit  pridie  id.  Feb.  A.  D.  mdccxxxviii,  annos  natus  LXXll. 

Uxor  Susanna,  Richardi  Lockwpod,  aim.  fiUa> 

Optimo  Marito  hoc  monumentum  moestissima  posuit 

&  sibi ;  quae  ob.  27  Nov.  1741,  aetat.  72, 

&  juxta  Maritum  sepulta  est.*'  ^ 

His  green-house  at  Eltham  remains,  on  the  North  side  of  tha 
town,  in  a  garden  occupied  by  the  late  Rev.  Peter  Pinnel,  D.  D. 
(vicar  of  Eltham  and  Shorne,  and  Prebendary  of  Rochester) ;  and 
«  new  edition  of  the  "  Hortus,**  with  the  Linnean  names,  was 
published  at  Leyden  in  177^*  Among  the  Adversaria  of  Mr. 
James  Petiver  (Sloane  MSS.  334.  p.  279  )  is  an  entertaining  de- 
scription of  a  botanical  excursion  in  August  1714,  by  Mr.  James 
Sherard  and  Mr.  Petiver,  from  London  to  Riverhead,  Sevenoaks, 
and  T\inbndge  Wells ;  and  thence,  "  in  a  chaise  with  two  horses, 
(ft4milesthroughsucbhon*]d  and  deep  roads  by  TilehurstandWood- 
^^rst  as  no  coach  or  chaise  had  ever  passed)  after  inan^  Yvax^Xxvsg^^^ 

911^;*'  aituwanb  to  UntiDgt',  Winelkbea ^vi^m^ \!tiie<s n««ea 


6Si  UTUtA&T  ANECDOTES. 

liam^  ^Consul  at  Aleppo ;  Hon.  Admirtl  Les- 

"  entertained  at  the  Mayor*8  booBe,  and,  the  place  not  affixrding 
my  wine,  regaled  with  excellent  punch  made  by  the  Mayore»» 
»  every  bowl  of  which  waa  better  than  the  former  one**)  i  Rye, 
Lydd,  New  Romney,  Sandgate  Ca5tle,  Folkstone  (*'  a  Ynse  ru^;- 
ced  town,  inhabited  only  by  fishermen*') ;  Dover,  WaldeahaR^ 
Knowlton,  Deal,  Sandwich,  Isle  of  Thanet,  Canterbury,  Fever- 
aham,  the  Marshes  near  Shepey,  Rochester  and  Northfleet  Mr. 
Tyndall,  an  apothecary,  joined  their  party  on  the  road;  and 
this  little  tour  contains  some  curious  topogn^phical  and  botaoictl 
remarks.  Among  the  same  MSS.  (4059  )  are  many  of  his  ktten 
to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  between  the  years  1704  and  17352. 

Dr.  William  Sherard  was  Fellow  of  All  Souls  Colkge,  Ox« 
ford  3  B.  C.  L.  Dec.  11, 1683  ;  D.  C.  L.  June  19, 1694.     In  1690, 
he  was  ill  the  family  of  Sir  Arthur  Rawdon,  at  Moira,  in  lidaod^ 
but  was  soliciting  some  establishment  at  Hampton  Court    He 
was  afterwards  tutor  to  Charles,  eldest  son  of  Horatio  the  fint 
Viscount  Townshend,  during  his  foreign  travels.     In  Sir  Hani 
Sloane  8  "  Catalogue  of  PlanU*'  (MSS.  3343.)  is  a  long  list  of 
"  Seeds  sent  by  Dr.  Sherard,  Dec.  30,  1699.'*    And  in  MSS. 
4059.  are  several  of  his  letters,  from  Ireland,  Leyden,  the  Haguet 
Venice,  Rome,  and  Paris  (chiefly  on  botanical  subjects)  -,  and 
several,  both  on  botany  and  Greek  literature,  from  Smyrna.    lo 
1700,  he  was  tutor  to  Henry  second  Duke  of  Beaufort,  then  only 
16  years  old ;  and  i*esided  with  his  Grace  at  Badminton  in  Glon* 
cestershire ;  whence  many  of  his  letters  to  Sir  Hans  Sloane  are 
dated,  and  where  he  complains  that  his  time  passed  heavily. 
He  found  a  resource,  however,  in  his  fevourite  study  of  botany; 
and  says,  Aug.  31,  1700,  "  I  work  for  Mr.  Ray  every  day;  and, 
were  it  not  for  that  diversion,  I  should  not  be  able  to  stay  here. 
I  never  yet  met  with  any  body  that  has  so  little  turn  for  Learn^ 
ing  (or  any  thing  but  horses,  dogs,  and  sport)  as  hk  Grace  i 
which  sometimes  makes  me  very  uneasy.     If  I  can  rub  out  tlie 
time  I  promised,  I  do  not  despair  of  any  sort  of  l\£t,  though  it 
were  to  be  a  Carthusian  *"  He  was  Consul  at  Smyrna  from  ITQi 
to  1715 ;  and  in  1705  had  visited  the  Sev^  Churches  of  Aisia, 
and  copied  near  100    inscriptions.      He  travelled  again  over 
Asia  Minor  in  1709  ;  together  with  Dr.  Antonio  Picenini,  and 
i)r.  Lisle,  afterwards  Archdeacon  of  Carlisle.  Warden  of  Wad« 
nam,  and  Bishop  of  St.  Asaph ;  and  collected  a  number  of  antisnt 
inscriptions,  deposited  in  Lord  Oxford's  hbrary,  where  the  to^ 
lume  remains  in  the  British  Museum  (HarL  MSS.  7500.)    It  was 
published  by  Edmund  ChishuU,  chaplain  at  Smyrna,  from  Mr. 
feowyer*s  press,  by  subscription,  for  one  guinea  (royal  paper 
at  two  guineas  f).    A  larger  volunte,  under  the  title  of  "  Anti« 
qmtates  Aslatica^;  pars  altera  diversa,  diversarum  urbium  in* 
acripta  marmora  complectens,**  was  intended  to  hare  been  pub- 
lished by  him  for  another  guinea ,  and  12  pages  were  printed : 

*  A  third  brother,  Sampson  Sherard^  was  then  Just  ready  to  gotoVir> 
piiia,  to  r«tunvtheto\\c»N'ui^%>]km»Kt« 
t  Sea  be! ore,  in  ^oV.  \.  ^«^^« 


PB00RXS8  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  05) 

tock ;  William  Eyre,  esq.  Serjeant-at-law;  Hon. 
General   Murray;  Mr.  Alderman  Dickinson  *, 

It  the  author's  death  put  a  stop  to  the  progress  of  the  volume. 
tie  MS.  of  this  volume,  fairly  transcribed  for  the  press  by  Pro- 
isor  Ward,  come  into  Dr.  A^ew*s  hands,  and  was  purchased  at 
«  sale  of  his  MSS.  IVIarch  11,  1785,  by  the  Trustees  of  the  Bri- 
ih  Museum,  for  59/.  17^*  Mr.  Gough  had  another  transcript, 
hich  he  bought  at  the  same  sale.  In  1709,  Dr.  Sherard  in- 
rmcHl  Sir  Hans  Sloane,  that  he  had  laid  out  about  SCO/,  in  me- 
dSj  and  was  collecting  what  he  could  from  all  parts  of  the  £m* 
re.  In  another  letter,  March  7>  1714-5,  he  says, ''I  have  co- 
ed a  great  number  of  GreeH  in&criptidns,  which  are  put  into  the 
mds  of  Mr.  Chishull  of  Walthamstow,  in  order  to  be  published, 
had  also  got  a  large  collection  of  medals ;  but  last  summer, 
hiUt  I  was  at  my  country-house,  about  600  of  them  were 
olen ;  which  I  shall  never  recover.  In  a  subsequent  letter, 
ithout  date,  he  adds,  "  I  have  good  reason  for  quitting  a  study 
'  so  much  expence  and  fatigue ;  and  think  I  may  &irly  claim 
y  quietus,  after  having  for  above  25  years  been  the  drudge  of  all 
le  gardens  in  Europe,  and  communicated  to  my  friends  more 
'owiiig  seeds  than  all  the  rest  of  their  correspondents.  1  have 
xiftecuted  a  study  of  much  moi-e  use  to  thepublick  for  some  years; 
id  have  not  been  unsuccei»sful  in  it,  as  will  appear  if  I  Hve  to 
turn;  if  not,  my  labour  wiU  not  be  wholly  lost" 
He  returned  to  England  in  1718>  and  in  1721>  made  a  tour 
France,  Holland,  and  Italy.  As  he  was  cree))ing  on  the  Alps 
search  cf  plants,  he  narrowly  escaped  being  shot  by  a  peasant 
r  a  wolf:  on  his  return  he  brouc;ht  over  with  him  the  cele- 
ated  Dillenius  to  be  his  assistant  and  amanuensis. 
Tliough  Dr.  Sherard  had  acquired  a  considerable  fortune 
iring  his  stay  in  Asia  -,  yet  he  lived  with  the  greatest  privacy  in 
>ndon,  wholly  immersed  in  the  study  of  Natural  History;  ex* 
pt  when  he  went  to  his  brother*s  seat  and  fine  garden  at  Eltham. 
In  August  1/26,  he  gave  500/.  towards  enlarging  the  ccmser- 
tory  at  the  physic-garden  at  Oxford ;  with  a  number  of  curious 
ants,  and  a  botanic  library  of  books.  He  died  Aug.  12,  1728 ; 
id  wras  buried  at  Eltham  (it  is  believed  without  an  epitaph) .  By 
s  last  will,  he  "  left  3000/.  to  be  laid  out  for  the  maintenance 
'  a  botany-professor  of  the  physic-garden ;  all  his  books  of  bo- 
ny and  natural  history;  also  his  drawings,  paintings,  and 
ied  plants,  particularly  his  Herbarium'  and  Pinax,  to  be  depo- 
ed  in  the  library  of  the  physic-garden;  and  appointed  James 
llenius  the  nex  t  Botany  Professor."  (Gutch*s  History  of  Qx.- 
pd,  vol.  II.  p.  899.)  His  library  and  curiosities,  with  a  ^nsi- 
nile  legacy,  he  gave  to  St.  John's  College,  Oxford. 
Amongst  Sir  Hans  Sloane*s  books  (4017  )  13  a  lai^  volume 

*  Marshe  Dickinson,  esq.  Aldennan  of  Queenhithe  Ward 
49;  Sberiir  1752;  Lord  Mayor  1756 i  M.F.  for  Brackky, 
MTtbamptomhire ;  died  Feb.  4,  17^* 


*     *- 


6$4  LITERARY  AKRCDOnTi^ 

Chairman  of  Way  8  and  Means;  Rev.Mr.BryafK^ 
Editor  of  Plutarch ;  Dr.  Monk,  of  Wakfaam' 
stow;  Sam.  Berkeley,  esq.  Bencher  of  Gray Vinnj 
Mr.  Noble,  Afternoon  Preiaeher  to  that  Societ)\ 
1768  Remaining  stock  in  trade,  again  in  176$} 

and  at  last  by  S.  Paterson,  1769. 
Sale  by  Shropsnire,  at  Exeter-'change,  on  announc- 
ing dissolution  of  partnership  between  T.  Os- 
borne and  J.  Shipton,  three  Parts,  and  Pamphlets. 
Otridge*,  fflUiam,  Strand,  1777,  80,  88. 
.  1790  William  Cuming  4-,  M.D.  of  Dorchester  and 
Weymouth;  Mr.  Kooins,  an  eminent  Mathe- 
matician. 

and  Son,  1796. 


Owen  J,  lyilliamy  Temple  Gate,  Fleet-street,  1787. 

called  ''  Delineationes  Flantarum  AmericaDarum,  auctore  €»> 
rolo  Plumier^*'  made  up  from  Dr.  Sherard*s  duplicates. 

Dr.  Sheraxd  never  published  any  book  under  his  ovra 
name;  but  all  the  Botanists  of  his  time  acknowledge  his 
assistance^  and  celebrate  his  praises;  as  Bobart  in  his  pre- 
£ice  to  the  last  volume  of  the  "  Historia  Oxoniensis/*  and 
Ray  in  the  third  volume  of  his  "  Historia  Flantarum.**  He 
purchased  M.  Vaillant*s  collection,  and  papers^  assisted  the 
learned  Boerhaave  in  the  publication  of  Vaillant*s  Botanioon 
Paiisicnse/*  and  prefixed  to  it  an  Epbtle  addressed  to  Boer- 
haave. He  y/aa  also  the  editor  of  llennan*s  *'  Pkrsdisiit 
Batavus/*  to  which  also  he  \mt  a  pre&ce  under  the  title  of  S.  W. 
A.  (Willielmus  Sherardus  Anglus) ;  he  published  part  of  Bt 
Tournefort*8  botanical  lectures,  with  the  title  of  *'  Sclu^  Bo« 
tanica.**  There  are  sevei*al  papers  by  him  in  the  Philosophical 
Transactions. — As,  1.  Of  the  Indian  Varnish,  by  Dr.  J.  dd  F^«» 
No.  274 ;  2.  Of  a  new  Island  raised  near  Santerini  in  the  Archi- 
pelago, May  12,  I707.  No.  314. ;  3.  An  account  of  the  Poison- 
wood  Tree  in  New  England.  No.  367.  The  thiid  edition  of 
Ray's  "  Synopsis  Stirpium  Britannicarum'*  was  published  bf 
Dillenius  undei*  his  inspection.  The  chief  employment  of  hit 
retirement  was  his  Pinax,  or  collection  of  names  which  had 
been  given  by  botanical  Writers  to  plants>  and  of  whieh,  great 
expectations  were  formedi)y  the  learned  world.  Hia  BftSS.  were 
presented  in  the  year  1766  by  Mr.  Ellis  to  the  Ro^  Sw^.^ 
Martyji's  Dissert€ttion  on  the  JEneids  of  Virgil,  Kmo,  Preface 
p.  xl.-*xlii.  —  In  Ballard's  MS  Letters  in  the  Bodleian  Libniy, 
(XVII.  89)  are  Dr.  Sherard  s  various  searches  after  Antiqiiities. 

•  Of  whom  see  vol.  II.  pp.  299.  311. 

t  Now  one  of  the  oldest  Booksellers  in  the  Metrc^Us. 


nOO&ESS  OF  8ALK  CATALOGUES.  6$$. 

Parker,  Samuel^  New  Band-street,  l^^6. 
Hon.  Mr.  Montagu,  undated. 
Bf  r.  Richard  Dunthorn,  Surveyor  and  Superinten* 

dant  to  the  Bedford  Level  Corporation,   and  a 

Computator  to  the  Commissioners  of  Longitude; 

a  Reverend  Divine ;    and  a  Gentleman  of  th» 

War  Department ;  undated, 

1778  Miscellaneous. 

1779  Archibald  DufF,  esq. 

1 7  80  Emanuel  Langford,  Vicar  of  Haytlier,  Lan* 
cashi^e. 
Payne  ♦,  Thomas,  Round-court  in  the  Strand,  ojh 
posite  York'buildings. 

1740,  Feb.  29,  Curious  Books,  in  Divinity,  His- 
tory, Classicks,  Medicine,  Voyages,  Natural 
History,  &c.  Greek,  Latin,  French,  Italian^ 
and  Spanish,  in  excellent  condition^  and  mostly 
gilt  or  lettered. 

1755  at  the  Mews  Gate. 

1756  George  Bagnal,  esq.  and  Rev.  Dr.  Croxall. 

1757  Gibson  Dalzell,  esq.  Rev.  Mr.  Davis,  Dr. 
Woodhouse,  &c. 

■  Sir  WilHam  Keate,  Arthur  Pollard,  esq.  Con- 

sul at  Aleppo. 

1758  Monsieur  Sanson,  Rev.  Francis  Peck  4-. 

1 759  Robert  Dalzell,  esq. ;  and  a  second,  Miscel- 
laneous. 

1760  two;  and  two  in  I761. 

1763  Augustine  Erie,  esq.  and  Richard  Reynolds, 

esq.  of  Hertford. 
1 754  Ralph  Thoresby,  gent.  F.  R,  S.  of  Leeds. 
1 765  Sir  John  Barnard,  knt. ;  Dr.  Simpson,  Vicar 

of  St.  George  in  the  East ;    Dr.  Middleton  of 

Bristol ;  and  Dr.  Ross. 
— -  Nicholas  Munckley,  of  Hampstead,  M.  D. 
1767  John  Dupr^,  esq. ;  Hugh  Barker  Bell,- esq, ; 

Iiflher  of  "The  Gazetteer,"  and  proprietor  of  the  Mineral  Wa- 
ter Warehouse  in  Fleet-street.  He  was  Master  of  the  Stationers 
Company  in  17B1  ;  and  died  Dec.  1,  1798. 

*  Of  whom  see  some  memoii-s  in  toI.  VI.  p.  439. 
.    t  The  laborious  Author  of  the  History  of  StaiufoTd  •,  XV»  **  T>^* 
tidmwu  CuriosB,"  gtc.  of  ivhom  see  vol. I.  ]; .  &QT« 


€^9  trrSRART'AKBCDOTBf. 

Lewis  Schraeder,  esq. ;    Rev.  Mr.  Cooke ;    and 
Rev.  Mr.  Langham. 

Alexander  Strahan^  esq. 


1 768  Ditto,  and  Rev.  Charles  Scottowe. 

1769  R,  Thornton,  esq. ;  Dr.  John  Mitchel ;  Dr. 
T.  Hayes,  of  Chester. 

—  Edward  Pawlett,  esq. 

1770  John  Grey,  esq.  F.  R.  S.  Rector  of  Marisdial 
college,  Aberdeen. 

'*——  A  Person  of  Quality;  Rev.  Mr.  Lea;  and 
Wilkinson  Blanshard,  M.  D. 
1772  Rev.  Dr.  Mason,  of  Trinity  college,  Cam- 
bridge ;  Rev.  Mr.  Ray. 
'  1773  Mr.  Hall,  of  Magdalen  college,  Oxford  (bro- 
ther to  Mr.  Hall,  Abp.  Seeker's  Chaplain). 
1774  Thomas  Caldcrwo(xl,  Henry  Henley,  Samuel 
Brooke,  John  Feamside,esqrs.;  Rev.  Dr.  Charles 
Hall ;  and  Mr.  Woodeson. 
1774  Nicholas  Linwood,  esq.;  Rev.Mr.Hntchins; 
Dr.  Nugent,  F.  R.  S. 

1776  Bishop  of  Bangor;  Rev.  Dr.  Murdock; 
Rev.  Mr.  Barsham  ;  Rev.  Powlett  St.  John;  and 
William  Lowndes,  esq. 

1777  John  Danville,  esq.;  Rev.  Mr.  Charlton; 
Rev.  Mr.  Beachcroft. 

1778,79,80,81,  82. 

1783  Edward  Chamberlayne,  esq.;  Rev.Mr.  Wib- 
.  bersley,.  of  Newcastle. 

1 784  Samuel  Crisp,  esq.  of  Surrey;  Dr.  Kennicottj 
of  Oxford  ;   Rev.  Mr.  Green. 

•  Francis  Grose*,  esq.  F.  S.  A. 

♦  •  *  This  eminent  Antiq\iary  died  May  12,  1791,  'at  Dablia,  tn 
the  house  of  Mr.  Hone,  in  his  5^d  year,  in  an  apoplectic  fit. 
He  was  F.  S.  A.  of  London  and  Perth ;  and  Captain  in  the  Sur- 
rey militia.  After  having  illustrated  the  Antiquitfes  of  England 
and  Wales,  in  a  series  of  352  views  of  monastic  and  other  nnns, 
in  four  volumes,  and  those  of  Scotland  in  the  couFse  of  two 

y^rs,  in  190  views,  and  two  volumes,  with  a  map,  he  was  on  the 
point  of  completing  his  design  by  those  of  Ireland,  where  he  had 
been  employed  about  a  month  before  his  death.  He  published 
the  first  number  oIl  l\vi^ ''  ktk\\c^\vv2&  of  England  and  Wales*'  in 
1773j  and  coiu^gl^V^^^^  vi\)«;Aft  \s^\V^    "vofi^^^^iAJia&iflnLof  • 


FROQEE^S  or  9A)L&  CATAI^OQUES.  fjlJ. 

The  classical  p^t  of  the  Library  of  tbe  Rev.  Ste- 
phen Wliisson  *. 

»IIection  of  40  plans.  The  historical  account  of  each  pl^ce,  an<* 
txed  to  each  plate,  and  several  of  the  drawings  themselves, 
ere  communicated  by  his  leaoned  friends,  whose  assistance 
I  gratefully  acknowledged  in  the  prefieu^e  to  the  third  and  fourth 
ilumcs.  in  1777;  he  resumed  his  pencil^  and  added  two  more 
dumes  to  his  English  views,  in  which  he  included  the  islands  of 
uernsey  and  Jei-sey,  in  237  views ;  and  to  these  were  added  a 
uieral  and  county  maps,  completed  in  1787.  The  whQle  num** 
T  of  views,  in  England,  Wales,  and  the  Islands,  amounts  to 
)P,  besides  40  plans,  the  head-pieces,  and  other  plates  illus- 
Eitive  of  his  pi'e&tory  dissertations  on  monastic  instirution3» 
sties,  aiKi  military  matters,  Gothic  architecture,  Druidical 
id  sepulchral  monuments.    Among  his  engravers  are  to  be 


m^ 


*  Stephen  Whisson,  of  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  B.  A.  17S8| 
.A.  1742;  B.D.  1761 ;  died  Nov.  3,  1783,  aged  68.  He  was 
len  senior  Fellow  of  the  College,  and  University  Librarian ;  an 
Boe  which  he  had  gained  by  a  majority  of  votes  against  Mr. 
ubbard  of  Emanuel,  the  other  candidate ;  on  whi(£  occasion 
tere  was  the  greatest  concourse  of  voters  that  had  been  ever  re« 
emb«red  for  a  mere  academical  office.  It  was  afterwards  given 
Mr.  Daviet,  Fellow  of  Trinity,  by  a  mayority  of  71  votes  against 
r.  Tyrwhitt,  of  Jesus  College. — ^He  was  also  vicar  oi  Orwell,  a 
easant  viUage  under  the  Royston  hills,  having  two  churdies, 
.6  one  a  rectory,  patron  the  rector,  the  ot^  a  nnecure  vi« 
rage  in  the  patronage  of  Trinity  College,  Who  presented  Mr. 
hiason  1771 ,  on  the  &Bth  of  Dr.  Charles  Mason. — Mr.  Whisson't 
mains  were  interred  in  Trinity  Chapel  on  the  6th ;  the  Bishop 
Peterborough,  Dr.  Uinchlifie,  (Master  of  Trinity)  pefformed 
e  funeral  service;  the  six  senior  Fellows  supported  the 
JI;  Dr.  Watson,  Bishop  of  Landaff,  followed  the  corpse, 
ter  him  all  the  Fellows  and  Fellow  Commoners  with  hat- 
inds  and  gloves;  next  the  Bachelors  and  Under-graduates 
fo  and  two,  each  had  a  pair  of  white  gloves,  and  bora  a 
rig  of  rosemary.  The  corpse  lay  in  the  hall  publicly  ex« 
Med  for  three  hoiurs  before  the  funeral ;  and  copies  of  verses* 
ritten  by  the  under^duates,  were  pinned  on  the  pall  (as  usual 
I  the  death  of  a  Fdlow),  open  for  the  inspection  of  the  whole 
niversity.  Not  fewer  than  ."^O  copies,  in  Latin,  Greek,  and  En- 
isk,  were  composed  on  the  death  of  tMs  excellent  man.  The 
Uowing  lines  were  the  production  of  a  gentleman  who  was  for* 
fvly  one  of  his  pupils  : 

Farewell,  blest  shade  !  departed  saint,  adieu  ! 
O  more  than  friend !  than  father  !  fare  thee  well ! 

How  much  I  lov'd  thee  once,  how  mourn  tliee  now, 
A  gnev*d  and  broken  heart  alone  can  tell. 
There  is  an  engraved  portrait  of  this  amiable  man,  vii  VkSa  c^fe*^ 
ad  habit,  extramei/ iiic^ 


OsS  ttTEftART   ANECDOTES. 

1785  Dr.  Richard  Cust,   Dean  of  Lincoln;    and 

reckoned  Bon  nor,  Canot,  Co<jk,  IX  nt,  Drawaza.  Elli?..  Godfrey, 
Gri^nion,  HaLl,  Heath,  lunc^,  Txr%(Uiiien-,  Ma:>on,  MoztiU,  Mor- 
rw,  Newton,  Pcake,  Pigot,  PomR'.-y,  IVc,  Record,  Rubexts, 
Smith,  Sparrow,  Thoiiia«',  Vi\are-,  U'att*,  Willinnis.  'flic  Wt'st 
were  re-publish  d,  hn  pi^^«*s  distinct  from  the  letter-press,  ia 
large  octa\o  size.  'Hits  tirit  work  completed,  and  ha^intr  ei-  • 
ceedcd  the  nio^t  sangiiine  expectations  of  himself,  and  hu  friend 
and  publisher.  Master  Samuel  Hooper,  Mr.  Gro*>e  applied  him-  • 
self  to  one  more  proft  saioual,  "  Alilitiiry  Antiquities  re&pcclixu; 
a  History  of  the  En:j:li:3li  Army,  fi-om  the  Conqm^t  to  the  pre- 
sent Time,  in  Two  Volumei,"  4to,  ilHCt — I7S8,  illustrated  witk 
great  variety  of  plates,  and  pubri>hcd,  like  the  preceding  work, 
in  numbers.  But  previous  to  tliis,  having,  in  the  course  <rf  his  • 
researches  for  it,  in  vaiu  sought  f  r  some  treat i.-:e  exhibiting  a 
scries  of  authentic  delineation??  and  descriptions  of  the  difiereot 
kinds  of  Armour  and  Weapons  used  by  otu*  Ancestors,  he 
published  "  A  Treatise  on  anticut  Armour  and  Weapons,  - 
illustrated  by  Plates  taken  from  the  original  Armour  in  the 
Tower  of  London,  and-  other  Arsenab,  Museums,  and  Ct- 
binets,  1785,"  4to  j  to  which  he  gave  a  Supplementr  ui 
1789>  4to :  the  piates  of  hot)),  in  a  free  painter-like  maniMr, 
etched  by  Mr.  John  Hamilton,  Vice-IVesident  of  the  Society 
of  Artists  of  Great  Britain.  In  1785,  he  fiuhli-ihed  **  A 
Classical  Dictionary  of  the  Vulgar  Tongue;"  wliich  it  wonkl 
have  been  for  his  credit  to  have  suppressed ;  and  "  A  Guide  to 
Health,  Beauty,  Honour,  and  Riches ;  being  a  Collection  of  bu< 
moiut)us  Advertbemcnts,  pointuig  out  the  Means  to  obtain  tboo? 
Blessings,  with  a  suitable  Introductory  l^rcface."  In  1786,  "TTic  • 
History  of  Dover  Castle,  by  the  Rev.  William  Darrell,  Chapiais 
to  Queen  Elizabeth.  The  Latin  Manuscript  from  which  this 
Work  is  pi'inted  was  transcribed  from  the  Original,  in  the  Li- 
brary of  tlie  College  of  Arms,  under  the  Inspection  of  the  lile 
William  Oldys,  Esq.  Elegantly  printed  in  quaito  and  octavo,  the 
same  Size  as  the  large  and  small  Editions  of  the  Antiquities  of 
England  and  Wales,  with  Ten  beautiful  Vicws>  iinely  engraved 
from  Drawings  taken  on  the  Spot,  by  F.  Grose,  Esq.'*  In  1/88, 
•'  A  Provincial  Glossary,  with  a  Collection  of  local  Proverbs  and 
popular  Superstitions,*'  8vo.  In  the  same  year  appeared,  without 
his  name,  but  was  generally  ascribed  to  him,  "  Rule%  for  drair- 
ing  Caricatures  5  the  Subject  illustrated  with  Four  Copper«platM; 
with  an  Essay  on  Comic  Painting."  In  the  Summer  of  1789, 1»  • 
set  out  on  a  torn*  in  Scotland,  the  result  of  which  he  began  to 
communicate  to  the  publick,  in  1790,  in  numbers,  of  fourfblb 
plates  in  each,  price  35.  6d.  followed  with  letter-press  descrip" 
tions  at  separate  periods,  as  the  matter  was  collected.  Bef«c»e  * 
he  had  concluded  this  work,  he  set  out  for  Ireland,  in  the  Spring 
of  1791 ;  and  many  specimens  of  his  success  in  that  kingdom 
have  since  been  posthumously  published  in  two  volumes,  which, 
like  those  o£  Et\^\axi<dL«c[i<\^Q\\^Tvd>  are  also  printed  both  in  a 
quarto  and  octaxo  s\7.e,  "tta  yi^&^»fcQ.aax\«saR^>  ^^stNj5^ft.\ast  thre* 
yeara  of  his  IraveAs,  \i^  «l  '^wmi^  tsmkbl  '9«\tfsisGk>^  ^siSS^R^\^'^«^  Kj^ 


PROGRESa  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  6^9 

Dr.  T.  Waldgrave,  Vicar  of  Washington,  Sussex* 

1787  William  uose  *,  LL.  D. 

1788  A  Nobleman ;  Rev.  Mr.  Bouchery,  of  Swaff- 
hana  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Laurents^  of  Bury ;  and  Dr. 
James  Beauclerk,  Bishop  of  Hereford.    . 

nra-pig,"  and  who  had  caught  his  manner  of  etching.  la 
"  ArchaBoiogia/*  vol.  V.  p.  237,  ia  a  dissertation,  by  Mr.  Groie, 
*'  On  an  antient  Fortification  at  Christ  church,  Hants  j"  in  voL 
VIII.  p.  Ill,  another,  *'  On  antient  Spurs." — Mr.  Groac  was  son 
of  Francis  Grose,  esq.  jeweller,  of  Richmond,  who  fitted-uptbe 
coronation-crown  of  George  II.  and  died  in  October  1769,  and 
his  prints  and  shells  were  sold  in  1770.  He  was  also  brother  to 
Mr.  John  Grose,  F.  A.  S.  author  of  "  Ethics,"  and  to  John*  • 
Henry  Grose,  author  of  "  A  Voyage  to  the  East  Indies,  1772," 
8  vols. ;  and  father  of  Daniel  Grose,  Captain  of  the  Royal  Regi- 
ment of  Ailillery,  F.  A.  S.  who,  after  several  campaigns  in  Ame- 
rica, was  appointed,  1790,  Deputy-governor  of  the  new  settle- 
ment at  Botany  Bay ;  of  the  wife  of  Anketil  Singleton,  esq.  Lieu- 
tenant-governor of  Languard  Fort,  and  of  several  other  sons  and 
daughters.  The  new  plates  in  Mr.  Martin's  "  History  of  Thet- 
ford,  1779,"  were  drawn  hy  Mr.  Grose.  His  talent  for  draw-* 
ing,  joined  to  his  pleasant  and  communicative  disposition,  se- 
cured him  the  reg^d  of  an  extensive  circle  of  friends.  A  whole- 
length  portrait  of  him,  by  Dance,  engraved  by  Bartolozzi,  is 
prefixed  to  the  Supplement  to  his  **  English  Antiquities,"  voL  L 
An  excellent  one,  a  mezzotinto  plate,  in  the  character  of  a  Jolly 
Monk,  with  his  ftiends  Hone  and  Forrest.  Another  excellent 
one,  attributed  to  the  Rev.  James  Douglas,  ''  cordially  inscribed 
to  those  Members  of  the  Antiquarian  Society  who  adjourn  to  the 
^xnerset,  by  one  of  their  devoted  Brethren,"  with  the  Society*! 
kmp,  and  the  following  lines  under  it,  was  handed  about,  to 
Mr.  Grose's  great  displeasure : 

*'  Now  *****,  Uke  bright  Phosbus,  has  sunk  into  rest. 
Society  droops  for  the  loss  of  his  jest ; 
Antiquarian  debates,  unseasoned  with  mirth, 
To  uenius  and  Learning  will  never  give  birth. 
Then  wake.  Brother  Member,  our  friend  from  his  sleep. 
Lest  Apollo  should  frown,  and  Bacchus  should  weep." 
A  ftmrth,  intituled,    "  The   Engli?h  Antiquary,"  is  among  Mr. 
Kay  of  Edinburgh's  caricature  portraits.     A  fifth,  which  might 
be  mistaken,  but  was  not  meant  for  him,  is  prefixed  to  *'  The 
Lounger's  Miscellany."     We  have  seen  a  sixth,  but  an  imperfect 
retemolance. — The  following  epitaph  proposed  for  him  was  ia-» 
•erted  in  "  The  St.  James's  Chronicle, '  May  <Z6 : 

**  Here  lies  Francis  Grose. 

On  Thursdav,  Mav  12,  1791, 

Death  put  an  end  to 

His  ^iei6'5  and  Prospects.'' 

♦  The  very  eiscellent  schoolmaster  of  Chiswick-,  s^^^.  ^^^. 

u  u  2  \1^% 


660  UTERARY  AK£CDOTU« 

1789  P.  Newcome,  esq. ;  Dr.  Newcome,  Dean  of 
Rochester;  Rev. Mr. Newcome,  of  Hobbits, Suf- 
folk; Rev.  Mr.Brereton,  Vicar  of  Acton,Clieshire. 
•  1 790  The  Right  Honourable  Charles  Wolfran 
Cornwall,  Sneaker  of  the  House  of  Commons, 
and  Samuel  Martin,  eaq. 

1791  Dr.  Thomas  Newton,  Bishop  of  Bristol,  and 
Dean  of  St.  Paul's. 

1792  Dr.  Philip  Lloyd,  Dean  of  Norwich,  and 
Rev.  Henry  Homer  *,  Fellow  of  Emanuel  col- 
lege, Cambridge. 

1793  M.  de  Lamoignon,  Keeper  of  the  Seals  of 
France. 

1794  Miscellaneous. 

Payne  ^,  Henn/^  PaU-mall;  1782. 
PoteX^  Joseph,  March  1 726-7,  Golden  Door  over 
against  Suffolk-street^  Charing  Cross. 
1726-6  Library  of  Richard  Lapthorne,  of  New-inn. 
Pridden  §,  John,  Fleet-street. 
1771  Rev.  Coote  Leicester,  Prebendary  of  Peter- 
borough, Rector  of  Essendon  and  Veldon. 
1777  Mr.  Israel  Lyons  ||,  Cambridge. 

*  Eldest  of  the  seventeen  children  of  the  Rev.  Heniy  Homer, 
rector  of  Willoughby  in  Warwickshire.  He  was  a  Fellow  of  Ema- 
nuel  College,  Cambridge ;  B.  A.  1773 ;  M.  A.  177^  ;  B.  D.  1783; 
/uad  thie  Editor  of  several  Latin  Classics.  He  died  May  4,  1791 1 
of  a  rapid  decline^  in  his  40th  year.  His  ^ftther,  the  Rev.  Heuy 
Homer,  of  Magdalen  College,  Oxford,  M.  A.  1743,  rector  d 
Bradingbury  and  Willoughby,  both  co.  Warwick,  died  on  tbe 
14th  of  July  in  the  same  year.  There  ia  a  print  of  Mr.  Homer 
the  younger,  extremely  like.  He  was  a  great  assistant  to  Dr.FBTj 
in  his  Edition  of  BcUendenus. 

«  t  Brother  to  Mr.  John  Fayne  (the  well-kno«vn  and  vmdi  le* 
spected  Accomptant  of  the  Bank,  and  the  original  publishv  rf 
Dr.  Johnson's  Rambler) ;  but  no  way  Felatcid  to  hommi  2)Mi 
Fayne  of  the  Mewi  Gait,  or  to  the  proaent  worthy  Boatidkr  sf 
that  name  in  Fall  Mall. — Mr.  Henry  P^yne  was  for  maaf  ytfP 
the  principal  manager  of  the  extensive  businen  of  tbe  late  Mr. 
Benjamin  Wliite  in  Fleet -sti'eet,  where,  from  his  diligiepoe  aod 
abilities,  he  was  very  highly  respected  \  but  in  an  evil  hour  eom- 
menced  business,  on  his  own  account,  with  a  borrowed  capital: 
which  terminating  unsuccessfully,  he  became  a  bankrupt}  and 
died  soon  after. 

X  Of  wYiom  see  mentfnx^ vcv^.  418.  (  See  p.  499. 

II  0£\vhDmseieNoV\VY^.^sa»A\^.    ^^SI^saV&iL^ttith  of  tk 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATAI.OGUES.  €$1 

Rev.  Mr.  Heath,  Rector  of  Kimpton,  Herts. 

Rev.  Mr.  Dugard,  Rector  of  West  Bourne,  Sussex. 

Thomas  Mil  ward,  M.  A.  of  Queen's  college,  Ox- 
ford, master  of  Appleby  Sehool. 

James  Hales,  M.  A.  Fellow  of  Brazen  Nose  college, 
and  Rector  of  Lincoln;  Mr.  Delangle,  M.  A.  rec 
tor  of  Danbury  and  Woodham  Ferrars ;  Rev. 
Mr.  John  Herries ;  Rev.  Mr.  TumbuU,  Dissent* 
ing  Minister  at  Hammersmith ;  Sidney  Evelyn, 
esq.  of  Hupton  Grey,  Hants;  Mr.  George 
Vaughan,  Surgeon  at  Greys;  Rev.  Aaron  Methe- 
sius,  M.  A.  Mmister  of  the  Swedish  church. 
Remnani,  James,  St.  Johris-lanej  ffest  Smithfield. 

1 793  English  and  Foreign,  particularly  those  pub- 
lished m  and  near  Germany. 
Riibson  *,  James,  New  Bond-street. 

1765  From  Dr.  Mead  and  Michael  Folkes,  esq. 

Lieutenant-general  Guise;  Joseph  Grove,  esq. 

of  Richmond ;  part  of  Rev.  Charles  Morgan,  Pre* 
bendary  of  Durham. 

1767  Butler  Chauncey,  esq.  of  Bontingford ;  and 

Rev.  Charles  Parkin,  of  Oxburgh,  m>rfolk. 
.  1768  Sir  John  Evelyn,  Bart. ;  Edward  Spelman'f', 
€sq.  Translator  of  Xenophon ;  Dr.  Husbandfsj 
Rector  of  Little  Horksley ;  and  a  General  Officer 
in  Albemarle-street. 

1 7  69  Henry  Bland  ^,  D.  D.  Prebendary  of  Durham. 


younger  Lyons,  his  name  appeared  in  the  title-page  oi  **  A  Geo- 
graphical Dictionary/*  of  which  the  Astronomical  parts  were 
said  to  be  "  taken  from  the  jiapers  of  the  late  Mr.  Israel  Lyons, 
of  Gainbridge>  author  of  several  valuable  Mathematical  Produc* 
tions/  and  Astronomer  in  Lord  Mulgrave's  Voyage  to  dieNorth- 
.flm  Hemisphere."  His  fint  work,  the  '*  Fluxions/*  made  him 
talked  of  at  a  very  early  age.  He  was  a  wonderful  young  man 
for  parts  and  memory. 

*  Of  whom  see  memoirs  in  toI.  V.  p.  323. 

f  Of  whom  see  vol.  II.  p.  304. 

t  Of  this  name  there  were  in  succession  two  eminent  Divines, 
Father  and  Son ;  and  some  brief  memoirs  of  both  shall  be  given. 

Dr.  Henry  Bland  wai  admitted  into  Kings   College   from 
Eton  School,  in  1695.     He  was  a  native  of  Yorkshire,  and  while 
a  school-boy,  contracted  a  friendship  with  Sir  Robert  Wal^le» 
who  was  of  the  saose  jear  with  him  In  the  school,  acvdviYvo  vi^ 
tftawrda  m  member  of  the  same  College  in  the  Uoxvcxa^t^.  ^^^ 


662  •  LITERARY  ANECDOTES, 

1770  Duke  of  Newcastle. 

Natural  History  and  Antiquities  of  England. 

became  Rector  of  Harpley,  in  Norfolk,  in  1d95,  on  the  presenta- 
tion of  Wiilian)  Hookes,  esq.  on  the  death  of  Dr.  Henry  Colmaa, 
in  the  year  ITIT)  ^  which  living  he  enjoyed  as  long  as  he  lived. 
He  was  made  Chaplain  to  the  King,  and  also  to  the  Hospital  at 
Chelsea,  in  I7I6.  He  some  time  before  had  been  Head  Master 
of  Doncabter  School.  He  took  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  Dinnity 
in  17i7>  and  was  appointed  Head  Master  of  Eton  School  in  1719. 
In  December,  1723,  he  was  installed  Canon  of  Windsor  j  aLd 
Bean  of  Durliam  on  the  12th  of  March,  1727.  In  February, 
1732,  he  resigned  his  stall  at  Windsor,  on  being  appointed  Pro- 
vost of  Eton.  Dr.  Hare  dedicated  his  edition  of  Terence  to  him, 
with  this  superscription,  ad eruditissimuin  Virum,  H,  B,  S,  E,  I; 
that  is.  Scholae  Etonensis  Infoi^iatorem.  In  the  eighth  volume 
of  the  Sj)ertaror,  \o.  628,  is  a  Latin  version  of  his,  of  Cato'5  So- 
liloquy in  Addison's  Tragedy.  He  died  the  54th  of  May,  1746, 
and  was  interred  in  the  Aniichapel  at  Eton,  leaving  two  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

Henry  Bland,  eldest  son  of  the  Dean,  received  his  first  rudi- 
jnents  of  literature  at  Eton )  whence  he  was  removed  to  ChrUt 
Church,  Oxford,  admitted  a  Gentleman  Commoner,  and  took 
the  degree  of  B.  A.  He  obtained  the  degree  of  M.  A.  at  Cam- 
bridge in  1728  y  and  was  beneficed  in  Lincolnshire.  He  was  in- 
ducted Aug.  23^  1735,  to  the  rectory  of  Washington;  and  in 
the  same  year  to  that  of  Bishop's  Wearmouth ;  instaUed  in  the 
sixth  Prebend  at  Dmham,  Aug.  %  1737.  He  took  the  degree  ^ 
of  D.  D.  in  1747  3  died  at  Durham,  May  7*  1768,  and  was  bu* 
ried  in  the  transept  of  that  Cathedral^  with  the  fbUowing  epitaph, 
written  by  Dr.  Lowth. 

"  H.  S.  E. 

Henricus  Bland,  S.T.P. 

Henrici  Bland,  S.  T.  P. 

hujus  Ecclesiae  nuper  Decani,  filius  natu  maximus ; 

vir  excellenti  ingenio  pneditus^ 

et^  quod  eo  patre  natum^  eodem  p^ceptore  in$titutum4  decuit, 

exigu^  eruditus : 

A  reverendo  admodum  Patre 

Edwardo  Cliandler,  Episcopo  Dunelmensi, 

Eeclesiarum  de  Washington  &  Weremouth  Episcop* 

rector  constilutus  A.  D.  mdccxxxv  5 

ad  VI  in  hkq  Ecclesi^i  Canonicatum 

ab  eodem  promotus  A.  D.  Mnccxxxvii  j 

quibus  muneribus  pro  virili  exequendis 

quod  reliquum  erat  vitae  impendit. 
Obiit  VII  die  Mali,  A.  D.  mocclxviii^ 
.^tatis  su»  Lxv. 
Tt^Vn  caxifisimo,  benemerenti. 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  66S 

1771  Rev.  John  Cowper*,  Fellow  of  Bene*t  college, 
Cambridge. 

1772  Dr.  WaKvyn,  Prebendary  of  Canterbury; 
Dr.  Hitcham,  Rector  of  Great  Badow ;  Rev.  Mr. 
Arnald-f-,  Author  of  the  Paraphrase  on  the  Apo- 
cryplia;   W.Mackworth  Praed,  esq. 

1773  Joseph  Smith,  esq.  Consul  at  Venice. 

1774  A  Person  of  Distinction ;  George  Edwards ;[:, 
esq.  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  A.  S. 

1775  Francis  Burton,  M.  A.  of  Christ  Church. 

1777  J.Murray,  esq.  Ambassador  at  Constantinople, 

1778  Richard  Long,  esq. 

1 779  Dr.  T.  P.  Young,  Prebendary  of  Westminster. 

1780  Samuel  Musgrave,  M.D. ;  John  Herring,  esq. ; 
Rev.  George  Boughton,  M.  A. 

1782   Ebenezer  Mussel,  of  Bethnal-green,   esq.; 

and  Col.  Griffitlxs. 
J 785  John  Staker,  M.  D. ;  Rev.  J.  Dockwray,  D.D. 

17 86  Solomon  Day rolles,  esq.  Resident  at  Brussels; 
and  John  Ellis  ^,  esq.  F.  R.  S.  Author  of  the  Essay 
on  Corallines,  &c. 

Robson  and  Clarkjs. 

1787  Natural  History  in  a  distinguished  Museum. 
Robson  alone  again, 

1791  Robert  Butler,  esq. ;   and  a  General  Officer. 
iSae/||,  G.  Strand,  1791,92. 
Shepperson  and  Reynolds y   Oxford-street ^  17  84. 

*  Brother  to  the  excellent  Poet;  B.A.  1759 3  M.  A.  176?. 
He  died  in  17T0.  |  Of  whom  see  vol.  II.  p.  704. 

I  Of  whom  see  vol.  V.  p.  317.  §  Of  whom  sec  before,  p.  196. 
•  11  By  unremitting  inte^ty,  punctuality,  and  dispatch,  l^r.  Sael 
had  formed  for  hunsclf  a  connexion  in  the  wholesale  line  no  leas 
honourable  than  advantagegus.  In  gathering  up  the  rarities  of 
Antiquarian  literature,  his  diligence  was  known  to  most  modem 
Collectors ;  while  his  various  publications  for  the  mental  culture 
and  moral  guidance  of  youth  have  found  th.eir  way  into  niune- 
rous  res[)cctab]e  seminaries  of  education  throughout  the  king- 
dom.  These  publications  were  chiefly  edited  by  my  excellent 
friend  Thomas  Park,  esq.  who  has  so  eminently  distinguished 
hhnself  by  a  variety  of  elegant  publications.  Mr.  Sael  died  June 
13^  1799,  set.  38,  of  a  pulmonary  consumption,  which  is  thought 
io  have  origijiatcd  from  excessive  application  to  busing. 


/^ 


664  UtttkAM  ANECDOTES. 

1788  Rev.  Mr.  Allen,  of  Dorking. 
1793  Rev.  Mr.  Spry,  of  Yardley,  Herts ;    taA  Dr. 
Poole,  of  Lewes. 
Shropshire^  fValtery  New  Bond^treet,  1 768. 
Rev.  Thomas  Archer,  Rector  of  St.  Martin^  Lud- 
gate,  and  Finchley,  andPrebendary  of  St.Riurs; 
and  lienjamin  Archer,  Rector  of  Stower  Provort, 
and  Todbere,  Dorsetshire. 
Simco  ♦,  John,  Chreat  Queen-street^  Lincohti-inn 

Fields,  1788,  90,  9'i,  93,  94,  95- 
Smith,  Robert,  next  Barnard' s-inn,  I787. 
Snellingy  Thomas,  Fleet-street,  17  59,  60. 
Stokoe,  Luke,  Coventry -courts  Hay-market. 
1727  Bibliotheca  Curiosa. 

Bibliotheca  Dubourdieuana. 

St  ace  \,  Machell,  Princes-street,  Leicester  Fields, 
Thane  \,  John,   Gerard-street,  1773,  two. 
Thotmton^,  Theophilus,  Southampton-street^  Covent 
Garden^  1785,  86. 

*  Now  of  Air-street^  Piccadilly;  an  industrious  and  intelligeDt 
little  man  -,  who  at  least  deserves  to  thrive. 

t  Now  of  Villiers-fttreet,  Strand ,  a  very  ingenious  and  lAtd!- 
lig^nt  Gatsloguixer,  ttid  Editor  of  hbtne  Useful  pubHcaticni. 

X  This  respectable  Veteran  has  long  been  dunous  for  his  pih 
found  skill  in  pictures^  coins,  and  every  species  of  Firta. 

(  Mr.  Thornton  was  a  young  Booksellef  df  considerable  tdiknti  j 
jiarticularly  conversant  in  rare  tracts  and  scarce  porti^t^, 
Dut  ufifbrtuf^tely,  had  a  r^ry  slender  constitution )  ai^d  \)i^  ftr 
some  years  extremely  infirm.  He  lost  hb  wife  and  only  child  in 
1788 ;  which  so  deeply  affected  his  spirits^  that  he  never  tho- 
roughly  recovered  ^  but  died  in  April  179^>  at  his  lodgings  in 
Kentish  town. — "  He  was  the  son  of  the  Rev,  Abume  Thornton, 
pt  East  Bergholt,  Suffolk  (by  Sarah,  one  of  the  daughters  of  Sir 
I'hilip  Holt,  of  Upton,  Essex),  wh6  died  inDecember  1772.  Young 
Thornton  was  bom  i^boul  1759  3  and  in  1773  was  plac^  withBfr. 
llobson,  and  continued  in  his  service  till  1784,  when  he  com- 

eenced  business  in  Southamptoh-street,  Covent-garden.  To  his 
ther  and  sister  Letitia  (also  dead)  he  was  indebted  for  a  most  ex- 
cellent (though,  I  have  heard  him  say,  a  most  strict)  education; 
atd,  from  being  rather  of  a  sedentary  turn'  of  mind,  his  situation 
with  Mr.  Robson  gave  him  full  scope  to  pursue  his  studies,  whid^ 
lie  did  most  assiduously,  and,  I  believe,  was  as  well  read  in  old  au- 
thors as  many.  Another  favourite  pursuit  was  collecting  of  por- 
traits i  in  which  btudy  he  was  allowed  to  be  a  competent  judge, 
f^ombis  obserratious  ,«xioc^a&Sot!CdiL\|v^bas  appeared  in  the  6en- 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  6^5 

1787  Everard  King,  esq.  of  Boughtoti. 

1788  Rev.  Joseph  Comins^    formerly  of  Exeter 
college,  Oxford. 

Trueman^T.  Strand^comer  ofBurleigh-sfreet,!  774. 
Vandenhergh^  Simony    Philobiblian  Library ^  Pic^ 

cadUly,  1772,  75—79. 
yandenhoeckjAhram^iViA  George- Richmond,  French 

BoohsellerSy  opposite  Exeter-'change. 
1727-8  Bibliotheca  Selecta. 
pernor  QXid  CluUery  Ludgate  Hilly  1767. 
Fernor  alone,  Fore-Street ,  1779. 
Uphill^,  Benjaminy  Majfs  Buildings,  Bedfordburj/. 
frlade,  J.  near  Grays-inn,  IjSG. 
ff^agstaffe^y  Brick-laneySpital-fieldsy  I771,  73,76, 

77,  79,  80,  81,  82. 
fValford^y  Benjamin,  at  the  Bear,  Ave  Mary-lane. 

Ueinan*8  Magazine.  In  his  person  he  was  rather  short ;  but,  ** 
dfepomtion,  truly  good }  in  cons»titution  rather  weak,  as,  fro"> 
a  shock  which  it  received  from  cold  when  attending  at  a  fire,  bV 
which  his  master's  premises  were  damaged,  he  never  recovered.*' 
A  Correspondent  in  Gent.  Mag,  vol,  LXWl.Tp,  249, 

*  A  worthy  man,  and  very  intelli^nt  (I  should  have  been 
happy  to  have  added  very  Successful)  in  his  profession. — ^The 
principal  line  of  business  which  he  pursued,  as  far  as  limited 
fiioances  permitted,  was,  the  purchasing  of  books  at  sales,  and 
vending  them  again  by  small  printed  Catalogues  at  marked  and 
reasonable  prices,  in  which  his  judgment  and  his  Mr  dealiog 
was  duly  appreciated  by  Collectors.  But,  borne  down  by  ill  healthy 
and  keenly  feeling  the  it'ant  of  a  proper  capital,  he  sunk  under  a 
liogering  disorder  to  a  premature  grave,  Feb.  12,  1809,  st.  49. 

t  Of  considerable  notoriety  among  the  early  Collectors  of 
Black-letter  Curiosities. 

X  *'  Catalogus  Librorum  instnictissims  Bibliothecte  Nobilis 
cujusdam  Scoto-Britanni  in  qufiLvis  lingu&  &  fecultate  insigniuni: 
quibus  adjicitur  figurarum  manu-delineatarum«  necnon  tabula* 
rum  sere  incisarum  per  cekberrimos  Artis  Chalcographies  Ma- 
§^tros,  Collectio  refertissima.  Quorum  Auctio  habenoa  est  L(m- 
dini,  ad  insigUe  Ursi  in  x-ico  (vii]g5  dicto)  Ave  Mary-lane,  prop^ 
Ludgate-street,  octavo  die  April  is,  1689,  per  Benj.  Walfbit|« 
Bibllop.  Lond. — Catalogues  are  distributed  by  Mr.Nott  and  Mr. 
Holfbrd  in  the  Pall  Mall,  Mr.  WUUs  in  King-street  in  Westmin. 
Bter,  Mr.  Gillyflower  in  Westminster  Hall,  Mr.  Lowiids  near  the 
Savoy.  Mr.  Bernard  in  Salisbury  Exchange  in  the  Strand^  Mt. 
Wilkinson  at  the  Black  Boy  in  Fleet-street,  Mr.  Chbwel  at  the 
•  Rose  and  Crown  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard,  Mr.  Parker  at  the 
Leg  and  Star  over  against  the  Royal  Exchange^  Mr.Tttrner  at  the 
)4UBib  imr  Urn  TwmHk  tit  HoOKMm>  Mf,9^*^Va;EVK!)\xw0^t^^ 


^66  LITER  ARY.ANECDOTE3. 

IValker  J,  Johuj  Paternoster-row ^  1 7  7  8. 

Booksellers :  Mr.  Tho.  Dawson,  Bookbinder,  id  Cambridge,  and 
Mr.  Adiel  Mills,  Stationer,  at  the  Peacock  in  Amen  Comer, 
London.**     The  Noble  Person  was  supposed  to  be  the  Lord  Mait- 
land ;  whose  '*  large  Collection  of  excellent  Prints  and  Drawings 
ofthe  most  eminent  Mastersof  Europe,  made  by  a  Person  of  jjuafity 
in  hisTraveli  through  Italy,  France,  and  (iermany/*  was  sold  at  the 
same  time.    ^'  After  so  many  considerable  essays  of  this  nature,  it 
were  in  vain  to  ofier  the  present  Catalogue  to  the  ingenious  of  this 
age,  did  it  not  appear  extremely  valuable  in  all  its  faculties,  and 
in  the  most  polite  sort  of  learning  exceed  any  that  has  gone  be- 
fore it ;  the  main  part  hereof  consisting  of  the  library  of  a  person 
of  quality,  who  in  his  travels  beyond  seas  made  himself  very  well 
acquainted  with  the  most  eminent  authors  of  all  sciences,  and  v» 
as  curious  in  collecting  both  the  best  editions  and  the  Purest  oo- 
pies,  which,  considered  with  their  binding,   do  feu:  excel  any 
books  that  have  hitherto  been  exposed  to  public  sale-     1  shall  not 
here  endeavour  to  cliaracterizc  tlie  several  parts  of  this  incom- 
parable Catalogue,  but  leave  the  whole  to  the  censure  of  the  on- 
did  and  judicious  perusers,  with  this  assurance,  that  there  will 
not  again  appear  together  such  an  intire  collection  of  the  most 
coj[uiderable  Historians  of  all  ages  and  nations,  both  antient  and 
modem. — The  latter  part  of  this  Catalogue  contains  a  most  ad- 
mirable collection  of  drawings  both  of  History  and  Architecture, 
curiously  dc.-igned  in  colours  by  the  most  eminent  masters  of  Eu- 
rope, witii  several  thousands  of  Italian  and  other  prints  antient 
and  modern,  being  of  the  best  proofs,  carefully  presened and 
well  conditioned  -,  all  which  were  collected  at  vast  expense  and 
great  care  by  the  same  person  of  quality ;  who,  being  wrillin^  to 
give  the  same  pleasure  ^and  satisfaction  to  the  lovers  of  such  cu- 
riosities as  he  hath  had  in  the  enjoyment  of  this  excellent  collec- 
tion, is  resolved  to  expose  them  to  public  sale  by  way  of  auction, 
in  the  same  manner  and  under.the  same  conditions  that  Sir  Peter 
Lely's  weie  formerly  sold. — ^This  Auction  will  begin  on  Monday  the 
8th  of  April  next,  1689,  at  the  sign  ofthe  Bear  in  Ave  Mar>'-iane, 
near  the  West  end  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  continuing  day  by  day 
.  the  first  five  days  of  every  week,  till  all  the  books  are  sold,  from 
the  hours  of  nine  in  the  morning  till  twelve,  and  from  two  till 
six  in  the  evening. — Catalogues  are  distributed  at  six  pence  per 
book,  from  the  places  mentioned  in  the  title  page ;  which  method 
we  have  now  taken,  by  the  direction  of  the  learned,  for  the  better 
accommodation,  and  more  prudent  distribution  of  the  copies 
than  formerly  to  them,  &c.  which  six  pence  shall  be  allowed  (if 
demanded)  to  any  person  or  persons  that  shall  buy,  or  cause  to 
be  bought  for  him  or  them,  to  the  value  of  ten  shillings  in  the 
.  ensuing  sale  ;  which  being  so  reasonable  a  proposal,  we  question 
not  but  all  gentlemen,  &c.  will  reailily  comply  with  it." — ^This 
Catalogue  fills  156  c  losely- printed  pages  in  4to.  Thechai^  of6d. 
(with  a  similar  remark)  had  been  made  for  the  Earl  of  Anglesea':* 
Collection  in  1686. 

:(  Of  this  geutXen^axi^uQ^  ^Q5:n^^\^^^^>G«2&^«ak>QQ^ 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  €6^ 

Israel  Mauduit ;  Mr.  Forster,  Surgeon,  Harleston^ 
Suffolk ;  William-Frederick  Glover  ♦,  Surgeon  of 
the  East  Essex  Militia. 

there  is  a  good  private  prints  taken  about  20  years  ago^  in  the 
ebaracter  of  a  Book  Auctioneer^  a  profession  he  has  lately  relin- 
quished. 

*  Well  known  and  admired  by  a  numerous  circle  of  acquaint- 
ance>  to  whose  hilarity  he  had  long  contributed^  and  by  whom 
his  com|)any  was  courted  with  more  than  common  eagerness. 
Mr.  Glover  had  great  professional  science,  was  a  man  of  classical 
knowledge,  of  copious  readings  of  a  retentive  memory,  and  a  ready 
wit.  He  possessed  a  wonderful  facility  of  communicating  anecdotes 
apposite  to  almost  every  subject  that  ocairredin  the  course  of  con- 
versation, and  was  eminently  gifted  with  good-nature,  social  hu- 
mour, vivacity,  and  all  the  catalogue  of  companionable  qualities ; 
but  these  t^cnts  unfortunately  operated  against  his  attaining  emi- 
nence in  his  profession,  or  acquiring  a  liberal  income.  His  life 
(for  the  last  twenty  years  of  it  at  least)  was,  for  the  most  part,  de- 
dicated to  the  tntertainmcnt  of  his  friends,  with  whom  he  usually 
'fat  every  evening  till  a  late  hour — a  circumstance  which  rendered 
it  impossible  for  him  to  attend  the  graver  duties  of  his  profes* 
Sion  with  that  decree  of  assiduity  that  all  men  exjiect  from  those 
in  whose  hands  they  entrust  the  care  of  their  existence.  Hence 
he  was  obliged  to  call  his  pen  in  aid  of  his  profession,  and,  hav- 
ing no  incon^iderablc  share  of  literary  taste  and  ability,  a  turn 
and  a  talent  for  poetry,  and  a  style  of  thought  and  of  expressioii 
superior  to  many  writers  of  established  character,  it  was  natural 
to  suppose,  that  his  ellbrts  as  an  author  wc^uld  have  been  more 
brilliant  and  profitable  than  they  proved  to  be.  Whether  indo- 
lence, th«  general  drawback  on  genius,  >vas  too  predominant  a 
feature  in  liis  character,  or  whether  tlie  pressure  of  present  em- 
barrassment and  difficulty  overwhelmed  his  powers  as  a  writer, 
bis  original  compositions  arc  few,  and  those  were,  for  the  most 
part,  written  in  early  lite,  and  chiefly  poetical.  While  an  author 
\)y  profession,  he  was  principally  known  to  figure  as  an  assistant 
to  Booksellers  in  the  humble  sphere  of  Translator,  Compiler,  or 
Journalist ;  and  the  fact  is,  that  although  by  dint  of  daily  toil, 
he  contrived  to  earn  a  subsistence,  it  was  barely  sufficient  to 
enable  him  to  maintain  himself  in  decent  appearance,  and  to 
keep  his  family  from  want.  What  contributed  to  keep  Mr.  Glov^ 
in  narrow  cii-cumstances  was  a  numerous  of&pring,  who  had 
scarcely  any  other  provision  than  the  little  their  father  could 
spare  h-om  his  own  scanty  means.  Mr.  Glover  accepted  the  sur« 
eeoncy  of  the  East  Essex  Militia  during  the  American  war,  toge- 
ther with  an  ensigncy,  and  was  aftenvard  captain  of  a  company.-— 
Being  seized  with  a  pleurisy  early  on  the  morning  of  Feb.  25, 
1737,  he  bled  himself,  and  was  much  better  towards  noon: 
but  in  the  evening,  although  apparently  recovered,  dropped  down 
vei^  suddenly,  as  the  moment  before  he  had  proposed  to  go  out, 
and  i^ad  called  for  his  hat.    He  was  only  50^€»x%  oVi. 


668  LITERARY   ANECDCnTES. 

1789  Nathanael  Booth,  M.  A.  late  of  Merton  col- 
lege^  and  Vicar  of  Bucklebury,  Berks ;  and  John 
Adams,  M.  D.  BristoL 

1 790  Rev.  Mr.  Wroughtoa,  Welbome,  Lincolnshire^ 
1796  Russel  Pluratre,  M.  D.  F.  R.  S.  Regius  Pro- 
fessor of  Botany  at  Cambridge. 

Walker,  David,  tiighHolborn,  1786. 
Wehleyy  A.  Holhorn,  1762,  63. 
WhistoHy  Johuj  Fleetstreet. 

1766  Henry  Banks,  M.  D. ;  Mr.  Adam  Anderson, 
Author  of  the  History  of  Commerce. 

1767  Dr.  John  Wills,  rrebendary  of  Sarum,  and 
the  Library  of  a  Commissioner  of  Excise. 

1768  Dr.  Charles  Reynolds,  Chancellor  of  Lincoln; 
George  Lodington,  esq.  of  Bracebridge,  Lincoln. 

fFhiston,  John,  and  fVhitCj  Benjamin. 
1756  Risley  Risley  Brewer,  esq. ;    Rev.  Stephen 
Duck;  and  Thomas  Wallis,  M.  D.  of  Stamford. 

1758  Rev.  William  Gibbons,  Preacher  at  Bride- 
.  well,  and  Vicar  of  St.  Dunstan  in  the  West ;  and 

John  Hand,  esq.  Counsellor  at  law. 

1759  Serjeant  Lomax  Martin  ;  H.T.  Carr,  esq. 
— —  Edward  Barker,  baron  of  the  Exchequer. 

1760  Thomas  Potter  *,  esq.  M.  P.;  Vigerus  Ed- 
wards, esq.  of  Bedford-row. 

1761  Dr.  Burton,  Rector  of  Staplehurst,  Kent; 
Rev.  Mr.  Colson,  F.  R.  S.  Lucasian  Professor  at 
Cambridge. 

1763  Thomas  Williams,  esq. ;  and  Rev.  William 
Harris,  M.  A.  of  New  college,  Oxford,  Vicar  of 
Horn-church. 

■■'  Charles  Delafaye,  esq.  of  the  Secretary  of 
State's  office,  and  of  Wichbury,  Wilts;  William 
Pickard,  esq.  of  Edmonton ;  and  the  learned 
and  Reverend  Mr.  Daubuz. 

1764  Dr.  James  Tunstall-f-,  vicar  of  Rochdale ;  Rev, 
Mr.  Clare,  of  Richmond. 

*  The  well-known  son  of  the  Airchbishop  of  Qint^rbury. 
t  Of  whom  see  vol  l\,  p.  1^6. 


PROORBSS  OF  SALE  CATAL0GUS8.  689 

17(J4  Bartholomew  Jeflferey,  esq.  of  Exeter ;  Rev, 
Thomas  Axton,  Chaplain  to  Bishop  Pearce. 

1 765  Edward  Smithy  esq.  of  Edmondthorpe^Knight 
of  the  shire  for  the  County  of  Leicester ;  Henry 
Bromfield,  esq.  Bedford-row ;  Rev.  Phocioa 
HenW^  Rector  of  St.  Anne*s  Blackfriars. 

iVhite^  nenjamin. 

1 766  Rev.  Tliomas  Negus,  D.  D^  Rector  of  St.  Maiy 
Rotherhithe ;  and  Mr.  W.  Price,  Glass-painter. 

—  Rev.  S.  RoUeston,  Archdeacon  of  Salisbury. 

1767  Dr.  John  Thomas,  Bishop  of  Salisbury;  and 
Sir  William  Calvert,  late  M.  P.  for  London. 

William  Hall,  esq.  Deputy  Clerk  of  the  Pells, 

and  Fellow  of  King's  college,  Cambridge. 

1768  [Dr.  Seeker's! . 

1769  Rev.  Joseph  Spence,  Author  of  Polymetis; 
and  William  I)uncombe,  Translator  of  Horace. 

1770  Dr.  Hutchinson,  Editor  of  Xenpphon ;  R^v, 
Mr.  Mudge,  of  Plymouth. 

1771  Richard  Cavendish,  esq.  and  Dr.  Jortin. 

Rev.  Granville  Wheler,  Otterden-place,  Kent 

1 7  7)J  Chester-Moor  Hall,    of  Sutton-hall,  Essex, 

esq.  ;  Rev.  Thomas  Clarke,   Rec*tor  of  Kirkby 
Heaton,  and  Master  of  Wakefield  school. 
— —  Alexander  Thistlethwaite,  M.  P.  for  Hants. 

1 773  Rev.  Mr.  Lye,  Author  of  the  Saxon  Dictio- 
nary ;  Rev.  Mr.  Delafave  of  Canterbury ;  and 
Thomas  King,  esq.  of  Famham,  Surrey. 

Dr.  William  liorlase,  author  of  the  History 

and  Antiquities  of  Cornwall  and  Scilly;    and 
Dr.  Joseph  Nicol  Scott,  of  Ipswich. 

1774  John  Neville,  esq.  of  the  Middle  Temple ; 
and  Dr.  Cornwall  Tathwell,  of  Stamford. 

Rev.  John  Botham,  Rector  of  Aldbury,  Surrey. 

1775  Dr.  Edward  Willes,  Bishop  of  Bath  and 
Wells ;  Rev.  Mr.  Thomlinson,  of  Rochford ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Herring,  of  Chevening ;  Law  Books 
of  Robert  Harley,  esq.  of  Lincol^Vinn. 

Dr.  Gloster  Ridley  ♦,  of  Poplar. 

*  Of  whom  see  toL  I.  p.  641. 


6jr0  LltEltAHY  ANECDOTES. 

1776  Two  unnamed;  and  one  1777. 

1777  Matthew  Maty  *,  M.U.F.&Sec.  R  S.prin^ 
cipal  librarian  of  tiie  British  Museum. 

1778  Dr.  John  Green,  of  Greenwich;  Rev.  Mr. 
Allison,  Vicar  of  Wandsworth. 

1773  Dr.  Pulter  Forrester,  of  Cosgrave,  co.  Nordi- 

ampton. 
1781   1782  Two  each. 

1783  Thomas  Lawrcnce,M.D.  of  Essex-street;  and 
John  Warinfj,  surgeon  of  St.  Thomas's  hospital. 

1784  Charles  Hedges,  esq.  late  of  Windsor  Castk; 
and  Rev.  William  Cole-|*,  of  Milton. 

1787  Francis  William  Skipwith,  esq, 

1786  Ellis  Jones,  M.  A.  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
Vicar  of  Staverton,  co.  Northampton. 

1787  Joshua  Steele,  esq.  and  Rev.  Edward  AubeA*. 

1788  Sir  Richard  Jebb,  bart.  F.  R.  S. 

1789  Rev.  Thomas  Bagshaw,  M.  A,  of  Bromlej*, 
and  Rector  of  Southfield ;  Rev.  JohnXightfootJ, 
M.A.  Chaplain  to  the  Countess-dowager  of  Port- 
land, and  Author  of  *^  Flora  Scotica.** 

1790  Rev.  John  Bowleg, M.A.  F.S.  A,  of  Idmiston, 
near  Salisbury,  editor  of  Don  Quixote,  in  Spa- 
nish, with  various  readings  and  notes. 

1791  Edmund  Bott,  esq.  of  Christ-church,  Hants; 
Robert  Adair,  esq.  Inspector-general  of  his  Ma- 
jesty's military  hospitals ;  and  the  Natural  His- 
tory part  of  John  Blake,  esq.  of  Parliament-street 

*  Of  whom  see  before,  p.  257. 

f  Of  whom  see  memoirs  in  vol.  I.  p.  657. 

+  John  Lightfbot,  of  Pembroke  College,  Oxford  ;  M.  A. 
17G6}  Rector  of  Gotham,  Notts,  and  author  of  the  "Flora 
Scotica ;  well  known  for  his  proficiency  in  botanical  and  natural 
knowledge ,  and  the  companion  of  Mr.  Pennant  in  his  tour 
tlirough  Scotland.  He  was  F.  R.  S.  -,  and  commimicated  to  the 
Royal  Society  an  account  of  an  English  bird  of  the  genus  MoiC' 
cilia :  see  Phil.  Trans,  vol.  LXXV.art.  II.  and  of  some  minute 
British  shells,  LXXV.art.  VII. — He  also  arranged  the  Duchess 
of  Portland's  veiy  capital  museum  for  sale,  and  drew  up  thecata- 
logue,  having  held  the  place  of  Librarian  and  Chaplain  to  her 
Grace.     He  died  at  Uxbridge,  Feb.  20,  1788. 

§  Qf  whom  see  before,  p.  160. 

1793 


?R0GIL£SS(  OF  BALE  CATALOGUES.  S'Jt 

I792  Part  of  the  Library  of  Dr.  William  PJtdaim, 

late  Treasurer  of  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital. 
White,  Benjamin  and  c/o/iw,  17.95j  .96*. 
1 794  John  Pitts,  Rector  of  (ireat  BrickhilL 
White,  Joseph,  Holboni,  1779,82. 
1783  John  Earl  Ligouier,  Field-marshal. 
Several  others  to  1791. 

inikie  *,  John,  St.  Paurs  church-yard,  1771. 
Wilson^,  David,  and  George  Nicolf,  Strand,  1773. 
George  Mackenzie. 
Dr.  Henry  Saclieverell. 
fflaodman  and  Lyon,  liusselstreet,  Covent  Garden. 

1 727  J.  Du  Poirier,  sieur  de  la  Ramee,  physician  at 
Tours,  and  Counsellor  to  the  King  of  l:*  ranee. 

1728  Harduin  Fortin  de  la  Huguette,  Archbishop 
of  Sens,  Primate  of  France  and  Germany. 

Ren^  du  Longueil  Seigneur  de  Maisons,  pre- 
sident au  Mortier  of  the  Parliament  of  Paris. 

« 

If  or  rati  ^,  John,  Bell-yard,  Temple  Bar. 

*  See  before,  in  this  volume,  p.  607 . 

t  Mr.  Wilson  died,  at  n  very  advanced  age,  in  July  1777 

X  This  very  respectable  gentleman  is  now  nearly  the  only  one 
Birho  can  i-ecollect,  with  me,  the  Nodes  Attic(B  described  in  vol. 
V'l.  p.  434.  Since  quilting  the  Strand,  he  has  carried  on 
Misiuess  many  years  in  Pall  Mall ;  where  he  has  now  the  as«ist- 
ince  of  a  Son. — Messrs.  G. and  W.  Nicol  have  the  honour  of  beinij 
booksellers  to  His  Majesty. 

§  Of  whom  sec  hereafter,  ixi  this  volume. 


y 


T^ 


67%  LtnKAKY  AKECDOTEf. 

To  the  foregoing  List  of  Sale  Catalogues  may  be 
lidded  an  additional  one  of  thote  diatribated 
tliroughout  Great  Britain. 

Adams  *,  IVilUam^  Loughborough^  I786,  92. 

1795  Rev.  Mr.  Alleyne,  North  Cemey,  Gloucester. 
Albin^,  Jokfij  Spalding. 
Allen^Johny  Hereford^  1786,  I794. 
Beatniffe,  Richard^  Norwich,  1779. 
Berry,  J.  and  C  Nortvichy  1 771,  75. 

1774  Rev.  Benjamin-Joseph  EUis^  D.  D.;  and  an 
Antiquary's. 

Binns'jj^y  Nathaniely  Halifax. 
Booth,  Martin,  Norwich. 

1775  Rev.  Mr.  Alexander,  of  Gunton;  Rev.  Mr. 
Chaplin,  Hanton ;  Mr.  Layman^  North  Walsham. 

1776,77,79,80,82,83. 
Bradley^,  Job,  Chesterfield. 

Bristow\\,  IVilliam,  Canterbury,  1790. 

1793  Rev.  Mr.  Lynch,  of  Ripple. 
Brook,  Abraham,  Norwich. 

1775  Rev.  Mr.  Oram,  of  Northwold. 

1777  Rev.  T.  Scott,  of  Ipswich,  Author  of  the 
Translation  of  Job  into  English  Verse ;  Rev. 
Charles  Tucke,  Norwich;  i¥.  Fellows,  e«q. 
Shottisham. 

Browne^  Arthur,  Bristol. 

1778  Rev.  Mr.  Watts,  of  Westcombe. 
Browne^,  Thomas,  Hull. 
Burbage**,  George,  Nottingham. 

*  This  honest  and  kind-hearted  Veteran  is  still  to  be  found, 
either  at  his  post  behind  the  counter ;  or  by  the  side  of  the  Ri^ner 
Soar^  with  Isaac  Walton  in  his  hand,  waiting  patiently  for  t 
nibble. 

t  He  was  the  principal  Bookseller  at  Spalding;  and  died^  ifi 
his  73d  year,  Nov.  11,  1800. 

X  He  died,  at  an  advanced  age,  in  January  1801. 

§  Printer  and  Bookseller,  was  an  Alderman  of  Chesterfiek!, 
and  died  in  February  1798. 

II  He  was  a  Printer  and  Bookseller,  Alderman  of  Canterbui]^ 
and  Treasurer  of  the  Eastern  parts  of  the  County  of  Kent  3  aiMl 
died  Aug.  30,  1808,  aet.  47. 

%  He  died  April  ^7,  1801,  aged  81. 

^^  He  wasupwQixda  ol  ^  ^^-dx%^^T^Y^i3l<Q>t  and  printer  of  die 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  07^ 

iBurdon^j  Johriy  IVinchestery  1773, 

Rev.  Dr.  Perkins,  Southampton. 
Surnham^j  Thomas^  Gold-streetj  Northampton. 
1779  John  Kippax,  D.  D.  rector  of  Brington,  co. 
Huntingdon;  a  great  Orientalist;  James  Fortes- 
cue,  D.D.  rector  of  Wotton,  Northamptonshire; 
and  1>.  Zachary  Grey's  MSS.  J 
1796  Dr.  John  Sparks,  &c. 
Charnlei/f  IVilllamj  Neivcastley  I765. 
Christopher^  R.  Stochton,  1783. 
Cot  lis,  Nathaniel,  Kettering,  1789. 
and  7%o//2a^  DoiA  ^,  1793. 

1 793  R^v.  Mr.  Ward,  Author  of  the  Natural  His- 
tory ;  Rev.  Mr.  Heycock,  Master  of  the  Grammar- 
school,  Coventry;   Francis  Armstrong,  M.  D. 

Combe  \ ,  Thomas,  Leicester. 
( ^oohe  ^  ,  Joshua,  Oxford, 

1794  Rev.  William' Sisson;  1795,  96. 
Cresuell*^,  Samuel,  Nottingham. 
Crutwell^^,  Richard,  Bath. 

Nottingham  Joumal,  and  a  member  of  the  Senior  Council  of  the 
[Jorporation  of  Nottingham.  He  had  been  in  business  as  a  Book- 
•eller  and  Printer  nearly  60  years ;  during  which  period,  by  his 
Dtense  application  and  uriMmity  of  manners,  he  obtained  the 
lespect  of  all  ranks  of  society.     He  died  Dec.  6,  1807>  aged  80. 

'**'  A  very  respectable  Bookseller  at  Winchester.  He  died  in 
1802  y  leavhig  four  sons^  one  of  whom,  Mr.  Charles  Burdon> 
Bookseller  also  at  Winchester,  died  Aug.  25,  1803,  aged  24. 

t  A  well-informed  and  attentive  Tradesman,  resident  in 
Northampton  ;  where  he  long  has  been,  and  still  continues  tu 
i€,  a  fint-rate  Bookseller. 

X  See  vol.  n.  p.  645  j  vol.  HI.  p.  481  j  vol.  V.  p.  1 16. 

^  Mr.  CoUis  has  been  dead  several  years.  His  partner  Mr.  Dash 
s  well  known,  and  as  well  esteemed,  in  Kettering  atid  its  environs. 

II  This  active,  intelligent,  and  very  obliging  Bookseller,  is 
itill  resident  at  Leicester,  where  he  is  greatly  encomraged, 

%  See  hereafter,  p.  685. 

**  Many  years  a  Printer  and  Booki^eller  at  Nottingham,  where 
le  was  also  Sexton  of  St.  Mary's  pariah.   He  died  Aug.  85,  1786. 

tt  Mr.  Cmtwell  died  at  Cheltenham,  June  1,  1799.  A  con- 
tentious performance  of  his  duty  towards  God,  and  an  un- 
x>unded  benevolence  towards  his  fellow  creatures,  were  his  rules 
>f  action  in  every  relation  of  his  state  and  situation.  If  we  conr 
kider  him  in  a  professional  point  of  view,  the  debcrvedly  cele^ 
»rated  Bible  of  Bp.  Wilson^  in  3  vols.  41o.  NvhkYk\v«vtvQX.<u5i»^^^ 

Vox.iJi.  Xx  ^^ 


.6f4  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Dagnall  ♦, .  Thomas^  Aylesbury. 
Deck^y  Philip,  Bury  St.  EdmuntTs,  1782,  8j>. 
Deightonlf.,  Johtiy  Cambridge  (aftei-wards  seveiil 
years  in  London,  and  now  again  at  Cambridge). 

1778  Dr.  Barnardiston,  Principal  Librarian  to  the 
University,  Master  of  Ben'et  College,  Cambridge. 

17 So  llev.  Mn  Richardson,  Rector  of  Cavendish. 
Drewry,  Johuy  Derby,  1787. 
Drury^Johriy  Lincoln,  179I. 
Easton  ^,  Edward,  Salisbury^  I7ff3>  67,  82» 

the  extensive  circulation  of  the  Bath  Chronicle,  vfhich  his  own 
unremitted  exertion  raised  to  its  present  resj>ectability,  are  mu- 
numents  of  his  siipei'ior  skill  and  perbevering  industry.  But,  if 
we  riew  him  in  the  more  endearing  lights  of  a  neighbour,  a  h- 
ther,  and  a  Christian,  his  uienioi^  take?  a  farther  hold  on  our  re- 
gard and  respect.  His  fricmUhip  was  wai^ni,  sincere,  and  ac- 
tive ',  his  heart,  tender  and  affectionate ;  his  religion  pure  and 
practical.  This,  indeed,  was  a  principle  which  be  ne%-erloit 
sight  of,  amid  the  hiury  of  business,  or  in  the  quiet  of  domestic 
ei\joyment :  genuine,  fenent,  and  sincere,  it  animated  him  with 
hope  in  the  hour  of  affliction,  Enabled  him  to  bear  the  pains  and 
languor  of  a  tedious  illness  with  calmness  and  resiguation,  and. 
when  the  night  of  the  grave  ojiened  upon  him,  to  repose  his 
*  head  uixm  tlic  pillow  of  Death  in  tranquillity  and  peace. 

*  He  died  Dec.  VI,  1792.  By  the  most  active  industiy,  and 
the  fairest  dealing,  he  had  acquired  considerable  property.  Such 
"Mras  the  opinion  which  the  community  entertain^  of  his  int^^itf, 
that,  although  he  did  not  openly  profess  the  business,  nor  take 
the  name,  he  was  in  fact  Banker  to  the  trading  part  of  that  po- 
pulous and  i'es|)cctable  town,  and  to  the  neighbourhood  in  ge- 
neral. On  Saturday,  the 8th  instant,  being  market-day,  hthaA 
attended  in  his  shop  as  usual,  and  appeared  in  good  health  and 
spirits  ;  but,  after  tea  in  the  evening,  complained  of  a  giddiness 
in  his  head,  which  soon  teruiinatcd  in  a  fit  of  apoplexy ;  uid,  not* 
Withstanding  all  the  efforts  of  medical  skill,  be  died  on  the  fourth 
day,  after  having  been  in  a  state  of  insensibility  firom  the  mo* 
ment  he  was  attacked. 

t  Mr.  Philip  Deck,  manv  years  Booksdler  and  Pdstmaster  at 
Bury  St.  £dmimd's,  died  April  5,  1804,  in  his  59th  year.  He 
was  a  man  who  devoted  his  time  in  promoting  every  humane  and 
charitable  institution,  as  far  as  his  power  would  admit,  and  ivbose 
humble  abilities  have  appeu^ed  in  several  religious  tracts  in  sup* 
port  ei  Religion  and  Government 
t  ^^o  be^re,  p  640. 

§  Many  yeai-s  an  eminent  and  respectable  Bookseller  in  tbi 
city  of  Salisbury,  and  an  alderman  of  that  oorporadon.  In  1790 
he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  chief  magistrate  of  the  ci^,  whick 
he  filkd  ynfisk  grtaX  ctes^X.,  vDdi^^scsKsXM&L^^icx^  lo^  Address  to 
kis  Majesty  qu  l^t  s>]^^eJcX^^i2Gft\si«^k^\^t^c^         ^XuotatiA 

*^s^ 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES*  6*7$ 

•  JEddotceSy  J.  and  IV.  Shrewsljuiy. 

1778  Godolphin  Edwards,  esq.  of  Frodesley ;  Dr. 
Berington,  of  Shrewsbury ;  John  Paynter,  esq, ; 
of  Hafod ;  Rev.  Mr.  Martin,  of  Kidderminster. 

1780,93. 
Etherington*,  Thomas,  Rochester. 
Fisher  ^y  Thomas,  Rochester. 

Rev.  Mr.  Irons,  of  Lingstead,  Kent. 

1771  Rev.  Mr.  Williams,  of  Penshurst,  Kent; 
Mr.  Jenkins,  of  Burwash,  Sussex. 

1775,  77f78,  86. 

1779  Rev.  Mr.  Davis,  of  Mereworth  in  Kent; 
Rev.  Mr.  Derby,  of  Southfleet,  Kent. 

Flackton^,  fViUiam,  Canterbury,  I764,  68. 

that  year.  Having  attained  the  a^  of  75  years,  and  retired  only 
three  months  from  the  fatigue  of  business  to  Bradford^  Wilts,  he 
died  ahnost  suddenly,  Feb.  7>  1795. — His  bit>ther  James,  ia 
the  Commission  of  the  Peace  and  an  Alderman  of  that  City,  Dec. 
2I>  17D9>  aged  77i  &t  Salisbury.  He  had  attended  a  meeting  of 
the  Magistrates  at  the  Council-chamber,  and  died  suddenly  on  hSa 
retiun  home.  He  had  just  before  published  an  essay  on  "  Human 
Longevity,  recording  the  Name  Age,  and  Place  of  Residence> 
and  Year  of  the  Decease,  of  17 18  persons,  who  attained  a  Century 
and  upwards,  from  A.  D.  66  to  1799,  comprising  a  Period  of 
upwards  of  1733  Years,  with  Anecdotes  of  themost  remarkable.**. 

*  Son  of  Mr.  Etherington  of  York.    He  died  Feb.  m,  1808. 

-f  Mr.  Fisher,  the  first  who  established  a  Printing-office  in 
Rochester,  for  many  years  exhibited  a  pattern  of  extreme  as- 
sidtiity  in  business;  and  became  an  Alderman  of  that  Cor- 
poration. He  died  Se|it.  99,  1786' ;  at  which  time  he  waa  pre* 
Siring  a  new  Edition  of  the  "  Hbtory  of  Rochester  ;*'  of  which 
r.Shrubsole,  of  Sheemess,  was  the  [original  Compiler.  Many 
gentlemen  funiished  materials  for  that  volume,  and  none  contrl* 
bated  to  it  more  largely  than  the  Rev.  Samuel  Denne,  (see  before, 
p.  5^,)  who  is  the  gentleman  alluded  to  in  the  advertisement  pre- 
^xed  to  the  i;\ork  as  "  oni^  whose  name  would  do  honour  to  any 
publication.**  But,  though  Mr.  Fisher  was  not  the  actual  editor 
of  that  work,  it  is  renain  tliat  much  of  its  success  was  due  to  the 
zeal  which  he  solicited  and  procured  communications  for  it. 
He  was  father  of  Mr.  Thomas  Fisher  of  the  India  House,  the  ' 
very  excellent  Antiquarian  Draftsman,  whose  decyphering  of  the 
Stratford  Records  is  sufiicient  to  immortalize  his  name.  I  am 
happy  also  to  add  that  he  has  just  announced  an  intention  of 
publishing  Views  in  Dnckinghamshire,  &c.  to  illustrate  Lysons. 

X  Of  this  respectable  Veteran,  who  had  been  more  than  60 
years  an  eminent  Book^ller  and  Stationer  at  Canterbury,  the 
/following  ci)ianct<»r  wa^  drawn  by  an  able  FtVenid,  wYiq  Yvtiii  Vso% 
•••      •-*  X  X  2  Vuss^wck 


^7^  LltZaARY  AK£C0OT£S. 

Ij66  Rev.  Mr.  Lunn,  rector  of  Denton;  remaindef 
of  Mr.  Hall,  Chaplain  to  Archbishop  Herring. 

known  bira  :  "  If,  to  the  witnesses  of  an  exemplary  life,  spent 
in  the  practice  of  virtue  and  religion,  it  is  an  happiness  to  ob&ene 
a  death  most  truly  comfortable,  it  was  the  lot  of  those  who  best 
knew  him  to  be  fully  gratined.  He  departed  this  life.  Jan.  5. 
1798,  after  a  s^hort  illness  (succeeding  a  cradual  decay),  with- 
out a  groan  or  struggle,  beloved,  esteemed,  and  regretted  by  all 
who  knew  him,  at  the  age,  nearly,  of  89  years,  possessing,  till 
within  a  few  hours  of  his  death,  his  faculties,  both  of  mind  and 
body,  in  a  very  superior  degi-ee  lo  most  persons  of  his  j'ears.  Ho 
was  the  last  of  an  antient  and  reputable  family,  and  of  a  decent, 
though  not  learned,  education.  But  he  had  much  culti^-atcd  his 
mind  by  reading,  which,  with  niusick  and  gardening,  formed, 
almost  to  the  very  last,  the  solace  of  liis  leisure  hours.  His  «)U- 
versation  was  instructive,  pleasant,  and  intelligent  j  and  the 
cheerfulness  of  his  temper  never  left  him  till  the  lamp  of  life  wa^ 
extiiguislicd.  During  the  course  of  his  long  life  he  was  ho- 
noured with  the  patronage  of  many  good  and  res]>ectable  charac* 
ters;  amongst 'ithei*s,  llie  lato  pious  and  excellent  Bp.  Home 
(while  Dean  of  Canterbury)  was  often  his  visitor,  and  esteemed 
.  him  much.  In  an  earlier  part  of  his  life  he  was  on  terms  of  great 
intimacy  and  friendship  with  the  ingenious  and  facetious  C^)t 
Grose;  and,  like  him,  was  possessed  of  a  very  happy  vein  of 
pleasantry  and  humour,  bounded  always  with  neatness  and  pro- 
priety. Tlie  late  Sir  William  Young,  while  he  resided  near  Canter- 
bury^ honoured  him  with  his  friendbhip,  and  ever  treated  him 
with  marked  partialit)-,  whicli  has  been  continued  by  his  very  re- 
S[iectub1e  family  and  descendants  to  iiis  latest  years.  As  a  Book- 
seller of  the  old  school,  he  deserves  to  be  spoken  of  with  great 
resiiect  -,  as  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  sincerely 
and  firmly  persuaded  of  the  great  truths  of  Chri«tianity,  he  would 
not  suffer  his  shop  to  be  polluted  with  impious  or  profligate  pub- 
lications. His  tiun  of  mind  was  extremely  Uberal )  but  he  erer 
conceived  it  to  be  his  duty  to  exert  himself,  both  in  public  and 
private,  to  promote  to  the  utmost  the  interests  of  Religion  and 
Viitue.  **  Pei'haps  a  truly  rel^uus  and  conscientious  bookseUer 
can  do  more  good  than  some  are  apt  to  imagine.**  His  knowledge  ' 
of  scarce  and  valuable  books  was  in  general  very  good,  though 
it  suffered  some  ridicule  in  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  by  his  per- 
mitting a  copy  of  *'  The  lamentable  Tragedie  of  Queen  Didu" 
to  be  soki  for  two  shillings.  The  writer  of  this  article  knows  not  ' 
the  reason  why  this  book  sold  afterwards  for  so  enormous  a  pricey 
and  probably  the  writer  of  that,  who  called  him  *'  the  ignaranC 
Bookseller,**  ^vas  indebted  for  his  knowledge  to  the  stir  made 
about  it  afterwards.  In  the  eaiiy  pait  of  his  life  Mr.  Flackton 
much  studied  and  practised  musick)  and,  in  his  day,  was  reck- 
oned a  fine  performer  on  the  organ  and  violin.  His  comppaitioDS, 
though  not  suited,  perhaps,  to  the  taste  of  the  present  age,  were 
looked  upon^  b]fYi\scoiiXKiskYQTvSn&»  %& ^^osseasiiig  a  refinedand 


PKOGR£SS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  07/ 

1778  Rev.  William  Gostling,  one  of  th§  Minor  Ca- 
nons of  Canterbury. 
Flackton  and  Marrable,  1785,  87, 92. 
■   *-  Mar r able  ind  Cb. 

1795  Edward  Hasted  ♦jCsq.  author  of  the  Historical 
and  Topographical  Survey  of  Kent;    and  Dr. 
Backhouse,  Archdeacon  of  Canterbury. 
Fletcher  ^y  James ^  Oxford. 

1771  Mr.  John  Chapman,  Fellow  of  MertoncoUege. 
Fletcher^  James  and  James  \. 

1771  Rev.  Mr.  Gvry^nn,  Principal  of  Brazen  Nose. 

1771  Dr.  John  Stephens,  Fellow  of  Exeter  college ; 
Rev.  William  Huddesford,  A.  M.  Fellow  of  Tri- 
nity college,  and  Keeper  of  the  Ashmoleati 
Museum. 

}  7  73  Dr.  Matthew  Horberry,  Rector  of  Stanlake, 
and  fellow  of  Magdalen  college ;  and  remainder 
of  Charles  Godwin. 

J  7  74  John  Warneford,  Fellow  of  Corpus  Christi 
college,  and  Camden  Professor ;  Rev.  Mr.  War- 
ren, rector  of  Luggershall. 

l^;ant  taste.  He  was  passionately  attached  to  sacred  mxisick ; 
nd  in  the  choir-books  of  Canterbury  cathedral,  are  to  be  found 
everal  of  his  Anthems  and  Services^  bearing  evident  marks  of 
ndgment  and  feeling.  The  institution  of  Sunday-schools  in  that 
Ity  owes  much  to  his  early  support  and  encouragement,  if  e  se- 
>cted  and  composed  those  beautiful  Hymns  and  Psalms  which  are 
low  used  by  them«  and  generally  admired  for  their  simple  and 
Seeling  melodies.  In  pecimiary  aid^  also,  he  was  not  wanting 
9  that  as  well  as  other  chaxities^  private  and  public  \  and  we 
lay  conclude  his  character  by  affirming,  that  he  Uv^  and  died  a 
rarm  friend^  an  honest  and  upright  man,  and  a  sincere  Chris- 
an.  He  had  a  very  curious  collection  of  English  and  Foreign 
eads,  and  other  scarce  and  valus^blc  prints  (chiefly  antient.) 

♦  Of  whom  see  before,  p.  522. 

t  Of  the  elder  Mr.  James  Fletcher,  see  p.  C85. — Mary,  his  eldest 
aughter,  died  Aug.  23,  1794. 

X  Mr.  James  Fletcher,  son  of  the  la^t  mentioned  James,  died 
lay  20,  1798,  at  Oxford,  after  a  lingering  illness,  in  his  ^8th 
ear.  He  had  formerly  been  partner  with  Mr.  James  Rivington, 
\  St.  Paul's  church-yard  ]  and  was  succeeded  in  his  business 
f  Mr.  Hanwell,  whose  associate  Mr.  Parker  had  been  appren- 
ce  to  Mr.  Dai)icl  Prince,  and  was  a  lineal  descendant  from  Dr. 
unuel  Parker^  Bishop  of  Oxford. 


678  LITERARY  AKECDOTEi. 

1775    Rev.  William  Talbot,    of  Reading,     Kef. 
Charles  Jenner,  Rector  of  Clejrbrook,  co.  Lei- 
cester; Rev.  John  Ridding,  Rector  of  Brightwell 
1778  JohnSwinton,  B.D.F.R. A.S.  Gustos Ar* 

chivorum  Oxon. 
1783  Dr.  John  Hough,  Bishop  of  Worcester. 
1788  Dr.  George  Jubb,  Canon  of  Christ  Church, 
and  Regius  Professor  of  Hebrew;    Dr.  George 
Dixon,  Principal  of  Edmund  Hall ;     medic^ 
part  of  Dr.  John  Foulkes. 
1791  Dr.  Henry  Barton,  Warden  of  Merton  col- 
lege ;  Hon.  Captain  Peregrine  Bertie,  M*  P* 
1779,80,81,89,90,91,92,93. 
Tktcher  kud  Hanwelly  1794- 
Gales  ♦,  Thomas y  Sheffield. 
Gilmarfy  Pfehsier,  Rochester^  1793. 
Gregory^y  John^  Leicester. 

1764  John  Jackson  :|:,  Master  of  Wigstons Hospital. 
Gutch  ^,  t/oAn,  Bristol. 

*  Mr.  Gales  died  at  Eckington,  Sept.  21,  1809,  in  his  73d  year. 
He  was  fiather  of  the  Misses  Gales,  Booksellers,  of  Sheffield,  and 
of  Mr.  Joseph  Gales,  of  Raleigh,  in  North  Carolina,  formerly 
of  Sheffield,  and  publisher  of  "  The  Iris"  paper,  which  he  csta- 
blbhed  ?5  years  ago,  under  the  title  of  "  The  Sheffield  Register." 
t  The  descendant  of  an  antient  family,  settled  at  Raveness,  in 
the  parish  of  Ashover,    in  the  County    of    Derby.     He  wai 
many  years  Printer  of  the  Leicester  Journal ;  an  Alderman  of 
that  BoroMg?i»  and  Mayor  in   1781.     His    behaviour  through 
life,  as  ^  tradesman,  husband,  father,  and  as  a  magistrate,  he 
dischai^gcd  with  such  openness  of  heart,  and  upright  conduct, 
that  his  Xois  will  be  long  felt  and  regretted  by  a  lai^  circle  of 
friends  and  acquaintance.    He  died  March  2*2,     17S9.    John 
Gregory,  one  of  his  sons,  who  succeeded  him  as  Printer  of  the 
Leicester  Jounoal,  died  in  1806  ;  and  another,  Joseph  GregoiT, 
M.  A.  vicar  of  St.  Martin's  and  ^11  Saints,  Leicester,  died  in 
1802.    Mr.  John  Price,  the  present  printer  of  the  Leicester  Jour- 
nal, married  Fanny,  the  Alderman's  only  daughter ;  who  is  AekA, 
leaving  a  young  fiamily.     See  a  Pedigree  of  the  Gregorys,  in  the 
History  of  L,eicestersh ire,  vol.  Lp.  587. 

X  Of  whom  see  some  memoirs,  in  vol.  11.  p.  519. 

• '    §  This  entejrprizijag  young  Bookseller,  "  ex  stirpe  honestiori- 

undus  in  Alui&  Matre  Oxonicnsi,*'  has  only  to  proceed  as  he  has 

begun ;  and  he  will  in  due  time  arrive  at  the  summit  of  eminence. 

He  succeeded  MT.RMdhall  (who  died  Dec.  10,  1803)  as  Printer 

^oi  "  Felix  ¥ai\e5'sBi\sXo\:iwxtt»JC^ 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  6f§ 

Hanwell  *,  -^ — ,  Oxford. 
JFfarrod'f'j  ff'Uliam.  Stamford^  1789. 
Harding  ^^  ffUliamj  LiverpooL 
Hazard  ^y  Samuel,  Cheap-street,  Bath, 
HemingL  Thomas,  Alcester. 
Horden^y  — — ,  Peterborough. 
Hunty  Thomas,  Harleston. 
John  Worth,  F.  A.  S.  of  Diss. 
*  Jackson**,  IViiliam,  Oxford^ 

*  Who  died  in  October,  1805, 

X  This  worthy  but  eccentric  Printer  and  Bookseller  was  for 
some'  years  an  Alderman  of  Stamford,  and^  whilst  there  resident^ 
published  an  entertaining  History  of  that  antient  Towq.  He 
afterwards  removed  to  Mansfield;  published  also  a  History  of  that 
Town.  On  the  deatK  of  his  father  (Dec.  11, 1805)  he  returned  to 
Market  Harborough,  the  place  of  his  nativity,  of  which  he  has 
likewise  since  become  the  Historian^  and  where  he  has  at  lat( 
fpost  tot  naufragia  ttttusj  found  the  haven  where  he  would  rest. 

X  Mr.  Harding,  a  man  of  peaceable  deportment,  and  of  frieDdly 
and  sociable  qualities,  which  justly  endeared  h^m  to  the  character 
of  an  agreeabk  neiglibour  and  worthy  citizen,  died  in  18Q3»     *! 

§  He  died^  much  respected,  l^pt.^,  1806. 

II  He  died  Feb.  1801,  aged  7«. 

^  Died  April  5,  1799. 

♦*  Mr.  Jackson  was  a  Printer  of  eminence  at  Oxford  5  and  pfoi- 
prietor  and  publisher  of  the  Oxford  Journal  fVom  its  first  esta^ 
-^lishment.  He  was  also  lessee  of  the  Oxford  Bible-press,  and  a 
principal  in  the  firm  of  the  banking-house  there.  In  his  public 
character  he  was  much  respected ;  in  private  life,  warm  in  his  at- 
tachments, and  sincere  in  his  friendship.  He  died  at  Oxford  aged 
upwards  of  70>  April  22,  1795.  A  friend,  who  knew  him  long 
and  intimately,  says,  that  "  That  extraordinary  Phaenomenon 
Jackson,  the  Printer  of  the  Oxford  Jounud,  was  a  num  of  no 
extraordinary  abilities,  but  one  who  dared,  and  soon  found  the 
beneficial  efiects  of  printing,  and  had  his  own  pi  ice — while  it 
established  his  Pap^*,  the  only  sterling,  political,  electioneering 
controversy  that  ever  existed — where,  not  Parties  only,  but  pri- 
Tate  persons  from  the  Throne  to  the  Mechanic — one  who  could 
jg;ive  a  portrait  of  an  English  House  of  Commons  when  swayed, 
in  some  degree  pensioned,  by  Harry  Peibam;  and  one  influ- 
enced from  Rome  by  a  Pope*s  Le^te,  in  which  most  of  the 
Actors  are  dead  j  but  Lord  — ^till  is  .visible.^4I!omplete 
collections  are  very  scarce ;  but  the  News-boy*s  News,  No.  1  and 
<S.  I  have,  which  give  the  language  of  the  Nation  in  Pelham*sad* 
ministration,  and  when  we  were  under  the  Pretender,  with  an 
Ambassador  from  Rome,  done  by  Lord  v  that  now  is, 
md  Ben  Buckler^  deceased.** 


•• 


980  UTEmAET  AMECDOTES. 

Ireland* J  John,  Market-place,  LeiceJiter. 

Anne  -f*,  urifioic  of' John  Ireland. 

1789  Rev.  William  Bickerstafl^^. 

1794  Miscellaneous. 
Lewis  ^,  George,  fforcester. 
lAnden,  James^  Southampton,  I76S. 
Loder  "',  Robert,  Wcxxlbridge. 

1783  Rev.  Mr.  Jrkhnson,  of  Stradbrook^  snd  Rer. 
Mr.  Symonds,  of  Kelsale. 
Lunn^,  IV.  H.  Cambridge,  179I. 
Marsh  **,  John  J  Yarmouth.. 
Miller  ^[-f  Thomas,  Bungajf,  1782,90. 

*  A  man  strictly  independent  in  hts  principles,  of  great  pro- 
bttjr  and  much  respected.     He  died  April  17*  ISIO,  st.  63. 

t  Mn.  Anne  Ireland  was  sister  to  the  Rev.  William  Bkia- 
fttaSe,  whose.  Library  she  sold  by  a  marked  Catalogue. 

X  Of  whom  8ee  6omc  particulars  in  vol.  II.  p.  GSo. 

§  This  vcr)'  honest  and  industrious  man  died  July  97>  1 60S. 

II  Mr.  Loder  was  well  known  to  the  publick,  not  only  as  a 
Bookseller,  but  as  an  intelligent  Author.  His  antiquarian  tracts, 
display  considerable  industry  and  research.  He  died  early  in 
1811,  set.  61.  His  publications  weiie,  1.  "Ordinances,  &c. 
for  Seckford's  Almshouses  in  Woodbridge,  4to."  ti.  "  Wood- 
hridge  Terrier,  exhibiting  an  Account  of  ail  the  Charters.  Tilth 
Notes."  3.  "  Orders  of  the  Free-school  in  Woodbridge" 
4.  "  DowBing^s  Journal  for  demolishing  Church  Ornaments  ifl 
Suffolk.*'     5. «'  History  of  Framlingham,  179S." 

%  This  very  intelligent  Bookseller  is  now  well  known  as  th? 
proprietor  of  the  very  excellent  Cla.ssical  Libraiy  in  Soho-square. 

♦*  He  was  formerly  a  Bookseller  and  Printer  at  Yarmoutii  arJ 
Norwich.  As  a  man  of  great  urbanity,  he  was  regretted  by  all  who 
knew  him  in  this  comitry ;  and  he  probably  fell  a  sacrifice  to  t  cli- 
mate from  not  being  more  early  inured  to  it.  He  died  June  ^I. 
1 804,  at  GeorgeTown ,  nearWashingt  on,  i  11  Nor  th  America,  aged  50. 

ft  Born  Aug.  14,  1731 ;  and,  at  the  usual  })erio(l,  appren- 
ticed  to  a  respectable  Grocer  in  the  city  of  Norwich :  but  a  great 
fondness  for  reading,  displayed  very  earW  in  life,  induced  biiDi 
.on  commencing  business  for  himself,  in  the  year  1755,  to  unite 
Bookselling  with  his  other  trade  -,  and,  for  the  last  SO  years,  he 
confined  himself  almost  entirely  to  his  favourite  line.  Unfortu- 
nately, he  settled  in  the  small  retired  town  of  Bungay,  where  tbc 
demand  for  books  was  by  no  means  adeqiute  to  the  ^reat  nuoi* 
ber  of  rare  and  valuable  articles,  which  Mr.  Miller^  for  near  50 
years,  was,  by  his  natural  propensity,  led  to  keep.  He  had  also 
an  extensive  collection  of  expensive  portraits,  and  nearly  a  com- 
plete series  of  Roman  and  English  silver  and  brass  coins.  In 
1-795,  when  the  fas\i\otv  \M«&\er^  ^neral  for  tradesmen  to  circii- 
]ate  provindai  YkaU-^ta^ftb)  \i^\ya4  ^  ^^  ^:»^\  WLa.u  accident 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  98} 

Millei^^y  Thomasy  Halesivorth. 
Aere-f-,  Thomas^  Hi/the. 

happening  to  one  of  the  blocks  when  only  93  pieces  were  stnicl^ 
off,  be,  like  a  true  Antiquary,  declined  having  a  fresh  one  made. 
This  coin  (which  is  very  finely  engraved,  and  bears  a  strong  pro^ 
file  likeness  of  himself)  is  known  to  collectors  by  the  name  of 
M  The  Miller  Halfpenny."  He  was  extremely  cai'eful  into  whose 
hands  the  impressions  went  -,  and  they  are  now  become  so  rare  a^  • 
to  produce  at  sales  from  three  to  five  guineas.  Had  Mr.  Miller;, 
when  a  young  man,  settled  in  the  Metropolis,  there  is  no  doubt 
but  his  extensive  knowledge  in  books,  and  natural,  unwearied 
industry,  would  have  led  to  greater  pecuniary  advantages.  He 
pKMscssed  a  strong  mind,  with  a  good  memory ;  but  his  cultivated 
abilities  were  buried  in  the  confined  circle  in  which  he  lived ;  or, 
more  properly  speaking,  these  qualities  operated  to  his  disadvant- 
age >  for  his  independent  spirit  could  not  always  submit  to  the 
Aristocracy  which  more  or  less  governs  every  country-town. 
Hence  arose  occasional  tempoi*ary  dissent  ions,  by  which  his  inte* 
rest  as  a  tradesman  suffered ;  but  his  integrity,  and  the  finnness 
of  his  principles,  were  never  doubted  -,  and  of  late  years,  when 
he  became  blind,  all  animosity  and  irritability  of  temper  ceased, 
and,  to  the  honour  of  the  inhabitants  of  Bungay  (many  of  whom 
could  appreciate  liis  worth),  every  kind  attention  was  shewn  him; 
and  he  departed  this  life  in  the  full  use  of  his  senses  to  the  last 
moment  of  it ;  perfectly  calm,  resigned ;  and  the  writer  of  this 
paragraph  hopes,  without  an  enemy  in  the  world.  He  died  July 
S5,  1804. — Of  Mr.  Miller  there  is  a  good  portrait. — His  son,  the  • 
very  eminent  Bookseller  in  Albemarle-street,  is  now  retiring  from 
business,  with  an  easy  competence,  acquired  by  habits  of  in- 
dustry nnd  polite  attention,  and  with  universal  re8{)ccc. 

^  This  old  Bookseller  died  in  June  1807,  oct.  82. 

f  He  was  a  native  of  Tenterden,  and  bom  of  very  respectable 
parents ;  but  by  some  accident  or  neglect  in  his  infancy,  became 
defoimed,  and  fell,  it  is  presumed,  a  sacrifice  to  the  bodily  in- 
firmities of  such  a  state.  The  fevourite  maxim  of  this  benevolent 
plan  was  Prudence.  "My  expenses  (he  would  say)  aie  small | 
and,  if  I  exceed  in  charity,  [  will  make  up  by  frugality.*'  He 
kept  a  school  in  the  town  :  in  the  care  and  discharge  of  this  of- 
fice he  was  diligent  to  extreme  punctuality.  He  was  generally 
Summoned  to  his  meal  at  one  o^clock  ;  and  it  is  well  known  that 
he  was  never  more  than  eight  or  ten  minutes  before  he  was  at 
bis  destined  station.  He  possessed  abilities  far  superior  to  those 
requisite  for  such  a  station  j  was  a  good  classical  scholar  5  read 
pnd  spoke  the  Fiiench  language;  had  a  retentive  memoiy,  and 
i^-as  a  good  historian.  He  was  an  admirer  and  diligent  promoter 
of  all  arts  and  sciences,  and  passionately  fond  of  good  poetr}',  of 
which  he  was  an  excellent  judge.  In  epistolary  correspondence 
be  had  few  equals.  His  manners  were  inoffensive,  engaging,  and 
p(^te ;  his  language  chaste  and  elegantly  correct,  and  his  de- 
portmei^t  full  of  benignity^  axudous  to  givei^Veasyiaxe^sA^^sSia^ 


fSZ  LITEBARY  ANECDOTES. 

J^holson  ♦,  t/oAw,  Cambridge. 

Pagc^-y    IVilUam,    near  Trinity   College,   Cam^ 

bridge. 
Pmoletf^,  Edward,  Grantham. 

fectiott  to  every  bociy.  He  was  an  humble,  diligent,  honest 
tradtsman ;  and  though,  as  it  hap{)ens  to  others,  he  sometimes 
wati  with  hauteur  from  those  who  affected  to  he  so  much  his  su4 
periors,  he  uttered  no  complaint,  hut  was  used  to  say, ''  So  it  is» 
jmd  so  it  always  will  be.'*  His  aiii^ction  and  kindness  to  his  rela« 
tions  will  make  his  loss  severely  felt. 

*  Mr.  John  Nicholson,  who  died  A«g-  ^»  1796,  at  the  age  of 
€6,  by  unremitting  attention  to  business  for  45  years,  acquired 
coQsidcrable  property,  and  was  in  the  University  better  lonowi) 
by  the  name  of  <'  Maps  or  Pictures,*"  from  his  constant  habit  of 
offering  those  articles  at  the  different  chambccs.  He  establi^ied 
a  very  capital  circulating  library,  including  most  of  the  lectun 
booiks  read  in  the  University,  and  also  many  of  the  best  and 
scarcest  Authors  in.  various  otherbi^nches  of  literature :  by  which 
means  the  students  were  enabled  to  furnish  themselves  with  the 
works  of  the  best  wntecs  at  a  small  expence.  He  presented  to 
the  University  a  whole-length  portrait  of  himself  (painted  by 
Bcinagle)  loaded  with  books,  which  hangs  in  the  staircase  of  the 
Public  Library,  and  under  it  a  print  engraven  from  k. 

t  Who  died  May  29,  1806.  He  was  apparently  in  perfect  healtlh 
when  he  complained  of  a  pain  in  his  head,  and  died  instantly. 

J  *'  A  Catalogue  of  Choice  Books,  consisting  of  Divinity,  Law, 
History,  fkc.  both  in  English  and  LAtin;  will  be  sold  by  auction 
at  Mr.  Edward  Pawlett's  house*  Bookseller  in  Grantham,  on  Wed- 
ncsdiy  the  4th  day  of  August,  1686.  The  Catalogues  are  distri- 
ftited  gratis  at  Mr.  Yates's  in  Duck-lane,  London,  and  at  the 
&aid  Mr.  Ed\vard  Pawlett's  in  Grantham." — ^This  Catalogue,  re- 
maflkable  as  one  of  the  earliest  recollected,  began  with  the  fol- 
lowing Address  to  the  Readers :  "  Gentlemen,  I  doubt  not  but 
most  are  sensible,  that  through  the  Booksellers'  care  in  colkctiag 
choice  books,  and  expiosing  them  to  sale  b^'  way  of  auction,  many 
are  not  only  furnished  with  what  they  desire,  at  easy  rates,  but 
sai  e  themselves  much  trouble  in  a  tedious  and  fruitless  search 
after  books,  which  are  not  always  to  be  foimd  in  Booksellers*  shops. 
And  though  the  books  in  this  Catalogue  have  suffered  much  from 
the  imskilfiilness  of  its  taker ;  yet  the  curious  pmiser  will  find 
great  number  of  scarce  and  choice  books  on  all  subjects.  Great 
indeed  has  the  care  been  in  furnishing  this  auction,  that  the 
Bookseller  might  find  encouragement,  in  obliging  thiose  gentle- 
men, whose  study  it  is  to  render  our  nation  as  illustrious  fur  mca 
of  learning  as  any  in  the  world.'* 

The  Conditions  of  the  Sale  are  these:  I.  That  he  who  bids  most 
i»  the  buyer :  and  if  any  ditierence  arise  which  the  company  can- 
not decide ;  then  the  book  or  books  shall  be  exposed  to  sale  'agaia 
II.  That  all  the  books  in  this  Catalogue,  not  oUierwise  expressed, 
«ce  (fora\)g^tN«^VLXv(XN«^\«d<t^x  them,  appeaxtf 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  68^ 

irson  ^nd  RoHastoriy  Birmingham,  17  89. 

rcffy  J.  fV.   Coventry. 

de,  J.  Chester. 

93  Ralph  Leeke  and  John  Ball^  esqrs. 

e  *,  Joseph,  Eton,  1766,  70. 

berwise  before  they  are  taken  away,  the  buyer  shall  have  hia 
:e  of  taking  or  leaving  them.  ill.  That  the  money  for  the 
s  so  bought,  be  paid  within  one  week  after  the  sale  be  ended* 
e  place  where  they  are  sold :  where,  Upon  payment  thereof^ 
K>oks  shall  be  delivered. — The  Sale  will  begin  at  e^ht  in  the 
ling  and  continue  till  twelve ;  and  ii*om  two  in  the  aftemooa 
ight.  The  books  to  be  seen  two  days  before  the  sale  begins, 
*  Mr.  Yates,  associated  above,  John  Dunton  says,  *'  He  has 
with  losses  as  well  as  myself;  yet,  when  his  stars  were  the 
.  unkind,  he  was  still  as  honest  as  ever ;  and  being  always 
in  his  dealings  I  he  now,  like  the  sun  (just  come  from  be- 
a  cloud)  shines  brighter  and  fairer  than  ever — some  men  are 
just  whilbt  the  world  smiles  ;  but  when  it  frowns,  they  act 

little  tricks,  as  renders  their  virtue  suspected ;  but  Yates 
presei-ved  his  integnty,  and  b  the  same  good  man,  under  all 
ts." 

See  some  memoirs  of  Mr.  Pote,  p.  418. — By  the  favour  of 
D' Israeli,  I  mn  enabled  to  give,  from  the  margins  of  Mr. 
*8  copy  (>f  the  "  Lives  of  Leiand,  Heame,  and  Wood,**  printed 
ly  at  Kirm,  and  partly  at  Oxford,  in  1772,  some  anecdotes 
H'ting  that  pubfication ;  a  work  on  which  Mr.  Cole,  in  his 
1  bhint  manner,  too  severely  remarks, "  that  the  Editors  were 

ij^Horant ;  for  Pote  the  Bookseller/*  he  adds,  "  was  one. 
iOy  they  sav,  that  in  i6S7,  when  King  James  was  at  Ox* 
,  one  day  after  dinner,  he  went,  '  with  many  of  his  guard, 
Ir.  Walker's  chapel,  where  he  heard  verses.*  Now  Obadiah 
kcr,  the  learned  Master  of  Univei-sity  College,  being  a  Ro« 
Catholic,  had  a  chapel  of  his  own  in  his  lodgings,  where, 
oubt,  his  Msyesty  went  to  hear  vespers.  This  is  not  cor* 
id  in  the  errata ;  and  the  book  being  printed  at  Oxford,  and 
i  of  that  learned  body  being  concerned  in  the  edition,  which 
i^ery  trumpery  performance,  it  is  hardly  conceivable  that 
could  be  such  blunderers.'* 

lie  same  word,  it  may  be  observed,  occui's  in  a  preceding 
!,  353,  line  10  from  the  bottom.  James,  asks  of  Clarke  of 
knils,  whether  they  were  not  bound  by  statute  to  pray  far  the 
?  He  replied.  No !  If  the  correction  of  Vespers  for  Verses 
ight ;  does  it  not  shew  James's  Catholicity  while  at  the 
'ersity  ?  Or,  when  James  went  to  Mr.  Walker's  Chapel  (Oba- 
)  did  he  hear  Verses  there  ?  The  King  went  there  with  marv^ 
is  guards  ;  not  all,  1  suppose  only  he  and  his  Catholics. 
»  the  Title  of  P^rt  Lis  added  in  MS.  "  With  Notes  by  J.  P."  1 
to  that  of  Ptot  IL  "  Mr.  Huddesford,  Fellow  of  Trinity  Col- 
.  superintended  the  I,<ife  of  liearpe,  from  a  txaxuKicv^  com 


6'84  -     LITKRARY   ANECDOTES. 

Prince*,  Daniel,  Oxford,  1768,  69,  70,   71,  ;«, 

4  ^y    i  /  • 

of  Hcame  by  J.  P  ;  also  made  the  descriptive  part  of  the  En- 
gravings of  Antiquity." 

P.  vi.  1.  1^.  the  Gentleman]  "The  K^v.  Mr.  Sanfoid,  Fellow 
of  Baliol  College." 

P.  vii.  I.  7.  and  13.  Gentlemen,']  "  Dr.  Ducard,  of  the  Conh 
raooB,  London  ;  Mr.  J.  VVartou,  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford ;  Mr. 
Price,  Librarian  of  Bodley's  -,  Mr.  Huddesfbrd,  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, with  others.  Mr.  Hiiddesford  took  the  care  of  Wood's  Uk ; 
particularly  the  Notes  are  his ;  and  the  Life  of  Heame^  except  & 
few  notes  at  the  beginning,  marked  J.  P." 

P.  4.  notesy  lines  8,  9.]  "  This  information  was  comnmni* 
catcd  by  Mr.  Warton,  of  Trinity  College,  from  an  acquaintasce 
to  whom  he  obligingly  wTote  on  this  enquiry  to  Cambridge.** 

Ibid,  lines  19,  ^2o  ]  '<  This  information  was  communicated 
by  Dr.  Buckler,  of  All  Souls  College." 

"  The  I^iborious  Journey,"  "was  printed  from  Mr.  Sandfbrd'i 
copy,  communicated  by  him." 

A  colophon,  at  the  end  of  this  "Journey,*'  says,  "Reprinted  h- 
teratim,  at  Eton,  by  Joseph  Pote,  177*2." — On  which  Mr.  Pote 
remarks,  "  To  explain  the  seeming  contradiction  of  this  Impriati 
and  the  Titles,  it  is  to  bo  observed,  that  all  the  preceding  part  of 
this  Volume  was  printed  by  me,  as  is  above  mentioned.  The  Life 
of  Heame  it  was  desired  I  should  print  also,  and  was  intended;  but 
tvas  afterwards  declined  by  me,  and  returned  to  Oxibrd»  to  which 
press  I  thought  it  more  pro])erly  belonged.  To  render  the  publica- 
tion of  these  Lives  more  miiform.  General  Titles  were  printed 
by  me  at  Eton,  with  the  imprint  of  Oxford,  as  they  appear,  and 
this  leaf  canceled,  except  iu  this  and  a  few  other  copies.    J.  P." 

Tlie  short  Summaiy  of  Bale  s  Life  was  written  by  Mr.  Pote,  and 
printed  at  Eton. 

P.  120  of  the  Appendix.]  "This  copy  of  Cicero,  collated  by 
Hearuc,  and  prepared  for  the  press,  'u  in  the  Bodleian  Libraiy, 
and  is  a  standing  evidence  of  his  extensive  reading,  and  great  ap- 
plication to  Classical  Learning,  as  well  as  to  the  National  Anti- 
quities. The  Publication  would  do  honour  to  the  University  and 
the  Nation.    J.  P." 

The  Letter  to  Bp.  Tanner,  Appendix,  p.  121,  ''  relating  to 
the  Report  of  Mr.  Hearne's  having  died  a  Roman  Catholic,"  was 
written  by  John  Loveday,  esq.  of  Caversham. 

In  the  Lite  of  Heai'ne,  vol.  11.  the  notes  in  pages  1,  3,  4,  5. 
are  by  Mr.  Pote ;  that  in  p.  8  by  Mr.  Huddesford. 

*  Of  this  intelligent  old  Bookseller  see  some  memoirs  in  p.  496. 
At  the  end  of  this  ai*tiele  (see  p.  094)  I  shall  copy  a  few  articles  of 
literary  intelligence  from  his  Letters  to  Mr.  Gou^  and  myself; 
and  in  the  mean  time  subjoin  the  following  billet : 

'•  Oxford,  May  24,  1794.  As  the  four  old  Oxford  Bookselto 
ve  almost  as  exlTaoxCaiv^tv  ^ot  \}^^\x  ^^es  as  the  three  old  Ladies 

at 


PROGEB^S  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  6^5 

1768  Rev.  Francis  Wise  *,  S.  T.  B.  F.  S.  A. 

1 769  Remainder  of  the  same. 

1772  Rev.  Richard  Cirey,  of  Hinton,  co.  North-* 
ampton ;  ReV.  John  Stubb,  of  Queen's  G>Ilege ; 
Rev.  Mr.  Home,  of  Whichford,  Oxfordshire; 
Rev.  Mr.  Tatum,  of  Magdalen  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Coxe, 
of  Baliol. 

1774  Rev.  John  Thomson,  of  Corpus  Christi  Col- 
lege, rector  of  Hampton  Meysey,  co .  Glouces- 
ter ;  Rev.  Mr.  Stephens,  rector  of  Noke,  co. 
Oxfordr 

i777  Dr.  David  Durell,  Principal  of  Hel-tfor4 
College ;  Rev.  James  Granger,  author  of  the 
Biographical  History  of  England. 

1775  Dr.  Thomas  Hunt,  F.  R.  S.  and  F.  S.  A. 
Canon  of  Christ  Church,  Regius  Professor  of 
Hebrew,  and  Laudian  Professor  of  Arabic. 

1776  John  Awbrey,  B.  LL.  Fellow  of  Winchester. 
Daniel  Prince  and  Jashua  Cooke  -f-,  177 5 — 8 ^. 

1785  Dr.  Montagu  Cholmondeley. 

1788  Dr.  William  Dennison,  Principal  of  Magda- 
len Hall. 

1789  Robert  Vansittart,  esq.  LL.  D.  Regius  Pro- 
fessor of  Civil  Law,  and  Fellow  of  All  Souls ; 

at  Gloucester,  I  send  you  tlieir  nanics  as  below.  They  are  now 
little  seen,  though  resident  in  tlie  place,  having  declined  busi- 
ness ;  but  will  be  recollected  by  many  of  yom*  Readers,  as  Oj^fbrd 
Tradesmen  live  against,  and  of  coui^se  are  enquired  after  by  a 
greater  number  of  gentleman  than  those  of  any  other  place  #r 
profession.  The  elder  Pktchcr  came  frOrn  Salisbury  >  the  ot]ier 
three  are  Oxford  bom. 

James  Fletcher,  aged 864-  years. 

Sackville  Parker 85 

Daniel  Prince SQi- 

Stephen  Fletcher 78 

332 
[Mr.  SackvilU  Parker  died  Dec.  10,  1796,  in  his  89tli  year. 
Mr.  Stephen  P7e/cfccr  died  Sept.  25,  1796,  in  his  82d  yejir. 
Mr.  Dankl  Princt  died  June  6,  1796,  in  his  85th  year. 
Mr.  James  Ftelcher  died  June  12,  1795,  in  his  96th  yearj 
-*  Of  whom  see  vol.  V.  p.  527. 

f  Who  is  now  the  very  able  representative  of  his  late  wor^ 
Friend  and  Partner. 


C^^i  UTERART  AN'£CB0T£5.       ^ 

Rev.  William  Airson,  M.  A.  rector  of  Hinton, 
Hants. 
1791   Rev.  John  Noel  ♦. 

179s  Right  Hon.  and  Rev.  Lord  Viscount  Tracy, 
Warden  of  All  Souls ;  Joseph  Davie^  D,  D*  Fel- 
low of  Trinity  College* 
Rogers  ^^  George,  Plymouth. 
Rosety  ff'Uliam,  Lincoln. 
Routh  §,  IVilliamy  HristoL 
Ru^sely  J.  Guildford. 
Rev.  Mr.  Ford,  Hon.  Mr.  King,  Col.  Brewer,  Mr. 
^       Leigh,  surgeon,  Farnham. 
Sir  Thomas  Gatehouse,  William  Huggins,  esq.  of 
Headly  Park,   Hants ;    Natbanael  Hammond, 
Accountant  General  of  the  Bank* 
Score,  Edward,  Exeter. 

1774  John  Anstis,  Garter  King  at  Arms  ;  his  son. 
Garter ;  and  the  two  Rev.  Mr.  Anstis ;   Andrew 
Brice||,  of  Exeter,  Compiler  of  the  Topographical 
Dictionary. 
1775  William  Foulkes,  LL.  D.  Rev.  Mr.  Bertie, 
ofKenn;  Rev.  Mr.  Pine,  of  Comb-in-teigney ; 
Mr.  John  Fryer,  of  Topsham,  merchant. 
1775  Rev.  Mr.  Rayner,  Master  of  Tiverton  school; 
Rev.  Mr.  Edward  Rayner,  of  Hemmiock ;  Coun- 
sellor Broad  rip,  of  Mapperton,  Dorset. 
1779  Rev.    Robert  Wight,    rector  of   St.  Mary 
Arches ;  Mr.  John  Richards,  Surveyor. 
Sharp,  John,  IVarmch,  1770,  1790. 
1778  Rev.  Mr.  Whatton  ;  Rev.  Mr.  Gelsthorpe. 

*  Brother  to  the  present  Lord  Viscount  Wcntworthw 

t  VVho  died  April  17,  1809. 

%  Mr.  Rose  was  a  Printer  of  Lincoln ;  and  died  March  20^  1805. 
aged  51.  Hb  fiither  had  also  been  a  respectable  Printer  and 
Bookseller  there. 

§  Printer  and  Publisher  of  the  Bristol  Joimud.  He  died^  in 
the  prime  of  life,  June  3,  1800  >  and  on  the  following  day«  a? 
Mrs.  Routh,  wife  of  Mr.  George  Routh,  Priiiter,  was  addressing 
a  letter  to  him  on  the  death  of  his  brother  (Mr.  George  Routh 
being  at  Bath  for  his  health),  she  was  siiddenlj  taken  illy  and ex< 
tiirea  almost  instantly. 

II  Of  tlus\eteK«a»  «(»ij,Trr. 


t'RbGRESS  0¥  SALji  CATALdcUES.  (PSJ 

1791  John  Green,  rector  of  Welford  and  Missen- 
den. 
Shave^  John^  Ipswich. 

1767  Lord  Viscount  H^ttnn  ;  Sir  John  Barker/ 
Simmons'*  lAnd  Kir  kbjff,  Canter  bury  j  I789* 

Simonds^^ ,  Binndford. 

Smithy  ThomaSy  Cariterbury. 
John  Knowler,  esq.  Recorder  of  Canterbliry. 
SotheraHy  Henry ^  Yorky  1790. 
Stothery  Ilarrisofiy  Vorh. 

1794  Dr.  Jonathan  Hall,  Prebendary  of  Durham. 
Sweet  laud,  Abel,  Exeter^  1781. 
Stock  of  Edward  Score,  whom  he  succeeded. 

^- Margaret,  Exeter y  1788. 

Tesse%fman\y  IVilUamy  Yorky  1788. 
Thurlboiirn  and  fVondyery  CambindgBy  1761-^5. 
1762  Rev.  Parker  Gufdon,  M.  A.  rector  of  Lattion 
and  Cranworth,   Norfolk  ;   and  curious  private 
study  of  William  Craighton>  the  ingenious  com- 
piler of  the  Ipswich  Journal. 
\^6G  Sir  James  Burroughs,    master  of  Gonville 
and  Caius  CoUege ;  and  a  physician. 
Todd  nwd  Sot  her  an  y  York,  l^Gdy  I772,   1773, 
1768  Laurence  Sterne^  M.  A.  Prebendary  of  York, 
author  of  Tristram  Shandy. 
Todd^y  alone,  1786,  1788. 

*  Of  tliis  patriotic  Citizenr  see  before^  p.  443. 

t  He  died  April  3,  1801,  aged  8*2. 

X  Many  years  a  respectable  Bookseller  at  York.  He  died,  at  Be- 
verley, in  September  181 1. 

§  Another  old  and  eminent  Bookseller  of  York,  and  siiccfssor 
to  Mr.  Francis  Hildyai-d  in  1757.  Few  Country  Booksellers  had 
'exerted  themselves  with  greater  ardour  and  perseverance  (for 
nearly  half  a  century)  in  the  laborious  pursuit  of  OtalOgue^ 
making,  with  the  respective  value  of  each  book  attached,,  tbafii 
the  late  Mr.  Todd ;  of  which  the  following  List  of  curious  and 
extensive  Collections,  which  he  purchased  and  arranged  at  diffe- 
rent periods,  affords  a  sufficient  proof;  viz.  The  Library  of  Mar- 
madukc  Tunstall,  of  Wycliffe,  esq. ;  John  Royds,  esq.  of  Knap«> 
ton  'y  Lord  Viscount  lairfax,  of  Gilling  j  Henry  Ci-athorne,  esq[. 
uf  Ness ',  Lady  Fagg,  of  Wood  End  j  Rev.  Wm.  Dade,  of  Barm: 
ston,  author  of  an  intended  "  History  of  Holdemess  ;"  Rev.  An* 
thony  Temple,  of  Richmond  5  Rev.  Thos.  Clarke,  and  Rev.  Jo» 
si;tb  RodweU;,  of  HuH;  Rev.  Wm.  Territt,  o£  ^Vqxqu\  VJm. 


688  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

1777  Riev.  B.  Smith,  B.  D.  nephew  to  Sir  Isaac 
Newton,  and  Rector  of  Linton,  near  Skiptou  in 
Craven  *. 

1778  William  Phillips  Lee,  esq.  of  York, 

1779  Hon.  Christopher  Dawnay,  Marmaduke  Fo- 
thergill,  esq.  and  Mrs.  Maude,  all  of  York. 

1780  Miscellaneous. 

1783  WilHam  Dixon,  esq.  of  Loversal  near  Don- 
caster;  Rev.  William  Territ,  Rector  of  Bainton 
near  Beverley. 

1784  Rev*  John  Bliike,  Rector  of  Screningham  and 
Cotton  near  York. 

1792  Marmaduke  Tunstall,  of  Wyclifie,  esq.  Lady 
Fagg,  of  Woodend,  Rev.  John  Dade,  F.  A.  S. 
Rector  of  Barmston,  and  Author  of  the  intended 
History  of  Holderness. 

1794  Entire  collection  of  prints,  drawings,  books 
9f  prints,  &c.  of  Marmaduke  Tunstall,  esq.  -j- 

1795  Rev.  Anthony  Temple,  M.  A.  Master  of  the 
Grammar-school  at  Richmond,  co.  York,  and 
Vicar  of  Easby,  near  that  place. 

Tupmamy  S.  Nottingham,  17  86. 

Twopenny  ty  Nottingham. 

fVard^y  IVilliam,  Hinckley. 

IVhile  ||,  John^  York. 

fVhitfield^y  Jos.  Newcastle  upon  Tyne,  Bridge-end. 

Dixon,  esq.  of  Loversal,  &c.  &c.  &c. — Mr.  Todd  died^  much  re- 
gretted, March  29,  1911. 

*  See  Dr.  Whitaker's  History  of  Craven,  2d  edition,  p.  463. 

t  Mr.  TuDstairs  museum  of  Natural  History  was  piirchased  to* 
gcther  by  George  Allan  of  the  Grange^  near  Darlington^  esq. 

X  He  died  June  1,  IS08. 

§  Mr.  Ward  was  for  more  than  30  years  Master  of  the  Free 
School  at  Hinckley  >  author  of  ^'  The  Scripture  Spelling  Bool* 
1762  )'  and  was  the  iirst  who  established  a  Printing-press  at 
Hinckley  ^  where  several  of  his  children  s^re  respectabfy  settled; 
and  one  of  his  daughters,  Sarah,  is  now  the  principal  Printer 
and  Bookseller. — See  a  Pedigree  of  this  Family  in  the  **  Histoif 
of  Leicestershire,"  vol.  IV.  p.  710. 

II  Mr.  White  died  Jan.  26, 1769.  His  &ther  printed,  at  YoA 
the  Prince  of  Orange's  Manifesto,  after  it  had  been  refused  by  al 
the  Printers  in  London,  and  was  made  King's  Printer  for  YdL 
lund  Five  Counties. 

^  Died  Jaa.  ^5,  \^ttft>  \tL>^'?^^'»t,^«?^«is.>^. 


PROOi^SS  OF  SALE  CATALOGUES.  €Bg 

^hittingham*,  fFUliam,  Lynn,  17S9, 71, 80, 1789. 
1766  Kev.  Charles  Parkins,  M.  A.  rector  of  Ox- 
borough;  Richard  Delamore,  M.  D.  Rev.  Mr, 
Coxen ;  Rev.  Mr.  Fawcett,  Rector  of  Watling- 
ton. 
1795  John  Holland,  esq.  near  Oakham,  Rutland; 
Mr.  Frankling,  of  Spalding,  Lincolnshire;  Mr. 
Gooch,  surgeon,  of  Norwich }    Rev.  Mr.  Bird^ 
of  Stanfield,  co.  Norfolk;  and  a  Noble  Lord. 
ffllson  ^nd  Spence,  Yorky  1790. 
ff^ood^j  IFiUiam,  Lincoln. 
JVoodyer^y  John^  Catnbridge,  1772. 
1 776  Rev.  Dr.  Thomas  Rutherforth  §. 
ff'bolmer,  S.  Exeter,  1788,  89,  90. 


Scotland. 
jindersan\\,  Alexander,  Edinburgh,  1688. 

*  Mr.  \yhittingham,  an  eminent  Printer  and  Bookiseller 
at  hytiti,  and  Editor  of  the  Continuation  of  Blomefield't 
•»  History  Of  NoHblk,"  by  Mr.  P&rkins  ;  of  Burton's  "  Leicester- 
shire j"  Philipofs  "  Kent }"  a  part  of  Thorotoa*s '' Nottingham* 
shire  ;'*  and  of  an  abridgement  of  Blomefield*s  ''  Norfolk,'*  d 
which  only  a  few  numbers  were  published.  He  died  April  29, 
I797j  agcKl  56.  —  Mr.  Charles  fVhittingham,  now  of  Gosweli* 
street,  and  of  Chiswick,  one  of  the  most  elegant  Pi'inters  of  the 
present  age,  is,  I  believe,  no  relation  to  his  namesake  of  Lynn. 

t  Who  died  Dec.  6,  1804,  act.  61. 

X  Mr.  Woodyer  was  a  man  of  extensive  knowledge,  placid  dis- 
position, and  great  probity.  He  was  many  years  partner  with 
Mr.  Thurlboum,  a  respectable  Bookseller  at  Cambridge ;  after 
whose  death  Mr.  Woodyer  carried  on  the  business  alone,  but 
was  ultimately  not  successful.  He  died,  in  his  85th  year.  Sept* 
19«  1804  ',  being  at  that  time  one  of  the  oldest  Liverymen  of  Um 
Company  of  Stationers. 

§  Of  whom  see  vol.  VL  p.  110. 

II  ''  A  Catalogue  of  excellent  and  rare  Books,  especially  His* 
tones  and  Romances,  for  the  most  part  in  English,  and  the 
Variorums,  to  be  sold  by  way  of  Auction,  the  1^  day  of  No* 
vember  1688.  The  books  are  to  be  seen,  from  the  first  of  No- 
Tember  to  the  day  of  tlie  Auction,  at  Edinburgh,  on  the  South 
dde  of  the  High-street,  a  little  above  the  Cross,  being  the  closft 
immediately  above  the  Fish-market  close^  in  the  head  of  tlie  said 

Vol.  hi.  Y  X  t\vwfc» 


6dO  UTERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Angus  *^  Alexander,  Aberdeen. 

Balfour^  John,  Ediuhurgh,  1770,  Jl,  75. 

1775  Ro[x;rt  Alexander,  esq. 

1776  Jaines  SnK»llL-t,  e^q.  of  Bonhill,  by  auction. 
and  Elplun.stoyi,  Balfbur,   17?lj   ^^ — ^7* 

Elp/iinston,   1 7^:51,  supplement  1 787. 

1787   Huj;li  Seton,  esq.  of  Tough. 
Bell,  John-^,  Edinburgh,  1773,  78,   S3. 

1786*  Auction. 

and  Bradfute,   1790,  9I. 

Chalmers'^,  James,   Aberdeen. 

clofjo,  f)ii  the  left  hand,  wliere  a  rdacat  will  be  on  the  gate,  and 
the  Catalogues  are  to  he  had  there  i^rat'is.  The  time  for  Sale  is 
only  in  the  afternoon,  from  two  of  the  elfxk  tiU  four.  Edin- 
burgh, printed  in  the  year  HJ^S  ;  '  only  rine  paii^es,  cloeely  printed 
in  two  columns.  *'  He  who  i>ays  n«»t  hi>  money  presently,  is  to 
pive  earnest,  to  take  them  auay  ami  pay  his  money  before  the 
next  day  the  auction  bcpn^;  or  else  to  lo=e  his  earnest,  and  the 
books  to  l)e  put  to  sale  axrain.  What  hooks  shall  liappen  to  be 
iin>old  at  the  auction,  are  to  be  had  afterward.** 

*  Mr.  Angus,  of  Aberdeen,  who  died  about  the  year  \792, 
wa.s,  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  the  '•  Leigh  and  Sotheby, 
and  the  King  and  Loehee,"  of  that  j)art  of  the  world,  and  sold 
a  great  many  libraries  by  auction.  He  was  a  man  of  great  plea- 
santry and  ready  wit  j  and  many  of  his  boji  ynots  are  well  recol- 
lected in  Aberdeen. 

t  One  of  the  original  promoters  of  the  Society  of  Booksellers 
of  Edinburgh  and  i.eith  ;  and  the  first  who  tilled  the  situalioa 
of  Praises  thereof.     He  died  in  September  1906. 

J  Printer  to  the  City  and  University,  and  Prmtcr  and  Proprie- 
tor of  the  Aberdeen  Journal,  which  he  conducted  with  un- 
common ability,  and  steady  and  loyal  consistency  of  principle 
for  the  long  sjxice  of  fortj  -six  years.  Few  men  have  departed 
life  in  the  city  of  Aberdeen  with  more  unfeigned  regi*et  by  a  most 
numerous  and  highly-respectable  circle  of  friends,  to  whom  he 
was  endeared  by  the  best  vu'tues  that  adorn  social  life — inflexible 
integrity,  steady  friendship,  a  disposition  elevated,  humane,  and 
charitable,  a  temper  unusually  cheerful,  and  a  memory  rich  in 
anecdote  and  iuformation,  chiefly  of  the  literary  kind. — His  fe- 
thcr,  who  cultivated  his  profession  for  some  years  in  London  in 
the  Printing-office  of  Mr.  Watts  (where  he  had  the  celebrated 
Dr.  Franklin  for  his  fellow-joumejrman),  was  afterwards  ranked 
amon^  the  literary  printers  of  his  time,  and  at  his  death  was  re- 
corded as  a  gentleman  *'  well  skilled  in  the  learned  languages." 
His  &ther  was  the  Rev.  James  C.  Professor  of  Divinity  in  the  Ma* 
lishal  College,  who  died  in  1744.  About  the  year  1740  his  son 
returned  {rom  liou^ow,  ^xA  m  VtAQ  established  the  Aberdeen 

loumal; 


PRDGRtSS  Ot  SAL£  CATALOGUES.  GQI 

Creech^  fVilltaniy  successor  to  Kincaid,  1774, 1778, 

auction  1780, 
Const  able  y  Archibald j  Edinburghy  I795. 
Elliott,  T,  Kay,  and  Co.  1788. 
JFarie^,  Robert,  Glasgow. 
Foulis^y  Robert  and  Andrew ^  Glasgow. 

Journal;  at  the  close  of  the  memorable  RebeUion^  during  which 
he  was  a  considerable  sufferer  from  his  attachment  to  the  House 
of  Hanover.  His  son,  the  subject  of  this  article,  was  bom  iu 
March  1742,  and,  after  a  classical  and  academical  education  at 
Marischal  College,  removed  to  London,  and  improved  himself  in 
the  typographical  ait,  both  there  and  at  Cambridge^  until  Sept. 
17^4,  when  the  death  of  his  futher  put  him  in  possession  of  the 
establishment  in  his  native  city.  Although  now  engaged  in  abu« 
ftincss  \^hich  aOC'ided  but  little  relaxation,  and  with  the  cares  of 
a  numerous  family,  he  found  leisure  to  indulge  his  love  of  litera- 
ture by  that  extensive  course  of  reading  wliich  rendered  him  a  va« 
luable  member  of  the  literaiy  societies  of  the  place.  With  many 
of  the  Professors  of  both  Colleges,  and  particularly  with  the  late 
Pi's.  Campbell,  Gerard,  and  Beattie,  he  formed  an  intimacy 
which  death  only  dissolved.  Had  he  been  able  to  devote  more 
time  to  study,  it  was  universally  thought  by  all  who  knew  him^ 
that  he  might  have  excelled  in  any  branch  of  polite  literature.—* 
The  Gentleman's  iMagazine  has  been  frequently  favoured  with 
hb  communications  on  subjects  of  Biography  and  Antiquities* 
— As  a  man  of  business  he  was  more  generally  known  for  his  un« 
^'aried  integrity,  industry,  and  punctuality,  which  recommended 
him  to  the  contidence  and  friendship  of  men  of  the  highest  rank 
and  superior  attainments.  In  17^9,  he  married  Margaret, 
youngest  daughter  of  Mr.  David  Douglas,  of  London,  by  whom 
he  left  four  sons  and  six  daughters,  who,  with  his  afflicted  wi- 
dow, had  to  lament  the  loss  of  a  tender  husband,  an  indulgent 
father,  and  an  affectionate  and  engaging  friend  and  companion^ 
such  as  is  not  often  to  be  found.    He  died  June  17 f  1810. 

*  He  died  March  30,  1800. 

f  **  Scotland,  by  these  two  learned  Brothers,  pioducedsome  of 
the  most  beautiful  and  con*ect  printing  which  at  present  adorns 
the  republic  of  lettei-s.  Even  Bodoni  of  Panna,  or  Barbou  of 
Paris,  liave  not  gone  beyond  some  of  the  productions  from  the 
preis  of  Robert  and  Andrew  Foulis. 

**  Robert  Foulis  began  printing  about  the  year  1740  j  and  one 
of  his  first  essays  was  a  good  edition  of  Demetrius  Phalereus,  iu 
4to.  In  1744,  he  brought  out  his  famous  immaculate  editioa 
of  Horace,  small  1^2mo.  at  Glasgow )  and  soon  afterwards  was  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  Andrew.  These  two  Printers  were 
so  industrious,  that  iu  thirty  years  time  they  produced  as  many 
correct  and  well-printed  books  as  any  of  the  famous  Piinters  of 
wld.     Thcii-  large  (.^lassic?^  as  well  as  their  smaller  sizes,  cither  in 

y  Y  2  V\VCV:\^ 


692  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Gor don  djidi  Murray y  Edinburgh,  1781. 
Kinnaird  and  BeLl^  auction. 

1768  William  M^Fatlane,  of  M^Farlane. 
■  and  Creech. 

1771  Lewis  Legrand,  Commissioner  of  the  Customs, 

Greek  and  Latin,  or  in  pure  Greek,  are  as  remarkable  for  their 
beauty  and  exactness,  as  any  in  tlie  Aldine  series. 

**  It  is  a  melancholy  reflection  to  think  that  their  taste  for  th< 
fine  arts  at  last  produced  their  ruin ;  for,  engaging  to  establish 
an  Academy  for  the  instruction  of  youth  in  Pointing  and  Sculp- 
ture in  Scotland,  and  the  enctmOus  expence  necessary  to  send 
pupild  to  Italy,  to  study  and  copy  the  antients,  gradually  brought 
on  their  decline  in  the  Printing  business ,  and  they  found  the  city 
of  Glasgow  no  fit  soil  to  transplant  the  imitative  arts  into,  al- 
though the  literary  genius  of  Greece  and  Rome  had  already  pro- 
duced them  ample  fortunes. 

"Notwithstanding  the  beginning  of  this  scheme  was  very  weak, 
yet  in  some  of  the  departments  it  rose  above  mediociity,  jiarticu- 
larly  in  drawing  and  engmving  -,  but  in  moulding,  modelliD^, 
and  painting,  they  proted  that  all  temporary'  and  private  attemjHf 
must  be  abortive^  for  want  of  continual  support.  Human  lift  L< 
too  short  for  bringing  to  perfection  those  arts  which  require  per- 
manent establishments  to  pi-event  their  decline,  lliis  is  particu- 
larly the  case  with  Painters  ;  to  whose  studies  no  limits  can  be 
set,  but  whose  encouragement  is  of  all  others  the  most  precari- 
ous.  However,  it  should  be  remembei^ed,  to  the  credit  of  Robert 
Foulis,  that  he  was  the  first  projector  of  a  school  of  the  liberal 
arts  in  the  island  of  Great  Britain.  Whatever  may  hereaftex  be 
construed  bf  the  motives  which  urged  this  patriotic  institution, 
selfishness  muit  be  entirely  banished  out  of  the  question  j  unles 
the  pleasure  that  arises  from  endeavouring  to  do  good  to  one's 
country  be  reckoned  as  such ;  and  if  the  consciousness  of  acting 
with  patriotic  and  benevolent  meaning'does  not  follow  us  to  ihs 
other  world,  the  establishment  of  a  magnificent  museum,  for  the 
advancement  of  tme  knowledge,  encourages  this  pleasing  hope. 

*'  Robert  was  originally  a  barber ;  and  Andrew  taught  FreDcb 
in  the  university  of  Glasgow  -,  but  having  a  fine  taste,  and  turn- 
ing their  thoughts  to  casting  letter,  they  produced  some  works 
tluit  will  cause  their  names  to  be  recorded  in  the  temple  of  Baoue, 
when  their  unsuccessful  attempts  at  painting  and  statuanr  \^ 
be  totally  forgotten. 

"  Andrew  Foulis  died  in  1774 ;  and  Robert,  in  1776,  exhibited 
and  soid  at  Clu'istie's,  in  Pall-mall,  the  remainder  of  his  paint- 
ings, llic  Catalogue  forms  three  volumes,  and  the  result  of  the 
sale  was,  that  after  all  the  concomitant  expences  were  defrayed, 
the  balance  in  his  favour  amounted  to  the  enormovs  sum  of  fif- 
teen SHILLINGS  ! ! !  He  dietl  the  same  year  on  his  return  from 
X^ndon.*'    Lemoines  Hiitory  of  Printing,  179^7,  p.  96. 

PhilipCj 


PROGRESS  OF  SALE  CATAlfOOUBS.  ff^J 

Philipe,  Thomas,  1781. 
fiuddiman*^  Thomas  and  fValter^  Edinburgh. 
Sibbald\y  Johriy  Edinburgh. 
Smellie\,  IVilliam,  Edinburgh. 
Spottiswoodj  James f  Library  of  Professor  Moore, 
Glasgow. 
The  stock  of  Robert  and  Ajidrew  Foulis,  and  their 
copper-plates. 
Stirling  ^y  John,  Edinburgh. 


Auctions  in  Scotx-and, 

1772  Doctors  John  and  Joseph  Clerk^  Physicians, 
pniliam  Gibbs. 

1776  >  James  Smollet,  esq.  of  BonhilL 

1778J 

1782  Baron  Maule,  Smith. 

J  793  Mr.  Janaes  Gumming,  Keeper  of  the  Lyon 
records,  and  the  first  Secretary  to  the  Society  of 
Scotish  Antiquaries. 

1795  Robert  Riddell,  of  Glenriddell^  esq.  Books  on 
Antiquities,  Robert  Ross. 

*  Of  these  learned  Brothers  it  may  be  suffident  to  refer  to  the 
very  ample  and  excellent  Life  of  Mr.  Thomas  Ruddiman  by  Mr. 
George  Chalmers^  1794. — Thomas  Ruddiman,  M.  A.  (who  had 
been  for  almost  50  years  Keeper  of  the  Advocates*  Libraiy  at 
Edinburgh)  died  Jan.  19, 1757>  in  his  83d  year;  his  widow,  Oct. 
1^,  1769.  —  Walter  Ruddiman,  his  brother  and  partner  as  a 
Printer,  died  Aug.  23,  1770,  at  the  age  also  of  83,  being  then 
the  oldest  Master  Printer  in  Scotland.  —  Mr.  Chalmers  gives  a 
^t  of  capital  works  from  the  Ruddiman  press,  from  1694  to  1756. 

f  Proprietor  of  a  Circulating  Library.     He  died  Aug.  8,  1803. 

X  Of  whom  some  copious  Memoirs  have  recently  been  pub« 
lished.     See  Gent.  Mag.  1811,  vol.  LXXXI.  Part  ii.  p.  544. 

§  Mr.  Stirling  was  a  Printer;  and  died  Jan,  19>  I8O7. 


694  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

LETTERS  OF  Mr.  DANIEL  PRINCE  to  Mr.  GOUGH 
AND  Mr.  NICHOLS  j  referred  to  in  p.  684. 

"  July  5,  1780.  Mr.  Nichols  is  one  of  those  laborious  and 
truly  useful  Gentlemen  who  do  not  spare  pains  to  presence  and 
inform  Posterity  in  Literary  Histor)*. — As  I  am  now  old,  have  aQ 
my  life  been  connected  with  Books^  and  cannot  help  sadsfyiog 
my  curiosity  at  least  in  looking  into  them,  cspeciailly  Bk^- 
phy,  I  am  a  little  qualified  to  point  out  mistakes :  an  imidious 
employment,  but  somewhat  useful,  especially  of  persons  from  and 
of  Oxfoni.  In  my  skimming  over  the  two  new  Volumes  of 
'  Biogi-aphia  Britannica,'  Mr.  Granger *8  *  Biographical  Histoiy/ 
&c.  I  find  the '  Biographia  Britannica'  and  ]Mr.  Granger  have  many 
errors.  The  '  British  Topography,'  I  speak  of  Oxfordshire  only, 
I  apprehend,  has  but  few  mistakes^  though  it  might  be  conside* 
rably  enlarged.  Dan.  Prince." 

"  jIu^.  Vif  1781 .  I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  the '  History  of 
Printing'  and  your  Supplement.  I  cannot  speak  to  your  Supple- 
ment, for,  honestly,  1  have  not  read  it,  but  will  soon.  I  haw 
spent  two  days  on  the  Oxfordshire  Additions  to  Camden,  and 
have  made  many  corrections.  I  hope  to  get  more,  and  will 
return  the  sheets  in  a  few  days.  I  think  the  Botanical  List  may 
be  much  enlarged,  as  we  have  plenty  of  industrious  Botanist?.— 
Dawes  is  now  published,  and  is  said  to  be  well  done,  by  an  in- 
comparable young  Scholar*}  yet  am  obliged  to  you  for  thinking 
of  me. — I  was  always  nuich  hurt  at  the  paltr}*  accounts  in  the 
Biographia.  of  Aldrich  and  Atterbury.  I  will  apply  for  you  to 
able  people  about  Atterbury,  and  hope  I  shall  succeed. 

*'  Topographical  and  Biographical  accounts  will  for  ever  Le 
imperfect  ;  but  we  are  obliged  to  those  who  will  take  pain?. 
There  is  a  Gentleman  at  Durham,  or  i)erha})8  now  at  Darlingloii, 
just  14  or  15  miles  South  of  Durham,  who  has  an  impn)Ncnl 
Camden,  greatly  ornamented  with  j)rints,  &c.  &c.  of  givat  value. 
His  name  is  Cade;  he  is  a  member,  I  think,  of  the  Antiquarv  S<>- 
ciety. — In  the  Volumes  of  Collectanea  Curiosa  f  I  ana  now  printini; 
is  much  of  Durham,  perliaps  40  pages,  and  many  curious  parti- 
culars of  Oxford. 

'*  I  have  inclosed  the  Fasti  part  of  one  of  the  old  editions  of 
my  Oxford  Book,  which  may  be  of  use  to  you  in  dates.  It 
was  very  difficult  to  collect  it,  and  the  matter  of  the  acces- 
sion to  Headships  of  Colleges  and  Halls,  and  Professorships, 
not  to  be  found  in  the  Graduate  Book,  or  elsewhere.  In  a  ftw 
instances  I  could  never  get  informed.  It  took  up  more  room 
than  I  coiild  spiirc ;  and  I  have  now  only  the  present  nu  mlK-rs, 
and  wholly  omitted  the  preceding  ones,  up  to  the  Revolution.  I 
ha\e  this  day  been  with  the  best  Botanist  we  have,  uml  \\o[>e  1 
have  prevailed  on  him  to  give  the  List  of  Plants  in  Oxfordahire; 
which  1  su>peclcd  was  greatly  deficient.  1  knew  in  genei-al  that 
from  Benson  to  Ciivcisham,  where  Mr.  Lovedav  lives,    in  tlu>5<J 

♦  The  K«v.  Thomas  I5uri;oi;s,  F«'llow  of  Corpus  Christ i  (\)ll»\s^e;  M.  A. 
17?*2;  Prpl)em\t\ry  o\'  SaWsVivitv  Vi^l  •,  E.l).  and  Prebendar.  of  Durham 
l7D2i  I).  1>.  anv\\\\\o^i  Ae?.ervfc^\^^  V»\^o^  Q.\^\..\i%N\$ii.v^\i\, 

+  Pabii&hed  by  my  exc«\ittvl^ivfcvAv\i^^<tN.^v}i^^>4\.^, 


LETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE.      69$ 

fpoods,  cliiefly  North  of  Lord  Cadogan's  house,  &c.  were  the 
niost  plenty  of  rare,  beautiful,  and,  ^s  the  Botanists  say,  polite 
plants,  of  uny  part  of  tlie  kingdom.  Not  one  mentioned  in  that 
dbti'ict.  Indeed  the  Gentleman,  who  must  at  present  be  name- 
less, told  me  the  List  as  it  stands  is  exceeding  unworthy.  His  term 
nvas,  that "  they  were  only  a  few  vulgar  plants."  Dr.  Nash's  Wor- 
cester is  very  incomplete  in  the  Botanic  pai-t. — If  the  List  of 
Oxfordshh^e  Plants  can  be  done  according  to  the  complete  idea 
g^ven  me,  for  I  am  no  Botanibt^  no  one  particular  will  give 
greater  satisfaction.  From  two  neighbourhoods  you  have  had 
a  few  good  plants,  but  from  the  two  or  three  most  celebrated  not 
one.  —  I  will  make  some  application  about  Bp.  Atterbury  to  the 
Canon,  who  is  Librarian  also,  and  a  Westminster  man.  A  West- 
ininster  man  will  always  lend  his  help  to  any  one  fi'om  that 
School  sooner  than  many  other  places;  a  laudable  partiality, 
we  must  acknowledge.  Dan.  Prince. 

*'  P.  S.  Since  Mr.  Prince  made  up  the  parcel  for  Mr.  Nichols,  he 
has  had  a  thought,  which  he  supposes  may  enable  Mr.  Crough  to 
be  on  good  ground  for  the  rare  Plants  m  every  County,  lir.  by 
searching  Hudson's  '  Flora  Anglica,'  separating  them,  and  then 
^urangiug.  He  hopes  to  procure  more  than  Mr.  Hudson  has 
for  Oxfordshire,  that  Mr.  Gough  may  make  a  figure  in  that 
hitherto  neglected  part.  A  new  and  much  enlarged  Edition  of 
Hudson's  Flora  was  published  in  1778.  —  If  Dr.  Nash  had  used 
Hudson's  Mora  for  his  Worcestershire,  he  would  have  escaped 
the  censure  he  has  had  on  that  score  j  because  that  Work  lay 
before  him.  We  must  not  expect  Dr.  Nash  to  be  a  Botanist  5  but 
he  might  have  applied  to  friends." 

*'  Oct.  4.  The  roll  inclosed  I  have  kept  by  me  six  or  seven  days^ 
}n  hopes  to  have  procured  the  Additions  to  Oxfordshire  Plants, 
to  have  sent  with  it.  I  see  the  learned  Botanist  almost  every 
day ;  but  cannot  press  him,  except  it  is  immediately  wanted.  — 
Mr.  Price  desires  to  know  what  MS.  of  Camden  Mr.  Gough  mieanfl 
to  recjuest. — I  send  you  the  Title,  and  one  leaf  of  Dedication,  tp 
Mr.  INIores's  Antient  Nobility  5  and  a  Print,  wliich  I  apprehend  was 
ungraved  for  him,  which  you  may  like  to  keep.      Dan.  Princb, 

"  Entre  nous  (for  perhaps  Mr.  Warton  will  not  like  to  have  it 
made  known)  I  am  phnting  a  History  of  Kiddington  in  this 
County,  where  T.  W,  is  Minister,  intended  as  a  Specimen  of 
parochial  History  and  Antiquities  *.'* 

"  Dec.  3.  I  am  son*y  you  have  not  had  more  satisihction  from 
your  Corrojjpondents  in  this  place.  It  is  gi-eatly  to  be  lamented, 
that  huch  able,  often  such  well-infomiwl,  and  oftc  ikt  the  only 
persons  who  can  assist  in  the  hx'al  learning  of  thi-s  place,  are  so 
difKcult  to  be  brought  to  take  a  little  pains,  as  I  fear  you  find. 

Dan.  Prince." 

'*Au^.  4,  I7S.S.  I  thank  Goil,  by  continually  changing  the  air, I 
ani  uuich  recovenjd;  and  I  don't  know  but,  at  my  ;iget>  1  should 
pot  .^ay  I  am  better  than  before  my  ilhuss.     1  cannot  gucbs  wliat 


*  This  iva>  a  very  small  ijnpresiiun,  nut  for  sale ;  aud  of  which  a  .. 
cond  pflitiou  \v:i3  printed,  under  Mr.  Warlou'a  Uift^ecl\o\\>  a\.  to^  «v^'nft»<« 
ip  17 b3.    Sec  vol  VL  If,  !»(?.  -^  ^ecXj^iottfe^^.^^^ 


69^  LfTERARY   ANECDOTES, 

is  meant  by  the  University  of  Cambridge  giving  Mr.  NasnuA 
the  printing  of  '  Tanner  s  Notitia  Monastica.*  Tanner  was  ao 
Oxford  man.  The  Work  has  been  long  since  printed :  ivhat  can 
there  be  to  give  *  ? — Dr.  Atterbury  is  gone  to  Ireland.  Your 
message  I  have  given  to  his  Correspondent  here,  who  will  send 
it  to  the  Doctor. — My  late  illness,  and  near  72,  should  put  me 
in  mind  of  leaving  my  little  connexions  in  thia  world,  to  be 
continued  by  one  of  this  enlightened  age.  We  know^  few  in- 
deed are  the  enlightened  in  our  profession,  though  an  employ- 
mexA  50  likely  to  produce  them.  The  Bible-printing  here  em- 
ploys a  great  number  of  hands,  not  one  of  which  would  suit  me; 
few  of  them  can  do  any  other  work.  I  have  at  present  only  five 
compositors.  One  of  them,  I  fear^  has  done  his  work.  He  wiA 
hardly  be  at  the  Printing-house  any  more.  I  have  only  one  press 
at  present  employed.  Most  likely  1  shall  continue  in  this  small 
way  till  the  middle  of  October,  at  farthest.  'I  have  a  large  pro- 
spect  of  business,  and  apprehend  1  shall  much  want  one  or  more 
of  the  better  hands  ^ — and,  to  return  to  what  I  said  of  my  pro- 
spect, I  should  be  glad  to  liave  such  an  one  as  might  assist  me, 
and  succeed  me  in  a  business  which  is  reputable,  liable  at  least  to 
good  connes^ions — ordinarily  no  great  profit,  but  may  be  attended 
with  very  successful  advantages.  In  one  instance  (the  late  Judge 
Blackstone)  I  was  very  fully  employed  for  ten  years  ;  and  aftcr^ 
wards,  with  Messrs.  Strahan  and  Cadell,  purchased  his  celebrated 
Work.  About  a  year  ago  I  thought  myself  hurt  by  too  much 
business,  and  gave  up  the  printing  the  Edition  just  now  adver- 
tized to  Mr.  Strahan.  You  see,  here  is  a  chance  to  get  a  Popular 
Work,  though  we  are  too  much  confined  to  dry  unprofitable 
•  labours.  Mr.  Warton's  '  History  of  English  Poetry'  will  be  at 
press  again  at  Michaelmass  next.  If  you  could  recommend  a 
young  man,  or  one  not  young,  if  not  too  old,  t])M  is  sober, 
civilized^  and  of  decent  address,  I  think  he  might  live  an  agree- 
able life,  and  acquire  reputation,  if  not  money.  If  he  could  com- 
mand a  few  hundreds,  he  would  find  a  good  interest  from  it. 
Qur 'Editors  are  generally  ill  prepared ;  which  is  troublesc»ne, 
fnit  must  be  paid  for.  I  think  I  may  add,  that  one  who  had  bis 
health  to  3eek,  still  if  qualified  as  above,  with  some  Latin  and  a 
little  Greek  the  better,  might  find  it  gi'eatly  to  his  benefit.  If  I 
come  to  towTi  this  autumn  I  will  call  on  you  -,  but  should  be  glad 
to  hear  from  you  j  and  remain,  very  truly,  &c.     Dan.  Prince. 

"As  Mr.  Warton  s  '  Histoiy  of  English  Poetry*  says,  London: 
printed,  5fc.  you  might  think  it  was  done  there.  The  number ji 
1500 ;  1300^  or  more,  go  off  directly  of  each  volume. 

"  You  have,  no  doubt,  heard  of  the  death  of  our  Divinity  Pro- 
fessor, Dr.  Wheeler  f .     He  was  author  of  the  Dialogue  inclosed. 

•  See  vol.  TI.  p.  1^4. 

f  Benjamin  Wheeler,  Canon  of  Christ  Church,  and  a  Prebemlarr  of  St. 
Paul's,  to  which  he  was  collated  by  Dr.  Lowth,  Bishop  of  London,  and 
had  Leen  installed  the  weeK  before  his  death.  He  was  Repi»s  I*rofessor 
of  Divinity  at  Oxford;  and  author  of  a  curious  Latin  Dialog-ue  (unpub- 
lished) spoken  in  the  Sheldon  Theatre  July  8,  1773.  He  died,  at  ^welm^ 
Ai  an  apoplectic  ht^  Ju\^  ^*a,  Y"!^^, 


1.ETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE.  t^J 

II  may  put  it  in  your  next  Magazine,  and  say  it  was  by  him } 
:  not  use  my  name,  as  some  ojf  his  friends  may  think  it  too 
ial  for  his  gmve  cliaracter:  but  the  minority  think  otherwise, 
ly  Hutchinson  is  the  son  of  tlie  present  Provost  of  Trinity 
lege,  Dublin.  Dr.  Wheeler  was  tutor  to  Hutchinson,  and 
)te  the  piece  to  show  the  young  man.. 
'  Nov.  30.  I  wish  you  could  have  come  here,  if  but  for  a  day. 
«  the  weather  is  at  least  as  good  as  summer  for  travellings. 
.  Stevenson  (who  was  the  industrious  Collator  of  Abingdon) 
I  a  good  Library  of  Books ;  History,  Divinity,  and  some 
Liquities:  of  Berks  by  Ashmole,  of  Surrey,  Oxfordshire,  and  a 

towns,  but  not  one  with  any  MS  notes.  He  was  a  neat 
be,  but  never  scribbled  in  books.  There  were  several  of 
ime*s  Books,  but  all  dear. — ^The  price  of  the  Ashmole's  Berks 
/.lis.  6d.  a  good  copy. — 1  have  the  remainder  of  the  impres- 
1  of  Heame's  Sprotti  Chronicon,  which  I  sell  so  cheap  to  bre- 
?n  as  2s.  6d.     I  put  it  at  55.  in  my  Catalogue.    That  you  may 

be  impatient,  I  will  send  to  you  the  very  day  I  can  finish  tlu 
iness  with  the  parlies.  Dan.  Prince." 

'  Dec.  6.  By  the  coach  which  went  from  hence  this  morning  I 
t  you  the  whole  collection  of  materials  for  Abingdon*.  I  made 
listake  in  my  last,  when  I  said  that  Dr.  Patten  had  the  Seal  of 
Abbey ;  I  should  have  said  the  Seal  of  St.  John's  HospitaL 
haps  you  will  find  it  mentioned  among  the  scattered  papers 
he  rough  leather  book.  In  turning  them  over,  1  saw  a  loose 
er  of  the  parish  of  Radley,  about  two  miles  fit)m  Abingdon^ 
;rc  the  present  possessor  of  that  place  Ls  called  Sir  William 
nhousc,  bart.  it  should  now  be  '  the  Ilev.  Sir  James  Ston- 
se,  bart.*  So,  if  Lord  Hareourt^is  mentioned,  you  will  see 
r  to  name  the  present  by  the  Peerage.  I  hope  you  will  like 
Papers,  as  you  bought  them  without  seeing  them.  When 
Gough  sees  tliem  (for  I  consider  him  as  your  Superintendant 
intiquitic8)  1  should  think  tliere  is  some  importance  in  the 
ject,  and  labour  enough  for  the  money ;  and  that,  when  &- 
rated,  it  will  not  disappoint  you.  I  have  not  gone  to  the 
mt  of  your  commission,  as  the  sum  I  shall  draw  for  will  be 

11*.;  but  I  expect  a  book.  Dan.  Pkincb." 

Aug.  25,  17S6.  I  mast  acknowledge  myself  obliged  to  you  for 
rting  (especially  with  honourable  mention)  some  late  pub- 
tions  by  the  Dean  of  Canterbury.  It  may  be  too  late  to 
ition  in  August  Mr.  Crowe's  Sermon  on  the  late  Attempt 
his  Majesty's  Person ;  or  Dr.  Wall's  *  Clinical  Observations 
the  Use  of  Opium  in  Low  Fevers,  and  in  the  Synochus.' 
iiy  design  in  writing  now   is   rather  to    inform  you  and 

Gough,  if  not  known  already,  that  Dr.  Foote  Gower'sf 
larations  for  his  Cliesliire  History  are  in  the  hands  of 
Markham  |,   of  Whitechapcl.    As  Dr.  Gower  is  dead,  his 

These  Collections,  which  I  purchased  for  Mr*  Goufb,  formed  part  of 
•cquest  to  the  Bodleian  Library. 

See  Mr.  Gou^r«  Verses,  addrrs«ed  to  Dr.  Gowcr,  voL  VI.  p.  334. 
Of  whom  sec  Memoirs^  vul.  11.  p.  6B?. 


6qS  I.ITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

family  are  greatly  hurt  by  the  expence  of  tliat  Work.  I  suppoM 
Mr.  Gough  mast  know  the  state  of  the  progress;  made,  and  couJd 
advise  what  is  to  be  done  in  the  business.  Dr.  Gower's  secoDd 
son  is  now  here.  I  do  not  know  the  eldest,  though  1  ^i-as  wcH 
acquainted  with  the  Doctor,  and  was  sorry  at  his  death  to  hear 
ao  large  a  ijuni  was  returned  to  the  Subscribers.    Dan.  Prince.*' 

"  Stpi.  30.  Young  Mr.  Gower  has  not  been  quite  well  lately; 
but,  being  recovered,  purposes,  at  the  request  of  bis  mother,  to 
come  to  town  in  a  few  davs  ;  and  tells  me  he  will  inform  vou  of 
liis  being  there.  I  .suppose  you  will  6nd  the  family  more  in- 
clined to  part  with  the  materials  for  this  vast  Cheshire  Under- 
taking, now  they  have  had  time  to  be  convinced  that  they  are  a 
kind  of  property  not  very  marketable,  rather  more  flexibly  than 
at  your  former  inteniew.  I  am  much  obliged  to  you  for  your 
kind  invitation  to  Enlield;  but  I  shall  hardly  be  in  town  this  last 
quarter  of  the  year,  as  I  find  myself  less  able  to  cope  with  the 
inconveniences  of  London  than  1  used  to  be.       Dan.  Prince." 

"  Oil.  13.  I  am  do.sircil  by  Mr.(iower  to  meution  to  you,  that 
in  the  lU>x,  where  the  Cheshire  Papers  are  kept,  are  likewise 
Sv^me  ColUctions  rrlaiinu;  (o  Essex,  to  be  added  to  Morant's 
Hi-^tor\',  the  ])latr-;  of  which  cost  70/.  And,  having  my  pen  in 
hand,  ii  nuiy  bo  wortli  mentioning,  to  inform  you  that  the  large 
Collection  of  authentic  materials  belonging  to  Stonelcigh  Abbey 
are  resened  in  Lord  Leigh's  house.  His  Library  his  Lordsh^» 
givrs  to  Oriel  College.  Dan.  Prince." 

**/ii  Ay  *2, 1 7  SO.  Yesterday  I  received  the  box  of  prints  of  IVIr.  Cam- 
den-,  and  return  vou  very  heart v  thanks  for  your  kind  remem- 
bianco  of  me  of  a  copy  of  the  renowned  Antiquary  and  HistoriaiL 
ThofeC  for  Christ  Church,  IMagdalen,  and  Pembroke  Coil^:es, 
were  delivered  to  the  several  Governors  or  Vice-Govemors.  Mr. 
Warton  had  left  us  for  Winchester  on  Monday.  I  shall  write  to 
him  in  a  day  or  two,  and  will  inform  him  why  the  print  is  kept 
here,  it  being  for  his  successoi's  as  well  as  himself.  I  liav-e  the 
res])ect3  and  thanks  from  the  three  Societies,  and  may  add  the 
same  from  Mr.  Warton.  Mr.  Price  sends  his  best  respects  and 
thank;5,  as  does  Mr.  Ltnlcr,  wlio  idi  very  proud  of  his  present. 

'*  Our  two  magnitiecnt  Pri^ions  are  now  finished.  The  Casdei? 
a  noble  style,  in  imitation  of  tlie  best  old  work.  The  only  very 
«)ld  buildings  are,  the  Castle  Tower,  which  is  well  presened,  and 
Castle  Hill»  imd  the  Lady's  Chapel,  next  to  my  house.  ]  t  was  well 
kno^vl)  at  Xcw  College  that  the  whole  of  the  East  end  of  their  Cha- 
pel was  ordered  by  Hornc  Bishop  of  Winchester  (in  the  early  |)art  of 
Queen  Elizabeth's  lime),  to  be  completely  hid,  by  plastering  up 
the  whole  ;  and,  in  the  operati(m,  where  any  parts  projectell 
beyond  their  level,  \\\o\  cut  all  even.  A  few  years  since,  a  small  • 
opening  was  made,  wliich  presented  such  an  elegant  sj>ecimen, 
that  the  Society  have  now  opened  tlie  whole,  and  pur))ose  to 
have  it  rc>tore(l,  under  the  direction  of  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds  and 
Mr.  W)att.  The  iu}ages  were  all  demolished.  WTiat  remains  is 
uLtliic  ai'chitecturo,  carried  on  to  the  cielLng,  ^jtli  the  niclies 


LETTERS  or  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE.      609 

empty.  The  bottom  row  has  good  sculpture,  of  the  Nativity,  &c. 
the  human  figures  about  tiic  scale  of  nine  inches.  It  is  found  in  . 
general  that  tlie  roofs  of  the  buildings,  of  35()  or  more  yean 
standing,  decay  very  hist  in  the  timber,  by  heat  from  tlie  lead. 
New  College  is  now  new  roofed,  and  much  repaired,  at  the 
expense  of  70<>0/;  The  Altar's  restoration  will  cost  200()/.  more. 
They  are  the  bt?i>t  prepared  as  to  cash  for  such  a  work  of  anj 
Society  here.  The  light  blue  tiles  are  used  instead  of  lead. 
IVlagdalen  College,  and  indeed  All  Souls,  are  expected  soon  to 
want  the  same  renewal. — On  Monday  last,  without  any  violence  • 
from  the  wind,  the  old  Oak  at  Magdalen  College  fell  fortunately 
Into  the  meadow.  Had  it  fallen  towards  the  i-iver,  and  the  walk, 
it  must  have  done  much  damage.  The  root  was  entirely  gone  • 
to  powder,  so  that  it  dropped  by  the  weight  of  an  arm.  Th^ 
age  of  it  is  reckoned  to  be  full  600  years,  as  the  Founder,  when 
directing  the  site  of  the  College,  ordered  the  boundary  to  the 
North  to  be  near  the  great  Oak.  It  is  mentioned  by  Evelyn;  the 
people  divert  themselves  in  ci-owding  in  numbei*s  in  the  inside  of 
the  trunk. — The  colour  of  New  College  altar  is  blue  and  gold. 
It  is  o|R*ned  with  great  care. — ^The  only  reirard  lately  shewn  to  . 
Antiquities  here  lately  is  in  the  publication  of  two  pair  of 
Prints ;  viz,  one  pair,  about  the  size  of  a  quarto  page,  of  Fiiar 
Bacon*6  Study,  from  the  North  and  South ;  one  pair,  of  a  much 
larger  size,  about  double  the  former,  of  Bocardo. — We  have 
lately  purchased  Dr.  Vansittart's  libraiy,  full  of  oddities,  some 
probably  which  will  suit  the  thii-st  of  an  English  Historian.  Wc 
will  send  you  a  Catalogue  about  ISIichaelmass. — Mr.  Gutch  pro- 
cceils  app.re  with  the  Faxti  Oxon. — Our  Bodleian  Library  is  putting 
into  gooil  order.  It  has  been  already  one  year  in  hand.  Some 
one,  two,  or  three  of  the  Curators  work  at  it  daily,  and  several  As- 
sistants. The  revenue  from  the  tax  on  the  Members  of  the  Univer- 
sity is  about  460^.  per  anmnn,  which  has  existed  1*2  years.  This  has 
increased  the  Libmiy  so  much,  that  it  must  bo  attended  to,  and  a 
new  Catalogue  put  in  hand.  They  have  lattly  bought  all  the 
cxpeuhive  foreign  publications.  A  young  man  of  this  place  is 
about  making  a  Catalogue  of  all  the  singular  books  in  this  place^ 
in  the  College  Libraries  as  well  as  the  Bodleian.  —  In  about  six  • 
weeks  we  shall  piiblish  Dean  Aldrich's  Architecture,  which  we 
exi>cci  will  be  pronounced  to  be  an  honour  to  the  kingdom,  for 
the  elegant  engravings  of  the  Author  and  the  Architecture,  by 
Heath,  and  the  l)eauty  of  the  printing.  It  could  not  have  been 
supported  but  from  the  bounty  of  so  large  a  Society.  The  Duke 
of  Portland  subscribes  for  fifty  copies.  Dax.  Prince. 

'*  P.  S.  1  hap|K*ncd  to  bo  near  the  Laureat,  your  Camden  Pro- 
fessor, when  New  Collejxe  altar  was  dis[)l;iyed  to  the  publick. 
Poor  ThonuLs  fetched  such  siglis  as  I  could  not  have  thought  he 
could  breathe." 

**j4tig.9.  Seeing  JNIr.  Nichols  here,  I  coukl  not  help  com- 
municating Mr.  Price's  picture  of  Sir  John  Godsall,  and  at 
the  same  time  sending  by  so  safe  a  liand  the  pair  of  prints  of 
Bocardo^  price  10*.  Gd.)  the  pair  of  prii\l&  o£  ¥£\su:  ^ftC»\i*'5iVs\^l 


700  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

5<. — As  soon  as  Dr.  Vansittart  s  CatalotTue  is  readr.  it  sliall  be 
sent.  I  think,  from  the  mention  1  have  made  of  Mr.  ScbnelKr 
belie*  to  the  persons  in  power  here*  and  who  know  bis  abilities, 
be  will  surely  be  employed  to  make  the  drawing. — I  have  noc 
time  to  say  much  about  our  press  at  present.  I  expect  erer?  . 
bour  to  see  a  pamphlet  to  attack  Professor  Wbite.  i  beard 
Dr.  Parr  say/ White  could  write  as  good  Sermons  any  day.  Dr. 
Parr  never  saw  White  till  be  had  preached  half  bis  Sermons. 
He  soon  became  acquainted  with  him.  He  thought  tbe  Preacher 
wanted  Greek,  w)iich  is  said  to  be  ttue.  Dr.  Parr  gave  him 
gooie  matehab  from  Socrates  and  Plato,  which  Wbite  ingeni- 
pusly  worked  into  the  two  or  three  last  Sermons.  Dr.  Pur  did 
not  write  one  or  two,  or  half  one  of  tbe  Sermons.  Parr  n 
undoubtedly  his  friend." 

'^Sept.  17.  The  work  at  New  Coll<^  goes  on  very  slowhr, 
for  want  of  Mr.  U'yatt.  It  is  said  he  has  declared  he  can  restore 
its  original  fashion.  -The  whole  design  at  our  Castle  will  be  long 
hefoT^  it  is  complete.  The  Keeper,  or  Gotei-nor  as  be  is  now 
Etykd,  is  an  ingenious  Architect  and  Mason;  and  contrives,  for 
the  good  of  the  publick,  and  the  prisoners  themselves,  that  great 
part  of  ihc  work  shall  bo  done  by  Convicts,  several  of  whom,  by 
their  indu5^ry  and  manifest  reformation,  have  obtaiDed  their 
release  at  the  expiration  of  two  instead  of  three  years.  My  Wife  . 
and  I  were  last  week  at  Mr.  Pusey's  house  at  Pusey,  that  antient 
Danish-hold  estate.  Mr.  Pusey,  whose  name  was  Bauverie,  is 
making  great  improvements  on  that  new-acquired  estate,  in  wdl 
preserving,  and  adding  (by  modem  sculpture  and  painting)  to 
the  memory  of  that  antient  grant. 

"The  venerable  old  liaronet  in  that  neighbourhood,  SirRobeit 
Throckmorton  t,  near  his  lOOth  year,  now  qmte  blind,  but  in 
bealth,  has  done  gix^t  things  to  preserve  and  restore  Buddand 
(his  parish)  church.  An  excellent  example  to  Roman  Catbobdi 
genUy !  Indeed,  Sir  Robert  and  Mr.  Pusey  seem  to  try  who  . 
shall  leave  llie  best  monuments  behind  them — I  saw  Professor 
White.     He  waits,  with  tlie  publick,  to  hear  Dr.  Gkibriers  tale. 

'*  Mr.  Gutch  is  far  advanced  with  his  Volume.  His  Index  will  be 
extremely  useful. — Nothing  new  in  our  press,  except  a  new  'Conic 
Sections'  by  our  Mathematical  Reader. — Next  week  I  shall  go  to 
a  lordship  (now  a  barony  to  the  Duke  of  Marlborough)  Worm- 
leighton,  in  Wai-wickshire.  The  church,  according  to  Dugdale, 
was  built  in  temp.  Henry  VII. ;  has  an  antient  pavement,  and 
well-preserved  arms  in  all  the.  windows.  The  village  was  all  new 
built  at  one  time,  with  a  noble  manor-house,  in  wbicb  are  two 
grand  state-rooms.  More  than  half  the  house  has  been  lately 
taken  down,  to  save  repairs ;  but  several  large  buildings  remain; 
viz.  stables,  large  barns  for  hay  and  caixs,  a  very  unconrnion 
building  for  wool.  All  the  buildings,  except  the  church,  with 
a  grand  gate-way,  arc  in  one  style,  neat  stone-work,  at  the  end 
of  Queen  Elizabeth;  and  some  bave  the  arms  of  James  I.     Not  a 

*  The  very  e\cr\\eivlliT?A\svcv^w.    %<tt\^Wl»  ^\).  286.  321. 
t  He  died,  ia  to  90\.\i  ^^w  >  \>t<i.  ^>  \1^\. 


LETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE,      701 

plough  is  used  in  the  whole  lordship :  all  pasture;  and  the  tenant  J 
are  to  this  day  preserved  from  taxes  ;  Ix)rd  Spencer^  the  present 
)>ossesSor,  paying  the  poor's  tax,  by  giving  a  portion  of  land  for 
their  maintenance.  The  Vicar  you  may  remember  at  Cambridge. 
His  name  is  La  Rocque^.  This  muft  be  a  specimen  of  the  old  maa-^ 
Her  of  life,  except  the  change  by  thfe  refunn  in  the  church,  whea 
the  poor  fell  on  the  I^rd,  uho  used  to  be  supported  from  Kenil« 
worth. — When  you  next  pass  further  in  tlie  town  than  Mr. 
Defmty  Nichols's,  pray  look  on  the  best  printed  book  from  the 
Oj^ford  press,  AldricWs  Architecture. 

"We  have  a  young  man  in  this  place,  his  name  is  Curtis,  who 
was  au  apprentice  to  me,  who  has  hitherto  only  dealt  in  Books  of 
Curiosities,  in  which  he  is  greatly  skilled,  superior  in  many  respects 
to  De  Bure,  Ames,  or  his  Continuator.  He  has  been  employed  five 
or  six  years  in  the  Bodleian  Library,  and  since  at  Wadham,  Queen*s, 
and  Balliol.  He  purposes  to  publish  a  Catalogue  of  little  or  not 
known  books  in  Oxford,  particularly  iuMerton,  Balliol,  and  OrieL" 

"Feb,  14, 1790.  Mr.  Malchior,  of  this  place,  has  published,  in  most 
delicate  aquatinta,  a  large  print  of  Magdalen  College  old  Bridge, 
which  was  taken  down  to  make  room  for  the  new  bridge.  It  is 
more  like  a  drawing  than  any  thing  I  have  yet  seen.  We  are 
now  taking  down  the  Physick-garden  House  and  Library,  i.e.  the 
Botany  Professor's  House  and  Botanic  Library,  though  both  new 
buildings,  to  make  room  for  the  approach  to  the  bridge  fn)m  the 
town. — Magdalen  College  Chapel  and  Hall,  must  undergo  the 
tame  expensive  reparation  as  New  College  Chapel  has  done;  and 
under  Mr.  Wyatt's  direction  also.  There  are  fears  that  the  roof 
of  all  Magdalen  College  old  (Quadrangle  is  in  danger.  The  timber  . 
of  these  buildings,  which  was  chesnut,  is  now  wasting  veiy  fiist, 
and  perhaps  have  stood  their  time.  I  think  I  am  promise  Mr. Cooke 
will  let  you  have  a  proof  print  of  Dr.  Aldrich,  though  he  took  off 
but  very  few. — ^The  Letter  to  Earl  Stanhope  is  said  here  to  be 
by  Mr.  (Charles)  Hawtrey,  of  Chrb^t  Church,  now  one  of  the  Por- 
tionists  of  Bampton, Oxfordshire. — The  Letter  to  the  Delegates  at  . 
Devizes  is  by  Mr.  George  Huntingfoiti  f,  an  incomparable  Greek 
scholar,  now  just  elected  Warden  of  Winton  College. — The  pam* 
pblets  from  Johnson's  and  Kearaley's  shops  are  rubbish  ;  and  the 
Letter  to  Dr.  Gabriel,  smartly  abusirc,  is  not  by  Mr.  GrifRth,  who 
18  a  man  of  too  elegant  manners  to  appear  in  that  dress.  In  the 
iKunphlet  entitled,  "  Observations  on  the  Case  of  the  Protestant 
bissenters,"  ascribed  to  the  Dean  of  Canterbury,  is  an  excellent  < 
picture  of  Kippis,  of  his  own  drau  ing. — In  a  few  days  will  be  pub* 
lished,  from  our  press,  a  new  edition,  and  enlarged  to  4  volumes, 
of  Toup's  '  Emendationcs  in  Suidam;'  and  now  from  Hesychius,  Jj 

*  Petfr  La  Rocquc,  of  Bene't  College;  B.  A.  1737  ;  M.  A.  1742. 

f  Ceor^ls:iac  Huntin^f<»rtl,  of  New  Col!ei;t!,  M.  A.  1776;  Wanlenof 
Winchester  CoUefce  178.*^ ;  B.  and  D.  D.  179^;  ami  consocrat«(i  Bishop  of  Gloa-» 
ccster  in  IbO'i.  — The  recording  of  tMrU  such  instances  uf  tli«  highest  sti^ 
lion  in  the  Church  having  been  cunferretl  on  meritorious  Scholars  (sue  y* 
6^)  is  a  very  peculi&r  gratification  to  the  Compiler  of  these  Anecdote^ 
yifYio  can  proudly  boast  of  having  been  honoured  nith  thjir  friendly  pa« 
ffonagCi  both  b«fore  and  since  tlieir  elevation  to  the  Mitre. 


702  LITERARY   ANECDOTE?. 

Pollux,  Harpcrration,  Moeris  Atticista,  Timapu*,  &c.  and  com!* 
dcrablyfrom  the  Lat'»  Mr.Tynvhift'i  MSS. — VWjrkfor  tLe  Genaans; 
but  I  fear  will  not  >.e\i  i:nou<3h  ai  homt". — Mr.  CiuTch  Las  Almost 
finLshc^l  hi  is  Fa^ti.  I):.  Filavm  v  will  co^iiiilcat  Lis  bjuxiariijin  Pen* 
tatcuch  n«?xt  «uriimi  r.  * 

jlpnl  20.  *'  linin'^i:  itf. iy  on  Xh^  rvccipt  of  your  letter  I  went 
up  to  Mr.  Price  in  tii';  HfxlU'icui  Lili-^r}-.  He  ihewcd  me  Lord 
Cc»itranc'a  MS.  uiitini^fo  lot-Miiiain,  anil  «aid  he  iiA'i  left  direc- 
lio!i->  for  any  tran.-criU  r,  \vh':ii  he  ^'xw  Mr.  Rurii,  or  bean!  from 
you,  to  iiri\(i  the  ii.-e  «)t'  ii.  To  uh.tt  I  .-eni\oii,  and  i^iid  in  my 
bat,  1  iiiiv  ;vid,  with  (♦.itaiiit\  that  Proff^aor  While  will  so-jii 
gi\c  hi.s  narr:itive  at  l»-i.i;tii — I  h')j)e  to  lii:  credit." 

**Ju7Uf7'  I  f*iar  lii'  re  i^  littl'  tiiaiice  of  •.;tttiruc  any  of  thescaU 
tered  remains  of  the  lat-  .Mr.  \\  ai  i  on  from  anv  of  those  who  liad  liis 
daily  conversation,  wiiifli,  no  uonor,  um-  full  of  pleasing  auecdotes 
and  useful  remark.r.     Hi-5  time  w;^  to'j  luueh  conlinc-d  to  Ids  own 
Society,  where,  by  U:e  tf*  Iilj  .-pcech,  he  \vas  pretty  well  under- 
stood.    To  others,  hi:>  dLftcli\e  or^an-j  of  .^-peecb  rendered  him 
often  uninlc-lli^ible,  especially  as  wit  oi'ten  depends  on  a  word. 
As  to  myself,  of  late  years,  1  hardly  ever  could  understand  him. 
,   Jn  enuuuratin^  bin  publicati(jns  '^',  the  Oxford  Sausage  is  not  men- 
tioncrd,  in  which  ar<j  -^ome  of  hi:^  best  familiar  fragments — such 
as  TIte  Parsons  l^'i^,  The  Ihinnhi.;  Tradesman,  both  with  prints; 
and  The  Neu-sman's  I  er^cs,  and  al.-.o  Mrs,  Dorothy  Speadbury's  Oi* 
ford  Suiungcs,  with  her  print.     I  veiy  much  fear  the  Fourth  Vo- 
lume of  the  History  of  Eni;lii^h  Poetry  will  not  be  finished,  as  not 
above  eleven  .^hcet^  are  [)rintc<l.    About  half  tJic  volume  of  Mil* 
ton's  Smaller  Pieces,  l>el*ore  printed,  is  now  done;  the  rest  was  in 
the  compositor's  hands.     I'he  Paradise  Regained  is  ^aid  also  to  be 
•  finished.     Poor  Thomas's  pa;;ers  were  in  a  sat!  litter ;  and  his 
brother  Joe  has  mside  matters  worse,  by  confusedly  cramming  aU 
together,  sending  them  to  Winchester,  and  purposing  to  take 
bis  own  time  to  [)ut  them  in  order.    They  shoidd  have  been  cau- 
tiously taken  from  his  tables,  chairs,  window-seats,  and  shelves, 
with  all  the  temperance  imaginable,  to  preserve  order.     I  really 
fear  the  restoring  them  to  the  loose  condition  in  which  they  were 
will  be  too  much  for  Dr.  Warton. — ^The  Jelly -bag  Society's  s'toiy  if 
well  founded. — Some  say  it  was  held  at  Joan  Erie's  in  St.  Tho- 
mas's parish,  but  more  likely  at  Mrs.  Yeoman's  in  JesiLs  College^ 
lane.     The  place,  whichever  it  was,  was  certainly  discovered  by 
lieating  a  ditun,  which  called  out  T.  W.  (who  was  always  drawn 
by  that  sound  to  the  window)  with  his  jelly-bag  cap  on.'  The  so- 
ciety existed  eight  or  ten  years — ^with  a  notice  that  A.  13.  (but  more 
than  once  W.)  would  be  in  the  cap.     Mr.  \V.  could  not  gite,  not 
even  his  old  cloaths> ;  his  very  shoes,  stockings,  and  wigs,  laid 
about  in  abundance.     /  more  than  once  rallitd  him  upon  it,  but 
without  effect.    As  his  manner  of  life  was  so  public,  he  coukl 
not  spend  his  money.     He  has  the  credit  of  having  no  private 
vices  nor  follies.     Where  then  could  his  money  go  ?     It  must 
lay  in  paper  among  his  papeis,  or  be  hid  in  a  book  ;  he  could 
not,  nor  did  not,  syeud  it  \  and  his  Brother,  on  tliat  score,  ii 


lETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE.      70$ 

t»tly  disappointed.  He  even  had  some  commoxv  debts,  but  no 
oney.  lie  was  hardly  e\  er  fejit  irical  j  he  could  not  bear  ridicule. 
r.  Price  knew  T.  W.  perfectly  ;  but  Ixis  grief  is  too  much  to  let 
m  say  a  word,  or  recollect  a  ple^tsaut  passrijnj.  Perhaps  yon 
W\  say  my  Icelings  arc  n(jt  so  delicate  as  our  grievtd  librarian.—-* 
3U  may  say  all  tin.*'  is  but  litile  to  the  memory  of  a  genius,  as  W. 
rtainly  was,  but  it  ib  all,  at  preseiit  at  least,  that  can  be  recol- 
cted  by  your  iaithful  servant,  Daniel  Pkince." 

*'j4uir.\7.  Your  letter  of  the  9th  came  jast  as  we  were  all  engaged 
hoi"sc-racLing,  balls,  &c. j  othei  wi-^e  you  had  heard  from  mc  soon- 
•.  I  cannot  h^arn  [but  indeed  neither  Mr.  Piice,  nor  jMr.  Davy, 
c.  arc  here  to  get  better  infmniation]  that  any  materials,  much 
ss  a  volume  and  materials  for  anothir  volume,  arc  in  the  hands 
:  Dr.  W'artou.  By  this  day's  coach  I  send  a  packet  to  Dr.  W.  • 
mtaining  the  sheets  printed  *  of  the  fourth  volume,  S8  pages  ; 
id  am  well  infbnneil  that  the  Doctor  engages  to  finish  the 
)lume  fi-om  his  Brother's  materials  5  and  the  sooner,  perhaps,  aa 
large  juirt  of  the  copy-money  is  withheld  till  the  work  be 
aished  j  so  we  may  be  pretty  sure  that  work  wiU  be  finisthed  f. 
s  to  the  Notes  on  Milton,  which  will  be  two  volumes  J,  they  go 
1  rapidly,  and  the  Doctor  takes  good  p:iins  in  the  revisal. 

'*  VVe  have  just  now  imported  thx*ce  volumes  of  Sehweighausen's 
ulybius,  which  you  may  have,  paying  for  four  volumes  ;  such 
•e  the  German  terms:— the  work  L-;  to  l)e  six  volumes.  We  have 
ot  had,  nor  indeed  sent  for,  any  of  his  'Emendationes  inSui- 
Mil.'  Mr.  Gutch  now  pro|>oses  to  publish  his  AnnaU  vfthe  Uni" 
*rsity  genuine  from  Ant.  a  Wood,  as  you  see  by  his  Fasti;  which 
suppose  you  have.  This  work  is  that  which  Wocxl  wrote  in 
nglLsh,  and  which  was  new  modelled  and  publi&hed  in  Latin  by 
ell,  much  to  the  Author's  dissatisfiiction.  It  is  happy  the  MS. 
Bs  preserve<l,  as  well  for  Mr.  Gutch  as  the  Publick.     The  work 

to  be  in  two  volumes  quarto. — New  College  will  be  a  noblo 
istoration  of  tliat  magnilicent  Chapel ;  the  internal  colour  a 
arm  white.  Magdalen  College  Chapel  is  under  the  same  repair 
I  a  less  degree.  The  new  and  beautiful  buildings  from  the  • 
ands  of  Mr.  Wyatt  are  Christ  I'hurch  Eastern  (iate  to  Peck^vater, 
^here  part  of  Canterbuiy  stood .;  and  Oriel  new  Librar)'.  Seve- 
H  repairs  are  in  hand,  at  Merton-hall,  ISc.  Maiy-hnll,  and  B:\lUol 
bllege.  The  expensive  appendix  to  the  Bodleian  is  worth  your 
isitation^.  A  great  order  i>  now  sent  to  Holland,  to  enrich  it. 
-It  is  not  true  that  Mr.  Kett,the  last  Bamuton  Pi-eacher,  refuses 
3  print  his  Sermons.  He  is  a  man  of  learning  and  lugt^imity, 
nd  will  soon  publish.  Indeed  the  Preacher  for  I78y,  Di\  Ta- 
lam,  haa  ))Ut  out  oidy  one  \olume.  He  cannot  have  his  money 
ntil  he  publishes  tiie  whole,  which  he  doei  not  seem  pi^pared 
)r,  as  his  matter  i»  not  the  b'st  di":c' ted." 
"SqytSll.  TheCKMennahibrandid  not  succeed  sowell  in  I  folland 
9  it  would  have  done  in  I-^ndon.     Ttie  agent  for  tiiis  University 

*  They  are  now  before  the  puIjli-.-k  ;  and  yxccllent  they  are. 

•f-  Dr.  Warton  never  added  a  line  to  it. 

X  They  are  contained  'h\  one  \  olume. 

f  Mr.  Gough  ilid  visic  it.  and  co  mm^  purpg^^,  Stt«  Vu\N'iW|>*Q\.\^  •\^.\1>^. 


;04  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

m 

bought  full  1000/.  sterling.  The  Memoirs  of  Bp.  Crewe,  haie  nrk 
xearrhed  this  place.  At  this  time  the  Booksellers  do  not  find  their 
shops  worth'attending;  but  wonder  what  can  be  said  of  him  as 
the  Scholar  or  the  Bi>hop*.  It  is  tme  he  gave  some  good  exhibi- 
tions to  Lincoln  College,  and  established  Bamber  Castle.  I  be-  . 
Kcve  you  are  better  informed  than  I  am  about  Mr.  Walton's  re- 
mains^ and  hope  to  see  his  History  of  English  Poetry  completed, 
and  even  his  History  of  Gothic  Architecture  to  be  published. 

"  We  still  (TO  on  beautifying  and  new  fronting*.  Balliolis  to 
have  a  new  South  front  from  the  South-east  angle  to  South-west 
angle.  This  place  is  thought  to  be  over-built ;  but  all  endeavours 
arc  u^'d  to  preserve  the  present  stnictures/' 

"  Oct.  30.  Dr.  Warton  is  puttinjKr  a  Preface  together,  to  go  with 
the  new  edition  of  his  Brother's  Milton's  Poenis;  and  I  may  add, 
as  further  history  of  the  late  Camden  Professor,  that  enquiry  is 
making  after  every  thing  about  him.  Daniel  Prixce." 

"Oct,  5, 1 793.  As  1  left  this  place  at  the  end  of  the  broiling  week 
(the  next  after  that  of  the  Enccpn  i  a) ,  for  the  refreshing  air  of  Head- 
ington,from  whence  I  am  but  just  returned,  I  did  not  see  your  kind 
letter  of  Sept.  24  till  this  morning,  otherwise  you  would  have 
heard  flrom  me  sooner.  Indeed,  lest  ^vas  so  much  wanted  after 
the  bustle,  that  we  have  had  but  httle  to  attend  to. '  To  succeed 
Dr.  Holmes,  the  Poetry  Professor,  whose  time  expires  Oct.  10, 
there  is  like  to  be  a  smart  contest  between  Mr.  Hurdis  of  Blag- 
dalen  College  and  Mr.  Kelt  of  Trinity.  They  have  both  given 
specimens  of  their  abilities. — ^The  Vinerian  Professor,  the  learned 
Dr.  Wooddeson,  of  Magdalen  College,  will  resign,  it  is  said, 
chiefly  to  avoid  the  confinement  of  the  Lectures.  Mr.  Bbck- 
stone  (second  son  of  the  first  Professor,  author  of  the  Commen- 
taries) will  succeed.  The  expectations  formed  of  him  ran  so 
high,  that  other  intended  Candidates  will  not  appear.  It  la  really 
cuiious  to  Icam,  that,  though  many  rising  geniuses  may  asinie 
at  this  reputable  office,  yet  some  that  1  know  are  happy  in  never 
having  desired  it,  as  it  is  found  to  engross  too  much  of  a  rising 
Barrister's  time.  If  this  idea  is  well  founded,  that  chair  may  in 
future  not  be  so  well  filled.  1  am  glad  to  say  that  the  public 
sense  of  the  place  is  gneatly  settled  in  favour  of  the  Chancdlor; 
prejudice  subsides,  and  he  is  generally  well  spoken  of. 

"  You  know  what  a  formidable  and  discerning  body  the  Asso- 
ciated Booksellers  in  London  are,  with  General  Cadell  at  their 
head,  to  select  a  learned  Editor  for  a  work;  and  perhaps  you  Yl2^t 
not  heard  that  this  Company  have  engaged  Dr.  Joseph  Warton, 
late  Master  of  Winchester  school,  to  publish  a  new  Edition  of 
Pope's  Works.  Warburton,  it  is  allowed,  was  not  a  proper 
Editor ',  but,  entre  nous,  must  we  think  Dr.  Joseph  Warton  s 
proj)er  one,  because  a  good  Scholar,  a  Poet,  and  a  Critick  ?  Hii 
'  Essay  on  the  Writings  of  Pope'  does  not  much  recommend  him, 
as  we  expect  an  Editor  should  like  his  Author's  abilities. '  The 
Doctor  never  lived  in  London,  where  in  young  life  much  treft- 

«  See  the  Hiatory  of  Lticestcrshire,  voL  IV.  p.  885. 

suits 


LETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE.  7O5 

Aires  are  always  to  be  collected.  Some  men  are  more  worn  . 
it  70  than  others  are  at  S().  The  boys  at  school  saw  it,  and 
)ecame  unawed  at  his  appearance.  D^  you  ever  see  the  first 
Edition  of  the  '  Dunciad  ?'  a  small  six'>pcnny  pamphlet,  published 
n  1727,  I  think,  but  cannot  depend  on  the  year,  thnugl)  I  was 
:he  apprentice  trusted  to  go  to  the  Author  with  the  proofs  in 
jreat  secrcsy.  I  had  the  wit  to  keep  the  sheets-  with  some  of 
lis  marks  to  con-ect ;  but  have  lately  lost  them,  in  removing 
ny  rubbish  from  my  old  house  and  shop  to  one  of  the  Savilliaa 
louses  near  New  ColK'£;e :  a  dwelling  very  convenient  for  me.  — 
Direct  to  me,  as  usuiil,  at  Mr.  Clooke's,  BiK)ksellcr. 

"  Magdalen  College  Chapel  will  be  opened  this  month  ;  New 
College,  more  and  more  admired,  before  Christmass.  —  I  will  get 
jrou  all  the  Speeches  in  the  Theatre  to  Ik?  had,  but  have  not  l>egua 
to  collect.  The  Governors  discouiTige  printing,  orcopics;  but  1  can- 
not see  why ;  except  it  be  to  prevent  inferior  examples  appearing. 
.  * '  Old  Dr.  Pegge  *,  for  we  must  call  him  so,  is  really  a  wonder.  I 
sawhisGrandsonf  this  morning  (m  the  new  bridge.  He  looked  well, 
and  I  believe  gets  settled  in  his  health,  better  than  was  expected  5 
and  comes  on  in  practice,  part  on  his  own  foundation,  and  part 
under  Dr.  Wall.  —  Mr.  Kilncr  J  was  an  accurate  enquirer ;  and, 
being  a  cripple,  had  much  time  to  use,  which  he  employed 
cbieHy  as  an  Antiquary.  I  expect  to  see  his  brother  thb  month, 
who  is  also  a  Fellow  of  Merton^  and  his  executor;  but  no  Anti- 
quary. He  is  much  the  man  of  fashion.  I  hope  I  shall  be  of 
use  to  you,  but  know  nothing  yet." 

"  Oct.  24.  It  was  not  till  to*day  that  I  got  any  certain  in- 
formation about  Mr.  Kilner's  Library,  and  his  Collections  for 
a  History  of  Morton — j4hbey  1  suppose.  —The  young  men,  who 
usually  desire  to  print,  to  pleasure  their  friends,  any  new  perform- 
ances, are  so  prevented  by  the  Govemoi-s  and  their  Tutors  from 
publishing,  that  we  expect  no  more  than  Mr.  Richards*s  and 
Mr.  Clarke's.  The  former  I  recollect  you  had  here,  and  the 
latter  may  be  had  at  Rivington's,  if  you  had  it  not  at  this  place. 
You  see  a  Dlackstone  once  more  in  the  Vinerian  Chair,  which 
he  will  probably  adorn ;  though  there  is  another  Blackstone 
nromises  much  to  be  a  Judge.  We  have  a  warm  contest  for  the 
Professorship  of  Poctr)%  between  Mr.  Kett  of  Trinity  College  and 
Mr.  Hurdis,  of  Magdalen  College,  in  the  room  of  Dr.  Holmes, 
who  has  ha<l  the  appointment  ten  years.  — New  College  Cha]>el 
will  i>e  finished  very  soon.  Ma^rdalcn  Is  now  used  ^  and  the 
A.tlas  on  the  Observatory  is  put  up.  Oriel  Libmry  waits  only 
for  two  pillars,  to  finish  tliat  elegant  building. 

''  Is  it  not  very  odd  that  I  should  set  out  with  preparing  you 
to  hear  what  became  of  Mr.  Kilner*s  Library,  &c.  which  talka- 

•  On  whom  the  honorary' decree  of  LL.  D.  had  been  rectMitly  conferred  | 
tee  vol.  VI.  p.  247.  t  Sir  Christopher  Fegjcc.  W.  D. 

X  Joseph  Kilner,  Fellow  of  Merton  CoUe«:e;  M.  A.  1744.  He  had  made 
ample  CoUectioni  for  a  Hi<itor\-  of  Merton  Collesre.  Particulars  respectinf 
Pytba^ras*  school,  or  Mcnoii  Hall,  at  Cambridge,  were  communicatea 
by  him  to  Mr.  Gough,  for  the  new  edition  of  CaDiden*!  Britaonie,  He  died, 
Ht  Cirencester,  in  June  1793.  * 

Vol.  III.  Z%  ^  yosf% 


706  LITERARY  ANtCDOTES. 

live  company  niarlc  mc  forget  to  finiah  ? — ^The  Library  is  left  to 
the  Wardens  of  Mcit<in  College  iii  succession,  as  well  as  his  MSS." 
•*  aVol*.  27.  1  am  glad  \ou  have  sent  for  the  Collection  of  Oc- 
fordshire  Pamphlets  and  Tnirts ;  Lite  the  proj)erty,  and  col- 
lected bv,  thr  Hon.  and  Rev.  I)r.  Tracv*.  He  was  attenthe;  no 
one  hatl  a  In^tter,  and  probabl\  a  more  complete  one.  I  ha^e 
been  \itYy  ill  for  sonic  days  |>aat,  otherwise  I  luul  bought  it. 
But  it  should  have  been  in  better  liands  when  I  liad  learned  )cm 
had  sent  for  it.** 

"  May  17,  1794.  If  you  think  Mr.  Nichols  will  give  any  place 
to  the  little  memorial  inclosed  of  the  present  four  worn-out  0!Lfuni 
B<x)k<^'ller&  t»  be  so  good  as  to  give  it  him,  making  any  differeut 
remarks  you  or  he  bhall  please.  I  liave  also  sent  a  parcel  fur 
you,  containing : 

•'  'flic  anus  of  the  family  of  Prince,  as  no  one  remains  of  m? 
name  in  this  place.  In  the  Oxford  liraduate  HiK>k  \ou  i^ill  set, 
about  SOyt^rs  ;igo,  Pead  (Prince)  M.  A.  of  Wadliam,  who  ^tis  ato 
Proctor.     His  moth(;r,  who  was  a  Princess,  gave  nie  these  ami*. 

"Thomas  Aquiiias's  Hyum  on  the  tuchari?t,  which  is  said  to 
be  well  translated  by  Tom  Philips,  Author  of  the  Life  of  Cardinal 
Pole,  and  Senior  Canon  o/Tunqru,  which  is  meant  by  T.  P.  ^.  C.  T. 

"  Benw<ll  of  Trinity  College  on  the  Arts,  1787.  He  i;^-as  the 
author  of  the  verues  «poken  by  Powell  of  Trinity,  which  by  aco- 
dent  so  resembled  Richards's  Modern  France. 

"  Abbot  on  the  Use  and  Abuse  of  Satire,  ITSiy, 

"  Also  two  Pajiers  from  the  King  and  l^arliament,  alxiut  1644 
and  1645. — I  would  not  have  sent  jou  the  above,  if  1  hail  nrtt 
known  that  Antiquaries  do  not  like  to  have  any  pajKTs  de?troyeil. 
but  by  tliemselves  ;  so  if  one  only  is  worth  your  keepintr,  the  ex* 
riage  of  the  rest  is  nothing." 

^'July  19.  As  1  know  yo\i  in  general  like  to  see  the  literarj'  pro- 
ductions of  this  place,  and,  perhaps,  may  have  a  more  than  u^ual 
wish  to  peruse  the  inclosed  'Essay  on  Liberty,*  which  you  may  ha\e 
lieard  of,  as  the  subject  and  the  freedom  of  the  writer  comiiMDdod 
attention ;  and  still  more  as  it  comes  from  one  of  Dr.  Parr's  schor)!  j 
I  have  procured  you  a  copy.  The  Author  of  it  pcrha^is  mav  not 
give  us  much  light  in  the  knowledge  of  Liberty ;  but  that  he  cures 
not  al)Out,  so  he  can  give  his  ideas.— And  now  I  have  approached 
you  in  the  Eastern  fashion  with  a  present  in  my  hand,  1  will  take 
the  liberty  to  inquire  of  you  if  you  know,  or  think  }'Ou  could  bear> 
of  a  situation  for  a  young  man,  a  good  scholar,  of  an  acu»e 
disposition ;  one  who  does  not  dislike  a  fagg  as  it  is  called ;  one 
ot  perfect  gootl  manners,  and  good  repute,  not  under  any  the 
least  dbgrace,  capable  of  any  business  to  be  expected  from  t 
young  scholar,  for  half  a  yeai*  only  in  I^ndon — longer  he  cowld 
not  be  absent  from  hence,  with  moderate  pay.  He  does  not  wairl 
to  live  idly  in  London ;  he  was  I^ndon  bred,  at  Christ's  Hospital; 
and,  entre  nous,  his  case  is  this  :  he  has  been  a  little,  and  but  a 
little^  too  expensive  in  books,  and  would  willingly  employ  hii 

•  ^Yard«a  ot  M\  So\i\i\  %^ Wi\ft>  ^.^'^^^  t  S*c  before^  p  eii 


LETTERS  OF  MR.  DANIEL  PRINCE*      7O7 

ire  time  to  get  something  befbre  his  setting  out  in  the  chnrch, 
:hout  any  mill-stone  about  him.  I  have  already  tried  Mr. 
:hoIs,  without  success^  tliough  heMras  so  kind  as  to  inquire  of  his 
ghbour  Mr.  Strahan.  I  have  formerly  found  employment  for 
eral  such  industrious  scholars.  If  you  can  help  this  deserving 
ing  man,  pray  send  a  line  soon.  Danikl  Pbincb.'* 

'  March  18,  1795.  You  see  by  the  papers  that  Mr.  Mariow*  is 
cted  President  of  St.  John*s  College.  I  suppose  he  is  a  Lon- 
ler,  as  the  Fellows  are  chiefly  from  Merchant  Taylors.  The 
:iety  have  great  credit  in  electing  him  without  opposition.-— 
.  Richard  Kawlinson's  Saxon  Professorship  takes  place  at  Mi- 
lelmas  next.  St.  John*8  is  to  furnish  the  first  Professor^  as  that 
liege  was  Rawlinson's.  Since  the  deaths  of  Mr.  Lye,  Rowe- 
)res,  and  two  or  three  of  Bishop  Gibson's  encouragers  aS 
een's  College,  I  cannot  hear  of  a  buyer  of  Saxon  Books.— 
:er  St.  John's  College,  the  Colleges  are  to  give  Professors 
"ording  to  antiquity,  as  University,  Baliol,  Merton,  &c.^- 
fore  May-day  I  am  assured  that  the  two  first  volumes,  in 
tavo,  and  the  first  in  quarto,  of  Wyttenbach's  Plutarch  will 
published ;  and  I  am  also  encouraged  to  say  that  Dr.  Brad- 
's Observations,  so  long  under  Dr.  Uomsby's  hands,  oc- 
lioned  by  hut  many  epileptic  fits^  will  now  be  finished  with- 
t  doLiy,  perhaps  by  July  next.  Wyttenbach's  small  piece  of 
itarch  in  177^  has  not  been  here,  as  I  am  told.  I  have  not 
;n  out  of  my  house  since  the  middle  of  October  last,  occasioned 
the  cold  season,  my  lameness,  and  84th  year.  About  half  the 
ie  I  have  had  a  tmublesome  cough;  and  now,  though  I  thank 
d  I  am  better,  I  believe  I  had  best  wait  imtil  spring  appears. 
i  the  whole,  though  we  have  a  bleak  and  flat  country  to  the 
>rth  and  North-east,  open  to  the  very  severest  winds,  we  have 
"ed  pretty  well,  less  snow  than  our  neighbours,  and  less  havock 

our  gardens.    Your  account  of  Mr. surprizes  me  greatly^ 

d  I  ho])e  his  health  and  strength  will  hint  to  him  how  capable 
is  of  farther  business  in  town — as  a  man  mav  have  outlived,  or 
;x)me  quite  tired  of  one  branch  of  trade,  and  become,  with  the 
Ip  of  money,  quite  entertained,  and  pleasantly  advanced  andbc- 
fited  in  another ;  which  to  a  Londoner  must,  with  a  summer 
cursion,  be  far  more  satisfying  than  a  country  life,  and  its  me- 
icholy  hours,  without  a  habit  for  books,  or  a  hobby-horse  to 
iintaiu.  He  knows  of  several  easy  and  perhaps  safe  quarters,  with- 
t  the  risque  of  Ixuiking  or  insuring.  By  Dr.  Bathurst's  removal 
l>urham,  the  Bishop  of  Durham  is  allou-ed  to  be  Pfttron  to  Dr. 
>lmes,  the  Collater  of  the  Septuagint,  to  be  Canon  of  Christ 
lUrch.  We  have  in  our  press  one  of  Euripides'  Tragedies,  with  ^^ 
world  of  notes,  by  Mr.  Francis  Egerton,  Prebendsuy  of  Dur«  r* 
m,  son  to  the  late  Bishop.     I  will  not  promise  it  to  you  soon. 

«^  Michjwl  Mariow,  of  St.  .Tohn'fi  College,  Oxford;  M.  A.  1784;  B.  D. 
89;  D.  U.  ai»«lFre.->iUriitotSt.JobM'i  17yr»;  Vice-ch:iiicellor  1798,  1799, 
30,  and  IBOl. — TWi^  learned  and  respectable  Divine  U  son  uf  Michael 
irlow,  M.  A.  who  died  Jan.  30,  1795,  iPt.  84;  see  Ellis'i  Histoid  oi 
i^reditch,  p.  Ho;  and  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  LXV.  pp.  I73«  407. 


i<«^  >««c^» 


708  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

*'  The  canditliitcb  for  the  Saxon  Professorship  are.  Dr.  Finch 
and  Mr.  Mayo,  both  Fellows  of  St.  John's.      Daniel  Prince." 

"  June  4.  You  niiij^ht  fairly  api)ly  to  me  to  get  sheets 
wanted  to  coni|;ktc  the  Oxford  Bible,  folio,  for  Churelies,  in 
1/16;  and  1  hope  they  still  may  l>e  had  5  for  CTi*at  care  was 
taken  to  preserve  the  wit^te  of  that  hook,  and  indeed  of  some 
few  others  of  Basket's  j)rintin«^,  worth  presening.  —  About  the 
year  17C'2,  all  Basket's  stock,  t\e.  was  removed  to  London;  and 
I  have  c)ften  proeined  shrcts  of  that  Bible,  and  :dso  of  the  beau- 
tiful octavo  Common  Pi*ayer  JJook,  which  were  almoat  his  only 
shining  exanjples  of  papt  r  and  piint.  Any  Bookseller  of  long 
fttandiiig  in  Palernoster-iow — of  which  but  few  remain,  yet  Mr. 
Nichols  inav  find  tiiem — will  tell  vou  whether  a  room,  or  small 
waivhouse,  ^{\\\  remains  of  Basket's  books,  where  e^en  waste 
sheets  are  still  pn^erved.  Tlii- is  all  I  can  sugrgest  at  this  late 
date,  viz.  33  yeais,  from  11  {VI  to  1795.  I  am  not  in  the  least 
habit  of  j;"tiin,  farlhcr  than  the  stocks,  bridges,  and  roads,  can 
give  interest  to  a  crippU:  for  iiis  money.     I  can  felicitate  Me«r>. 

when  they  are  suLcessful  in  insuring,  and  hope  they  are 

careful  in  i>laying  small  game,  lest  an  unlucky  event  happeus, 
Have  you  seen  a  i)amphlet  j)i  inted  here,  said  to  be  done  by  Pn?- 
fessor  Randolph,  a  list  of  the  early  printed  books  in  the  Bodleian 
Library }  It  is  in  Elm-.lys  shop.  1  am  told  Strabo  may  be  next 
winter  5  but  no  speedy  prospect  is  seen." 

"  Oct.  8.  Inclosed  is  a  small  laconic  scrap  of  Sir  Richard  Steele's, 
which  must  be  g(»nuine,and  has  no  other  value  but  its  genuineness, 
as  it  ser\es  no  purpose,  but  an  e\idence  of  the  writer's  afleclion, 
and  may  add  to  the  scraps  about  Bickerstaff".  I  send  this  by  Orioa 
Adams,  an  old  itinerant  tyjxj,  remembered  by  me  about  50y ears— 
I  may  congratulate  you  that  the  Gentleman's  ^Magazine,  'which  I 
recollect  for  0*3  or  6'4  yeai-s,  contrary  to  all  other  uudertakin^f 
of  that  kind,  is  stronger  now  than  on  the  day  it  was  of  age,  21. 
Accept  the  best  wishes  of,         Youi-s,  &c.         Daniel  Pa ixce.'* 

''Feh.Wy  1790*.  As  Mes>rs.  Gough,  Nichols,  and  Priddcn, 
did  not  call  on  poor  old  Daniel  Prince  before  they  left  Uiis  place, 
he  troubles  Mr.  Nichols  with  the  scraps  he  had  laid  by  for  him,  \iz, 
—Verses  on  iMi.'«s  Coteg  and  Miss  Wilraot  *,  from  Trinity  CoU^ 
Junior  Common-room,  the  first  of  T.  Warton's  performances 
which  appeared  in  print.  List  of  the  princi])ai  Books  printed  at 
the  Clarendon  Press  while  D.  P.  was  manager  f .  The  gold  rins 
found  at  Malton  in  Yorkshire.  The  ring  in  the  possession  of  Dr. 
Hunter  of  York.  Good  copy  of  the  print  of  Thomas  Heame.  — 
When  Mr.  Gough  and  Mr.  Nichols  come  next  to  Oxford,  they 
will  do  well  to  get  Hearne's  monument  repaired.  It  was  well 
restored  about  1/50  by  the  late  John  Loveday,  esq.  fiitber  of 
Dr.  Loveday." 

♦  See  these  verses  in  Gent.  Mag.  voU  LXVI.  p,  S3G« 
t  This  tiist  may  be  seen  in  p.  426. 


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ADDITIONS  TO  THE  EARLY  MEMBERS  of  the 
STATIONERS  COMPANY. 

RiciTART)  Waterson,  an  early  nicmlicr  of  the  Company  of 
Statioru'i^,  and  an  eiiiinent  lM)ok!?ontr  at  the  corner  of  St.  PauVs 
Chureh-yard,  was  tlius  noliceil  on  a  tablet  i)laced  b)  his 
son  in  St.  Faith's  Church  :  **  Xcor  to  this  Pilhir  lycth  the  body 
of  Richard  \V  aterson,  Citizen  and  Stationer  of  London ;  who  died 
the  xviii  of  Si'ptcniU  r,  15f»3.  Simon  \\  atei*son  his  Son  placed 
this  heer  the  Ibt  of  January  15DI)." 

The  Son,  who  had  been  left  an  infant,  took  up  his  freedom  by 
his  father's  copv  in  15H3  ;  and  came  on  the  Li  wry  in  1592.  He 
was  twice  Master  of  the  Coniinuiy,  in  1CI07  and  1C'21  ;  was 
qhosen  a  ('onimon  Councilman  in  lOOH,  and  next  year  a  Gover- 
nor of  two  of  the  Royal  Hospitals.  He  married  Frances,  dauii^h- 
ter  of  Thomas  I^ej^t,  Cfii[.  of  Essex  j  l)y  whom  he  had  seven 
daughters  and  three  stm:? ;  died  March  KJ,  16*34;  ahd  Wiis  buried 
in  St.  Faith's  church,  with  the  foilowinc:  inscription  on  his  tomb  : 
**  Qwii  fide  resurrect ionem  c^arnis  ciediderit  unuscpiisquis, 

in  gloriam  re*^urgat. 
Epitaphium  M.  sacrum,  et  more  antifpio  ascriptum,  Simonis  Wa- 
terson (llichardi  filii^BihopoliStationarii  Londinensis) ;  Civis  pro- 
bi,  jusii,  ac  himesti,  qui  bis  in  Pnrfecturam  Sodalitatis  sua;  adsci- 
tus,  et  munia  iteliciter  omnia  ejus  ac  hujus  ])arochiie  functus,  in 
plel)eium  sivc  commime  consihum  CivitatL^  exindc  electus,  anno 
Millesimo  Sexcentt»simo  octavo,  Decembris  vicesimo  primo,  nec- 
non  anno  sequenti  duonuu  Hospitalium  ]>iiefectur^  decoratu.s 
et  con^igntitus :  tota  quae  omnia  integerrime  perfunctas  sunim{l 
f:um  fduia  ac  fide,  u<>que  ad  plenam  senectutcm,  et  nunicrosain 
annoi-um  seriem,  gessit.  Uxonuii  unicam  habuit,  Franciscam, 
ThoniJC  Leg:iti,  in  agro  Estsexias  annigeri,  filiam ;  qua;  illi 
flecimam  pn)leni  peperit ;  scilicet,  sscptem  filias  et  tres  filios ; 
quorum  su|)ei-stites  junior,  Joaunes,  Ha?res  et  Executor,  hoc 
monumentum  moerens  ac  pic  po.^uit.  Obiit  anno  Salutis 
MDcxxxiv.  Mur.  D.  1(>,  a;tatissua;  7^." 

Mr.  Thomas  Rennet  was  a  first-rate  Bookseller  in  St.  Paul's 
Church-yard,  particularly  noticed  by  the  Er^tablishedClerg}' of 
tliat  period,  and  by  the  leading  men  at  Oxford,  as  appeal's  by 
the  contiovci^y  of  Mr.  I^kU*  with  Dr.  Rentley.  He  Wiu-.  in  con-  . 
ccquence,  patronized  by  Dr.  Atterbuiy,  wlio  frecpiently  men- 
tion.s  him  in  his  **  Epistolary  Corresixmdence  j"  and,  in  a  Funeral 
Sennon,  thus  ably  pourtrays  hi*  character  : 

"  It  will  not  be  un-suitable  to  my  dt*s»gn,  if  I  close  these 
reflections  with  some  account  of  the  person  dcce;iscHl,  who  really 
lived  like  one  that  had  his  hope  in  another  life;  a  life  which  he 
hath  now  entered  upon,  having  exchanged  hope  for  sight,  desire 
for  enjo\ merit.  I  know  such  accounts  are  looked  upon  as  a 
Iribule  due  tu  the  luemoiy  of  thoac  only  who  k&\t  u\qn^^  \\\  ^ 


710  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

bigh  sphere,  and  have  out-shone  the  rest  of  the  worid  by  their 
rank,  as  well  as  their  virtues.  However,  the  character*  of  men 
placed  in  lower  statioas  of  life,  though  lesa  usually  in^i^ted  upoQ, 
mre  yet  more  useful,  as  being  imitable  by  greater  numbers,  &Dd 
not  feo  liable  to  be  .sus])ected  of  tlattery  or  de-iirn.  Several  of  this 
auditory  were,  [>erhaps,  entire  strangers  to  the  person  whi»3e 
death  we  now  lament;  and  the  greatt^st  part  cif  you  who  were 
not  hatl,  for  that  reason,  s<»  ja-st  an  cateeiu  of  Kin:,  that  it  will 
not  be  unwelcome  to  you,  I  presume,  to  be  put  in  mind  of  ihoee 
good  qualities  which  you  ol^s-ci-Acd  in  him :  And  thei-cfore  I  shall, 
in  as  few  worcis  iis  1  can,  comprise  what  twenty  years  experience 
hath  enabled  me  justly  to  say  of  him. 

"  He  was  a  serious,  sincci-e  Christian ;  of  an  innocent,  irre- 
proachable, nay,  exemplary  life;  which  was  led,  not  only  at  a 
great  distance  from  any  foid  vice,  but  also  in  the  even  and  uiii- 
fbim  practice  of  many  viitucs;  such  as  were  suitable  to  a  hfe  of 
great  application  and  business,  such  as  became  and  adorned  the 
0tate  and  profession  to  which  it  pleased  God  to  call  him. 

•'  He  highly  valued  and  heartily  loved  that  Church  wherein  he 
was  baptized  and  educated;  of  which  he  gave  the  best  proofe,  hy 
being  a  constant  frequenter  of  its  worship,  and,  in  the  latter 
part  of  his  life,  a  never-failing  monthly  communicant;  I  add 
also,  and  by  adhering  steadily  to  its  interest ;  two  things  which 
ought  never  to  be  separated. 

*'  Nor  was  his  attendance  on  divine  offices  a  matter  of  form- 
ality and  custom,  but  of  conscience,  as  appeai-eil  by  his  composed 
and  serious  behaviour  during  the  service.     It  uiis  such  as  shewed 
him  to  be  in  earnest,  and  truly  aflected  with  w  hat  he  was  doing. 
"  His  religicm  did  not  spend  itself  all  in  public;  the  private 
duties  of  the  closet  were  equally  his  care;  with  these  he  began 
each  morning,  and  to  these  he  repaired  as  often  as  he  entered 
U()on  any  business  of  consequence  (1  speak  knowingly) ;  and  his 
family  were  every  evening  summoned  by  him  to  common  devo- 
tions; and  in  these  too  his  regard  for  the  public  service  of  the 
Church  appeared,  for  they  were  expressed  always  in  her  langiia^ie. 
**  Indeed  he  was  a  very  singular  instance  of  all  those  doinestic 
virtues  that  relate  to  the  good  and  discreet  govei  nment  of  a  fa- 
mily.    He  had  great  natural  prudence,  which  exjx'rience  had 
much  improved ;  he  was  of  a  sweet  temper,  and  a  mightv  lover 
of  regularity  and  order;  and,  by  the  happy  mixture  of  these 
good  qualities,  managed  all  his  affairs  (particidarly  those  wiiliin 
doors)  with  the  utmost  exactness ;  and  yet  with  as  much  quiet  and 
ease  to  himself  and  others  as  was  possible. 
.   *'  Those  about  him  grew  insensibly  active  and  industrious  by 
his  example  and  encouragement ;  and  he  had  such,  a  gentle  me- 
thod of  reproving  their  faults,  that  they  were  not  ?o  much  afraid 
as  ashamed  to  repeat  them.     He  took  the  surest  way  to  be  obe\-ed, 
by  being  loved  and  respected ;  for  he  was  free  from  any  of  those 
rough,  ungovernable  passions,  which  hurry  men  on  to  savand  do 
very  hard  and  offensive  things.     He  had,  ufideed,  a  certain  quick* 
pesft  o£  a\>pTe\ieivKi.oTi,  "wY^iOsiVsk^dinfid  him  a  litUe  to  Vinf^V  into 

the 


MfL.  THOMAS  BENNBT,  71 1 

the  first  motions  of  anger  upon  some  particular  occasions ;  but 
Ihis  part  of  his  disposition  he  had  so  &r  conquered,  that,  for  a 
long  time  before  he  died,  no  one  who  had  occasion  to  receive  bifl 
prdors  did,  I  believe,  hear  an  intemperate  or  liarsh  word  proceed 
from  hina ;  or  see  any  thing  in  his  behaviour^  that  betrayed  any 
xnisbecoming  degree  of  inward  concern. 

**  He  took  care  to  season  the  minds  of  his  servants  with  reli- 
gious instiiictions ;  and,  for  that  end,  did  himself  often  read 
qiscoumtes  to  them  cm  the  I^rd's-day,  of  which  he  was  always  a 
ycr>-  strict  and  solemn  observer.  And  what  they  thus  learned 
from  him  in  one  way,  tlicy  did  not  unlearn  again  in  another;  for 
be  was  a  man,  not  only  sincerely  pious,  but  of  the  nicest  sobriety 
and  tem])cnmce,  and  i*cmarkably  punctual  and  just  in  all  his 
dealings  with  others.  I  sec  many  authentic  witnesses  of  this 
particular  branch  of  his  character. 

"  He  abounded  in  all  the  truest  signs  of  an  affectionate  ten- 
derness towaixls  his  wife  and  children  3  and  y^t  did  so  ])rudently 
moderate  and  temper  his  passions  of  this  kind,  as  that  none  c^ 
them  got  the  better  of  his  reason,  or  made  h(m  wanting  in  any 
of  the  other  o/lices  of  life,  which  it  behoved  or  became  him  to 
perform;  and  therefore,  though  he  apfieared  to  relish  these 
blessings  as  nmch  as  any  man,  yet  he  bore  the  loss  of  them^ 
when  it  happened,  with  great  composurp  and  evenness  of 
niind. 

"  He  did  also,  in  a  very  just  and  fitting  nianncr,  proportion 
liis  respects  to  all  othe^  that  were  any  way  related  to  him,  either 
by  blood  or  affinity;  and  was  very  otisen-ant  of  some  of  thenij 
even  where  he  could  not  be  determined  by  any  views  of  interest, 
and  had  manifestly  no  other  obligations  but  those  of  duty  and 
decency  to  sway  him. 

**  In  what  manner  he  lived  with  those  whq  were  of  his  neigh* 
l)oiirhood  and  acquaintance,  how  obliging  his  carriage  was  to 
tliem,  wliat  kind  ofiices  he  did,  and  ^vas  always  ready  to  do  them, 
1  foH>ear  (lartijcularly  to  say;  not  that  I  judge  it  a  slight,  but  be- 
c:au^*  I  take  it  to  be  a  confessed  part  of  1^  charaqteri  which 
even  his  enemies  (if  there  were  any  such)  cannot  but  allow:  for, 
however  in  matters  where  his  judgement  ledliim  to  oppose  men 
on  a  public  account,  he  would  do  it  vigorously  and  heartily;  yet 
the  op()ositions  endedi  there,  without  souring  his  private  conver- 
sation, which  was,  to  use  the  words  of  a  great  Writer,  *'  aoft  and 
easy,  a^  his  principles  wei-c  stubborn.*' 

<*  In  a  word^  whether  we  consider  him  as  an  huslxind,  a  pa* 
rent,  a  master,  relation,  or  neighbour,  his  character  was,  in  all 
these  res|)ect8,  highly  tit  to  be  recommended  to  men;  smf,  I 
verily  think,  as  complete  as  any  that  ever  fell  under  my  ob- 
servation. And  alt  this  ivligion  and  virtue  sat  easily,  natundlyf 
and  gracefully  upon  him;  without  any  of  that  stiffness  and  con- 
fttraint,  any  of  those  forbidding  appearances,  which  sometimes 
dispanige  the  actions  of  men  sincerely  pious,  and  hinder  real 
pMxiness  from  spreading  its  interest  far  and  wide  into  the  lieuts 
.uf  bcholdci's. 


713  UTERART  AN£CD0T£8. 

*'  There  was  not  the  least  tang  of  religious  (which  is  indeed 
the  worst  sort  of)  affectation  in  any  thing  he  said  or  did  ;  nor 
any  endeavours  to  recommend  himself  to  others,  by  appearing 
to  he  even  what  he  really  was:  he  was  faulty  on  the  other  side, 
being  led,  by  an  excess  of  modesty,  to  conceal  (as  much  ai 
might  be)  some  of  hi&  chief  virtues,  which  therefore  were  scarce 
known  to  any  bin  tho^e  who  very  nearly  obsened  him,  though 
every  day  of  his  life  almost  was  a  witness  to  the  practice  of  tbem. 

''  I  need  not  say  how  perfect  a  master  he  was  of  all  the  business 
of  that  ubcful  profes^ion  wherein  he  had  engaged  himself;  you 
.  know  it  wcU  j  and  the  great  success  his  endeavours  met  with  suffi- 
ciently proves  it.  Nor  could  the  event  well  be  otherwise ;  for  his 
natural  abilities  were  very  good,  and  his  industry  exceeding 
great,  and  thceicnAcss  and  probity  of  his  temper  not  inferior  to 
either  of  them. 

•'  Besides,  he  had  one  peculiar  felicity  (which  carried  in  it 
6ome  resemblance  of  a  gimt  Chnstian  }ierfection),  that  he  was 
entirely  contented  and  pleased  with  his  lot ;  loving  his  employ- 
ment for  its  own  sake,  as  he  hath  often  said,  and  so  a^j  to  be 
i¥il]ing  to  spend  the  rest  of  his  life  in  it,  though  he  wei-e  not,  if 
that  could  be  supiwsed,  to  reap  any  further  advantages  from  it. 

"  Not  but  that  the  [)owcis  of  his  mind  were  equal  to  much 
greater  tasks 3  and  therefore  when,  in  his  later  years,  he  was 
called  up  to  some  public  offices  and  stations,  he  distinguiihed 
himself  in  all  of  them  by  his  jx^netration  and  dexterity  in  the 
dispatch  of  that  business  which  belonged  to  them,  by  a  winning 
behaviour  and  some  degree  even  of  a  smooth  and  popular  elo- 
quence which  Nature  ga\  e  him.  But  his  own  inclinations  were 
rather  to  confine  himself  to  his  own  business,  and  be  serviceable 
to  Religion  and  Learning  in  the  way  to  wluch  God*s  Providence 
had  seemed  more  particularly  to  direct  him,  and  in  which  it  had 
io  remarkably  blessed  him. 

''  When  riches  flowed  in  upon  him,  they  made  no  change  in 
his  mind  or  manner  of  living.  This  may  be  imputed  to  an  eager 
desire  of  heaping  up  wealth ;  but  it  was  really  owing  to  another 
principle :  he  had  a  great  indifference  to  the  ])leasures  of  life, 
and  an  aversion  to  the  pomps  of  it ;  and  therefore  his  appetites 
being  no  way  increased  by  his  fortune,  he  had  no  occasion  to 
enlarge  the  scene  of  his  enjoyments. 

"  He  was  so  far  from  over-valuing  any  of  the  appendages  of 
life,  that  the  thoughts  even  of  life  itself  did  not  seem  to  affect 
him.  Of  its  Sow  he  spake  often,  in  full  health,  with  great  un- 
concern; and,  when  his  late  distemper  attacked  him  (whkh 
from  the  beginning  he  judgcfl  fatal),  after  the  firs't  surprize  of 
that  sad  stroke  was  over,  he  submitted  to  it  with  great  meekness 
and  resignation,  as  became  a  good  man  and  a  good  Christian. 

"  Though  Ue  had  a  long  illness,  considering  the  giout  heat 
with  which  it  raged,  yet  lus  intervals  of  sense  being  few  and 
short,  left  but  little  room  for  the  offices  of  devotion;  at  which 
he  was  the  less  coive^ttved,  because,  as  he  himself  then  said,  he 
had  not  beeu  viaxiXmg  m  ^o^a  ^>\M^K&^\i^^\ifc  \AsL^tccn^th  to 


mOMAS  BENNET. — ^A.  AND  J.  CHURCHILL.      7 13 

mfonn  them.  Indeed,  on  the  Lord's-day  which  immediately 
(receded  this  illness,  he  had  received  the  Sacrament ;  and  was, 
hereforc,  wc  have  reason  to  believe,  when  the  Master  of  the 
louse  scon  afterwards  came,  prepared  and  ready  to  receive  him. 

*'  As  the  hlossings  rf  (lod  iij)on  his  honest  industry  had  bcea 
;reat,  so  he  was  not  without  intentions  of  milking:  suitable 
etums  to  Him  in  acts  of  mercy  and  charity.  Something  of 
fais  kind  he  hith  taken  care  of  in  his  will,  drawn  up  at  a  time 
vhile  his  family  was  as  numerous  as  it  is  now,  and  his  circum- 
tances  noi  so  ])lentiful.  One  |yart  of  the  benefactions  there 
Lirected  u-as  worthy  of  him,  being  the  cxpi*ession  of  a  generous 
ind  grateful  mind  towanis  the  i>ersons  who  had  most  obliged  him, 
ind  of  a  pious  regiutl  to  the  place  of  his  educaticm.  More  he 
vould  probably  have  done,  had  not  the  disease,  of  which  he  died» 
4;ized  him  with  that  violence,  as  to  render  him  incapable  of 
ULecuting  whatever  of  this  kind  his  heart  might  have  intended. 

**  He  is  now  gone,  and  his  works  have  followed  him :  let  us 
mitate  his  exam])le,  that,  when  we  also  depart  this  life,  we  may 
ihare  his  heavenly  reward,  and  be  as  well  spoken  of  by  those 
vho  survive  us!" 

John  Dunton  says,  *^  Mr.  Thomas  Bennet,  a  man  very  neat 
n  his  dress,  very  much  devoted  to  the  Church,  has  a  considerable 
:rade  in  Oxford,  and  prints  for  Doctor  South,  and  the  most  eminent 
i^onformists.  I  was  jjartner  with  him  in  Mr.  Lecrose's  Works  of 
iie  Learned ;  and  I  must  say  he  acted  like  a  man  of  conscience 
md  honesty.*'  —  The  following  epitaph  is  in  St.  Faith's  church: 

"  Here  lycth  the  body  of  Mr.  Thomas  Bennet,  Citizen 
md  Stationer  of  lx)ndon,  who  mai-ried  Mrs.  Elizabeth  White- 
wrong,  cl(k*st  daughter  of  James  Whitewrong  of  Rothavastead, 
n  the  County  of  Hei-tfonl,  esq;  by  whom  he  had  one  son  and 
:wo  daughters  ;  and  departed  this  life  August  the  2Gth,  in  the 
ifcar  of  our  Lord  1706,  and  in  the  42d  year  of  his  age.** 

AwNSHAM  and  John  Churchill,  two  of  the  most  considerable 
Booksellers  at  the  beginning  of  the  Eighteenth  Centui*y,  have 
>een  noticed  in  vol.  1.  pp.  149 — 161.  —  See  also  Bp.  Atterbury'a 
Epistolary  Correspondence,  vol.  L  p.  315 ;  and  Archbishop  Ni« 
:olson*s,  vol.  L  p.  2*27- — Awmham.  ChurchUl  died  April  24,  1728; 
md  is  said  by  Granger  to  have  been  the  greatest  Bookseller  and 
Stationer  of  his  time.  —  An  original  letter,  dated  April  30, 
17^8,  observes,  "  I  hear  that  your  great  Bookseller,  Awnsham 
Churchill,  is  dead :  he  hiul  a  gn^at  stock,  and  printed  many  books ; 
md  I  hojie  the  sale  of  his  effects  will  throw  a  plenty  of  books  oa 
the  City  of  London,  and  reduce  their  pitssent  high  price."  GenL 
Mag.  vol.  LIH.  p.  83^.  —  Mr.  Awasham  Churchill,  by  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Lowndes,  esq.  had  three  sons ;  of  whom  the 
elde:»t,  William  Churchill,  es^.  married,  first,  1770,  Louita- 
Augusta  Greville,  daughter  of  Francis  first  Earl  Brooke  and  Eail 
of  Warwick,  by  \A\om  he  had  one  son,  William,  the  pixisent  pos- 
sessor of  Henbury.  .  He  married,  secondly,  Eliza,  widow  of  fYe- 
krick  Thoinas,  third  Earl  of  liHiafibrd. 


714  UTERAKY  ANECDOTBS. 


*^*  To  my  rcsoarchcs  after  some  of  the  dates  in  tlie  preceding 
pages,  having:  minuted  the  Obits  of  a  considerable  number  of 
Printorsi  and  Booksellers,  many  of  them  tlie  pergonal  Friends  of. 
Mr.  Bowyer  or  myself,  anrl  nciirly  all  of  them  connected  with  tbe 
subject-matter  of  these  volumes  ;  I  shall  here  introduce  them  in 
alphabet ica]  order. — If  asked,  why  Printers  and  Booksellers  ia 
paiticiilar ;  1  answer.  They  are  a  valuable  class  of  tbe  commu- 
nitv — the  friendly  Assistants  at  least,  if  not  the  Patrons  of  Lite- 
rature — and  I  am  myself  cmc  of  the  Fraternity.  —  Let  the  mem- 
bers  of  other  Pivfessions,  if  they  approve  of  the  suggestion,  in 
like  manner  record  the  meritorious  actions  of  their  Brethren. 

Charles  Ackers,  esq.  many  years  in  the  commission  of  the 
peace  for  the  c<»unty  of  Middles«?x,  was  the  ori^nal  Printer  of 
The  I^ndon  Magazine.     He  died  June  17,  1759. 

Mr.  John  Almon  died  in  1805.  Sec  a  full  account  of  this  e\- 
traordinaiy  person  in  the  new  Edition  of  the  Biographical  Dic- 
tionary, 181^2  ;  or  in  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  IJCXV.  p.  1179. 

Mr.  Thomas  Aslley,  a  B(X)kseller  in  very  considerable  and  ex- 
ten  <iive  business,  well  knowu  as  the  IHiblisher  of  an  excellent 
«  Collection  of  Voyages,"  &c.  &c.  died  Feb.  38,  1759. 

Mr.  Richard  Bacon,  many  years  Piinter  of  tlie  Newark  Mer- 
cwry,  died  in  April  1812,  »t.  f>7. 

Mr.  Abraham  Bailcock,  Bookseller,  at  the  comer  of  St.  Paul's 
church-yard,  died  April  IS,  1797.  He  was  a  native  of  Devon- 
shire, in  which  comity  his  f<muly  have  been  many  years  estsb- 
blished.  The  death  of  this  gentleman  was  among  the  circum- 
stances most  apt  to  excite  reflections  of  an  useful  nature  in  the 
minds  of  the  living.  At  the  middle  time  of  life,  and  in  the 
perfect  enjoyment  of  hi^lth|  he  caught  a  cold  on  Sunday  tbe 
12th,  which  was  soon  followed  by  symptoms  of  sore  throat.  In 
a  state  by  no  means  alaiming  to  his  friends,  he  continued  till  the 
Fri<lay  following,  when  a  frenzy  seized  him  about  twelve  o'clock, 
and  by  two  he  was  no  moi*e.  I  lis  judgement  of  books  was  good; 
and  he  possessed  literary  talcntb  himself  which  might  liave  been 
greatly  useful  to  the  world,  liad  circumstances  called  them  into 
exercise.  A  few  of  the  best-designed  books  for  children  were 
written  by  him  at  moments  of  leisure :  and  it  is  believed  thai 
few  of  the  numerous  writers  of  either  sex,  whose  laboiu^  have 
first  met  public  attention  from  that  long-famecji  receptacle,  were 
without  considerably  obligations  to  his  fi-iendly  and  judieious 
suggcistiuns.  To  the  ciiasteness,  delicacy,  and  deconmi  of  st)1e, 
so  iKculiarly  necessary  to  !>e  j)rcserved  iu  books  intended  for  the 
amusement  and  instruction  of  youth,  his  attention  was  particubrlj 
di reeled ;  and  to  thisobject  heh<isl)een  frequently  known  to  sacrifice 
what,  b)  less  considerate  judges,  might  have  beeji  deemed  well 
worthy  of  publi^'ation.  To  the  chai-acter  of  Mi\  Badcock  the  pen 
can  scarcely  do  ja^tice,  without  seeming  to  bestow  i>aneg)Tick.  On 
general  subjects  few  men,  ^x^rliaps,  thought  more  justly ;  in  all 
transactions  of  business  none  could  conduct  themselves  with  more 
ui'banity.    \VVv\x  \Xi(i  ^\V\^(iti^^  ^\3A  ^kcqs^  qC  a  tradesnuui,  be 


PRINTERS   AND   BOOKSELLERS.  7I5 

mast  happily  blended  the  manners  and  princip1e<i  of  a  gentleman^ 

Superior  to  the  petty  attentions  to  imnuxliaie  profit,  wliich  actuate 

many  persons  in  trade,  he  was  the  liberal  patron,  the  able  and 

faithful  adviser,  the  unostentatious  but  sincere  friend.     An  innate 

sense  of  strict  honour*  by  which  all  his  dealings  were  directed 

and  governed  (though  often  thought  impracticable   in  trade, 

and,  in  his  particular,  often  disadvantageous  in  a  pecuniaiy 

point  of  view),  obtained  for  him  that  mental  satisfaction  with 

vrhich  no  {lecuniary  emolument  can  enter  into  competition.     It 

gained  him  the  universal  esteem  and  adminition  of  all  who  knew 

liiroi  and  what  gi-eater  eailhly  happiness  can  a  human  being 

aspire  at  or  enjoy  ?     With  his  hand  on  his  heart,  the  writer  of 

this  small  tribute  to  the  meuior}'  of  an  excellent  man,  solemnly 

affirms,  that  honest  truth  alone  has  guided  his  pen,  and  tliat  hie 

has  rather  fallen  short  of  than  exceeded  what  strict  justice  would 

have  allowed  him  to  say.     Feeble,  however,  as  is  the  attempt,  a 

large  circle  of  acquaintance  will  recognize  the  lineaments  of  the 

picture,  and  all  will  apply  particular  observaticms  to  the  respective 

circumstances  to  which  they  have  reference.     N(»r  has  any  cir« 

cumstance  in  the  writer's  own  life  more  haidly  "  knocked  at  hil 

heart'*  than  the  first  intimation  of  Mr.  Baficock*s  decease. 

Mr.  IVilliam  Baker,  Printer,  son  of  Mr.  William  Baker,  (ft 
man  of  amiable  character  and  manners,  df  great  d&S'iical  and 
mathematical  learning,  and  more  than  forty  years  master  of  an 
academy  at  Reading,)  was  bom  in  1742.  Being  from  his  infancy 
of  a  studious  turn,  he  passc<l  so  much  of  his  time  in  his  iather*a 
library  as  to  ii^ure  his  health.     His  father,  however,  intended  to 
have  sent  to  the  University ;  but  a  disappointment  in  a  patroa 
%vho  had  promibcd  to  support  him,  induced  him  to  place  him  ai 
an   apprentice  with  Mr.  Kippax,  a  Printer,  in  CuUunwstreet, 
I^ndcm,  where,  while  he  diligently  attendt^l  to  business^  he  em- 
ploy^ his  leisure  hours  in  btudy,  and  applied  what  money  be 
could  earn  to  the  purchase  of  the  best  editions  of  the  Classics, 
vhich  coilcctii)n,  at  his  death,  was  puifliased  b>-  Dr.  Lcttsom, 
This  con.*stant  a))plicati()n,  however,  to  business  and  study,  again 
endangered  his  health,  but  by  the  akl  of  country  air  and  medi- 
cine he  recovered ;  and  on  the  death  of  Mr.  Kippax  he  succeeded 
to  Ins  buhiiK'ss,  and  removed  aftei-wanls  to  Ingram-court,  where 
lie  had  for  his  ixutner  Mr.  John  IViUiam  Galabin*,  now  |irincipal 
Bridge-iiiiister  of  the  City  of  I^ndon.     Among  his  ac^quaintance 
were  M)me  of  great  eminence  in  letters;  Dr.  Goldsmith,  Dr.  £d« 
ujund  iku'ker,  the  Kev.  Jamrs  Merrick,  Hugh  Farmer,  Csesar  Da 
Mis£«}',  and  others.     An  elegrint  corrcsiKmdence  between  him  and 
Mr.  Robinson,  author  of  the  *  Indices  Tres/  printed  at  Oxford, 
177*2,  and  some  letters  of  inquiry  into  difHcultics  in  the  Greek 
language,  which  still  exist,  arc  pn)ofs  of  his  great  cnidilionj 
and  the  opinion  entei-taincd  of  him  by  some  of  the  iirbt  scholars, 

*  Thi<(  wurthy  Vetentn,  hsi%in|(  relinquished  his  orijrinal  profRMion,  bai 
for  some  tiiuf  lu'en  Sftnior  Briif j^oiaster  ef  the  City  of  London ;  but  hai 
bad  the  severe  afRictiun  of  following  three  liousy  all  promiftiuf  yottDf 
I'rititeny  to  an  uutiniely  g^ravn. 


Jiff  LITSRAET  AyZCDOTES. 

Surh  w?'  hi-  m'^ir^'v.  th^T  E3?.n\  azsoor  bis  o!iest  iikz  aopfe- 

loTTtlxK:  v.i-  cii=<'.'M-i^-f3,  hi-  r.pirioa  cr>ui«:  ce-ser  be  *.r>  wu  w::i- 
dut  an  a',-?'i:*j"e  ?tf>;>-5il  ?o  :.i-  ■■:"::rTi'rr-t.  TLere  ^j-e  V.;i  t%t,j  !.::■* 
work.-.  kfjo-AD  to  Jjc  hi* :  I .  **  1^  re^m'i-n-  rf  tr.  *  >l:-.i  thrnf^di 
Ibc  iD^z-l  p'l.'ral  and  i:.ur«.»v.' ;r  >t:'jp;-..!*  vii  h  ^.-if  ii=iaI?T 
a^fatf:/]  in  Lif-,  by  tr;';  RiiiionalUt,  ir**^! '  12:i:o,  2.  !?'»l':^"i  jO  of 
iint^nn»-r'i  :  e--;i\-,  not,  a?  hir  MriCT3j-h*r  a^}^,  in  the  c'-icr-er 
of  the  RaiiiMT,  hut  «:oni«:vvfiat  in  the  maniier  of  a  p^hacicil 
paper.  *2.  "  Thr-i<;«  Cjrsp^.a?  ct  Latins  SeJ«tff,  ITSO.' ^*o.  a 
•el'-ct km  from  (inr*  k  and  La* in  author-.  Ke  lefr  behind  him 
%Mu*:  nj?inu-^-ri[it  n-inark';  on  ttif  abuse  of  graniDiatL'a]  pr^jpriety 
in  the Ki..'li-h  lanipia^e  in  common  con^ersatirm.  He  iiTute:J*o 
%  few  iiiiiior  piK.-m^,  uli-ch  app^^red  in  the  ma^zinc-^,  and  is 
csiid  to  h'l^r  a-.-I^tL-d  -ome  of  hi^  cK-ric-al  friends  uith  «c-nnon«  of 
hJ^cofnj'O-ifjon.     In  the  Cin-:k,  I^lin,  French,  and  I: aliai.  Lin- 

f^l;^.t•*^,  he  v,;i-  r  riti'il'.y  «rki!Ad.  and  tuul  s^unt-  knowk'doe«»f  tiie 
hhiew.  Hi-  ilird  a"!  r  a  W:  1*  lini:  ilhic^s.  S?pt.  CC»,  ITtT,  and 
iii;i.-.  interred  in  tlic  ^lini;  of  "^t.  Di«m'-  Dackchiirch,  Ftu..hureh- 
•tn-ct,  uiid  tlie follow iii;r(  hiraxiT  Lailn  ipitaph  toh!«  ukiuoit  \«-as 
rilar-ed  on  th#  tomb  of  hit  rinillv  in  the  church- vaiJ  uf  St.  jLirv\ 
lUiuIiii^^  by  hi-  bn-tli- 1  Jfjhn:  **  M.  >. 

I'aitnM'm,  t'ritruinque  duonim, 

i|uorum  senior  fuit  (iiilielmus  Baker, 

Vir,  littcrarum  stud i is  adcb  cniditu?, 

(ira^cirum  prJH:ifnJ^  I^tin.inimc,ue, 

ut  uiti^  quani  licduhi.*)  excoiuit  Loudini, 

^Ubif  in  templo  Dionysio  dicato 

(K-si  cjiu>  sepuha  »«unt,; 

Typcn^raphica'  ornaniento  ^ 

ac  famiharibus, 

ob  bcncvolrntiam  aninii^  morum  comitateroj  et  modestiam, 

dcliciis  et  desick-rio  fiicrit. 
Oincntum  ejus  auctum  usque  ad  duodecim  pondoct  ultra, 
Litemtos,  auxiiio  eruditionis  eximix  ; 
Suroreuiquo,  et  fratres,  et  pat  rem  senem, 
dulcibus  itiius  alloquiis ; 
ipfeumquc,  nioi'tem  oculo  iunnotuni  intucntem,  vit^  piiv-aiiti 
die  Septembris  ^9,  17f^5,  set.  44. 
E  filiis,  Johannes,  hoc  niarmor  P.  C." 
Mr.  Rkhnrd  lialdicin,  BookseUer  in  St.  Paul's  Church-yard, 
died  at  Binninghiun,  June  4,  1777,  ffit.  86.    He  had  long  retired 
trom  biisincfas.     His  son,  Mr.  Richard  Baldwin  '^wnxor,  died  be- 
fore him,  in  January  1770. — Tliename  of  Bahlwin  has  long  be^n, 
and  still  continues  to  be,  famous  in  the  Annals  of  Bibliography. 
More  than  one  Printer  of  the  name  may  be  found  In  Ames. 

Mr.  liohert  Baldivin  (the  lienevolent  Bookseller  noticed  in  vol 
VI.  p.  443)  ^as  a  Nephew  of  the  elder  Richard;  and  was  sue* 
ceoded  in  Patemoeter-row  by  Robert,  the  excellent  son  of  an 
older  Nepliow. — Another  Neyhew  is  my  good  friend  Mr.  Htnr^  . 
Jialdw'm  ;  wUo,  «&fti\^NVsvg  ^^Va^s^C^^N^^Ns^Niut  <»s&;s^     of  a 


PRINTERS  AND  BOOKSELLERS.  7I7 

p^anx  of  Ri-st-ratc  Wits,  "The  St.  James's  Chronicle,"  on  the 
foundation  of  an  older  paper  of  nearly  the  same  title,  and  brought 
it  to  a  height  of  literary  eminence  till  then  unknown  by  ady 
preceding  Journal,  retired,  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  his  faculties^ 
to  the  comforts  of  domestic  life;  resigning  his  business  to  a  son» 
Charlet,  who,  uniting  to  habits  of  basiness  an  unusual  plea- 
santry of  mannei-s,  cannot  fail  of  securing  the  esteem  of  all  who 
know  him. 

Mr.  Isaac  Basire,  Kngra\er  and  Printer,  born  1704,  lived  near 
St.  John's  Gate,  C'lcrkenwell.  He  engraved  the  Frontispiece  to 
an  improved  edition  of  Bailry's  Dic^ion:in-,  17''^5,  &c.  &c.  and 
died  in  17(JS.  He  was  a  iine  chubb}- faced  man,  as  appears  by  an 
excellent  portrait  of  him,  a  drawing  by  his  son. 

Mr.  James  Busire,  son  of  Isaacs  born  Oct.  (1,  1730,  was  bred 
from  infancy  to  his  Father  s  profession,  which  he  practised  with 
great  reputation  for  60  years.  He  studied  under  the  direction 
of  Mr.  Richard  Dalton  ;  was  with  him  at  Rome  ;  made  se\'eral 
drawings  from  the  pictures  of  Rn))hael,  &c.  at  the  time  that  Mr« 
Stuart,  Mr.  Brand  Hollis,  and  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds^  were  there* 
He  was  appointed  Engraver  to  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  about 
I76O  ;  and  to  the  Royal  Society  about  17/0.  As  a  specimen  of 
his  numerous  works  it  may  be  sufHcient  to  refer  to  the  beautiful 
Plates  of  the  '*  Vetusta  Monumenta,*'  published  by  the  Society 
of  Antiquaries  j  and  to  Mr.  Gough's  truly  valuable  "  Septdchnd 
Monuments.*'  With  the  Author  of  that  splendid  Work  he  was 
most  desencdly  a  Favourite,  When  Mr.  (vough  had  formed  tlie 
plan,  and  hesitated  on  actually  committing  it  to  the  press,  he 
says,  **  Mr.  J>a>ire's  j^pccimens  of  drawing  and  engraving  gax  s  me 
so  much  satisfaction,  that  it  was  impossible  to  resist  the  impulse 
of  carrying  such  a  design  into  execution.*'  The  Royal  Portraits 
and  other  beautiful  Plates,  in  the"  St^pulchral  Monuments,"  fully 
justify  the  idea  which  the  Author  had  entertained  of  his  Engraver's 
talents  3  and  are  hand&omely  acknowledged  by  Mr.  Gough  (see 
vol.  VI.  J).  988).  The  Plate  of  Le  Champ  dc  Drap  dU)r  was  iinished 
about  1774  J  a  Plate  so  larp:e,  that  paper  was  obliged  to  be  made 
on  purpose,  which  to  this  time  is  called  Aniiquarlan  Paper,  Be* 
ftides  the  numerous  Plates  which  he  eiigraved  for  thc^  Societies,  he 
w^as  engaged  in  a  great  number  of  public  and  private  works^ 
which  bear  witne^is  to  the  fidelity  (^f  his  biir'iu.  He  engraved  the 
Portraits  of  Fielding  and  Dr.  Morell,  I'^G'Z  ;  Earl  Camden,  in 
1 7  6(),  after  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds;  Py  lades  and  (he-tes,  1770,  fiom 
a  picture  by  West;  Portraits  of  the  Rev.  Jolm  Watson  and  Sii* 
George  Warren's  family;  Dean  Swift,  and  Dr.  Parnell,  1774  5  Sir 
J^mes  Burrow,  1/80,  xMr.  Bowser,  178'2  j  Portraits  of  Dr.Munro, 
Mr.  Gray,  IMr.  Thompson.  l-AdyStanhop»,  Sir  George  Sa vile,  Bp. 
Hoadly,  Rev.  Dr.  Pegge,  Mr.  Price,  Al^-.Tuon  Sydney,  Andrew 
Marvell,  WilHam  Canidcn,  William  Brercton,  17 DO;  Captaill 
Cooke's  Portrait,  and  other  Plates,  for  his  First  and  Second  Voy- 
ages; a  grcaf  number  of  Plates  for  Stuart's  Athens  (which  are 
f^-ell  drawn.)  In  another  branch  of  his  Art,  the  Mjj^  for  Gc*  . 
xieral  Roy's  ''  Roman  Antiquities  in  Britiun"  are  particularly 
excellent — He  married^  first,  Anne  Beaupuy,  axvOl»  ^i^jcoxv^ 


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LITERAKT  ANECDOTES. 


I-aU'lIa  Tiirnrr.  Ur  dicfl  Srpt.  G,  1S02,  in  hi-  73o  \ear.  aad 
%*a«s  hiiiir*!  in  t!ir  ^^i»ilt  und^r  F'enfonrinerliajjeL — 11^  uiotb- 
jtv  and  into;:rif  V  of  this  able  Anist  arc  inhcrite«i  br  a  secotA 
JfimeMy  hU  vUU>l  «on  bv  the  «f-<n»i;d  wife,  i»ho  wa*  burn  Not. 
1*^,  \7^>'J'i  an'l  f»f  nhff«e  Work*  ii  iiiay  be  eDOujrh  to  meDtioo 
tho  "CathcMniN,"  piiMi^b'd  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  from 
thf  I  x'jtii^itc  ilniuiii;:-  of  Mr.  Jonn  Carter.  He  marritrd.  May  I, 
l7'Xt,  Slary  (  o\,  !a  uhoni  lie  h:ts  ^*:\«nil  childrtn  j  of  whom  ibe 
eldest,  a  fhird  Jomr!^  Bnsire,  iKjrn  Feb.  20,  1796,  has  alneaiiy 
gixcii  M-u  ml  ^.ir^i.f-,  of  siij)erior  excellence  in  the  arts  of  Dranrin^ 
ai:d  Kiicrra^iiiir. 

John  lUixk't,  f^*^r\  Print'^r  to  hi--  Majesty,  ^«ce  %ol.  I.  p.  GZ.)  wis 
Master  of  tlu'(  oni|i:iiiy  in  1714,  and  a^ain  1715;  and  died  June 
52*2,  171'i. —  Thoma.\  ij'iik'  t,  e.vj.  (his  successor)  died  March  ^, 
17^1. 

James  Batr,  v^i^.  ninny  y<  ar^  an  eminent  Stationer  in  Cumhiil 
find  one  of  tlu*  (  oiiiinon-f oiim  il  fur  that  Wanl,  ua<  .*on  of  the 
B'-v.  .fani^*i  IJate,  rector  of  ^t.  Paul,  Deptfonl  (of  whom  5*e  be- 
foie,  ill  th';s  ^olunii-,  |i.  5^>)-  J'*'  ^^^lj  Master  of  the  Com^xuiT 
in  171^1);  and  di' d  at  Clii^\vi(k,  Oct.  5,   ISiYJ. 

Mr.  Tlifttints  lirnthy,  a  IJook-ellcr  and  Auction'»er,  at  the 
Ciown  in  J/iUle  i>ritain,  pribli-^hcd,  *' Bibliotlu»ca  illustrls  ^i^e 
(alal"^i'»  \arionini  JJbionini  in  quilvis  Lingiifi  &  facultate 
in.sii;uinin  oriiati->iiiiie  BibliotheCic  Viri  eujuiidam  pncnobilis 
ae  lK)Moiati.--iini  olini  dLfnncti,  libris  ranssiniis  tain  typisfx- 
rn^ls  <|MJini  Manu-<rij)ti*<  n'(\rti-«.iina' :  qtronim  Aiictio  habebi- 
tiir  Ivondini,  ail  iiisi^ne  ursi  in  \ico  dicto  Ave  Mar^-lane.  jiropc 
T(;rni.hnsi  D.  l*auli.  Novcmb.  '21,  1087;"  with  the  following 
Preface:  *'  If  il:c  Catalo«j;uc,  hnv  presented,  were  only  of  com- 
mon bonkr,  and  Mich  as  were  e;u»y  to  be  had,  it  wouhl  not  have 
been  v(  ly  ncct'^siry  to  have  prefaced  any  thing  to  the  Header: 
bill  f-incc  it  apjuar^  in  the  world  with  two circiimbtances,  which 
no  auction  in  Ilni'Iand  (pcrhiii-s)  ever  had  before;  nor  is  it  pnv 
bablc  thai  ll»c  liki-  sliould  frequently  ha])pen  ag-ain,  it  would 
sccni  :in  o\«'r-i.rlit,  if  we  slmuld  neglect  to  advertitv  the  reridcr 
of  ll.cin.  Tlu:  fii.-t  i.s.  that  it  comprises  the  main  j)art  of  the 
Libnuy  of  that  famous  Sccrctan,  William  Cecil  Ltjrd  Burleigh: 
wliiih  con-idi nd,  mufct  j)ut  it  out  (rf  doubt,  that  these  booLi 
arc  ex  (Hi  nl  in  the  ir  .ic\cr:d  kiiuN,  and  wcll-clio.ten.  The  second 
is,  that  it  ( ontairis  .i  greater  number  of  rare  Manu-vripts  than 
CAcr  vet  were  olf*  red  to":eth«T  in  this  way,  many  of  which  are 
rt'iuUrcd  the  uK-rt-  \alu:ible  by  bcin^"  remarked  upon  by  tlie  hand 
of  the  said  {;n  at  Man." 

iSlr.  Pf'alin  Iiludiudtr,  Printer,  Tooke's-court.  Cliancery-lane, 
died  June  5,   lSi»^). 

l\Tr.  Samuel  lUuilan,  liookseller  in  Patcmostcr-row,  a  man 
x\lio,  for  hii»iutci;iity  and  ^kill  as  an  accomptant,  was  frequently 
an  arbiMMtor  in  complicated  setllcnuMits,  died  in  July  171li). 

!Mr.  Andrvw  Brkc,  man\  years  l^rinter  at  Exeter,  dieii  Nov. 7. 
177;*.,  a't.  8;V— A  iiood  portrait  of  him  was  publL^hed  in  1774, 
engi-AviHWjy  Wwk\v\ya\\,  Kvcvwx  -i.  ^j^tvVxv^  by  Mrs.  Jackson  ;  on 
which  Uc  u  caMvid  **  \\xv\ivii  Qll>^^'\.^Y:)^scw^fs^\:K^ 


PRiStERS  AND   BOOKSELLERS.  Jl^ 

Mr.  James  BuckUmd,  iivho  had  been  more  tlian  50  years  a  Book- 
^ller  of  eminence  in  P;itemobter-ro\v,  particulai  ly  among  the 
Xisseuters,  was  respected  for  simplicity  of  manners,  and  irre* 
proacliable  integrity.     He  died  IVb.  Silj  1790,  in  his  7J)th  year. 

Mr.  Henry  Cawiton,  Piinter  in  Finoli-lanc,  Curnhill,  died 
A|iril  ^0,  IbOJ.     Sec  Gent.  Mag.  vol.  1.XXV.  pp.391.  ^H4. 

Mr.  John  Cooke,  an  eminent  and  successful  Bookseller  in  Pa- 
iernoster-row,  died  in  York-place,  Kingsland-road,  March  25p 
1810,  act.  79.  By  one  work  alone,  "  Southwell's  Notes  and 
i^nnotations  on  the  Bible/*  lie  is  said  to  have  gained  sevei^ 
tliousand  pounds ;  and  he  had  many  similar  publications.  He  left  ' 
k  son^  successor  to  his  business  and  his  ample  fortune. 

Mr.  John  Coote,  Bookieller  in  Paternoster-row,  died  at  Pea* 
tonville,  Oct.  20>  1S08.  He  \yas  a  native  of  Horsham,  Sussex ; 
l>ut  it  is  supposed  that  the  family  originally  came  from  France. 
Hisi  talents  rose  above  mediocrity ;  and  he  evinced  fertility  in  the 
Invention  of  schemes,  but  did  not  possess  sutHcient  steadiness  or 
patience  to  carry  them  into  efiect,  or  beneficial  execution.  He 
who  can  write  a  lively  farce  is  generally  a  facetious  companion  ; 
and  that  praise  will  not  be  denied  to  Mr.  Coote.  He  produced^ 
iiv'ith  great  rapidity  of  composition,  an  opera  and  five  farces,  thjee 
of  which  have  been  printed  ^  but  he  had  not  that  weight  of 
interest  which  was  requisite  to  bring  them  on  the  Stage.  An 
excellent  Dramatist,  speaking  o^  one  of  these  productions,  in  a 
letter  to  the  Author,  said,  "  As  far  as  my  particular  judgment 
van  decide,  the  writing  of  this  little  piece  has  ver)'  uncommoa 
merit."  Mr.  Coote  had  se\en  children)  six  of  whom  yet  survive, 
are  married,  and  have  children.  His  eldest  daughter,  who  died 
In  1801,  was  not  undistinguished  in  the  miniature  branch  of 
painting. 

Sir  Charles  Corbett,  Bart,  one  of  the  oldest  Livemnen  of  the 
Company  of  Stationers,  died  May  15,  1S08,  aged  about  70'.  Ho 
wan,  in  the  outset  of  life,  well  known  as  a  Bookseller,  o])posite 
St.  1)uiv5tan*s  church 3  where  he  aft erwai'ds  kept  aLottery-o^icej 
had  Dame  Fortune  at  Ids  command:  and  used  to  :istoni:>h  the 

fiping  crowd  with  the  biilliancy  of  his  nocturnal  illviiiiinations. 
ut  it  is  not  in  the  power  of  the  keei)er  of  a  L(jUc:y-(jflioe  to 
conmiand  success.  An  unfortunate  mistake  in  the  sixie  of  a  « 
clianee  of  a  ticket,  which  came  up  a  |)rize  of  Klo,OCOI.  proved 
fiital  to  Mr.  Corbett  -,  and  was  with  difFuulty  c()iii)ro:ni::cil,  the 
chance  having  fallen  into  the  hands  of  Edward  Roc  Yeo,  e:i(\.  at 
that  time  M.  P.  for  Coventiy.  —  Some  yeai-s  afier,  the  (jiupty  • 
title  of  Baronet  (a  title,  in  his  ca«e.  not  Mtricdy  i*eeogni/eti  in 
tlic  College  of  Arms)  descended  to  Mr.  ('orbclt ;  which  he  as- 
sumed, though  he  might  liavc  received  a  handsome  douanr  from 
Bomc  other  branch  of  the  family,  if  he  would  ri-linquidh  it. — 
Melancholy  to  relate !  the  latter  days  of  this  inoll-'u-ive  ciiarac- 
ter  were  clouded  by  abscdute  penuiy.  Eveept  a  virjy  trilling 
pension  from  the  Company  of  Stationei*s,  he  had  no  means  of 
snbi'istence  but  the  precarious  one  of  being  cuiployed,  when  his 
iufirniitie^  and  bad  state  of  health  woidd  {leruiit  hiin^  in  a  vei-y 


720  LtTERARY  AVECDOTE8. 

subordinate  portion  of  the  labours  of  a  journeyman  Bookbtnder, 
But  he  is  happily  i*elcased  from  the  cares  and  torments  of  life  3 
and  had  leisure,  it  is  hoped,  to  prepai'e  for  a  better  world. 

John  Crickitt,  esq.  of  i>octora  Commons^  Marshal  and  Serjeant 
at  Anns  of  the  High  Court  of  Admiralty,  was  Master  of  the  Sta* 
tionei-s  Company  in  1810  j  and  died  Au^.  30,  1811,  at  Hyde 
House,  Edmonton,  aet.  7S. 

Mr.  Stan  ley  Croicder,  an  dbve  of  Sir  James  Hodges,  was  fbf 
many  years  a  considerable  wholesale  Bookseller  in  Paternoster- 
row^  but,  proving  at  last  unsuccessful  in  business,  he  applied 
for,  and  obUiincd,  the  office  of  Clerk  to  the  CommissioDeis  of 
the  Commutation  and  Window  Tax  for  the  C'ity  of  London;  a 
situation  which  aiforded  him  a  comfortable  asylum  in  the  evening 
of  hfo.     He  died  IVIay  23,  1795. 

Mr.  William  Daivson,  of  Paternoster  Row,  Bookseller  to  the 
University  of  Oxford,  died  at  Hive  House,  Stanmore,  June  7$ 
1810,  set.  65.     His  life  Wiis  a  continued  series  of  acts  of  kindness. 

Mr.  J.  P.  De  la  Grange,  a  French  Bookseller  in  Greek-street, 
Soho,  died  June  3,  1809,  set.  71. 

Francois  Ambrose  Didot,  the  celebrated  French  Printer,  died 
July  10,  1804,  aet.  74,  leaving  two  sons^  Picire  and  Firmin  Di- 
dot.  The  elegant  editions  published  by  order  of  Louis  XVI.  for 
the  education  of  the  Dauphin,  were  the  production  of  Didot's 
press,  as  well  as  the  Theatrical  Selections  by  Corneille,  the  woriu 
of  Racine,  Telemachus,  Tasso*s  Jerusalem,  two  superb  Bibks> 
and  a  multiplicity  of  other  inestimable  works  ;  each  of  which, 
on  its  publication,  has  emanated  fresh  beauties,  and  made  nearer 
approaches  to  perfection.  At  the  age  of  73  Didot  read  o\er  Atc 
times,  and  carefully  corrected,  before  it  was  sent  to  the  press^ 
every  sheet  of  the  8tereotyi>e  edition  of  Montaigne,  printed  by 
his  sons.  About  IS  months  before  his  death  he  projected  an 
alphabetical  index  of  every  subject  treated  upon  in  Montaigne's 
£s&a}  s.  He  had  collected  all  his  materials,  at  which  he  laboured 
tinceasingly^  and  perhaps  too  strict  an  application  to  this  bn^ 
Voiyfite  study  accelei*ated  the  death  of  this  eminent  artist. 

Mr.  Thomas  Evans,  who  died  July  2,  1803,  aet.  64,  bad  been 
for  some  years  a  considerable  Bookseller  in  P^temoster-row,  to 
t^hich  situation  he  advanced  himself  by  industry  and  pene* 
verance,  as  he  had,  in  common  with  many  other  respectable  cfaa^ 
hicters  who  have  trod  in  the  same  path,  very  little  to  boast  of  ia 
point  of  origin,  living,  when  he  first  came  to  town,  with  Mr.  IT. 
Johnston,  Bookseller,  of  Ludgate-street,  in  the  humble  capad^ 
of  porter.  He  afterwards  became  publisher  of  the  Momii^ 
Chronicle  and  the  London  Packet,  which  introduced  him  to  the 
acquaintance  of  Dr.  Kenrick,  Mr.  Macfarlane  (author  of  the 
'History  of  the  Reign  of  George  111.),  and  several  other  literary 
characters,  from  whose  friendship  and  conversation  he  obtained 
much  valuable  information..  During  his  publication  of  the  for* 
mer  of  these  papers  a  paragraph  appeared  in  it  against  Dr.  GokU 
■mith,  which  so  highly  incensed  the  Doctor,  that  he  was  deter- 
mined to  seek  revenge  -,  and  no  fitter  object  presenting  itself  tbaa 

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I     the  publisher^  he  was  resolved  alt  the  weight  should  ftJi  upon  his 
i     back.    Acoordingly,  he  went  to  the  office,  cane  in  hand,  and 
I     fell  upon  him  in  a  most  unmerciful  manner.  This  Mr.  Evans  re- 
\    .aented  in  a  true  pugilistic  style ;  and  in  a  few  moments  the  au* 
t     thor  of  '  The  Vicar  of  Wakefield*  was  disarmed,  and  extended 
I     on  the  floor,  to  the  no  small  diversion  of  the  by-standers.    Mr. 
Evans  next  succeeded  to  the  business  and  extensive  coimexion  of 
t     Messrs.  Hawes,  Clarke^  and  Collins,  No.  39,  P^temoster-row. 
The  success  he  met  with  in  this  house  is  well  known  ;  and  the 
I     youths  who  were  bred  up  under  his  instruction  are  now  the  or* 
I    naments  of  their  profession.    He  had  for  some  years  retired  fWnn 
I    business.    By  his  will,  made  about  two  years  before  his  dqgtth,  he 
I     bequeathed  the  bulk  oJP  his  fortune  to  Mr.  Christopher  Brown  (late 
assistant  to  Mr.  Longman,  Bookseller,  Paternoster-row,  and  h^ 
ther  of  Mr.  Thomas  Brown,  now  a  partner  in  that  respectabk 
;    house) ,  with  whom  he  had  continued  on  terms  of  the  dosest  friend* 
i    ship  for  above  40  years.    He  left  one  surviving  son,  who  was  at 
\    sea;  and  a  nephew  of  his  was  a  clerk  in  the  house  of  Messrs.  Long* 
man  and  Co.     To  his  wife,  with  whom  he  had  not  lived  during 
the  last  five  years,  he  bequeathed  40/.  a  year,  and  akoSO/.  a  year 
to  a  niece.    The  cause  of  separation  firom  his  wife  has  been  at-^ 
tributed  to  her  partiality  for  one  of  her  sons,  who  failed  in  busi- 
ness as  a  Bookseller  a  fbw  years  ago  in  Fatemoster-row,  and  af- 
terwards was  literally  reduced  to  bejp;gary,  and  died  in  the  street 
about  a  year  and  a  half  before  his  rather.     Mr.  Evans  requested 
in  his  will  that  he  might  be  buried  without  a  coffin  or  shroud, 
and  that  the  whole  of  his  funeral  expence  should  not  exceed  40r. 
Mr.  William  Flexney,  a  Bookseller  long  settled  in  Holbom, 
died  Jan.  7,  1808,  setat.  77.     He  was  the  original  Publisher  of 
Churchy  Is  Poems ;  who  has  thus  immortalized  him : 
*'  Let  those  who  energy  of  diction  prize. 
For  Billingsgate,  quit  Flexney,  and  be  wise." 
Mr.  Thomas  Gent  began  tlie  business  of  a  Printer  in  the  city 
of  York,  17^4 ;  having  before  exercised  it  in  London,  sometimes 
as  a  master,  sometimes  as  a  servant.    Besides  the  boc^  already 
mentioned  in  this  work,    he  published  a  number  of  smaller 
tracts  both  in  verse  and  prose.     He  died,  at  his  house  in  the 
city  of  York,  May  19,  1778,  in  the  87th  year  of  his  age,  being 
at  that  time  free  of  the  cities  of  London,  York,  and  Dublin, 
and  supposed  the  oldest  Master- printer  in  Britain.  A  nx^zzotinto 
print  of  him  was  engraved  by  Valentine  Green,  1771>  after  a 
portrait  by  N.  Drake. — This  industrious  Printer  published  an 
useful  compendium,  containing  some  things  not  in  larger  histo- 
.ries,  intituled,  "  The  antient  and  modem  History  of  the  firaous 
City  of  York ;  and  in  a  particular  Manner  of  its  magnificent 
Cathedral,  commonly  called  York-minster:  as  also  an  Account 
of  St.  Mary's  Abbey,  and  other  antient  religious  Houses  and 
Churches ;  the  places  whereon  they  stood,  what  orders  belonged 
to  them,  and  the  Remains  of  those  antient  Buildings  that  are 
yet  to  be  seen :  with  a  description  of  those  Churches  now  in  use; 
of  their  cuiiously  painted  Windows,  the  Inscriptions  carefully 
Vol.  Hi.  ti  A  eoW^\^^, 


7  J2  UTBftAlT  AMSCDOm. 


coBcrtnl,  tnd  omdj  of  tbem  tnoiklcd :  the  litca  oT  Clis 

biftbopi  of  this  See  i  the  Gavemme&t  of  tbe  NortkcfB  i^ro  ■■- 
^rr  the  Roduim,  eapecallj  bf  tlie  Empenxs  Setciui  mmd  Cam- 
ttantius,  wbo  both  died  in  thiA  Cnj :  of  the  Km^  of  Eag;hadL 
and  other  illuHiious  Penoos^  who  haTc  hooonorcd  Yofk  with 
their  prcaence ;  an  Account  erf  the  Mayors  and  Bafii&»  Lard 
Mayors,    and    Sheri&   (^ith  several  remarkable  Tnnsactioos 
not  publiihed  before),  from  difaent  >iSS.  <kiwii  to  the  third 
Year  of  the  Reign  of  his  present  Slajesty  King  George  II.    To 
which  is  added,  a  Description  of  the  mo6t  noted  Towns  in  Yorit- 
shire,  with  the  antient  ikiildingi  that  have  been  therein,  alpha- 
betically digested  for  the  Delight  of  the  Reader^  not  only  by 
the  Assistance  of  antient  Writers,  but  from  the  OfaaeiTttjoQi 
of  several  ingenious  Persons  in  the  present  Age.     The  whide  di- 
ligenUy  collected  by  T.  G.'*  [Thomas  Gent] .  I*2mo.    His  **  Cob- 
pendious  History  of  England  and  Rome.  York,  1741,"  2  ¥ok 
l^mo,  hfltf  additions  about  York,  Pontefr:act,  &c. — ^.  *'  The  an- 
tient and  modem  History  of  the  lo)'al  Town  of  Rippon :  (intro- 
duced by  a  Poem  on  the  surprizing  Beauties  of  Studeley  I^jk, 
with  a  Description  of  the  venerable  Ruins  of  Fountains  Abbey, 
written  by  l^lr.  Peter  Aram,  and  another  on  the  Pleasures  of  a 
Country  Life,  by  a  Reverend  young  Gentleman),  &c.    Adorned 
with  many  Cuts,  preceded  by  a  S.  W.  Prospect  (and  a  new  Fbn) 
of  Rippon.     Besides  are  added.  Travels  into  other  Ruts  of 
Yorkshire.     1.  Beverly ;  an  Account  of  its  Minster :  the  Seal  of 
Sl  John :  the  Beauty  of  St.  Mary  *s :  and  a  List  of  the  Mayors  of 
the  Town,  since  incorporated.    2.  Remarks  on  PontefracL    3. 
'  Of  the  church  at  Wakefield.    4.  Those  of  Leeds :  with  a  Visit 
to  Kirkstal  and  Kirkham.     ^.  An  Account  of  Keighlej.     6.  State 
of  Skipton  Castle,  &c.    7-  Knaresborough :  of  the  Church,  and 
its  Monuments,  St.  Robert's  Chapel,  &c.    8.  Towns  near  York , 
as  Tailcaster,  Bilbrougb,  Bohon-Percy,  Howlden,  Selby,  Uls- 
tow,  Cawood  Church  and  Castle,  Acaster  and  Bishopsthorpe, 
Acomb,  Nun-MonktOD,  and  Skelton,  &c.  with  their  Antiquity 
and  Insaiptions.    Faithfully  and  painfully  collected  by  Thomas 
Gent,  of  York.     York,  1733,"  8vo.— 3.  '' Annales  Regkxhim 
Hulluii :  or,  the  History  of  the  Royal  and  beautiful  Tonn  of 
Kingston-upon-Hull,  from  the  original  of  it,  through  the  Means 
of  its  illustrious  Founder,  K.  £dw.  1.  &c.  till  this  present  Yesr 
1735.    Adorned  with  C^ts;  as  likewise  various  CuriosiUes  in 
Antiquity,  History,  Travels,  &c.     Also  a  necessary  and  complest 
Index  to  the  whole.    Together  wUh  several  Letters,  containing 
some  Accounts  of  the  Antiquities  of  Bridlington,  Scarborougfa, 
Whitby,  &c.  for  the  Entertainment  of  the  curious  ThiveUers, 
who  viait  the  N.  £.  PSuts  of  Yorkshire.    Faithfully  ^Iprtf^  by 
Thomas  Gent,  Compiler  of  the  History  of  York,  and  the  most 
remarkable  Places  of  that  laige  County.    York,  1735,'*  8vo.— 
.  4.  "  Piety  displayed  :  in  the  Holy  Life  and  Death  of  the  antient 
and  celebrated  St.  Robert,  Hermit,  at  Knaresborough.    Shew- 
ing how  he  relinquished  the  Hopes  of  an  Inheritan^  as  hxvw§ 
brnm  the  Heir  of  his  Father,  who  was  twice  Chief  Magistrate  of 

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Y<n4i;  and  lived  abstemiously  upon  Herbs,  Rlk>lB>  Ac.  on  the 
narrow  3anks  of  the  River  Nid :.  near  which,  in  the  RoCks,  are 
to  be  seen  his  most  solitary  Cave,  and  wonderful  Chilli  at 
this  very  day.  Collected  from  antient  and  authentick  Records. 
By  T.  Gent^  York/*  12mo. ;  a  small  piece,  to  be  bought  at  tha 
cave. — Falling  under  age  and  necessity,  he  compiled  and  prints  « 
"  The  most  delectable,  scriptm-al,  and  pious  History  of  the  fti* 
mous  and  magnificent  great  Eastern  Window  (accorcUng  to  beau- 
tiful Portraitures)  in  St.  Peter's  Cathedral,  York :  previous 
thereto  is  a  remarkable  Account  how  the  antient  Churches  were 
differently  erected  by  two  famous  Kings  -,  the  present  built  by 
five  excellent  Archbishops,  one  extraordinary  Bishop,  with 
others  j  the  Nameb  of  sepulcHred  Personages,  and  important  Af- 
fairs worthy  Remembrance ;  a  Book,  which  might  be  styled  the 
History  of  Histories.  Succinctly  treated  of,  in  three  Pkrts.  Like- 
wise is  added,  a  Chronological  Account  of  some  eminent  Per- 
sonages, therein  depicted,  anticntly  remarkable  for  their  learn- 
ing, vu'tue,  and  piety,  impressed  for  the  Author,  in  St.  Peter^s 
Gate,  1762/'  8vo.  He  had  some  years  before  engraved  a  wooden 
plate  of  it. 

Mr.  William  Ginger,  of  College-street,  Westminster,  Bock^ 
seller  to  the  Royal  School,  died,  justly  esteemed  for  industry  and 
int^ty,  Feb.  10,  1803,  ait.  76.  .t 

Mr.  Robert  Goadhy  *,  a  man  of  the  utmost  industry 
and  integrity,  carried  on  a  very  large  and  extensive  bu>- 
siness  as  a  Printer  and  Bookseller,  at  Sherborne,  m  Dor- 
setshire. Few  men  have  been  more  generally  known  i|i 
the  West  than  he  was,  and  few  had  more  friends  or  more 
enemies.  To  tiic  freedom  of  his  sentiments  on  religious  and 
political  subjects,  and  to  the  openness  with  which  he  declared 
them,  he  was  indebted  for  both.  Truth  was  the  object  of  his 
researches :  nor  did  he  scruple  to  avow  a  change  of  opinion 
when  he  was  satistied  in  his  own  mind  that  the  notions  which 
lie  had  before  formed  were  erroneous.  Hjs  knowledge  was 
considerable,  and  he  was  well  versed  in  several  languages.  The  • 
''  Illustration  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,"  in  three  folio  volumes,  is  a 
book  that  has  been  very  widely  circulated.  That  he  was  influ« 
enced  by  a  love  of  truth  in  this  publication,  he  gave  a  remark- 
able and  convincing  proof,  by  taking  great  care  to  correct 
in  the  latter  editions  such  tenets  and  remarks  as  appeared  to 
him  to  be  erroneoub  in  the  first;  and  his  *'  Illustration"  has  been 
spoken  of  in  a  very  respectful  manner  by  seveial  able  judges,  to 
whom  it  gave  gitai  satisfaction.  Mr.  Goadby  was  the  authoi 
and  compiler  of  several  other  useful  publications.  In  particula^^ 
he  published,  both  in  folio  and  duodecimo,  "  A  Rational  Ca- 
techism ;  or.  The  Principles  of  Religion  drawn  from  the  Mind 
itself."  In  this  Catechism  he  has  endeavoured,  and  not  without 
considerable  success,  to  impress  upon  the  minds  of  his  readers, 
particularly  young  [Arsons,  the  strongest  ailments  in*&voiir 

•     *  Thii  article  wholly  supersedes  a  smaller  one  in  p.  4S5. 

3a2  .     Cyl 


7t4  trremART  akscdotcs. 

afNitiiralaiMintrededtleBgkm;  tnd  tliii  lie  docs,  agrcoMfto 
tW  tide  which  he  has  gi%cn  to  Us  rirrhiwn,  opoo  mA 
principles  as  ars  eakolated  to  spre  the  most  amiaMpj  aod 
ooDsequently  the  jtistest  ideas  c7  the    Supreme    Btiug,  aad 
9i  his  dispensations,  and  to  make  Scripture  and  Reason  peHbel^ 
^consistent.    He  also  compiled  and  printed  a  xmtM  book,  in- 
tituled, "The  ChiiBtian*s  Instructor  and  Pocket  Con^anioB, 
extracted  from  the  Holy  Scripture/'  .Thb  had  the  good  fartoae 
to  meet  with  the  approbation  of  Bbhop  Sheriodc,  and  itas  n^ 
wdi  reodved  by  the  publick. — It  should  be  obsenred,  that  the 
above  book  is  at  present  imperfect,  the  author  faariitt^  on^ 
completed  that  part  of  his  design  which  bek>ngs  to  tise  Old 
Testament:    ill-health,  and   other  avocationa*    prevented  his 
completing  the  other  part  of  his  design,  which  he  intendrd 
to  do  by  extractii^  and  hringii^  ioto  one  view  the  texts  in  the 
New  Testament,  on  similar  suYrjccts,  in  the  same  miannfT  as  ht 
hid  done  those  in  the  Old.     In  1777>   when  the  executioa  of  * 
Dr.  Dodd  made  a  great  noise,   he  published  a  pamphlet,  in 
friiidi  he  endeavoured  to  prove  that  the  notion  generally  en- 
tertained, that  his  fieite  was  hard,  on  account  of  the  character  hs 
bore,  and  the  many  good  qoalitics  he  possessed,  was  eiro- 
neous.    He  argues,  that  as  the  unhappy  man*s  life  was  jusdy 
iorfeited  to  the  state  in  consequence  of  his  having  ocmunitted  a 
crime  whioh  would  prove  fatal  to  all  trade,  if  its  progreas  were 
not  checked  in  time,  his  being  a  Clergyman  renoered  it  mors 
necessary  that  ha  should  suffer,  than  if  he  had  heesk  a  Layman. 
He  also  makes  some  judicious  remarks  on  the  blameable  lenity 
with  which  it  is  fashionable  to  treat  a  departure  €rom  honesty, 
and  a  breach  of  the  laws;  a  lenity,  calculated  to  lessen  that 
horror  with  which  every  honest  man  ought  to  consider  even  tbs 
most  inconsiderable  acts  of  dbhonesty,  especially  when  exercised 
to  maintain  a  boundless  and  inexcusable  extravagance. — Bir. 
Goadby  was  also  the  conductor  of  several  miseeUaneons  and 
periodical  publications }  which,  being  sold  extremely  cheap,  and 
very  vridefy  circulated,  had  a  considerable  good  effect,  and 
proved  the  means  of  disseminating  a  great  deal  of  uaeftil  know- 
ledge among  persons  whose  opportunities  of  gaining  informadoa 
were  few  and  scanty.    In  the  West  of  Engand,  in  porticiusr, 
his  publicatloDs  were  read  by  great  numbars  who  sccorelv  ever 
read  any  thing  else,  and  were  calculated  to  excite  a  dasire  of 
useful  knowledge  that  could  not  iul  to  be  highly  beneficial. 
To  ^^e  praise  of  Mr.  Goadhy,  it  should  be  observed,  that  be 
carefully  excluded  from  his   publications   every  thing  of  an 
immoral  and  irreligious  tendency.    Of  liberty,  both  reHgions 
and  political,  he  was  a  distinguished  and  consistent  assertor. 
In  proof  of  the  former,  it  uml  be  sufficient  to  mention  the 
liberal  and  rational  principles  on  this  subject  which  he  incoK* 
eated  in  his  *'  IHnstration/*  and  other  publications,  as  w«^  a< 
waitnly  maintained  whenever  they  l^ecame  the  subject  of  cen* 
versation.     His    attachment    to    political    liberty,     and    the 
English  coT\st\tv\\\OYv>  wvv^  \!£c^  ^o\\s^lcuous  on  manv  occasiook 

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Ifis  weekly  paper,  intituled  *'  The  Sberbome  Mefcury/*  wag 

uniformly  conducted  in  a  manner  friendly  to  the  lib^ies  dt 

£ngliahmen.    In  particular,  be  had  a  just  idea  of  the  im« 

portance  of  the  liberty  of  the  pretis :  and  the  celduated  axiom  of 

Mr.  Hume,  «  Tliat  the  liberties  of  the  press  and  the  liberties  of 

the  people  Qiiist  stand  and  fall  together,'*  was  a  &tourite  one 

with  him.    With  a  manly  boldness  he  never  scrupled  to  avo# 

bis  sentiments  on  important  political  points,   and  would  fire* 

quently,  thi  ough  the  channel  of  his  paper,  as  well  as  in  hift 

other  publications,  enforce  upon  his  countrymen  the  importance 

of  a  proper  attention  to  the  preservation  of  their  liberties  fironl 

the  atiaciu  of  those  who  were  hostile  to  them.  To  the  poor  he  was 

a  oon:9tant  and  generous  fiiend.    Their  distresses  firequently  eil* 

gaged  his  attention,  and  were  sure  to  meet  with  a  liberal  raiet 

On  some  occasions  he  brought  upon  himself  a  great  deal  of  trouble 

by  the  eeal  with  which  he  pleaded  their  cause.    Nothing  was 

more  abhorrent  to  his  nature  than  cmelty,  and  he  always  spoke 

oi  it  with  the  utmost  detestation.    His  acts  of  beneficence  wer6 

▼ery  numerous,  while  he  Uved  i  and  by  his  wUl  he  left  a  sum 

in  the  stocks,   the  interest  of  which  is  annually   distribute 

among  the  poor  of  the  town  in  which  he  lived.    Of  the  beautiei 

of  Nature  he  was  a  warm  and  attentive  admirer.    As  a  proof  of 

this,  it  may  suffice  to  observe,  that  he  left  40^.  a  year  to  the 

Vicars  of  Sherborne  for  ever,  on  condition  of  their  preaching 

an  annual  sermon,  upon  the  first  Sunday  in  May,  when  tha 

beauties  of  Nature  ane  in  the  highest  perfection,  on  the  wonden 

of  the  Creation. — The  inscription  on  his  tomb-stone,  placed 

there  in  consequence  of  his  own  directions,  is  another  proof 

tluit  the  infinite  varieties  of  veeetation  engrossed  a  considerable 

fibare  of  his  attention.    It  stands  in  the  church-yard  of  Oborne, 

a  small  viUage  about  a  mile  from  Sherborne,  and  is  as  follows  \ 

**  In  memory  of  Mr.  Robert  Goadbt, 

late  of  Sherborne,  Printer,  who  departed  this  life 

August  12,  177s,  aged  J57. 

Death  is  a  path  that  roust  be  trod. 

If  Man  would  ever  come  to  God. 

The  fir-tree  aspires  to  the  sky, 

and  is  clothed  with  everlasting  verdure ; 

Emblem  of  the  good,  and  of  that  everlasting  life, 

which  God  will  bestow  on  them. 

Since  Death  is  the  gate  to  XjSa, 

the  grave  should  be  crown*d  with  flowers.'* 

On  the  12th  of  August,  1778,  he  fell  a  victim  to  an  atrophy, 

after  a  very  long  and  painful  illness,  which  he  bore  with  great 

caUnne^  and  resignation.     Many  of  his  friends  apprehended 

that  he  ii\|ured  his  health  by  too  great  an  s^plicadon  to  bu>inesa 

and  study.     He   was,    indeed,    of  a  disposition    uncommonly 

active  and  assiduous,  and  could  not  bear  to  be  lon^  idle.    He 

was  also  acoustooieti  to  rise  very  early^  even  in  winter.    The 

numerous  concerns  in  which  he  was  engaged  engros6ed  a  ver^ 

considerable  shune  of  JUs  attenti(2p  i  wd  Xneaei  \a  con^^^^^^^ 


736  ^LiriSRART  ANECDOTES. 

with  that  Vigour  of  mind  which  he  certainly  possessed^  o^ 
casioned  his  1i\it^  in  much  too  sedentary  a  manner.  This 
brought  on,  by  (Agrees,  so  great  and  general  relaxation  of 
tlie  whole  of  his  vital  system,  that  the  utmost  efibrts  of  me& 
cine  proved  useless,  and  he  paid  the  debt  of  nature  at  the  age  of 
^7.  He  was  not  without  his  Cauilts :  but  they  were  few,  and 
not  of  a  singular  kind.  They  were,  without  doubt,  greatly  otrr- 
balanced  by  his  good  qualities,  which  certainly  entitle  him  to  the 
character  of  a  most  active,  useful,  and  worthy  member  of 
Society.     W.**  Gentleman's  Magazine,  voL  LIV.  pp.  93 — 95. 

Mr.  fVilliam  Goldsmith,  several  years  a  Bookseller  in  Fiter- 
no6ter-raw,  and  afterwards  in  Warwick-court,  Newgate-street, 
possessing  landed  property  at  Stretly  in  Bedfordshire,  was  ap- 
pointed high  sheriff  for  that  county  in  1784.  He  died^  much  te- 
mentcd,  Aug.  5,  1795. 

Mr.  Thomas  Harrison,  many  years  Printer  of  The  London  Ga- 
^tte,  and  some  time  Deputy  of  the  Ward  of  Castle  Baynard, 
was  Master  of  tlie  Stationers  Company  in  17B4 ;  and  died  Nor. 
4,  1791,  after  having  been  for  two  years  a  considerable  sufferer 
by  the  attacks  of  a  paralytic  disorder.  He  bad  been  a  bon  vicaat, 
and  was  very  generally  respected. 

Mr.  Thomas  Hastings,  long-known  as  an  itinerant  bookseller 
and  Pamphleteer,  was  a  native  of  the  bishoprick  of  Durham,  and 
was  patronized  in  his  youth  by  the  noble  family  at  Qifton-hall  in 
Yorkshire.     He  served  his  apprenticeship  to  his  uncle,  who  had  a 
(bhare  in  Lord  Lyttelton's  vast  erection  at  Hagley,  in  Worcester- 
shire.    After  visiting  most  parts  of  the  kingdom,  he  came  up  to 
London,  and  worked  for  a  while,  as  a  carpenter  in  the  new  buikl- 
ings  at  Mary-le-Bonne.    Mr.  Fox's  memorable  election  for  West- 
minster, when  the  support  of  the  Devonshire  and  Portland  hml- 
lies  awakened  every  interest  in  his  favour,  gave  Mr.  Hastings  an 
opportunity  to  exert  himself  in  the  popular  cause,  and  he  pro- 
duced a  quarto  pamphlet,  intituled, "  The  Wars  of  Westminster." 
This  was  followed  by  others  in  the  style  of  Oriental  apologues, 
and  he  got  considerable  sums  by  hawking  them  about  the  town. 
From  this  period,  it  is  believed,  he  wrought  no  more  at  his  trade. 
For  many  years  be  had  been  in  the  habit  of  publishiog,  in  dif- 
ferent newspapers,  on  the  12th  of  August,  a  voluntary  ode  on 
the  Prince  of  Wales's  birth-day,  for  which  he  annually  received 
some  small  emolument  at  Carlton-house;  but  this  he  had  db- 
continued  some  time  by  order.    His  last  publications  were, "  The 
Devil  in  London,**  l2mo,  and  "  The  Regal  Rambler,  or  Lucifer's 
Travels,*'  8vo.     He  was  a  constant  attendant  on  the  popular 
Sunday  orators ;  and  in  his  habit  very  much  adumbrated  a  clerical 
appearance.     His  travelling  name  was  Dr.  Green.     He  was  found 
dead  in  his  bed,  Aug.  12,  1801,  at  his  lodgings  in  New-court, 
Moor-lane,  Cripplegate.     He  was  near  60  years  of  age. 

Mr.  John  Haivys,  Printer,  who,  for  his  amiable  disposition, 
^nd  intlexible  integrity,  will  long  be  reniembered  by  his  frieods, 
-  died  in  J6hnsoTv'^-ccv\xv\.,'^'^v-^tt^v,  ^^V^.^i,  1786. 

Mr .  Mot thew  Jenmir ,  t^wfc  NJ^->LttfswBL^hc«3\«  ^  "(sftj^^^  Ad- 
yertiier,  and  W^X«  ol  >i)K»  ^\3«^oT4soi  ^:;qksk^kss^\s^W'^>^^ 


^ 


PRINTERS  AND  BOOKSELLERS.  7^7 

in  17B6.— His  younger  brother  and  partner,  Mr.  Joshua  Jencw, 
Bilaster  in  im,  died  in  1774.— Of  the  father  of  these  gentle- 
men see  vol.  1.  pp.  6S,  290. 

Mr.  Henrtf  Isherwood  was  many  years  at  the  head  of  the  very  ex« 
tensive  paper-hanging  manufiau^tory  on'  Ludgate-hill ;  where  he 
was  nearly  the  oldest  housekeeper  in  the  parishes  of  St.  Bride  and 
St.  Martin  (his  house  and  warehouses  extending  into  both).  He 
was  almost  universally  known,  and  as  generally  respected,  for  his 
integrity,  punctuality,  and  benevolence,  and  for  a  few  harmless 
singularites  in  dress  and  manners.  In  business  he  was  as  punc- 
tual as  St.  Pauls  clock 3  in  friendship  (as  we  can,  amidst  many 
others,  testify)  warm,  steady,  and  unremitting  in  his  exertion 
to  assist  in  any  difficulty.  And  to  the  distressed  of  every  descrip- 
tion he  was  a  liberal  but  unostentatious  benefactor.  In  such  a 
man  Society  in  general  has  lost  a  link  of  a  most  valuable  chain. 
He  died  Jan.  25,  1812,  a^t.  73}  and  was  buried  in  St.  Bride's 
church. 

Mr.  Edward  Johmon,  many  years  partner  with  Mr.  Dodd  in 
Ave-Biariarlane,  and  afterwards  his  successor,  died,  at  Beigate, 
Oct.  26,  1796,  in  his  87th  year. 

Mr.  IViUiam  Johnston,  a  Bookseller  of  long'-established  repa- 
tation  in  Ludgate-street,  relinquished  the  business  to  his  son, 
about  the  year  177<> ;  and  was  sifterwards  appointed  Stationer  to 
the  Board  of  Ordnance.  He  died,  at  a  very  advanced  age,  in 
1804. — His  son,  Mr.  Edward  Johnston,  who  inherited  a  good  fbr- 
tune  from  his  maternal  grandfather,  Mr.  Edward  Owen,  Printer  of 
the  Gazette^  retired  from  business  $  and  died,  in  Dublin,  in  1796. 

Mr.  Thomas  Jones ,  a  worthy  and  rcs|)ectable  Printer  in  Fetter- 
lane,  died  April  7,  1906,  ajt.  75. 

Mr.  John  Kerby,  Bookseller,  Bond-street,  died  Nov.  11, 1803, 
aet.  63. 

Mn  John  Knox  was  a  Book^ller  of  eminence  in  the  Strand 
many  years,  and  devoted  the  fortune  he  acquired  by  this  bust- 
ness  to  the  improvement  of  his  country,  in  the  planning  of  a 
herring-fishery  and  the  settlement  of  new  towns  on  the  North-' 
cast  coast  of  Scotland.  He  visited  and  explored  that  kingdom 
16  times  in  23  years,  beginning  1764 ;  and,  in  two  volumes, 
gave  a  systematic  view  of  Scotland  in  general.  A  Society  w^ 
formed  at  Edinburgh,  and  the  Highland  Society  in  London  ex* ' 
tended  their  plan  to  his  views,  the  progress  of  which  and  his 
Tour  through  the  Highlands  and  Hebrides,  may  be  seen  in  the 
Gentleman*s  Magazine,  vol.  LVII.  p.  704.  But  Mr.  Knox*s  pa*' 
triotism  did  not  stop  here.  He  formed  a  splendid  design  of  re* 
presenting  his  native  country  in  its  **  picturesque  scenery," 'by 
the  hands  of  such  artists  ns  Sruidby,  Dodd,  Catton,  and  Farring- 
ton.  His  address  to  the  publick  on  this  occasion  is  preserved  In 
the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  vol.  LIX.  p.  3!26.  He  died,  at  Dal- ' 
keith,  Aug.  1,  1790. 

Mr.  Henrv  Lemoine  was  many  vears  known  to  the  Booksd* 
lers,  as  a  Translator  of  German  and  other  LangiiBges,  and  Com* 
piler  of  many  of  the  numerous  Trucu  with  which   London 


728  LITB&AAT  ANECDOTES. 

abounds.  Hie  w9m  tho  ti  htqaeot  oatitifkHiiiar  ei  ^^ 
to  the  Gentleman's  Magazine,  and  other  Periodical  Woriia.  Ue 
bad  for  some  yean  been  a  Bookseller  in  BJahnpigate  Qnrele 
yard  $  and  died  April  30,  1S12.— He  publidied,  in  1797»  "  C^ 
yojrtpianrf  gnriyrfrtff.  History,  Origin,  and  Progreas,  of  tke 
Art  of  Printing,  from  its  first  Invention  in  Cieniiany  to  the  End 
of  the  Seventeenth  Century  -,  and  firom  its  Introduction  into 
England,  by  Caxton^  to  the  present  Time ;  including,  among  a 
Variety  of  curious  and  interesting  Matter,  its  Prognas  in  the 
Ptt>vinces;  with  Chronological  Lists  of  eminent  PHnten  in 
Ens^land,  Scotland,  and  Ireland :  together  with  Aneodotes  of  se- 
Teial  euiment  literaiy  Chaiacters,  who  have  honoured  the  Ait 
by  their  Attention  to  its  Im)HX)venient :  also  a  paiticular  and 
complete  History  of  the  Walpolean  Press,  estnhKshBd  at  Stmr- 
berry  Hill;  with  an  accurate  List. of  every  Publication  issoed 
theiefrom,  and  the  exact  Number  printed  thereof.  At  the  Coa* 
elusion  is  given  a  curious  Dissertation  on  the  Origin  of  the  Uss 
of  Paper ;  also  a  complete  History  of  the  Art  of  Wood-cutting 
and  Engraving  on  Copper,  from  its  first  Invention  in  Italy  to  its 
lateht  Improvement  in  Great  Britain ;  concluding  with  th6  Adja- 
dication  of  Literary  Property ;  or  the  l^ws  iiud  Temoa  to  wlddi 
Authors,  Designers,  and  Publishers,  are  separately  sulgect.  Widi 
a  Catalogue  of  remarkable  Bibles  and  Common  Prayer-Boob, 
from  the  lo&ncy  of  Printing  to  the  present  Time.  Eztnctof 
from  the  best  Authorities,  by  Henry  liemotne,  Bibliop.  Lond** 

Mr.  Thonuu  Macklin,  Proprietor  of  the  Poets  Gallecy  in  Fleet- 
street,  died  Oct.  ^5,  1800.  To  the  sfnrited  etertions  of  this  en- 
terprising gentleman  the  professors  of  historical  painting  and 
engraving  in  this  country  have  been  indebted  for  many  brillisait 
opportunities  of  displajring  and  improving  their  talents.  His 
edition  of  the  Bible,  then  on  the  eve  of  being  completed,  must 
pver  be  consideied  as  an  unrivalled  monument  of  Uie  taste  and 
energy  of  the  individual  who  {banned  and  carried  it  into  execo* 
*tion^  and  of  the  liberality  of  the  nation  whose  munificence  ena- 
bled hiui  to  accomplish  so  very  maguifiqent  an  undertaking. 

Mr.  Jamei  Mathews,  a  very  respectable  Bookaeller  and  Vender 
of  Medicines  in  tlie  Strand,  was  also  a  Lay-preacher  in  a  Chiqpel 
of  his  own  at  Whetstone ;  and  father  of  Mr.  Charles  Blathei^ 
of  Drur)  -lane  theatre.     He  died  Sept.  19,  1804,  aged  63. 

Mr.  Deputy  John  Merry,  an  eminent  Stationer  in  Bibhbpsgsts* 
street  Within,  and  for  27  years  one  of  the  common-cooncil  to 
that  ward,  possessed  an  uncommon  strength  of  understanding/ 
and  an  inflexible  integrity.  He  died  at  Lewisham,  March  SSj 
1797  3  but  hud  been  for  two  or  three  years  past  tormented  with  an 
uuconquenible  asthma.  Foreseeing  his  approaching  death,  he  in 
the  pnx^ing  month  resignc'd  the  key  of  the  city-seal,  with  which 
the  Corporation  of  London  had  long  intrusted  him. 
-  Mr.  John  Murray,  an  active,  ^^ ell-informed,  and  auccessfhl 
BookseiUT,  was  a  native  of  Edinburgh ;  and  for  some  time  was 
aaOfl^cer  in  the  Honourable  Corpi  of  Marines,  under  tbepatrooi^ 


PRINTERS  AND   BOOKSELLERS.  789 

pf  Sir  Geoi^  Yonge^  Bart.  His  first  commencement  as  a  Book^  . 
seller  b  thus  given  by  hinitelf»  in  a  letter  to  his  friend  WiUiaDi 
Falconer^  the  ingenious  Author  of  "  The  Shipwreck**'  who  waa 
then  at  Dover,  ajod  by  whom  some  lines  addressed  to  Mr.  Munnjr 
were  intended  to  have  been  prefixed  to  the  third  ^tion  of  that 
beautiful  Poem ;  but  were  omitted  amidst  the  hurry  of.  the  Au* 
tiior  on  leaving  England  for  India. 

"  Dbak  Will,  Brtnptan,  Kent,  I6th  Oct,  1768. 

"  Since  I  saw  you,  I  have  had  the  intention  of  embarkiDg  in  k 
scheme  that  I  think  will  prove  successful^  and  in  the  progress  df 
which  I  had  an  eye  towards  your  participating.  Mr.  Sandbyv 
Bookseller,  opposite  St.  Dunstan's  church,  has  entered  int6 
company  with  Snow  and  Denne,  Bankers.  I  was  introduced  to 
this  gentleman  about  a  week  ago,  upon  an  advantageous  offef 
of  succeeding  him  in  his  old  business  3  which,  by  the  advice  of 
xny  friends,  1  propose  to  accept.  Now,  although  I  have  little 
reason  to  fear  success  by  myself  in  tbb  undertaking;  yet  I  think 
so  many  additional  advantages  would  accrue  to  us  both,  were 
your  fbroes  and  mine  joined,  that  I  cannot  help  mentioning  it  to 
you^  and  making  you  the.  o^r  of  entering  into  company.  H^ 
resigns  to  me  the  lease  of  the  house ;  the  good-will  ■  | 
•ad  1  only  take  his  bound  stock,  and  fixtures,  at  a  iaxr  appraise* 
IDcnt;  which  will  not  amount  to  much  beyond  400i.;  andwhich^ 
if  ever  1  mean  to  part  with,  cannot  fail  to  bring  in  neariy  the 
same  sum.  The  shop  has  been  long  established  in  the  Trade;  it 
retains  a  good  many  old  customers ;  and  I  am  to  be  ushered  im^^ 
niediately  into  public  notice  by  the  sale  of  a  new  edition  of  Lord 
i^tteltoH*s  Dialogues;  and  afterwards  by  a  like  Edition  -oi  his 
History*  These  Works  I  shall  sell  by  commission,  upon  a  eer« 
tain  prafit,  without  risque  $  and  Mr.  Sandby  has  promised  to 
continue  to  me,  always,  his  good  oflices  and  recommendation.-^ 
These  are  the  general  outlines ;  and  if  you  entertain  a  notion 
that  the  conjunction  will  suit  you,  advise  me,  and  you  shall  be 
sttsumed  upon  equal  terms ;  for  1  write  to  you  before  the  affair  is 
finally  settled ;  not  that  I  shall  refiise  it  if  you  don*t  concur  (for 
I  am  determined  on  the  trial  by  myself)  $  but  that  I  think  it 
will  still  turn  out  better  were  we  joined ;  and  this  consideration 
sdone  prompts  me  to  write  to  you.  Many  Blockheads  in  the 
Trade  are  making  fortunes }  and  did  we  not  succeed  as  well  as 

they,  I  think  it  must  lie  imputed  only  to  ounelves 

Consider  what  I  have  proposed ;  and  send  me  your  answer  soon. 
Be  assured  in  the  mean  tune,  that  I  remain,  dear  Sir, 

*'  Your  affectionate  and  humble  servant,     John  M<^MuaaAY. 

*'  P.  S.  My  adviseiB  and  directors  in  this  al&ir  have  been,  T1k>* 
ynas  Gumming,  esq.  Mr.  Archibald  Paxton,  Mr.  Samuel  Pater* 
son  of  Essex-house,  and  Messrs.  J.  and  W.  Richardson,  Printers, 
These,  after  deliberate  reflection,  have  unanimously  thought  I 
should  accept  of  Mr.  Sandby's  o0^.*' 

''  No  reason,'*  my  Friend  Mr.  A  Chalmers  observes,  "  can  be 
Itfsigned  with  more  probability  for  Mr,  Falconer's  refosing  this 


730  LITERARY  ANECDOTElf. 

liberal  oflfer^  than  his  appmntnieAt,  immediately  after,  to  the 
pursership  of  the  Aurora  frigate,  which  was  oraered  to  cany 
out  to  India,  Messrs.  Vansittart,  Scraflon,  and  Forde,  as  Super- 
visors of  the  affairs  of  the  Company.  He  was  also  promised  the 
olBce  of  Private  Seci-etary  to  those  Gentlemen,  a  situation  irooi 
which  his  friends  conceived  the  hop^  that  hb  might  eventually 
obtain  lasting  advantages. — DU  aliter  vi^im** '  '   ^ 

Mr.  Murray,  .in  the  mean  time,  engaged  in  an- old  and  well- 
established  trade;  which,  from  Us  connexions  in  India  and  at 
Edinburgh*  he  considerably  extended.  For  a  short  period,  ai 
might  be  expected,  he  was  a  Novice  in  the  art  and  mysteiy 
of  Bookselling;  but  soon  became  a  regular  proficient;  anid  un- 
der his  auspices  many  useful  and  elegant  Works  were  ofiered  to 
the  learned  world.  One  of  his  earliest  publicatioDfl  was  the  '*BA* 
Uoiheca  Hoblyniana;  a  Catalogue  of  the  Library  of  Robert  Hob- 
lyn,  esq.**  which  liad  been  printed  for  John  Quicke,  esq.  of  £x« 
eter,  in  1769  (only  250  copies,  all  on  royal  paper  of  one  size). 

In  several  instances  Mr.  Murray  was  his  own  Publisher.    It 
18  very  common,  and  indeed  almost  proverbial^  for  Authon  to 
complain  of  their  Booksellers  (whether  justly  or  otherwise  I  shall 
not  stop  to  enquire) — but,  in  the  pamphlets  to  which  I  a]hide,the 
Bookseller  turns  the  tables.  —  In  1777 »  appeared,  "  A  L^terto  • 
W.  Mason,  M.  A.  Precentor  of  York,  concerning^  his  Edition  of 
Mr.  Gray*s  Poems,  and  the  Practices  of  Booksellers ;  by  a  Book- 
seller;** a  warm  expostulation  respecting  an  action  commenced 
against  him  in  the  Court  of  Chancery  by  Mr.  Mason,  for  print- 
ing Mr.  Gray*s  Poems,  his  (Mr.  Mason*s)  property.    In  this  case, 
Mr.  Murray  (as  appeared  by  the  decision  of  the  Lord  ChanceUor) 
had  the  wrong  side  of  the  argument    But  in  1784  he  had  the  ■ 
vantage  ground,  in  "  An  Author's  Conduct  to  thePablick,  stated 
in  the  behaviour  of  Dr.  William  CuUen^  his  Mi^esty's  Physician 
at  Edinburgh.*'    In  this  instance  Mr.  Murray  was  the  com- 
plainant, and  on  very  just  grounds.  **  Havings  upon  hand  84 
volumes  of  Dr.  CuUens  "  First  lines  of  the  Practice  of  Phy- 
sic,*' which  would  prove  no  better  than  waste  paper  if  he  was 
not  permitted  to  complete  them  in  sets  5  and  being*  informed 
that  it  was  not  the  Author's  intention  to  sell  the  additional 
two  volumes,  then  printing,  separately,  he  expostulated  with 
the  Doctor  on  the  subject,  in  two  letteiB>  dated  iki  April  and 
May  17S4  (the  first  being  unanswered),  and  desired  to  have  the 
new  edition  in  exchange  for  the  books  he  had>  volume  for  vokiroe, 
according  to  the  usual  custom  of  the  Trade.     In  answer,  at  last. 
Dr.  Cullen,  after  telling  liim  ^  shortly^  that  his  reasoning  is  not 
at  all  satisfying,  and  hb  examples  not  at  all  in  point,*  peremp- 
torily refused  to  give  an  indemnification.    This,  however,  we 
cannot  but  think,   with   Mr.  Murray,   '  every  rule  of  honesty 
and  fair-dealing  required;*   and  we  must  also,  with   him,  be 
astonished  at  the  Professor's  making  his  drcumstanoes  paitly  an 
excuse  ('  his  poverty,  not  his  will),  when  we  are  told,  that, 
*  on  a  moderate  coniputation>  he  has  realized  20001.  by  Uie  safe 

of 


PRINTERS  AND   BOOKSELLERS.  .    731 

f  this  work.' — ^Without  entering  into  other  paiticularsj  in  which 
lis  Majesty's  Physician  exhibits  such  specimens  of  shuffling  and 
lUtting  as  we  should  not  have  expected  ftx)m  a  Professor  of  so 
iberal  a  Science,  we  shall  only  add  an  extract  of  a  letter  from  his 
srlier  bookseller,  Mr  William  Creech,  of  May  25, 1784,  to  shew 
he  sentiments  of  his  countrymen  on  this  proceeding:  '  Dr.  Cullen 
OS  behaved  in  a  strange  manner  to  the  publick,  by  with-holdine 
he  fourth  volume  from  the  purchasers  of  the  three  former,  and 
obliging  them  to  buy  the  whole  book  anew. ...  I  am  perfectly 
lear  that  the  purchasers  of  the  three  former  volumes  have  aa 
mdoubted  ground  of  action  against  him. — I  mean  to  publish  a 
kotice  in  the  newspapers,  with  my  name,  stating  the  facts,  and 
nfoiming  the  publick,  that  the  with-holding  of  the  fourth  vo» 
ume  is  not  owing  to  me,  but  to  the  Doctor  himself.' — ^Profies- 
ions,  it  seems,  as  well  as  trades,  have  their  crafts.  Greai  is 
Diana  of  the  Ephesians  r—CGent  Mag.  vol.  LIV.  p.  92G.) 

Mr.  Murray  wrote  more  than  the  publick  were  in  general  aware 
ft,  and  was  an  Author  in  various  shapes.  One  of  his  most  for^ 
oidable  pamphlets  was  against  another  of  his  Authors,  intituled, 
'  The  Defence  of  Inncs  Munro,  Esq.  Captain  in  the  late  Se« 
-enty-third  or  Lord  Macleod's  Re^ment  of  Highlanders,  against  a 
^ai*ge  of  Plagiarism  from  the  Works  of  Dr.  William  Thompson; 
vith  the  original  Papers  on  both  Sides,  1790,"  8vo. — The  dis- 
mte  is  not  worth  reviving ;  but  many  of  the  Letters  in  it  shew 
liat  Mr.  Murray  had  obtainwl  the  style  of  Authorship. 

Mr.  Murray  b^an,  in  17^0,  a  volume  of  annual  intelligence, 
inder  the  title  of  "  The  London  Mercury ;"  and  in  January  1783 
xmimenced  "  Tl\e  English  Review,"  with  the  assistance  of  a  pha- 
lanx of  ablewrite'rs;  amongst  whom  were  Dr.  Whltakcr  the  His- 
:orian  of  Manchester,  Gilbert  Stuart,  &c.  &c. 

Mr.  Murray  died  Nov.  6,  1793 ;  and  was  succeeded  by  a  son, 
who  has  also  been  the  Publisher  of  several  other  ^-aluable  works ; 
md  has  particularly  distinguished  himself  by  giving  to  the  critical 
pvorld  "  The  Quarterly  Review,"  of  which  he  is  the  sole  Pro- 
prietor and  Publisher.  —  The  Editor  of  that  popular  publicatioiL 
IS  Mr.  Wiltiam  Gifford,  the  Translator  of  Juvenal,  and  author 
if  *'  The  Baviad"  and  "  Maeviad."  The  contributors  to  it  are 
rery  generally  believed  to  be  among  the  leading  political  and  lite- 
rary characters  of  the  age,  and  it  has  already  reached  a  circular* 
tion  little  short  of  6000.  —  Mr.  Murray  is  now  on  ihc  eve  of  re-  . 
moving  to  Albemarle-street,  as  successor  to  Mr.  William  Miller ; 
>f  whom  see  p.  681. 

Mr.  John  Newbery,  many  years  a  respectable  Bookseller  in  St, 
E^ul*s  Church-yard,  is  characteriz(»d  by  the  late  Sir  John  Haw- 
tins  as  **  a  man  of  good  understanding,  and  of  great  probity."-— 
''  He  suggested  (as  Mr.  Chalmej-s  obser\es,  in  his  Preface  to  The 
[dler)  the  plan  of  many  useful  corapibitions  for  the  younar,  or 
those  who  had  more  curiosity  than  leisure  to  read ;  and  generallf 
employed  men  of  considenible  talents  in  siu'ch  undertakings."  Many 
l^ow  living  may  perhaps  remember  the  plea-iir.  ihey  derived  troofK 
Ifr.  Newbery*8  little  books>  for ''  maater^  wsid  ixu^r  ^\  vsoa 


733  LITERAaY  ANECDOTES. 

of  which  he  was  the  reiHited  author.  Among  the  best  of  thei^  . 
may  be  reckoned  the  brief  Histoiies  of  the  Tower  of  Lomktt* 
of  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  and  of  Westminster  Abbey,  all  compiled 
by  David  Henry,  esq.  and  of  which  several  large  editkmi  vert 
rapidly  sold ;  and  ''The  World  Displayed/*  to  which  Dr.  Johuoa 
wrote  an  historical  introduction.  In  1758,  he  prqjected  a  newi- 
paper,  called  "  The  Universal  Chronicle,  or  Weekly  Gazette,**  ia 
which  Dr.  Johnson's  celebrated  **  Idler**  was  first  printed.  Ia 
this  Weekly  Journal  Dr.  Johnson  is  said  to  have  been  allowed  ^ 
share  3  for  wh'tch  he  was  to  furnish  a  short  essay  on  such  suljecti 
of  a  general  or  temporary  kind  as  might  suit  the  taste  of  News* 
paper  readers,  and  distinguish  that  publication  from  its  contam* 
poiaries.  Sir  John  Hawkins  assigns  as  a  reason  for  Bfr.  New« 
Dery*s  wishing  to  have  an  Eisatf  in  his  paper,  '^  that  the  oocoT'* 
rences  during  the  intervals  of  its  publication  were  not  suffjcieait 
to  fill  its  columns.**  "If  that  was  the  case,**  adds  Mr.  Chalmfn» 
'*  it  is  a  curious  particular  in  the  history  of  political  Intdlmence. 
Those  who  now  print  weekly  papers  find  it  not  onfy  diffirufi»  but 
impossible,  to  contain  half  of  the  articles  whic^h  have  entertained 
other  readers  during  the  intervab  of  publication^  and  whi^i 
from  the  common  imi)ulse  of  domestic  or  public  curioBty, 
their  readers  think  they  have  a  right  to  eiqpect.'*  Let  it  be  re*  . 
membered,  however,  that  to  the  Editor  of  a  Newspaper,  the 
^parliamentary  Proceedings  were  then  forbidden  fruit. 
•  Mr.  Newber)'  was  the  first  of  the  profsssion  who  introduced  tbs 
regular  system  of  a  Juvenile  Library ;  and  the  several  little  boob 
which  he  published  for  that  purpose  were  hk;hly  creditable  to  his 
head  and  his  heart.  Mr.  Newbery  died  Dec.  M,  17^. — See 
some  particulars  (very  advantageous  to  hie  character)  of  so 
altercation  between  Mr.  Newbery  and  Dr.  HiU«  in  Gent.  Biig, 
vol.  XXII.  p.  600.  —  He  was  the  liberal  patron  c^  CSizistcnher 
Smai*t ;  and  was  also  the  confidential  ftiend  of  Dr.  James,  wtiose 
ftunous  Fever  Powders  were  sold  by  him  till  his  deaths  and  still 
continue  to  be  sold  by  his  son. 

Mr.  Nolt,  Bookseller,  at  theQueen*8  Arms  in  Pdl  Mell,  is  aname 
i?vhich  comes  among  the  early  Distributors  of  Books  by  Auction.  Ho 
published,  ''  A  Catdo^e  of  vendible  and  useful  Eu^lieh  and  La- 
tin Books  on  most  Subjects,  and  in  all  Volumes ;  v^ch  will  be 
sold  by  Auction,  on  Monday  next  the  ISth  instant  (Hq),  168d-9» 
at  the  Three  Half  Moons  in  St.  Paul's  Chim:h-yard^  Rmniig  the 
Woollen-drapers.  Catalogues  are  distributea,  graiU,  at  Blr. 
Nott's,  at  tlie  Queen's  Armes  in  the  Pell-mell,  at  the  Flower-de- 
luee  in  Little  Britain,  and  at  the  Place  of  Sale  every  Afternoon, 
1688-9.*  It  is  to  this  Publisher,  and  not  to  Mr.  Nutt^  that 
punt'.m's  character  (see  vol.  I.  p.  311)  applies. 

John  Nourse,  esq.  Bookseller  to  his  Msyes^,  died  April  S4» 
1780.  He  was  himself  a  man  of  science^  particulurly  in  the  matbe- 
matical  line ;  in  which  depaitment  a  great  numbeif  of  valuable 
publications  htic  by  him  introduced  into  the  world.  He  also  pub-. 
lishcd  a  considerable  number  of  French  books.  After  the  death 
Qf  Mi\  Mouv^e,  l]Uv^  ^:i;\j&x^v\^\^\>s^v:i^K^  ^  ^^  Vtf^Nkait  vim  carried 


PRINTERS  AND   BOOKSELLERS.  ^$^ 

i>  with  indeCeititfable  diligence,  by  Mr.  Francis  Wingrave,  for  the 
inefit  of  Mr.  (fftenrarda  Sir  Chailes)  Nourse,  an  eminent  Sur* 
xm  at  Oxford^  equally  distinguished  for  the  long  period,  and  the 
oinence  of  hb  practice.  He  received  the  honour  of  Knighthood, 
1^.  15,  1766,  on  his  Ms^esty^s  visit  to  the  University.  He  was 
contemporary  student  and  pupil  with  the  celebrated  Mr.  Pbtt ; 
'  similar  vivacity,  temper,  and  manners,  and  of  equal  celebrity 
r  professional  abilities  and  knowledge.  He  had  long  laboured 
ider  a  severe  dropsical  complaint;  which  terminated  fhtally 
pril  19, 1789.  —  Mr.  Wingrave  was  his  successor  in  the  long- 
tablished  shop  in  the  Strand. 

BIr.  Richard  Nutt,  Printer  in  the  Savoy  in  1724,  and  after* 
irds  many  years  Printer  of  The  London  Evening  Post,  had 
ng  retlreafktmi  business,  and  died  ipBartletts-builcungs  Mareh 
I,  1780^  St.  86. — See  more  of  hii^  in  Gent.  Mag.  1755,  voL 
XV.  pp.  311,569. 

Mr.  John  Oliver,  Printer  to  the  Society  for  promoting  Christian 
Dowledee,  carried  on  a  considerable  business  in  Bartholomew- 
ose;  where  he  died  Jan.  19,  1775,  st.  73. 
Mr.  Samuel  Palmer  vfBS  an  eminent  Printer;  and  made  himself 
markable  by  his  impartial  "  History  of  Printing,*'  in  4to.  in 
hich  he  was  assisted  by  that  singular  but  learned  character, 
eoi^  Psalmanazar.  Dr.  Franklin,  of  America,  worked  jour- 
^man  with  him  while  in  London.  Mr.  Palmer  died  in  173^. 
Henry  Parkeir,  esq.  sometime  an  eminent  Stationer  and  Print* 
Her  in  G)mhill,  and  many  years  Deputy  of  that  Ward,  quitted 
isiness  in  1774,  on  purchasing  the  important  office  of  Clerk  of 
le  Chamber  at  Guildhall,  which  he  held  till  within  a  fow  months 
*  his  death ;  when,  agreeably  to  the  terms  of  his  purchase,  he 
ienated  the  ofRce  to  Mr.  James  Boudon,  his  principal  assistant. 
br.  Parker  was  Master  of  the  Company  of  Stationers  in  1801 ; 
here  (as  in  every  other  department  of  life)  his  general  know- 
dge  of  City  business,  and  die  remarkable  placidity  of  his  man- 
nns,  veiy  much  endeared  him  to  a  circle  of  sincere  friends.  He 
ed  at  Stoke  Newington,  in  his  S4th  year,  Aug.  38,  1809.— 
is  only  son,  John  Henry  Parker,  M.  A.  is  Gresham  Professor  of 
ivinity,  and  Curate  of  Wanstead  in  Essex. 
Mr.  Samuel  Paterson*  was  son  of  a  respectable  woollen-draper 
the  parish  of  Saint  Paul,  Covent-garden,  and  born  March  17f 
T2S.  He  lost  his  father  when  about  the  age  of  12  years  ;  and 
3  guardian  not  only  neglected  him,  but  involved  his  property 
rilis  own  bankruptcy,  and  sent  him  to  France.  Having  there 
quired  a  knowledge  of  foreign  literature  and  publications  be* 
nod  any  persons  of  his  age,  he  resolved  to  engage  in  the  impc»t- 
Ion  of  fbretgn  books  ^  and,  when  little  more  than  20  years 
d,  opened  a  sho|^  in  the  Strand :  the  only  person  who  then  car- 
ed on  such  a  trade  being  Paul  Vaillant.  ITiough,  by  the  mis- 
induct  of  some  who  were  charged  with  his  commissions  in  se- 

TbiS  article  should  have  been  incorpontted  with  that  given  in  p.  488. 


734  LITEEAET    AX£CPOTE&. 


wenl  parts  of  the  CoDtineat,  it  pcoved  mivmrrwikd  to  tke 
adwentunr,  he  contijuwd  in  basinet  tiO  1733»  when  he 
Dr.  Pettingal's  Ditfertation.    At  the  suae  eari^  period  ia  whick 
be  engaged  in  buaioesA  he  had  married  Mi»  Hainihoa^  a  Uf  if 
the  Dv»t  respectable  canneuons  in  Nocth  Britain^  stiD  jooa^ 
than  hiDwelf,  both  their  ages  not  making  38  yean.  He  next  com- 
menced Auctioneer  in  EMex-houae.   Thi&  penod  of  his  lifie  tesded 
to  de^elope  completely  those extraoidinary  talents  in  Bibtiogn^ 
(a  science  till  then  m>  little  attended  to)  ivhich  soon  brought  Ibb 
into  tlie  notice  of  the  Uterary  world.    The  vmluable  coUectioo  of 
MSS.  belonging  to  the  Right  Hon.  Sir  Julius  Caesar,  knL  Jodg? 
of  the  Admiralty  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and,  in  the 
reign  of  James  I.  and  Charles  1.  Chancellor  and  Under-trasanr 
of  the  Exchequer,  had  fidlen  into  the  hands  of  some  wwin^MrofW 
penbons,  and  were  on  the  point  of  beii^  sold  by  weight  to  i 
cheesemonger,  as  wai»te  pajier,  for  the  sum  of  ten  pounds  ^  sane 
of  them  liappeued  to  be  shewn  to  Mr.  Paterson,  who  esamiMd 
them,  and  instantly  discovered  theu*  value.     He  then  digested  i 
masterly  Catalogue  of  the  whole  collection,  and,  distributing  it  in 
several  thoasands  of  the  most  singular  and  interesting  heads, 
caused  thrra  to  be  sold  by  auction,  which  produced  3S6/. ;  and 
had  among  the  purcliascrs  the  late  I»rd  Orford,  and  other  per* 
sons  of  rank,    lliese  occurrences  took  place  in  the  year  1757. 
The  fii-Et  person  who  attempted  to  give  a  sketch  of  uni%'ersal  Bib- 
liography and  Literary  History  was  the  learned  and  laborious  Chris* 
topher-.Augustus  Hermann,  proftssor  in  the  University  of  Gottin- 
g<'n,  in  1718,  when  he  published  his  well-known  work,  "  Cod* 
flpectus  Reipubiicae  Literariae,  ftivc  Via  ad  Historiam  Literariam;" 
which  gradually  went  through  seven  editions,  the  last  of  which 
was  published  at  Hanover,  176*3.     Nuntberless  other  works,  ana-  • 
logous  to  this,  were  published  in  the  same  interval,  in  Gi*rmany. 
About  the  period  alluded  to,  many  detailed,  descri])tive»  and  ra- 
tional Catalogues  of  books  ii])poared  in  the  several  countries  of 
Kui*oi)e;    the  art  and  tiie  tiiste  of  constructing  libraries  became 
more  general  than  in  any  preceding  age  -j  and  the  only  thiiig  . 
which  appears  worthy  of  remark,  and  rather  unaccountable,  is 
that,  even  after  the  progress  of  Philosophy  or  Bibliography,  the 
Ciennans,  in  this  department,  have  excell^  every  other  people  in 
Europe.     It  is  imiversuUy  acknowledged,  that  the  best  work  of 
the  kind  that  ever  appeai'cd,  about  that  time,  was  the  Catalogue 
of  the  celebrated  Libraiy  of  the  Count  of  Bunau,  better  knowu 
imdcrtlic  name  of'  Bibliotheca  Bunaviana,**  so  remarkable,  in- 
deed, for  number,  selection,  order,  connexion,  references,  and  uni- 
versal interest.    The  only  historical  system  of  national  literature  • 
exhibited  in  Europe  was  that  of  the  Italian,  by  Tiraboschi.    Mr.  • 
Putcrson  wupplied  some  imjiortant  materials  towards  one  among 
ourselves,  in  his  *'  Bibliotheca  Angiica  Curiosa,  1 77 1  -*  He  was  an 
enemy  to  those  systems  of  Bibliography  which  arc  now  generally 
practised  on  the  Continent ;  and  he  set  no  iinportance  even  on 
the  newly-established  classification  of  the  "  Universal  Repertory 
Qf  Literature,*'  \w\AV5\v&ii  ^\  J^xv^,    We  hope,  indeed,  that  those 

mnon§ 


PRINTERS   AND    BOOKSELLERS.  J$S 

oDg  the  readers  themselves,  who  have  happened  to  look  at  the 
)ve-mentk>ncd  Catalogue,  will  not  only  coincide  with  our  Bib* 
g;rapher*$  opinion,  but  will  perhaps  smile  at  seeing  all  the    • 
mches  of  human  knowledge  confined  in  sixteen  diisst^s,  and 
i  last  of  them  intituled  '*  Miscellaneous  Works  j**  the  proper 
aning  of  whicli  words  has  a  tendency  to  destroy  the  whole 
ssification  1     Mr.  Peterson  acted  consbtently  with  these  ideas 
all  his  bibliographical  performances ;  and  it  is  owing  to  the 
irit  of  an  appropriate,  circumstantial,  and  judicious  classifica- 
in,  that  his  Catalogues  are  unrivaled,  and  some  of  them  are 
3tly  regarded  as  models.  We  refer  the  readers  to  the  Catalogues    • 
emsclves,   and  especially  to   the  Bibliotheca  Fleetwoodiana, 
,'auclerkiaAa,  Croftsiana,  PinelUana,  published  from  time  to 
ne,  as  well  as  to  those  of  tlie  Strange,  Fagel,  and  Tyssen  Li- 
wes,  which  he  performed  within  the  two  last  years  of  his  life ; 
id  they  will  perceive  in  each  of  them  an  admirable  spirit  of  or* 
it,  exhibited  in  different  ways,  and  suggested  by  those  superior 
nlities  which  alone  can  discover  and  appreciate  these  vaiiable 
>mbinations  of  the  several  circumstances.   A  man  so  thoroughly  * 
snveFijant  in  the  history  of  Literature  could  not  foil  to  perceive 
lat  a  vast  number  of  books  were  held  as  valuable  and  scarce  in 
ingland,  which  were  rather  common  in  other  countries.    He 
lought  he  could  do  his  native  country  an  essential  service,  and 
rocure  emolument  for  liimself,  if  he  should  undertake  a  journey 
lirough  some  parts  of  the  Continent,  and  succeed  in  purchasing 
ome  articles  of  this  description.    With  this  view  he  set  out  for 
he  Continent  in  1776,  and  actually  bought  a  capital  collection 
f  books,  which,  on  his  return  to  England,  he  digested  in  the 
Catalogue  (the  best,  perhaps,  of  his  performances)  that  bears  the 
itle  of  "  Bibliotheca  Univci'salis  Selecta.**     W^e  are  concerned 
hat  we  have  it  not  in  our  power  to  relate  here,  with  perspicuity 
jid  precision,  an  interesting  anecdote  which  took  place  during 
lir.  Patei-son's  stay  on  the  Continent.     One  of  the  most  respect- 
ible  Booksellers  of  London  had  been  his  fellow-traveller  in  that 
oumey  -,  and,  being  informed  of  his  design,  and  relying  on  his 
rood  sense  and  excellent  intention,  offered  him  his  friendly  assist- 
mce.     He  lent  him  a  thousand  pounds,  to  be  employed  inan  ad- 
litional  purchase  of  books,  in  hopes  that  he  might  luive  the  mo- 
ney returned  to  him  when  the  sixiculation  was  carried  into  exe- 
cution.    Mr.  Paterson,  as  usual,  proved  unsuccessful ;  and  the 
generous  friend,  sympathising  in  his  mistbrtimes,  never  afterwards  * 
claimed  the  return  of  his  loan ! — Mr.  Paterson's  feune  had  come    • 
to  the  ears  of  a  Nobleman  *  of  high  respecUibility,  from  his  excel- 
lent moral  character,  his  love  of  learning,  and  lus  political  and 
oratorical  abilities.    This  eminent  pei-son  requested  the  learned 
Bibliographer  to  arrange  his  elegant  and  ^^uable  hbrary,  to  com- 
pile a  detailed  catalogue  of  his  books  and  manuscripts,  and  to  ac- 
cept, for  the  purpose,  the  place  of  his  Librarian,  with  a  libei-ai 
salaiy.    The  offer  was  too  generous,  and  the  projector  of  it  too 

•  Tbe  Earl  of  Sh«lbume,  nftcfHardi  the  first  Marquis  of  Lansdown. 

rea^ct9.U\A« 


1^6  LITERART  ANECDOTES. 

respectable,  not  to  meet  with  an  imniediaite  oompliaoee.    Mr. 
Paterson  according  entered  into  the  oflice  of  Lihnuian,  re- 
mained in  it  for  some  years,  and  perhaps  expected  to  dux  hb 
life  in  the  same  station  |  when,  unlbrtunatefy,  a  miaundeTStand- 
Sng  took  place  between  the  noble  Lord  and  Imn,  hm  whidi  he  wai 
obliged  to  withdraw.    We  have  cursorily  and  rehiclantly  notieed 
this  fact,  as  it  is  unpleasant  to  consider  that  an  event  of  this  Idod 
should  ever  have  taken  place  between  two  eminent  chanden, 
each  of  which  was  of  the  greatest  importance  in  ita  own  line.-* 
•  Mr.  Peterson  was  a  writer  of  some  consideration,  and  tram  time 
to  time  indulged  in  several  publications,  to  none  of  which  he 
ever  put  his  name.    The  first,  in  order  of  time.  Is,  to  our  knoiv^ 
ledge,  "  Another  Traveller;  or.  Cursory  Remarks  made  upon  a 
Journey  through  Part  of  the  Netherlands,  by  Coriat,  jnn.  la 
1766,"  3  vols,  l^mo.j  the  second  is,  "  The  Joineriana ;  or.  The 
Book  of  Scraps  ;*'  2  vols.  8vo.  1772,  consisting^  of  phikaophicai 
and  literary  a})horisms  ;  the  third  is  **  The  Templar,**  a  periocyad 
pap(*r,  of  which  only  14  numbers  appear  to  have  been  published, 
and  the  last  of  them  in  December  1773,  intended  as  an  attad 
on  the  Newspapers  for  advertising  eccksiastical  offices,  andphon 
of^trust  under  Government;  and  the  last  is,  "  Speculations  oa 
Law  and  Lawyers,  177^,*'  tending  to  evince  the  danger  and  im- 
propriety of  personal  arrests  for  debt  previous  to  any  verification. 
•    At  the  pressing  solicitations  of  hi^  Mends,  he  consented,  as  soon 
as  the  Fagel  catalogue  was  completed,  to  undertake  some  "Me< 
moirs  of  the  Vicissitudes  of  Liteiature  in  England  during  the  lat- 
ter Half  of  the  Eighteenth  Century  ;*'  for  which  it  washoped  io 
vain  that  some  materials  might  be  fbund  among  his  pape». 

Mr.  Roger  Payne,  the  celebrated  Bookbinder  in  Duke*s-court, 
St.  Martin's-lanc,  died  Nov.  20, 1797»  to  the  no  small  regret  of  se- 
veral founders  of  magnificent  libraries.    This  ingenious  man  in-  - 
troduceda  style  of  binding,  uniting  elegance  with  durability,  such 
as  no  person  has  ever  been  able  to  imitate.     Ue  may  be  ranked, 
indeed,  among  artists  of  the  greatest  merit.    The  ornaments  he  - 
employed  wei*e  chosen  \^  ith  a  classical  taste,  and,  in  many  in- 
stances, appropriated  to  the  subject  of  the  work,  or  the  age  and 
time  of  the  author;  and  each  book  of  his  binding  was  accompa- 
nied by  a  written  description  of  the  ornaments,  in  a  most  precise 
and  curious  style.     His  chef  dTceuvre  is  his  iEschylus,  in  the  pos- 
session of  Earl  Spencer,  the  ornaments  and  decorations  of  which 
are  most  splendid  and  classical.    The  binding  of  the  book  ccst 
the  noble  Earl  fifteen  guineas.    Those  who  are  not  accustomed 
to  see  book-binding  executed  in  any  other  than  the  comnoon 
manner,  can  have  no  idea  of  the  merits  of  the  deceased,  who 
lived  without  a  rival,  and,  we  fear,  died  without  a  successor. 
.  His  remains  were  decently  intcired  in  the  burying-ground  of  St. 
Martin's  in  the  Fields,  at  the  ex|)ence  of  that  respectable  and  up- 
right Bookseller,  the  late  Mr.  Thomas  Payne,  then  i-esident  in 
that  parish,  to  whom,  in  a  ^vcat  measure,  the  admirers  of  thy 
ingenious  man's  ))crfoniiaiiccs  may  feel   themselves  indebUxl 
foi'  tl\e  prolongvxVioti  o^  \\\s  \\fc\  having  for  t^c  last  eight  vears 

uf 


PRIKTERS  AKD  BOOKSELLERS.  ^37 

f»f  his  life  (with  that  goodness  of  heart  !br  which  his  hstatj  Is 
distinguished)  provided  him  with  a  regular  pecuniary  assistanoe^ 
both  for  the  support  of  his  hody  and  the  performance  of  hit 
%vork.  What  adds  to  the  credit  of  this  is^  that  this  poor  man 
had  not  a  proper  command  of  himself;  fbr>  formerly,  when  in 
possession  of  a  few  pounds,  he  would  live  jovially;  when  that  wm 
exhausted,  almost  famishing.  It  may  be  pro])er  to  remark,  that> 
although  his  name  was  spelt  exactly  as  his  Patron's,  he  was  not 
related  to  him.  His  name-ake*s  regard  to  him  did  not  end  with  * 
his  life  ;  for  the  worthy  possessor  of  the  name  of  Thomas  Paynt 
liad  a  small  whole  length  of  the  man  at  his  work,  in  his  deplor€U>U 
working  room,  engraved  at  his  own  expence. 

John  Peele,  es({.  a  very  considci-able  Bookseller  in  Paternoster* 
row,  died  Sept.  8,  1771. 

Mr.  John  Reeves,  an  eminent  Law  Printer  in  the  Savoy,  died 
in  December  17^7. 

Mr.  Daniel  Richards  died  Aug.  8,  1802,  at  his  house  near  St» 
Andrew's  Church,  Holborn,  a^ed  87.  He  had  long  been  father 
of  that  parish,  where  he  had  kepi  a  Stationer's  shop  more  than 
€0  years.  He  was  Master  of  the  Company  of  Stationers  in  177S> 
mnd  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  &ther  of  the  Company. 

Mr.  IVilliam  Richardson,  many  years  Bookseller  in  Comhill^ 
died  Feb.  2,  18 1 1,  set.  75.  Two  of  his  Nephews  are  established* 
in  the  same  profession,  creditably,  in  different  houses  in  Comhill. 

Mr.  Thomas  Rickaby,  of  Peterborough-court,  Fleet-street^ 
died  Aug.  21,  1802,  set.  49.  He  printed  "  The  British  Otitic /* 
and  was  in  many  other  respects  a  Printer  of  eminence. 

Mr.  John  Rider,  Printer,  of  Little  Britain,  died  April  1^ 
1800.  Returning  home  from  Stationers*-hall,  he  dropped  down 
in  an  apoplectic  fit  in  Warwick-lane,  Newgate-street,  and  iu* 
stantly  expired.  He  was  one  of  the  sons  of  the  Rev.  William  Ri« 
der,  B.  A.  lecturer  of  St.  Vedast,  Foster-lane,  curate  of  St.  Faith*Sj 
and  many  years  sur-master  of  St.  Pauls  school).  Author  of  a 
**  Historyof  England  to  the  Year  1763  inclusive,"  in  Fifty  Pocket 
Volumes ;  a  "  Commentary  on  the  Bible  ;**  an  '^  English  Diction* 
ary ;"  and  other  works.    He  died  March  30,  1785. 

Mr.  James  Roberts,  a  Printer  of  great  eminence^  was  three  dmef 
Master  of  the  Stationers  Company,  1729,  1730,  1731.  He  died 
Nov.  %  1754,  aet.  85. 

Mr.  Henry  Sabine,  formerly  conductor  of  The  Chester  Courant, 
died,  at  an  advanced  age,  in  September  1800.  He  was  one  of 
the  compositors  who,  in  the  year  1762,  were  arrested  by  Govern^ 
ment  on  a  charge  of  printing  Mr.  Wilkes's  memorable  N*  45 1 
on  which  occasion  ^r.  Sabine  and  the  other  compositors  r&* 
ceived  300^  each  for  false  imprisonment. 

Mr.  Edward  Say,  many  years  a  respectable  Printer,  and  Mastef 
of  the  Company  of  Stationers  in  17e>3,  died  in  May  1769.— Hll 
son  Charles  Green  Say,  well  known  as  Printer  of  '*  The  Crazet* 
teer,**  "  General  Evening  Post,*'  and  other  Newspapers,  died  in 
November  1775. 

Mr.  John  Sewell,  Bookseller  in  Comhill,  died  Nov.  19,  \Wl^ 
«t.  68,  respected  and  regretted  by  a  numeroxJA  <uxd^  cJl  ttv^\i^. 

Vol.  hi.  3  B  — ^ 


735 

— If ''  ajiboDOt  iiiin>  rbe  Dobkst  work  of  God.~  sac^  i  -xir 
JoftiiiScr««:U}  who,  with  Mme 
ft  mix^  atfMi  tfirit,  c^  nbkii  iIk  atstzj  axad  vmhat  oacl:  -31I7  x 
duljr  otiffiutfrH  b)r  rlvjie  who  ware  adsdned  u>  c^  fc-^-'^>g  1:- 
qu^iitaiKX.  Hia  (hop  wat  tkt  wtU-luxmn  m*jn  c^  i£e  £r< 
mercantile  choracten  in  the  CitT,  putknsiriT  tb^jt^  a^K^af  to  Lie 
£a*t  Indies,  ubo  were  used  there  to  fttl  moreof  tbe  £nBet>:€n  izd 
caM;  </f  their  cnm  parlours,  than  the  restrictiaos  of  a  hoiue  cf 
trade  -,  yet  Mcb  ti^afr  the  effect  of  loog-e*! aKfe-thf.-.  i  method,  frjt^, 
perhafM,  io'all  Loodoo,  aebopoould  ixK  be  naoKd.  in  vLidia) 
much  \ni!>iatsif>  fras  daily  transacted  with  90  Kttk  ba«^  or  osZesLi* 
tion.  Mr.  Sewell,  alxiut  the  year  177S,  succeeded  Mr.  BruAttrtom 
(with  whom  he  had  been  some  time  partner)  in  the  same  bjafe 
wherein  tu:  died,  and  wa.s  one  of  the  oddest  Book^lers  in  L<fifKVv>, 
He  |KJueMed,  besides  liis  profiettional  judgment  of  books,  a  to«e- 
falile  knowk>%eof  mechankrks,  particularly  of  ship-boiidicsr,  on- 
der»tood  tlie  nature  and  properties  of  timber,  and  w^as  the  f«xjnder 
and  most  zealous  promoter  of  a  Society  for  tiie  Improrement  of 
Naval  Architecture.  He  was  alao  the  occasion  of  a  most  beneficial 
improvement  beiug  ma/ie,  some  years  ago,  in  Comhill,  a  place 
which  liad  sustained  prodigious  losses  by  conflagrations.  Fiodm^ 
that  a  difficulty  of  gaining  a  ready  supply  of  water  wms,  in  most 
caaes^  the  cause  of  the  mischief  extending,  he  conceived  the  idea 
of  a  tank,  or  reservoir,  to  be  laid  under  the  coach  pavement  of 
the  street,  which,  being  kept  always  full  of  water,  is  a  perpetual 
and  ready  resource  in  cases  of  fire  happening  in  that  vicinity.  Id 
profif  of  his  loyalty  and  public  spirit,  it  need  only  be  said,  that  be 
wa^  one  of  the  fintt  supporters,  and  named  on  the  first  Committee, 
of  the  Loyal  Association  at  the  Crown  and  Anchor,  in  ir92f  bj 
the  operation  and  influenc-e  of  which,  the  Nation  was  presened 
from  tlie  niinous  eflforts  of  Republicans  and  Levellers^  and,  when 
tlie  kingdom  was  alarmed  and  confounded  by  the  mutiny  in  our 
Fleets,  he  drew  up,  axkd  at  his  own  expence  circulated,  **  Propo- 
sals, in  detail,  for  a  Marine  Voluntary  Association,  for  mannins: 
in  Feroon  the  Channel  Fleet,  the  antient  and  natural  Defence  of  Old 
England."  The  object,  however,  was  happily  rendered  unneces- 
sary by  the  return  of  our  brave  Seamen  to  reason  and  their  duty. 

The  following  Address  ''  To  Booksellers/'  was  published  soon 
after  Mr.  Scwell's  death :  "The  numerous  instances  of  liberalit}*  and 
kindness  which  I  have  experienced  from  the  Trade  during  a  senn- 
tudc  of  30  years,  have  made  a  due  impression  on  my  mind,  and  de- 
mand my  warmest  acknowledgments.  Having  commenced  business 
on  my  own  account,  I  beg  to  assure  that  respectable  body,  that, 
to  merit  a  continuance  of  their  esteem,  1  will  spare  no  exertions 
in  promoting  their  interest,  by  the  sale  of  any  publications  that 
they  may  entrust  to  my  care  in  the  city.  At  the  same  time,  they 
niubt  allow  me  most  earnestly  to  request,  that  in  no  case  may  my 
name  be  inserted  in  the  imprint  of  any  book  or  pamphlet  without 
having  been  first  consulted,  and  given  my  assent  5  as  I  have  de- 
termined Btiictly  to  tread  in  the  footsteps  of  my  late  worthy  and 
respected  i^SAl^r,  ^,  ^^vi€!^>  ^\y(^  ^o^  ue\'er  sanction  by  hi* 


PRINTERS  AND  BOOKSELLERS.  739 

Yiame,  or  vend  in  his  shop,  publications  that  might  by  any  con*- 
etttiction  be  deemed  ofifensive  to  the  Government  of  a  Countrv 
whose  Laws  and  Constitution  are  the  admimtion  of  the  world. 

James  Aspbrnb,  Jan.  26>  1808. 

Mr.  Richard  Shaw,  a  worthy,  unassuming  Printer,  in  Silver- 
JBtreet,  Whitefriars,  died  at  Pentonville,  Jan.  ^,  1801,  aet.  65; 

Mr.  Paul  Steevens,  Bookseller,  died  either  in  December  1767, 
or  in  Janimry  1709, 

Mr.  John  Vowell,  formerly  an  eminent  Stationer  in  Watling* 
sti-eet,  died,  at  his  apartments  in  Sion  College,  March  26, 1801, 
«et.  93.  Till  within  three  weeks  of  his  dissolution,  he  was  an  ao 
tivc  and  useful  member  of  the  Court  of  Assistants  of  the  Stationers* 
Company,  of  which  he  was  Master  in  1767>  and  had  long  been 
the  father.  He  was  universally  esteemed,  for  perfect  urbanity  of 
manners,  and  unaffected  goodness  of  heart. 

John  H'alkden,  esq.  (son  of  Mr.  Richard  Walkden,  an  old  mem- 
ber of  the  Company  of  Stationers,  who  died  in  1780),  was  a  Sta- 
tioner in  Shoe-lane ;  where  he  long  cariied  on  a  very  extensive 
trade,  in  quills  particularly,  and  a  beautifully  black  ink;  and 
acquired  a  handsome  fortune  with  an  unexceptionable  character. 
He  was  passionately  fond  of  Handel's  music,  of  which"^  he  pds« 
fiessed  a  sufficient  quantity  to  make  a  sale  of  six  days.  At  his 
hou.^>e  in  Highbury-place  he  built  a  very  spacious  music  room,  in 
which  he  placed  the  bust  of  Handel  over  an  excellent  organ,  on 
which  he  was  a  complete  {)erformer.  He  had  abo  a  house  at 
Old  Windsor,  where  he  died,  June  14,  1S08. 

Mr.  John  Watts,  a  Printer  of  first-rate  eminence,  who  has  be* 
fore  been  mentioned  as  the  able  coadjutor  of  the  Tonsans,  died 
Sept.  26,  1763,  aet.  85. 

AUington  fi'ilde,  esq.  a  very  old  member  of  the  Company  of  Sta- 
tioners, died  in  Aldersgate-sticet,  Dec.  28,  1770;  and  was  at  that 
time  the  oldest  Printei*  in  England.  H'ls  father  died  in  1731 ;  see 
vol.  IV.  p.  596. 

Mr.  John  Worrall,  a  very  worthy,  industrious,  and  intelligent 
Tradesman,  was  bom  in  or  near  Reading.  His  profession  was 
originally  that  of  a  Bookbinder;  but,  having  been  encouraged 
to  open  a  shop  as  a  Bookseller;  he  took  a  house  in  Bell-yard; 
Temple-bar,  which  had  formerly  been  the  Bell  inn.  In  1731, 
he  compiled  and  published  a  very  useful  volume,  intituled, 
*'  Bibliothcca  Legum  Angliae,"  of  which  he  afterwards  printed 
several  Editions,  in  1735,  1738,  1740,  and  the  last  in  1768. 
He  also  published  another  little  piece,  now  very  scarce,  inti- 
tuled, "  Bibliotheca  Topographica  Anglicana,  1736/*  Having 
purchased  several  valuable  MSS.  he  was  induced  to  employ  an 
able  professional  hand  to  digest  and  methodize  them ;  and,  by 
the  help  of  a  considerable  loan  from  a  friend,  was  enabled 
to  publish,  in  three  folio  volumes,  the  valuable  work  which 
bears  the  name  of  '*  Edward  Wood's  Compleat  Body  of  Convey- 
ancing, 1749"  (since  frequently  re-printed).  His  friends  were 
alarmed  at  the  hazard  he  ran  by  so  expensive  a  speculation  % 
and  the  more  so,  as  there  had  then  recently  appeared  «.  ^c^ 
?cr>'  similar  to  it,  under  the  title  of  <*  PrectikuX^  m  Cwci«^ 

3  bS  ^stfivo^ 


I 


74© 

ttrh^T  ahie  CooBBeL  vrijft  prooer  TjUes,  ITM."  i  -w-^ 

kiri  file  fvK^Hiom  §ar  the  owr  ^^sbo?  Bakr  wd 
iflBX  Mct^  fmce  vQf  iLr^iF*  ■cxK&zjeK  soqk  gk 
1  tiK  IVopnKfofi.     Dv  the  cBeo^n^ffSQEssi  Mr. 
Worrall  r^fxri^,  h^  wab  f«'X)B  ezabfed  to  eradfr  !^  ^jvb  k(>> 

bf  as  ad  of  strict  jimkil    la  dK  oa3et  of 

a  gOEDpngitioa  imii  hi§  crediton;  boL.  as  soon  m  k 
Ik  KXit  for  tiKm  afl,  and  IbBr  paid  tkem  the  A  fc  '■  ■« 
1b  tlK  Prdboe  to  In  LdnrCatak]rne,'iB  irA,Mr.WovnB 
^  After  nn/nr  moothi  difii^cot  seucb  iBfotlie  Ei>ii*juB5  of  tkci 
lal  Low  Books,  in  tbeycar  1731 , 1 


Bod  thtnm  todtawaartd  to  oblige  tlie  pobiiek,  in  impBrtiaIr  de- 
BcrMni^  the  varioosdata  and  prices  of  e^crrbook  of  Taioe.  ani 
taking  notice  where  any  former  editioBS  were  deficient  or  farinij 


tliii  beiilg  nerer  before  attempted,  gsie  Die  a  pleaansr  bope  it 
wotdd  be  wefiil  and  acceptable ;  and  to  wak^  it  still  more  so.  I 
Ittfe  corrected  and  luipriifcd  eicsy  eifitim  anoe,  and  also  dnf- 
Wfw  ptiljlisbedy  by  printing  the  titles  of  the  books  nMce  h^, 
Bod  have  added  not  only  the  names  of  the  antient  IVinten,  viz. 
Caxton^  Wynken  de  Worde,  Lettoa,  Macklinia,  Pinson*  and 
others,  but  many  books  and  dates  not  in  any  former  edition  of 
this  Catalogue,  for  some  of  which  I  am  bdioiden  to  a  most  cn- 
rioiM  work,  intituled,  ''Typographical  Antiqaities,'*  pubfi^hed 
in  quarto,  in  the  year  1749,  by  Joseph  Ames,  F.  R.  $.  &c.-^ 
8ince  the  publication  of  the  last  edition  cf  this  Catalogue,  sere- 
nl  Law  Books  being  become  Tery  scarce,  and  others  out  of  print, 
baTe  made  great  alteration  in  the  prices ;  and  some  are  so  diffi- 
ctdt  to  get,  that  no  certain  price  can  be  6xed.  On  the  contrerr, 
B  much  greater  number  are  lessened  in  their  value ;  in  both 
which  cases  I  have  made  proper  corrections.  —  Although  I  pub- 
Bihed  this  Catalogue  with  a  design  to  oblige  gentlemen  in  the 
,  various  editions  of  the  books,  I  have  always  been  careful  of  of- 
fending my  Brethren  -,  and,  therefore,  fixed  the  fiill  price  to  roost 
books,  not  intending  to  impose  on  any  one,  but  to  shew  thehr 
Utmost  value.  This,  I  am  sensible,  has  hurt  myself  most,  it  being 
insinuated  by  some  of  the  Trade,  that  they  under-sell  the  Book- 
sellers at  Temple-bar ;  and  when  it  is  in  their  favour,  produce 
my  Catalogue  as  a  voucher ;  whereas  the  Booksellers  near  Temple- 
bar,  being  proprietors  of  the  copies  of  great  part  of  the  Law  Books, 
Bnd  having  more  frequent  opportunities  than  others  of  buying  Li- 
braries in  that  science,  can  afford,  and  do  sell  them.  New  or  Old, 
of  any  editions  whatsoever,  as  cheap,  if  not  cheaper,  than  others  — 
What  1  have  said  in  my  observations  on  the  different  editions  of 
books,  and  wherein  they  vary,  may  be  depended  upon  -,  and  » 
the  publick  have  been  so  indulgent  to  encourage  my  endeavours, 
doubt  not  of  preserving  their  favour  by  the  care  1  have  taken  in  this 
•dition.'* — Toan  otv\^XiTO>5ciw,>\x.T^cw»w»Warrall,  who  had  been 
a  Bookselkr  alT<m^\eA3»s>  \3»>aSL>xfiSffscx.>9sas^^  ^^^^sn^s^NsscidKr  t 


PRINTERS  AND  BOOKSELLERS.  74^ 

mental  derangement^  which  terminated  \us  lifb  Sept  17,  1767, 
Mr.  John  Won'all  was  particularly  kind. — He  left  also  many  hand- 
some legacies  to  numerous  relat ions. — He  was  a  very  active  man  |  • 
and  in  early  life  walked  frequently  to  Reading  on  a  Saturday,  and 
back  again  early  on  Monday. — Mr.  Worrall  had  been  for  several 
years  a  widower,  after  having  lost  eight  children  3  seven  of  them  in 
infigmcy,  and  the  eighth,  from  a  serious  injury  of  the  spine,  oc- 
casioned by  an  accidental  Ml. — He  died  at  an  advanced  age,  Nov. 
6, 1771 ;  sustaining  to  the  last  the  character  of  benevolence  which 
he  had  borne  through  a  long  life. — Some  time  before  his  deatbi, 
Mr.  John  Woirall  gave  up  the  fatigues  of  business  to  his  part« 
ner  Mr.  B.  Tovey ;  who,  in  1775,  resigned  the  trade  to  his  son-in- 
law,  Mr.  Edward  Brooke ;  and  survived  till  January  1806.  -— » 
Mr.  Brooke,  in  1783,  published  (as  successor  to  J.  Worrall  and 
B.  Tovey)  a  new  and  improved  edition  of  the  '^  Bibliotheca  Le- 
g}im',**  with  an  additional  Volume,  containing  '*  a  General  Ac- 
count of  the  Laws  and  Law-writers  of  England,  fttnn  the  earliest 
Times  to  the  Reign  of  Edward  III.  As  also  of  the  Public  Re- 
cords, and  other  authentic  Law  MSS.  the  Statutes,  and  the  ae* 
veral  Collections  and  Editions  thereof;  the  Reports,  or  Collec- 
tions of  adjudged  Cases  in  the  Courts  of  Law  and  Equity;  to* 
gether  with  an  Account  of  the  principal  Works  upo^  the  Law 
and  Constitution,  published  during  the  present  Reign ;  compiled 
by  Edward  Brooke;**  who,  I  am  happy  to  add,  survives  to  enjoy 
the  fruits  of  a  well-earned  fortune.— His  successor  in  Bell-yard 
is  Mr.  William  Reed. 

Mr.  John  Wright,  of  St.  John*s-8quare,  Clerkenwell,  an  ex« 
cellcnt  Printer,  and  a  worthy  man,  was  taken  off  suddenly^ 
after  only  two  days  illness,  in  the  38th  year  of  his  age,  Oct.  13, 
IS07.  His  illness  began  with  a  cold,  which  he  caught  while  on 
a  sh(>otin<j:-party,  and  which  brought  on  a  violent  fever,  and 
ended  in  death. — Mr.  Joseph  Wright,  his  brother  and  successor, 
died,  after  a  lingering  illness,  at  his  father's  house  in  Leicester* 
shire.  May  1,  1809;  and  Mr.  Edward  Wright,  a  third  brother 
in  the  same  profession,  died  April  26,  1810. 

Mr.  Peter  Wynne,  an  eminent  Bookseller  in  Paternoster-row, 
died,  at  Eltham,  in  Kent,  June  30,  1806.  He  had  just  pur- 
chased the  elegant  nlla  of  Mr.  Wilkinson,  at  Canonbury ;  but 
did  not  live  to  take  possession.  He  was  a  man  of  very  strong  in« 
tellect;  and,  with  rather  a  rough  exterior,  possessed  the  milk  of 
himian  kindness.  From  habits  of  industry,  imbibed  in  early  life, 
and  the  aid  of  inflexible  integrity,  he  had  acquired  a  handsome 
competence,  with  the  esteem  of  an  extensive  circle  of  friends 
He  left  a  widow,  with  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 

P.  594.  "  Mr.  Edward  Brewster  w»s  Master  of  the  Company 
of  Stationers  when  1  was  made  a  Liveryman.     He  has  a  consi*    . 
derable  estate,  is  very  humble,  and  his  usual  appellation  is  Bro^ 
ther.    He  is  a  man  of  great  piety  and  moderation.     He  printed 
'  The  Practice  of  Piety,*  '  Doctrine  of  tte  SUAt,'  ^x^o\^^>^s«^bJli 
hooiu."    Duntan,  p.  283. 


742  UTCaABT  A^iCDons. 


C-     T  '_• 


%♦  Tl*  Ea/-  cf  AiJ(^te3i«a**G(^k2reQe  'p  ^13.  wis  tlae  p^^rWn:: 

''ThiftCiaaVjriK  prnrDts  rrjuvitbcht  wacicdfaaeiii^oe^- 
ftntf/:^  Jibrairv  of  r  rjir  Ri^i  HoMnrkbie  Ammzt  £jzi  of  A  yvsrTr 
tait  Ix^  PrhT-«:al,  decufed.  A£d2Ll:hQRu:bIunabazki£rMir>ii- 
iiMe  tksit  it  1^  needleu  to  Tecfxnnaaid  ix ;  hov^rcrii  iut  ::« 
fff^r/per^  ami  («rb%frt  brx  iiii9Krxrpia:jk:  to  the  i&zeb^ 
a  jfOMont  ^j:iMtit  fjf  iliis  ^o  much  (ksiied  ColkcfioD  of  Bx^. 
Tbk  V<4>k  J>yrd,  lor  above  thirty  rears  k:5t.  w.^  eefi£ril>r 
koowo  to fx:  e&ti'f:irjeK  cu;iou?  in  or^lectins  whatever  occ^ocaHV 
waft  iSf.Ti'A  to  him,  or  he  upon  hi&  eoquiry  met  with,  that  iras 
rare  and  f:\uAct  in  all  cort£  of  Leaminz.  and  in  whatsoever  lan- 
guage. Hib  ^Tt-at  inclination  this  nay  occasioned  his  spending 
a  great  part  c/f  hU  ttrne,  that  he  could  poeSAbly  spare  from  the 
uana^cni'nt  of  tlie  weighty  and  public  affiun  he  was  intenstcd 
In,  U>  Mrttle  and  maintain  a  correspondence  with  all  sorts  of 
learned  rrtf-n  altintaui  -,  by  which  way  a  great  accession  was  oiade 
to  hiA  library,  tliey  freauently  presenting,  and  at  his  requt^t 
priKoirin^,  very  ^eat  cunosities  in  several  faculties.  Neither  was 
he  contented  to  buy  single  books  and  lesser  parctrls,  hot  pur- 
chased ffiaijy  Librariet  for  the  hake  of  some  choice  and  valuable 
booicif  tbat  he  was  not  before  fumi::hcd  with ;  hence  arue«  the 
great  numl)CT  cif  his  bcKiks,  and  those  duplicates  of  many  coo^- 
derable  ones,  as  appears  in  the  ensuing  Catalogue.  It  would  be 
iiH)  great  a  tres|iasb  on  tlie  Reader's  patience,  and  exceed  the 
liniits  of  an  Auction  Preface,  to  remark  the  whole.  The  Din- 
nity  part  contains  variety  of  Bibles,  Fathers,  Church-Histoir. 
and  the  Works  of  the  most  eminent  6rst  Reformers,  &c.  The 
Hist(jrical  comprehends  Historians  of  all  ages  and  nations ;  and 
of  our  own  and  the  neighboming  nations,  scarce  any  thing  that 
hitherto  in  (!\tant  of  them  wanting.  I  might  also  obsene,  that 
the  Geoi(i  aphid,  Philologici,  Lexiographici ;  and  those  other 
books  of  }*umj)  and  State,  describing  particular  famous  houses, 
with  the  collection  of  Coins,  might  deservedly  challenge  the  in- 
telligent Reader's  observance.  The  Physic,  Philosophy,  Mathe- 
maticH,  (jvil.  Canon,  and  Common  Law,  are  not  contemptible; 
not  to  mention  the  books  of  moqient  in  the  Frepch,  ItaHan, 
fipunijth ;  and  tluit  vast  collection  of  Pamphlets  of  all  sorts,  con- 
taining all  the  reniai'kable  ones  relating  to  Government,  &c. 
The  whole  Library  being  really  considerable  for  number,  as  well 
as  scarcity,  thut  many  p('i*sons  of  honour  (though  possessed  of 
Very  great  Libraries  of  their  own)  had  frequent  recourse  to  this, 
for  the  i)orasal  of  many  out  of  the  ordinary  road  of  Learning, 
jiot  elHewherc  to  Ixr  found.  Thus  much  was  thought  fit  to  be 
Commuuknxlcd  lo  VW  >wot\^,  Vy^  aue  who  had  the  honour  for 


(    743     ) 

•  ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS. 

P.  9.  Mr.  Justice  Barrington  was  buried  in  the  Temple  churcht 
where  a  small  tablet  is  thus  inscribed : 

*'  In  the  vault  beneath 
are  deposited  the  remains  of 
the  Hon.  Daines  Barrington,  Bencher; 
.  who  died  March  14,  1800,  aged  73." 

#  P.  26.  Tlie  Rev.  William  Holwell  was  of  Exeter  College,  Ox- 
ford ;  M.  A.  17S4;  B.  D.  1790.  He  was  vicar  of  Thornbmy, 
CO.  (ilouccstcr  5  prebendary  of  Exeter ;  and  sometime  cliaplain 
to  his  Majesty ;  Vicar  of  Menhinnet  1791 ;  married  May  19, 1797* 
to  Lady  Charlotte  Hay,  daughter  of  the  late  Earl  of  Errol.  ^He 
died  xMarch  13,  1798.  He  was  distinguished  by  very  superior 
talents  as  a  scholar,  and  a  critical  knowledge  of  the  Greek  lan» 
^age.Jf 

•  P.  39.  "  The  28th  Edition  of  "  The  great  Importance  of  a  Re- 
ligious Life"  was  published  in  1796. — This  pious  treatise,  of 
which  it  is  not  easy  to  determine  whether  the  elegant  simplicity 
of  style,  or  the  persuasive  force  of  reasoning,  is  most  to  be  ad-'* 
ruired,  has  been  ascribed  to  the  pen  of  Lonl  Egmont  by  mis- 
information. It  was  the  undoubted  production  of  that  eminent . 
Advocate,  William  JMelmoth,  esq.  as  ha§  been  ascertained  by  his 
learned  son,  who,  in  justice  to  the  memoiy  of  the  real  Author, 
thought  it  necessai-y  to  disclose  the  truth."  See  Memoirs  of 
William  Mclmoth,  esq.  p.  CO. — Park's  Edition  of  Lord  Orfbrd** 
R(»\al  and  Noble  Authors,  vol.  V.  p.  251. 

P.  41,  note,  1. 15.  Jor  "  Pliny,"  read  "  Trajan." 
P.  60.  !Mr.  Ashley  Cowper  held  also  the  office  of  Chafe-wax  in 
Chancery. 

P.  01.  In  1764,  Mr.  William  Cowper  (the  celebrated  Poet)  on 
account  of  his  bad  state  of  health,  having  thought  proper  to  resign 
t  he  office  of  Clerk  of  the  Journals  (for  which  he  had  before  re- 
lincjuished  his  profession  at  the  Bar).  Mr.  Ashley  Cowper  ap- 
pointed Mr.  BIyke  to  succeed  him. —  In  1770,  liis  brother  John 
died  at  Cambridge  (see  vol.  VI.  p.  615),  an  event  which  made  a 
lasting,  but  not  unfavourable  impression  on  the  tender  and 
^  affijctionate  mind  of  our  poet.  While  the  circumstances  of  this 
event  were  recent,  he  committed  them  to  paper,  and  they  were 
published  by  M  r .  Newton  in  1 802 .  Cowper  aftei*wards  introduced 
Bome  1  ines  to  his  memory  in  the  Task : 

1  had  a  brother  once, 

Peace  to  the  mem*ry  of  a  man  of  worth, 
A  man  of  letters  and  of  manners  too ! 
Of  manners  sweet  as  Virtue  always  wears. 
When  gay  Good-nature  dresses  her  in  smiles. 
P.  96.    Dr.   Apthorp    married    Elizabeth    the   daughter  of 
Eliakim   Hutchinson,    esq.   Judge  of  the  Court   of  Common 
Pleas,  in  the  Province  of  Massachusetts  Bay.     He  published^ 
1.  "  The  Constitution  of  a  Christian  Church,  illustrated  in  a 
Sermon  at  the  Opening  of  Christ  Church  in  Cambridge  [New 
England],  on  Thursday,  October  9,  176V.    ^^j  ^A^k&x  K\l^^^* 
K  A.  bte  Fdhw  of  Jesus   College   m  tYit  \^mNexv\X:<)    dl 


744  LnEElKT  AHECDOTCS^ 

rambriclge,  Boston  1761,  4to. — The  fbOovriiig  inscrfption  h  o« 
a  comer-fitooe  of  the  Church  t 

DEO  JBTESVO, 
rATRI,    FILIO,    SPIIITUI    8. 
HANC   iBDEM, 
8UB    AUSPICII8   ILLUST1I5S.   tOCIETATfS 
PROMOVEVDO  EVANGELIO 
IM    PARTIBUS   TKAKSMABINIS  # 

INSTITUTE, 
OONSBCBABANT  CAKTABBIGIEKSBJ 
ECCLESIiE  ANGLICANS   FILII 
IN 
^  CHRISTIANA  FIDEI  BT  CHARITATIS 

INCREMENTUU 

A.  D.  MDCCLX. 

PROVINCIAM   PROCURANTB  • 

V.    CL. 

FRANCISCO   BERNARDO. 

%.  *'  The  Felicity  of  the  Times ;  a  Sermon  preached  at  Christ 
Church,  Cambridge,  on  Thursday,  August  11,  17^,  being  a 
day  of  ThanksgiWng  for  the  General  Peace,  by  East  Apth^, 
M.  A.  Missionary  at  Cambridge  -,  inscribed  "  to  his  Excellency 
William  Shirley,  esq.  Governor  of  the  Bahama  Islands,  and 
Lieutenant  General  of  his  Majesty's  Army,"  Boston,  1763. 
3.  "Thf5  Chjuracter  and  Example  of  a  Christian  Woman  ;  a  Dis- 
course at  Chri.st  Church,  Cambridge,  on  the  Death  of  Mrs.  Anne 
Wheelwright ;  1764,"  4to,  in  two  parts.  In  this  discourse  the 
Preacher  veiy  pathetically  laments  the  loss  of  '  a  most  repect- 
able  Parent  * ;  an  honest  and  wcD-natured  *  Brother  f  i  an 
amiable  sister-in-law  | ;  and,  now,  of  one  endeared  to  us  in  all 
the  relations  of  a  Daughter,  Wife,  and  Sister  §."  4.  "  Of  Sacred 
Poetry  and  Music;  a  Discourse  at  Christ  Church ||,  Cambridge, 
at  the  Opening  of  the  Organ,  on  Tuesday  21  August,  1764,"  4tO) 
inscribed,  **  To  the  Hon.  John  Temple,  Esquire,  His  Majesty's 
Lieutenant-Governor  of  the  Province  of  New  Hampshire." 
.  The  volume  of  "  Letters  on  the  Prevalence  of  Christianity"  was 
published  Feb.  6,  1778  j  and  was  warmly  and  deservedly  com- 
mended %.  A  c()})y  of  it  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Dcctur's  Son,  en- 
riched with  sevcnil  Remarks  from  the  Works  of  Mr.  Gray,  one 
of  the  most  learned  men  in  Eutojkj,  as  well  as  a  sublime  PoeL 
He  had  read  most  of  the  original  Historians. 
•  Mr.  Gibbon,  in  the  Vindication  of  his  History,  1779,  p.  92, 

♦  Charles  Apthorp,  esq.  died  at  Boston,  Nov,  11,  1758,  a^d  60. 

•Y-  Mr.  llenryApthorp  du'd  at  Boston  (in  England),  Aug.  12, 176S,aged25. 

X  Mrs.  Alicia  Apthorp,  w'lie  of  John  .Apthorp,  esq.  died  in  Gibndtar,  SO 
October,  1763,  aged  about  *i4. 

§  Who  died  IB  April,  17b'4,  at  the  age  of  28  years  and  3  months. 

It  This  Church  was  occupied  by  the  Provincial  Army  in  1775,  and  the 
ftne  organ  destroyed.  In  the  September  of  that  year  most  of  the  New 
England  churches  were  deserted  by  their  Ministers,  and  their  Congrega- 
tions  dispersed. 

%  See  Moi\l\\\y  UeNW>«,No\.\N\\V^.  AA^-A^Xn  ^Tv\SK>L^f>Yiew,  177^ 
p.  200— SIS  \  wxOl 0«il.  lA«i%.  ^^\jeBs^i« YV"V^»  ^«  ^KU 


ADDITIOWS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  745 

mj%, "  When  Mr.  Apthorp*8  Letters  appeared,  I  waa  surprized  to 
fiud  that  I  had  scarcely  any  interest  or  concern  in  tlieir  contenti« 
They  are  filled  with  general  observations  on  the  study  of  History^ 
with  a  lar^e  and  useful  Catalogue  of  Historians,  and  with  a  va-» 
riety  of  reflections  moral  and  religious,  all  preparatory  to  thtt. 
direct  and  formal  consideration  of  my  Two  last  Chapters  3  which 
Mr.  Apthorp  seems  to  reserve  for  the  subject  of  a  Second  Vo« 
lume.  I  sincerely  respect  the  learning,  the  piety,  and  the  can* 
dour  of  this  gentleman ;  and  must  consider  it  as  a  mark  of  hit 
esteem,  that  he  has  thought  proper  to  begin  his  approaches  at 
Bo  great  a  distance  from  tlie  fort  ideations  which  he  designed  to 
attack/' 

Dr.  Apthorp  had  at  one  time  an  intention  of  printing  a  Volume 
of  Sermons  preached  on  public  Occasions  in  England  and  Ame- 
rica ;  of  which  the  following  were  to  be  the  Contents ;  and 
which  it  is  to  be  ho])ed  will  yet  be  some  time  printed : 

1.  Consecration  of  a  Christian  Chui'ch,  1761. — 2.  On  the  Ge- 
ne i-sJ  Peace,  1/63. — 3.  Character  of  a  Christian  Woman,  1764.— 
4.  Of  Sacred  Poetry  and  Music,  1764. — 5.  On  the  Election  of  a 
Lortl  Mayor,  1770.—^.  On  the  General  Fast,  Dec.  13,  1777.— 
7.  On  the  Excellence  of  the  Liturgy,  1778. — 8.  Before  the  Lord 
Mayor,  in  Easter  Week,  17S0.  — 9.  The  Genius  of  Popery.— 
lO.'On  the  Fire  of  London,  1780.— 11.  The  Influence  of  Learn- 
ing on  Religion,  a  Visitition  Sermon. —  I'Z.  On  Prophecy.— • 
13.  On  Miracles  J  a  Visitation  Sermon. — 14.  The  Christian 
Preacher,  at  St.  Mary  le  Bow. — 15.  On  the  Education  of  Qui* 
drcn ;  a  Visitation  Sermon. — 16.  On  Romans  xii.  1,  2. 

P.  95.  The  Rev.  John  Smith  was  vicar  of  Warlingham,  with  the 
chapel  of  CheL>ham  annexed,  17/8 ;  rector  of  Wey  bridge  in  April 
1782 ;  which  he  resigned  (on  obtaining  Bredon  in  Worcester- 
shire) when  Mr.  Hawtayne  (who  had  before  been  disappointed  by 
the  caprice  of  Lord  Chancellor  Thurlow)  obtained  Weybridge. 

P.  97>  note,  line  2.  for  C.  B.  r.  B.  T. 

P.  1 1 1 .  Mr.  Walpole,  in  a  Letter  to  the  Hon.  Seymour  Conway, 
August  5,  1761,  takes  occasion  thus  to  notice  Bp.  Pearce: 

" My  buildings  are  ]xiper,  like  my  writings;  and  both  will  be 
bIo\vn  away  in  ten  years  after  I  am  dead :  if  they  had  not  the  sub- 
stantial use  of  amusing  me  while  1  live,  they  would  be  worth 
little  indeed.  1  will  give  you  one  instance  that  will  simi  up  the  < 
vanity  of  great  men,  learned  men,  and  buildings  altogether.  I 
lieard  lately  that  Dr.  Pearce,  a  very  learned  personage,  had  con- 
tented to  let  the  tomb  of  Aylmer  (ic  Valence,  earl  of  Pembroke, 
a  very  great  personage,  be  removed  for  Wolfe's  monument  j  that 
at  first  he  had  objected ;  but  was  wrought  upon  by  hi.  ing  told 
tliat  highl  A}lmer  was  a  Knight  Templar,  a  very  wicked  bct  of 
people,  as  his  Lordship  had  heard,  though  he  knew  nothing 
of  them,  as  they  are  not  mentioned  by  Lon'^inus.  I  own,  I 
thought  this  a  made  story;  and  wrote  to  his  Lordship,  expressing 
my  concern  that  one  of  the  finest  and  most  ancient  monuuients 
in  the  Abbey  should  be  removed ;  and  begging,  if  it  was  removed, 
that  he  would  bestow  it  on  me,  who  would  erect  and  preserve 
it  heie.    After  a  ioitiiigm*fl  delibexatioui  t]h<&  l&u>ii<(y^  %fttix  \sm^ 


74tf  LITERARY    AXECDOTES. 

sn  answer,  ci^il  indeed,  and  commending  roj  zeal  for  Anriqnitr ! 
but  avowing  the  story  under  his  own  band.  He  said,  *"'  that  at  . 
fir&t  they  had  taken  Pembroke's  tomb  for  a  Knight  Tempbr'sr 
Ob^ene.  that  not  only  the  man  who  shows  the  ccmbs  naines 
it  e%ery  day,  but  that  there  is  a  draught  of  it  at  large  in  Dart's 
Vf 'est minster.  *'  I'hat,  upon  discovering  whose  it  was,  be  had 
been  very  unwilling  to  coasent  to  the  removal ,  and  at  last  had 
obliged  Wilton  to  engage  to  set  it  up  within  ten  feet  of  where  it 
stands  at  prescmt."  His  Lordship  concluded  with  ctiogratalatJDg 
me  on  publii»hing  learned  Authors  at  my  press.  1  don*t  wonder 
that  a  man  who  thinks  Lucan  a  learned  Author  should  mistake 
a  tomb  in  his  own  Cathedral.  If  I  had  a  mind  to  be  angry,  I 
could  complain  with  reason,  as  having  paid  forty  pounds  for 
ground  for  my  Mother's  tomb,  that  the  Chapter  of  Westminster 
sell  their  Church  over  and  over  again.  The  andent  noonuments  • 
tumble  upon  one's  head  through  their  neglect,  as  one  of  than 
did,  and  killed  a  man  at  Lady  Elizabeth  Percy's  funeral ;  and 
they  erect  new  waxen  dolls  of  jQueen  Elizabeth,  &c.  &.c.  to 
draw  visits  and  money  from  the  mob.  I  hope  all  this  history  is 
applicable  to  some  part  or  other  of  my  letter  j  but  letters  you 
w^ill  have,  and  so  1  send  you  one,  very  like  ywxr  owm  stories 
that  you  tell  your  daughter. — ^There  was  a  lung,  and  he  had 
three  daughters,  and  they  all  went  to  see  the  tombs :  and  the 
youngest  was  in  love  with  Aylmer  de  Valence,  &c.*' 

P.  127.  Henry  Taylor,  M:  A.  had  a  dispensation,  in  July  1753, 
to  hold  the  vicarage  of  Portsmouth,  with  the  rectory  of  BuritoQ, 
both  in  Hampiihire. 

P.  134.   Since  the  article  on  Mr.  Graves,  the  venerable  and 
much-respected  Rector  of  Claverton,  was  printed,   I  have  been 
favoured,  by  Mr.  D.  Parkes,  of  Shrewsbury,  with  a  faithful  drawing 
of  his  Portrait ;   the  spirit  of  which  Mr.  Basire  has  endeavoured  • 
to  transfuse  into  the  Plate  which  faces  p.  134.     1  am  also  indebted 
Co  the  same-  friend  for  a  copy  of  the  following  poetical  effusion : 
'*  Lines  written  while  viewing  a  Portrait  of  Mr.  Graves^ 
in  possession  of  Mr.  Pabkes. 
"  Oft  as  thy  well-known  feee  I  see. 
My  heart  is  mov'd  to  sympathy, 
It  seems  to  bring  again  those  hours 
Enliven'd  by  thy  various  powers. 
Keen  wit,  yet  void  of  all  offence  j 
Pure  wisdom,  clear  of  all  pretence; 
Yet,  while  I  gaze,  I  must  deplore. 
Thy  wit,  thy  wisdom,  are  no  more ! 
.  But  sweet  to  view,  though  sorrows  blend> 
Is  every  image  of  a  Friend ! 
And,  though  we  mark  it  with  a  tear. 
Each  recollected  ti*ait  is  dear. 

"Shrewsbury,  Sept.  19,  1806.  S.  J.  Pratt." 

P.  139.  Dr.  Miluer,   the  elegant   Historian   of  Winchester, 

after  commending  the  beautiful  skreen  in  the  North  transept  of 

the  Cathedral,  and  VYie  Vno  Vst^toA  statues  of  James  L  and 

Charles  I.  addsj  ^'  l^txc  ^:axk\^  ^^^>m^D^viXxu^£!ds&^;^^^(^sgsi£d 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  747 

\rom  fixing  on  that  inimitable  medallion  of  Bp.  Hoadfy,  against 
he  pillar,  on  the  left  hand,  over  his  tomb  and  epitaph.  The 
bard  stone  here  assumes  the  soft  foldings  of  the  Pre]ate*s  silken 
ornaments;  and  the  cold  marble  is  animated  with  his  living, 
i|)eakii)g  features.  But  what  an  incongruous  association  of  em- 
t»lems  do  we  find  crowded  in  the  margin !  The  cap  and  w.ind 
[>f  Liberty  are  in  salt  ire  with  the  pastoral  crosier :  Magna  Carta 
is  blended  with  the  New  Scripture,  as  forming  subjects  for  the  me- 
ditation of  a  Bishop." — Of  a  paragraph  which  followed  this  in  Dr.  • 
Milncf  s  first  edition,  I  shall  only  copy  a  line  or  two :  '*  The 
column  against  which  it  is  placed  has  been  cut  away  to  a  consi- 
derable depth,  in  order  to  make  place  for  it,  evidently  to  the 
weakening  of  the  whole  fabric.*'  —  The  remaining  part  of  the 
paragraph,  "having  given  great  ofience  to  some  respectable' 
friends  and  relatives  of  Bp.  Hoadly,"  is  transferred  by  Dr.  Mil- 
ner  from  its  original  situation  to  his  notes ;  in  which,  however, 
he  is  not  even  yet  quite  accurate. — The  Dramatic  lyritings 
should  have  been  appropriated,  nf)t  to  Mr.  Chancellor  Hoadly  j 
but  to  his  elder  brother.  Dr.  Benjamin  Hoadly,  the  Pliyhician. 

P.  141.  **  Bp.  Hoadly*s  Father,  who  was  a  sensible,  religious, 
and  worthy  man,  and  instructed  him  and  his  brother  John  in 
school- learning,  observing  his  parts,  and  the  parts  also  of  hb 
brother,   though  not  equal  to  his,  said  occasionally,   being  in 
company  with  some  of  his  friends,  '  My  son  John  will  probably 
one  day  be  a  Bishop,  and  Ben  an  Archbishop.*     What  he  said 
(though  no  Prophet)  proved  in  general  true  j  only  with  this  dif- 
ference, that  Iris  elder  son  was  made  a  Biahop,  and  his  younger 
an  Archbishop.  —  In  a  conversation  which  I  had  the  honour  of   . 
having  with  the  Bp.  of  Winchester  many  years  ago  in  London, 
he  told  me,  that  '  he  thought  our  Liturgical  forms  ought  to  be 
peviscd  and  amended,  only  for  our  own  sakes,  though  there  were 
BO  Dissenters  in  the  land.*     He  added,  that '  the  stiict  measures 
taken  at  the  last  review  were  not  approved  by  the  famous  Dr. 
Whichcott,  but  were  thought  by  him  to  be  much  too  severe,  and 
the  effei  ts  only  of  a  strong  party-prejudice.     *  1   plainly  see,* 
said  the  Doctor,  *  what  they  would  be  at ;  but  I  shall  disappoint 
them.     1  can  myself,  with  a  good  conscience,  contbrm,  though 
others  cannot;  whom  I  greatly  pity,  heartily  wishing  them  more 
JilK'ity,  as  really  due  to  them  by  the  laws  of  Natuie,  and  those 
of  the  Gospel.      1>  speaking  for  myself  only,   consider  things 
\ipon  a  much  larger  bottom.  1  fei*e  that  I  can  still  promote  theChiis- 
tian  llcligion  in  general,  though  ci-amped  in  some  points,  which 
I  judge  not  to  be  \ery  essential  to  it.    This  is  the  rulu*  l>y  which 
I  conduct  myself  in  these  matters.* — At  another  interview  with   . 
this  worthy  Bishop  (when  I  hati  some  scruples  relating  to  ceitain 
partjculai's  enjoined  by  law),  he  told  me,  that, '  for  his  own  jKiit, 
be  had  constantly,  whilst  a  Parish-minister,  obser>  wl  the  rules 
pn^cnbed;   and,   amongst  other  injunctions,  that  he  had  ne« 
ver  omitted  the  Athan:isian  Creed,  when  ordered  to  be  read  in 
the  Church.     '  But  you,*  said  he,  with  an  agreeable  smile  upon 
his  countenance,  '  are,  1  see,  of  much  the  same  mind  witlv  ti\^ 
late  excelfent  fUend  Dr.  Clarke^  who^  th.ougYiY!^\\u^«cx>x\^>A 


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LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 


some  things,  would  yet  continue  in  his  ministry  to  the  Chorcli 
established,  but  was  not  willing  to  enter  into  new  engagemeDts, 
by  repeating  the  subscriptions,  &c.  I  leave  you  to  God,  and  ta 
your  own  judgment  and  conscience:  for  1  never  go  farther!'  At 
the  same  time  he  added,  when  I  mentioned  Bp.  Seeker  as  a  per- 
son to  whom  Lord  Lyttelton  had,  the  same  morning,  wished  me 
to  apply  for  a  relief  of  my  scruples ;  '  I  somewhat  wonder  at  this 
proposal :  my  Loi*d  of  Oxford's  lips  ai-e  glewed  f  Mr,  Jona  of 
H'elwyn,  MS.  in  1761. — [In  return,  Abp.  Seeker  one  day,  at  hk 
table,  when  the  Mont  lily  Reviewers  were  said,  by  one  of  the 
company,  to  be  Christians,  replied,  "  If  they  were,  it  was  cer- 
tainly secundum  usum  Winton,**  J.  Duncombe.— Of  Abp.  Seeker 
Mr.  Jones  says,  "  Some  of  the  accounts  I  have  of  him  at  di&rent 
times  are  as  follows :  '*  His  early  education  was  amone  the  Dis* 
senters  from  the  Church  of  England ;  whom  (as  his  brother  of 
Coventry  told  me)  he  left  when  he  was  about  17  years  of  age.  [That 
bix)ther,  by  the  way,  continued  a  Dissenter  to  the  last,  and  was 
one  of  the  chief  among  those  of  Coventry,  and  justly  esteemed 
by  all  that  knew  him.  He  died  some  time  before  the  Arch- 
bishop, and  was  the  father  of  the  late  Dr.  Seeker,  &c.]  — Dr. 
Chandler  told  me,  that  Mr.T.  Seeker  and  he  were  fellow-students 
(I  think  he  said  also  chamber-fellows)  at  the  academy  at  Tewkes- 
bury, under  the  instruction  of  Mr.  S.  Jones.— See  the  short  ac- 
count given  of  him,  his  education,  &c.  in  Dr.  NoweU's  Answer  to 
Piet.  O.xon,  176S,  pp.  47,  48 ;  which  the  Doctor  had  from  the 
Archbishop  himself.  —  During  his  stay  in  foreign  parts,  and  ap- 
plication to  the  study  of  physick,  he  wrote  [Q.  published  ?]  a 
treatise,  De  Partii  Difficili  *. — When  a  young  man,  he  preached 

to  a  small  Dissenting  congregation  at  B in  Derbyshire.    If 

I  am  rightly  informed,  he  was  thought  by  the  more  elderly  and 
grave  people  there  to  be  rather  too  young  and  airy  for  such  a 
charge  ;  so  he  did  not  continue  long  in  that  station.  To  what 
place  he  removed  from  thence  I  have  not  heard,  nor  how  he  em- 
ployed his  time  f.  —  He  was  many  years  rector  of  St.  James's,  • 
Westminster,  and  discharged  the  duties  of  that  station  in  a  re- 
putable and  exemplary  manner,  doing  many  acts  of  charity,  &c. 
— When  he  was  promoted  to  the  See  of  Oxford,  several  of  the 
leading  men  among  the  Dissenters  began  to  entertain  consider- 
able hopes  of  him,  that  he  would  be  Ikvourable  to  their  interest, 
and  to  the  cause  of  a  farther  Reformation  in  the  Established 
Church;  but  found  themselves  mistaken  in  him.  Dr.  Doddridge,  . 
not  long  after  the  Bishop's  advancement,  took  an  opportunity 

*  The  truly  valuable  Collection,  of  Mr.  Bindley  enables  me  to  give  the 
full  title  of  **  Disputatio  Medica  inauguralis  de  Medicinl  Scatic4.  QuaoBs 
aiiiiuente  Deo  Ter  Opt.  Max.  ex  Auctoritate  Ma^nifici  Rectoris,  D.  Jolu 
Jacobi  Vitriarii,  J.  U.  D.  et  Juris  Publici  ac  Privati  Prefessnris  Ordinarii; 
necnon  Amplissimi  Senates  Academici  Consensu,  &  Nobilissime  Facul- 
tatis  Medicje  Decreto,  pro  Gradu  DoctoratCls,  summisque  in  Medidni  Ho- 
noribus,  k.  Privilegiis  legitime  consequendi;;,  Eruditorum  Ezamini  tiib- 
mittit  Thomas  Seeker,  An^lo-Britannus,  ad  diem  7  Martii,  1791f  horA  lo« 
coque  soUlvs. — ^liuigdum  ^AtwoTxrHi,  ^'^wd  Henricum  Mulhovium  1721,** 
4to.  pp.  3\.  Ot  Kbv.SecVw,%^eLOftti\.,>\a^»N^V\3^.Y^.^VN\VAv4»327. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  ^49 

to  congratulate  him  upon  the  occasion,  and  also  to  express  his 
hopes  that,  being  now  in  so  high  a  station,  he  would  use  hit 
endeavours  to  bring  mattera  to  a  greater  degree  of  reconciKa* 
tion  between  Churchmen  and  Dissenters,  to  remove  obstacles 
lying  in  the  way  towai-ds  it,  &c.     The  Bishop  coolly  answered, 
*  Doctor,  my  sentiments  concerning  those  matters  are  different 
from  yours*  [or  some  such  words].     So  the  Doctor  saw  there 
were  no  ferther  hopes,  and  dropped  the  application.  —  It  was 
said  he  was  always,  after  his  advancement  to  his  high  dignity^ 
more  shy  towards  the  Dissenters  than  he  had  been  formerly. 
Several  instances  have  been  given.  —  When  he  was  exalted  to 
Canterbury,    he  formed  several  designs  for  the  serx-ice  of  the 
fistablished  Church,  and  the  security  or  restoration  of  its  rules 
and  orders,  taking  all  opportunities  to  convince  the  world  that 
he  was  tirm  and  steady  to  her  interests,  and  a  staunch  convert 
from  the  principles  of  his  education.  —  He  intended  to  insist  on 
a  strict  observance  of  the  clerical  habit  (which  was  generally  too 
much  neglected)  -,  but  found  by  degrees  that  the  attempt  was  become 
in  a  manner  impracticable,  after  such  long  disuse  and  disregard  of 
order.  —  Some  represented  him  as  being  of  the  Landman  notions 
and  principles  in  several  respects ;  but  I  do  not  think  he  was  a 
man  of  that  rigid  turn  and  behaviour.     A  friend  that  knew  him 
tells  me,  that  he  was  very  humane,  civil,  and  condescending ; 
which  I  was  glad  to  hear,  when  he  was  thought  by  others  to 
have  assumed  rather  too  much  of  the  air  of  prelatical  dignity 
and  importance.  —  He  was  for  no  reform  or  alteration  in  any  of 
cmr  Church  Establishments  at  home,  though  he  shewed  himself 
so  zealous  to  settle  Bishops,  &c.  in  our  American  FLmtations. — 
Wien  the  *  Free  and  Candid  Disquisitions*  were  published,  he, 
being  then  Bishop  of  Oxfoi'd,  took  the  first  opportunity  to  de- 
clare against  them  to  his  Clergy  at  his  Visitation.     Bp.  Sherlock,    • 
in  his  Visitation  of  his  Clergy  of  London,  expressed  a  more  fa- 
vourable opinion  of  that  Treatise,  and  the  design  of  it,  allowing 
that  some  things  in  the  Church  might  dcsen-e  feu'thcr  considera- 
tion, and  some  amendment,  &c.     Dr.  Sykes,  and  some  others  of 
the  Clerg}',  did  thereupon  apply  to  his  Lordship  to  publish  that 
Charge :    to  which  request  he  gave  a  civil  answer.  —  Some  very 
free  and  shrewd  observations  have  been  lately  made  by  several 
sagacious  persons  upon  Abp.  Seeker's  Letter  to  Mr.  Walpole*, 
which  was  published  this  year.     Surely  there  are  some  things  in 
that  I-<etter  that  appear  pretty  odd,  and  somewhat  difficult  to  be 
accounted  for.  Andso  dosevei*al  parts  of  thi^  Pre  laic's  character  and 
conduct,  esj)ecially  in  Church-matters.     I'inio  may  discover.— 
What  opinion  he  miq;ht  have  of  Dissenting  Divines  in  general  I 
know  not;    but  he  did  not  approve  of  thoac  who,  having  l)een 
educated  in  that  way  (as  he  himself  had  Ix^n)   did  afterwards 
come  over  to  our  Church  for  preferment.  —  Dr.  Smith,  who  was 
intimately  acquainted  with  the  late  Doctor  Seeker  (nephew  to  the 
Archbishop),  tells  me,  as  he  hail  it  fiom  that  friend,  that  the 
uncle  would  never  shew  any  favoiur  to  such  conveits,  tind  had 

•  "A  Letter  to  the  Right  Hon.  Horace  Walpole,  writUu  Jmiv^  ^^  VW^V, 
eoDcera'mg Bi§bop§  id  America.*' 


750  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

resolved  never  to  give  them  any  preferment  in  his  gift  or  patrv* 
.  nage  f.  At  the  same  time  he  shewed  all  the  favour,  and  gai^e  all 
the  encouragement  he  well  could,  to  those  Clergymen  of  his  Dio- 
CL\se,  and  elsewhere,  who  made  converts  among  the  Lay  Dissenters 
to  the  Established  Church. — Some,  who  respected  him,  thouglit 
he  went  rather  too  far  in  discovering  his  dblike  to  his  old  friends, 
and  his  oppuiiition  to  that  Non-conformity  in  which  he  had  been 
first  nurtured.  But  the  case  is  often  so  in  such  transitions  from 
one  persuasion  to  another. — Jan.  6,  1770,  a  Qei^gyman  of  the 
Diocese  of  Canterbury  (well  known  to  Abp.  Seeker,  and  favoured 
by  him)  being  now  at  my  house,  speaks  very  well  of  that  great 
-man  in  sevenil  respects,  at  the  same  time  acknowledging  that  he 
had  heard  his  conduct  in  some  things  was  not  well  approved, 

f  "  This  article  will,  I  presume,  be  found  a  mistake  upon  a  proper  en- 
quiry.    I  think  he  preferred  one  Stretch,  and  several  others,  who  were 

converts  like  himself. — He  used  one  Clersr>'man  [Mr.  W.  of ia  Kent] 

▼er>'  ill,  who  applied  for  a  dispensation^  because  be  adopted  Dr.  Middle- 
ton's  opinion   about  the  discontinuance  of  Miraculous  Powers  in  the 
Church,  and  oblis^^d  him  to  recant,  &c. — He  disposed  of  all  preferments, 
diirin«^  the  last  three  or  four  years  of  his  life,  at  the  reconamendatioD  of 
Mrs.  and  Miss  Talbot,  who  reigned  without  controul,  and  dispensed  his 
favours  as  they  thought  fit.     His  own  nephew.  Dr.  Seeker,  remonstrated 
to  him  on  this  lirad  more  than  once,  but  without  efFect.— He  ripdly  in- 
sisted on  Curates  bcins:  licensed  in  his  Diocese  ;  and  a  certain  person  was 
oblii^ed  to  take  out  two  licences  for  the  same  Church,  where  he  was  Curate 
and  Lfocturer  at  the  same  time,  which  cost  him  five  pounds.     His  Grace 
said,  it  was  not  to  fill  his  Oflicers*  pockets  at  the  expence  of  his  Clergy. 
Q.  What  other  end  could  it  answer?  —  I  have  been  informed  that  a  Lay- 
man, who  had  been  acquninted  with  the  Archbishop'  a  srreat  many  yean, 
declared  that  it  was  a  matter  of  great  doubt  with  him  whether  he  was  sincere 
•ir  nut  iu  his  relipous  professions :  so  difficult,  be  observed,  it  was  to  dii- 
cover  the  Prelnte's  real  sentiments. —  He  disapproved  of  all  theolopcai 
tracts,  or  explanations  of  Scripture,  though  ever  so  ingenious,  and  acemding 
to  Just  criticism,  unless  they  coincided  with  the  dof*trine  of  the  Church  of 
Kni^laud  as  by  law  established;  which  he  made  the  sole  standard  of  truth 
and    error.     He    was    no  friend  to  freedom  or  liberality  of  sentiment. 
Witness  his  treatment  of  Dr.  Sharpe,  and  some  others  whom  1  could  name. 
—  It  was  his  maxim,  that  the  6rst  rule  in  conversation  was  Silemee.    He 
teemed  to  be  averse  to  Hattery,  and  was  not  fond  of  the  least  approach  to 
it  in  conversation  or  writing.     He  was  easy  of  access,   and  alwaj-s  gave 
strict  orders,  that  every  Clerg^'man  should  be  admitted  if  he  desired  it; 
and  then  ht^haved  with  great  affability  and  condescension.     A  German 
Divine,  of  the  Calvinistical  profession,  who  had  applied  for  relief  to  build 
a  (Church  abroad,  &c.  to  the  Kirk  of  Scotland  and  Dissenters  in  England, 
about  1763,  with  little  success,  applied  at  last  to  the  Archbishop.    Ht 
received  him  with  so  much  civility  and  humanity,   accosting  him  in  a 
familiar  manner  in  French,  of  which  language  he  was  a  perfect  master, 
that  it  raised  the  Foreigner's  admiration ;  and  assisted  him  more  effectually 
than  the  Kirk,  ^'c.  had  lione. —  His  conversation    at  table  was  free  and 
cheerful:  and,  when  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  he  entertained  the  Clergy  of  that 
Cathedral  with  hospitality  every  Sunday. — When  bis  Grace  first  came  to 
the  See  of  Cantorbury,  he  sent  printed  Queries  to  all  the  Clergy  in  his 
Diocese,  touching  the  number  of  inhabitants,  the  number  of  Dissenters  of 
all  denominations  from  the  Established  Church,  the  number  of  communi- 
cants, the  legacies  given  to  the  poor,  how  they  were  applied^  as  well  as  all 
donations,  the  money  collected  at  the  Offertory,  &c.  &:c.  by  which  he  got 
an  exact  account  of  the  state  of  every  parish  in  his  Diocese.     He  sent  the 
same  (^jerie^  toUvs  CWr^y  twe.uty  ^tta.n  before,  when  he  was  first  made  Bi- 
shop ui  Oxford;*— This u  an  iiddUx^m^V^  BrA^kHtv^^^UMr^i^MiGS'g  jlf5. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  751 

and  that  many  had  expressed  their  dislike  of  it. — He  was,  it 
seems^  highly  respected  on  many  accounts  in  his  Diocese  of  Can- 
terbury, where  lie  was  a  ready  and  generous  contributor  towards 
aeveral  pious  and  charitable  designs,  as  is  well  known  and  re- 
membered in  those  parts.  And  few  comparatively  there  seem  to 
be,  apprised  of  any  disrespect  paid  to  his  memory  in  other  places. 
He  was  generally  considered  there  as  a  great  and  good  man  *, 
and  a  true  friend  to  the  interest  of  Church  and  State.  —  Very 
careful  of  the  concerns  of  his  Church,  and  the  good  behaviour  (k 
his  Clergy ;  and  in  some  instances  particularly  inquisitive  into 
their  conduct  and  morals.  It  was  commonly  said  he  had  two 
paper-books,  one  called  the  black,  the  other  the  white  book ;  in 
which  he  entered  down  such  notices  as  he  received  concerning 
the  different  characters  of  each,  as  they  happened  to  suit  the 
design  of  either  book.  Those  whose  character  he  found  to  be 
bad,  he  resolved  never  to  promote ;  nor  did,  paying  no  regard  to 
any  solicitations  made  in  their  behalf.  And  one  or  more,  being 
men  of  ill  report,  and  highly  unworthy  of  their  office,  he  had 
intended  to  have  prosecuted,  and  to  have  put  thcmun<ler  Church- 
censures  }  which,  it  seems,  they  had  long  and  greatly  deser\'ed, 
being  indeed  a  scandal  to  their  profession.  —  He  encouraged 
young  Clergymen  of  good  character  for  fidelity  in  their  culling. 
IVhen  a  neai'  relation  of  his,  a  Clergyman  in  Northamptonshire, 
who  had  collected  a  good  library,  died,  leaving  it  to  the  Arch- 
bishop's disposal,  he  appointed  Archdeacon  Head,  with  one  or 
two  more,  men  of  judgment  and  probity,  to  divide  that  library 
into  three  parts,  and  l>estow  them  upon  three  studious  and  regu- 
lar young  Clergjinen,  for  their  encouragement  and  further  pro- 
ficiency in  useful  knowledge  and  litei-ature;  the  person  who 
gives  me  this  account  being  one  of  the  three ;  and  he  sa)^, 
that  the  books  he  received  are  very  useful  ones,  and  of  consider- 
able value. — He  has  bestowed  many  benefactions  in  the  countv 
of  Kent  and  elsewhere ;  giving  large  suras  towards  the  repair  of 
decayed  vicarage-houses,  and  for  ihe  relief 'of  distressed  persons, 
&c.  from  10  or  ^0/.  to  100/.  and  upwards.  —  He  gave  8/.  to  the 
church  or  chapel  at  Sheemess,  towards  purchasing  proper  plate 
with  other  utensils  for  the  Communion  -,  which  before  had  been 
usually  borrowed  from  a  public -house  in  the  neighbourhood. — 
— rHe  required  all  Clergymen,  who  wei*e  possessed  of  a  benefice 
of  the  value  of  100/.  per  annum,  clear,  to  perform  divine  ofHccs 
in  their  respective  churches  twice  every  Sunday  (viz.  morning 
and  afternoon),  not  allowing  any  sucli  to  serve  also  a  curacy.— 
And  such  as  had  a  living  of  150/.  a  year,  or  above,  he  required  f 

•  Dr.  Dawson  obsen'es,  "  that  he  was  commonly  called  no,  Ccmt,  by 
the  Cler^  in  Kent."  This  originated  from  a  famous  epigram  of  Lord 
Chester Held's,  ending, 

"  He  signs  his  own  name  when  he  writes  Tliomas  Cant." 

f  Dr.  Dawson  adds,  **  It  does  not  appear  that  the  Archbishop  ever 
carried  his  point  hi  either  of  these  articles.  The  Cleri^  in  a  great  part  of 
bis  Diocese  ai-e  so  far  from  preaching  twice  a  day,  that  they  neve**  reside 
upon  their  lirings,  nor  pr«?ach  at  all.  His  Grace  would  nut  allow  30/.  a 
year  curates  to  serve  more  than  one  church :  and  I  know  one,  who  served 
two  churches  without  neglecting  eith^  of  them,  that  was  obli^d  to  o^vt. 
the  divc999  on  thAt  accuuiit.** 


759  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

to  preach  twice  every  Sunday  *.  And  be  expected  also  the  itfu- 
lar  observation  of  holidays  happening  on  a  week-day. — I  asked 
vhat  care  he  took  about  catechising,  when  he  was  so  carefiil 
about  preaching.  My  friend  says,  he  has  not  heard. — The 
Bishop,  it  seems,  was  averse  to  jiersecution.  He  declared  so  ia 
particular  wit  h  regard  to  tlic  Methodists :  some  of  whom  thouglit 
he  favoured  their  principles  ;ind  tenets.  Accordingly,  when  hk 
catechetical  lectures  were  published  after  his  death,  they  greedily 
bought  them  up,  but  were  disa])pointed  more  than  they  expected, 
though  in  some  things  they  approved  of  him.  J.  J." 

P.  153,  note,  1.  29.  for  "  Edward,"  read  *'  Richard." 

P.  1.56.  Dr.  John  King  was  bom  at  St.  Columb  in  Cornwall,  May 
the  1st  1652.  He  was  patron  of  the  Church  of  Pertenhall  in  Bed- 
fordshire, and  became  rector  there  in  the  year  1690,  but  in  1694 
removed  by  exchange  to  Chelsea.  A  great  intimacy  subsisted 
between  him  and  Sir  William  Dawes  Archbishop  of  York,  who 
gave  him  the  Prebend  of  Wighton,  in  the  Cathedral  Church  of 
York,  in  the  year  1718.  Though  educated  at  Exeter  Collqc^  in 
Oxford,  he  took  the  degree  of  Doctor  in  Divinity  in  169B  at 
Catharine  Hall  in  Cambridge,  where  the  Archbishop  was  l^laster. 
He  died  May  the  30th,  173!2,  and  was  buried  at  P^rtenhail.  Hii 
eldest  son  John  was  born  Aug  5,  1696.  From  Eton  school  ht 
was  sent  to  King's  College,  Cambridge,  where  be  became  feUow, 
and  took  the  degree  of  B.  A.  1718,  and  M.  A.  17M.  He  after- 
wards settled  at  Stamford  in  Lincolnshire,  and  practised  phyac 
there  with  great  reputation  j  but  was  cut  off  by  a  fever  Oct.  1% 
17^8.  By  Lucy  daughter  of  Thomas  Morice,  esq.  he  had  one 
son  John,  now  Patron  and  rector  of  Pertenhall  in  Bedfordshire. 
Martyns  Dissert,  on  the  /Eneidt  of  Virgil,  12mo.  Preface,  p.  ririii. 

P.  158.  The  Rev.  John  lattice  was  chaplain  to  Sir  Robert  Gun- 
ning, envoy  or  resident  at  Copenhagen;  and  was  afterwards  tutor 
to  William  Beckford,  escj.  son  of  the  famous  alderman.  He  was 
in  1783  senior  fellow  of  Sidney  Sussex  College,  Cambridge.  His 
tirst  wife  (daughter  of  JohnNewling,  esq.  an  Alderman  oi  Cam- 
bridge)  died  Jan.  8,  1788. 

P.  161.  I  have  here  another  of  those  aweful  mementos  which 
have  frequently  occurred  as  these  volumes  have  been  passing 
through  the  ])rcss. — ^The  sheets  which  contain  a  memoir  of  my 
kind  and  worthy  Friend  and  Patron  Bishop  Percy  (an  article 
which  I  had  fondly  hoped  would  hare  gratified  him  to  have  heard 
read,  for  he  was  himself  quite  blind),  were  printed  off  only  t 
slioit  week  befoj  e  the  news  arrived  of  his  death  j  which  happened 
Sept.  30,  1811,  in  his  83d  year,  at  the  See- house  of  Dromore. 

This  venerable  Prelate  was  well  known  for  more  than  half  t 
century  by  various  learned  and  ingenious  publications,  and 
dislioi^uished  by  the  mobt  active  and  exemplary  public  and 
private  vutucs.  In  him  Literature  has  lost  one  of  its  brightest 
ornaments  and  warmest  patrons ;  his  ai-dour  of  genius,  hi$ 
fine  ^la&sical  ta'ate,  his  assiduity  of  research,  and  his  inde&- 
tigal)le  zeal  in  its  cause,  were  such  as  were  possessed  by  the 

*  '<  This  is  a  mi^^take.    What  his  Grace  called  the  uhoU  duiy  was  ms 
fcrmon,  and  (ivice  vt^v^ts^    )«I^\:^c()^ik^. 


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ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  753 

Istinguishefl  few,  and  which  will  for  ever  render  his  name  dear 
)  l-<rarniii^  and   Science.     He  was  the  intimate    friend   of  • 
henstone,  Johnson>  Goldsmitli,  Reyjnolds ;  and  the  last  of  the 
lubtrious  association  of  men  of  letters,  who  flouridhod  at  the 
Dnnncncewent  of  the  present  Reign.      He  was  a  native  of 
Iridi^enonh  in   Shro})shire,    and   educated   at  Christ  Chiiirh, 
Oxford.     In  Jidy  IT^.S,  being  then  of  Christ  Church,  Oxford, 
e  took  the  degree  of  ^\.  A.;  and  in  17 '>G  was  presented  by  his 
ollegc  to  the  vicarage  of  Easton  Muuduit  in  Northamptonshire, 
'hich  he  held  with  the  rectory  of  Wilbye  in  the  .same  county, 
:iven  him  by  the  Earl  of  Sussex.     He  took  bis  Doctor's  degree 
1  1770}  and  in  the  List  of  Graduates  is  stj'ied  of  Emanuel 
oUege.    June  12,   1761>  he  entered  into  an  agreement  with   • 
lessrs.  Tonson,  to  publish  an  edition  of  the  Works  of  George 
'illiers,  the  second  Duke  of  Buckingham,  for  which  he  received 
•2  guineas;  March  24,  1/63,  for  an  edition  of  Surrey's  Poems,   . 
O  guineas.     The  translation  from  the  Chinese,  mentioned  in  p. 
fU),  was  followed  in  176*2,  by  a  collection  of  "Chinese  Miscel- 
mies,"  and  in  17(>3  by  "  Five  Pieces  of  Runic  Poetry,"  translated 
rom  the  Icelandic  language.     May  5,  l/GI,  he  again  engaged   * 
fith  Messrs.  Tonson,  to  furnish  notes  for  an  edition  of  The 
spectator,  and  Guardian,  for  which  he  had  100  guineas.     In 
764,  he  thus  communicated  to  Dr.  Ducai'el  his  intended  publi- 
ation  of  the  *'  Reliques  of  English  Poetr)',  and  the  Works  of 
tuckiugham:" — '*  What  I  chiefly  want  are  old  MS  or  printed  co- 
les of  the  more  fugitive  Remains  of  ancient  genius :  of  such 
»oems  as  arc  not  to  be  found  in  our  voluminous  poets ^  such  as 
!haucer,  Lydgate,  Gowcr :  of  such  pieces  as  are  left  us  by  un- 
known authors.    Tliese  are  of  various  kinds,  viz.  Allegories,  Ro-  • 
iiances  in  verse.  Historical  Ballads,  &c.     The  following  would  be 
•articularly  acceptable.  Pierce  Plowman,   Life  and  Death  [an  old 
Uegorical  poem  in  the   metre  of  Pierce   Plowman]  ,  Horn 
Viild,  an  old  metrical  Romance.     Ippotlze,  (quoted  by  Chaucer) 
itto.      Sir    Guy,    (quoted   by  Chaucer)   ditto.      Sir   Bevis   of 
lampion,  ditto.     Sir  Eglammire,  ditto.     Sir  Tryamoure,  ditto. 
ppomedon,  ditto.     The  Life  and  Death  of  Merlin,  ditto.     Sir 
Mmhwell,  ditto.     The  Squire  of  low  Degree,  ditto.     The  Churk 
nd  the  bird,  a  Fable  by  Lydgate.     I  also  want  to  see  either  the     * 
econd  or  third  e(htion  4to.  of  the  Rehearsal.     The  fnst  edition 
V'AS  published  in  1672,  which  I  have.     The  fourth  edition  wiis 
lublished  in  1683,  which  I  have  also.     I  want  to  sec  either  or 
oth  of  the  inteimediatc  editions  :  and  should  even  be  obliged 
►y  a  perusal  of  any  tracts  written  by  or  concerning  George 
r'illicrs  the  second  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  died  in  16Hr." — 
'  The  Reliques  of  Antient  English  Poetry**  first  appeared  in  1765  ; 
jid  this  publication  constitutes  an  era  in  the  history  of  English  Li- 
erature  in  the  1 8th  century.     Perhaps  the  poru&al  of  a  folio  vo-   . 
jme  of  ancient  MSS  given  the  Bishop  by  a  friend  in  early  life 
from  which  he  afterwards niiide  large  extiacts  inthe  *'  Rcliqucb"), 
od  his  mind  to  those  studies  in  which  he  so  eminently  dis- 
inguislied  himself.     In  this  work  he  rccovcYcA  ixota  t:^x?*i\«\\N> 
nd  preserved  fiom  oblivion^  many  beauVi![u\  i^iD»2a:i&  ^^  ^vi^\>&. 
Vol.  in:  3  Q  .Vx 


754  LITERARY   ANECDOTES. 

•  In  some  that  were  mere  fragments  and  detached  «tnrz"«,  Dr. 
Percy  Hipplied  the  deHcuncics,  and  formed  into  a  ^vllnle,  by 
congenial  taste,  feelinir,  and  imai]^i nation.  The  L»e.i\itifid  old 
ballad  of  **  A  Friar  <jf  Orders  drey,'*  upon  \%hich  (>oM-milh 
founded  his  imerestintir  Poem  of  "  The  Hermit,"  was  anion::  . 
the  remains  of  anti(jnity  whieh  Dr.  Percy  completed  in  iliis 
manner  :  and  lie  i^  (he  avowed  author  of  the  atVectinji:  sons"  of 

•  •'Oh  Nannie,  wilt  thou  gang  with  n)e."  "A  Key  to  the  New  . 
Te.-^t anient,"  a  concise  manual  for  Stu<lents  of  Sacred  Uteranire, 
which  ha^  been  adojjted  in  the  l'nivei*sitie5,  and  ofi»»n  repiiiUefi, 
wtis  first  published  in  IT^^"'.  After  the  puVjlication  of  the  "Rt- 
liquc»s"  he  wiib  invited  by  the  late  Duke  and  Duch**«s  of  Nor- 
thumberland to  reside  with  them  as  their  dnmestic  chaplain.    In 

•  1770,  he  conducted  " The  Northumberland  Household  IJoik" 
through  the  j)ress  ;  and  a  translation  of  Mallet's  **  Northern 
Antiquities,"  with  notes.  In  the  year  17^9  he  wa^*  iioniinurcd 
Cha))lHin  in  ordinar)*  to  His  .Majesty;  in  177^  he  was  promoted 
to  the  DeaniT  of  Carlisle;  r.nd  in  17^*2  to  the  nishoprick  of 
Dromore  in  Ireland,  where  he  constantly  resided,  pit>inotij:g 
the  instruction  and  comfort  of  the  poor  with  im remit! in-: 
attention,  and  superiniending  the  pacred  and  ci\il  interest*  of 
the  Diocese,  with  vigilance  and  assiduity ;  revered  and  Ix^locd 
for  his  piety,  liberality,  bene\olence,  and  hospit;dity,  by  person^ 
c)f  every  rank  aftd  religious  denomination.  Under  the  loss  of  • 
fiight,  of  whitOi  he  wit*^  giadually  deprived  some  veal's  before  his 
death,  he  steadily  maintained  his  habitual  cheerfulness  ;  and,  ia 
his  liist  uainful  ilhiess,  disj)layed  such  fortitude  and  streiiizlli  of 
mind,  such  patience  and  resignation  to  the  divine  will,  ami 
expressed  such  heartfelt  thankfulness  for  the  troodness  and  mercy 
fchewn  to  him  in  the  cour.-e  of  a  long  and  hapj>y  life,  a-5  wtre 

.tndy  impressive,  and  worthy  of  that  pure  Chri>tian  spirit,  in 
him  so  eminently  conspicuous.  His  only  son  died  Apiil  *i,  ITS^'*-  • 
.  Two  daughtei*s  sunive  him;  the  eldest  is  married  to  Sanu.fl 
Isted,  esq.  of  Ecton,  in  Northamptonshire ;  and  the  youn^^^t 
to  the  Hon.  and  Rev.  Pierre  Meade,  Archdeacon  of  Dronion\ 
—A  fine  mezzotinto  portrait  of  him,  in  a  cap,  holding  in  his 
hand  a  thick  volume,  labeled  *'  MSS."  was  engi-avcd,  FebniAiy 
2,  1775,  from  a  painting  by  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds ;  under  u inch 
is  "  Thomas  Percy,  S.  T.  P."  To  this,  in  some  impres>ion!J 
taken  of  it  in  177^,  was  added  **  Dean  c>f  Carlisle  ;"  which, 
in  1782,  was  again  exchanged  for  '*  IJislio])  of  Dromore." 

P.  57.  note  1.  IG.  Dr.  VVorthington  was  presented  to  Llan- 
jhlodwell  in  175^9.  Bishop  '1  homjts  in  1745  n^uioved  him  to 
Llanrhaiader.  —  L.  20.  dele  stall  at  St  Asaph,  and  read  the  sine- 
cure reetoiT  of  Darowen  in  1737. 

P.  120.  'Ihc  family  of  Jenncns  is  one  among  the  manv  Avho 
have  ac((uired  am])le  fortunes  at  Biiminghimi,  wiierethev  were 
equally  famous  for  industry  and  generosity.  John  Jenncns,  gc\\e 
in  1(;51,  3/.  Ws.  for  the  use  of  the  poor;  and  Mrs.  Jennens  lO''. 
to  support  'A  kcXwYc.  The  Uud  on  which  the  neat  and  elej-.int 
church  o£  St.  U^yxXwAowx^nn  xN-^^^XwS^VYwVlV^NRifikVV^a^rjft  of  John 
Jenncns.  esa.  oi  GkO^osaX,  \}KvEii\«(9SR8*N!^  ^\  ^:Qk^9^j^<^\c!k.rss!^\«:«s. 


ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  755 

Birnil!ii2,hain.     Mrs.  Jcnnena  ^.ivc  lOlX)/.  towanU  the  building* 

1\  hr2.   Nolo*,  ri"!tl,  "  uris  by  a  very  le.nnod  Divine,  who 
h'di\  h'cn  inaiiv  years  a  Diicnitarv  in  the  Clmrch.'* 

i\  lS-4.  IaIKt  iVom  Jrir  Joicpli  Ayloflo  to  Dr.  Ducarcl : 

*'  Dear  Siu,  llliarUmSy  Sept.  G,  1772. 

"  I  am  niiK.  li  oijii5!:('(l  to  you  for  your  kind  letter,  which  I 
boj)e  ia  a  prtliulc  to  \our  tiiiurc  favours  of  that  .sort.  The 
Venison  came  safe  and  tweet,  and  luckily  at  a  time  when  I 
bad  company  to  dine  with  me.  I  am  thankful  to  you  and 
Mr.  A^tle  for  beiu!^  mindful  t)f  nie  in  this  article  of  venison.  My 
\i>i!  to  U)rd  Moniaiii^ue  afforded  me  an  entertainment  infinitely 
*urp;uvin^  my  mcK-»i  sansruine  expectations.  Of  this  the  his-  • 
toiii-al  paii!iings  in  the  dininii-j)arloui',  wliich  are  those  genemlly 
•  ;)oI.(  n  of,  make  m^t  one  half;  there  are  many  other  Englisu 
Historical  l*aintin^s  dis];or»ed  in  ditlerent  parts  of  the  house, 
and  b(»me  in  the  Unuber  fiari-eis,  which  elepintly  represent 
many  events  in  the  reif^ns  of  Henry  VI II.  and  Elizabeth,  all  of 
them  either  unnoticed,  or  but  barely  mentioned  by  the  Ilis- 
!»)rians.  The  ar*  likewire  some  which  illustrate  the  history 
of  Harry's  interview.  The  tilting  at  the  Barrier  by  the  two 
iVIonarch.s  is  a  ni!).-.t  excellent  picture,  and  in  the  highest  preser- 
vaiion.  His  Lord'^hip,  in  the  most  friendly  and  genteel  mimncr, 
conducted  us,  and  opened  all  hia  stores  of  antiquarian  and 
l)i>U)ric  representation.  They  are  truly  amazing,  and  so 
striking  even  to  the  eyes  of  a  connnon  obsener,  tliat  I  cannot 
ftrcovmt  how  it  h:itb  happened  that  they  have  so  long  remained 
i):\kno\\n  to  the  curious;  and  I  am  still  more  at  a  los.s  to  guess  . 
thr  na-on  wliy  th()^c  tra\ellers  who  mentiim  the  paintings  in 
tiie  dining  parlour  should  have  been  guilty  of  so  many  mistakes 
and  omiiai  >ns,  as  may  justly  be  laid  to  the  charge  of  the  most 
accmate  of  them. — ^I'he  portraits  by  Holbein  are  very  numerous 
— amongtt  them  is  that  of  iii-asmus  which  you  mention.  His 
J^)r(l.'?hip  keeps  it  in  his*  private  closet  j  but  after  dimier  he  sent  for 
it,  and  gave  Ua  an  opportunity  of  closely  examining  it.  This  jx)r- 
trait  inlinitcly  exceeds  not  only  that  of  Ix>rd  Radnor's,  late  Dr. 
!V1<  ad's,  uhich  I  wt  11  remi^mbor,  but  eNcrj'  other  portrait  of  the 
IVl:u-ter  which  1  ha\e  hitherto  seen ;  the  most  minute  parts  are 
sii  highly  finished  ab  thot-e  which  are  the  princif)ai,  and  are 
|)iii:' el  in  a  manner  of  miniature  painting.  The  small  glands 
wlii.'h  adhere  to  the  fme  blood  ve-^sels  which  appear  on  the 
outer  coat  of  the  eyes  are  expri^sed  in  tliis  portrait.  His  Lord- 
^^.ip  also  shevNcd  lis  the  fmest  drawing  in  water  colours,  by 
l-aac  ()li\(r,  that  1  ever  beheld.  —  Dr.  Hurrel's  discovery  is  • 
r»ew  and  suj  pricing  to  me.  Upon  uhat  authority  doth  he 
ground  his  a-=erUon  tkit  his  new-found  bnuss  instruments 
uere  used  as  toucnftus,  or  that  any  instruments  whatboever 
wt;re  Hound'wd  after  the  ringing  of  the  Curfeu-bell  ?  I  do  not 
recollect  that  such  a  circumstance  is  mentioned  in  any  of  the 
Jlibtorianb.  Why  should  a  trumpet,  or  any  other  wind  instru- 
ments, be  soundv.d,  in  order  to  give  notice  that  the  tires  and 
<andles  wcic  then  to  be  extingui^iiod,  after  vVv^  xVcv^xv^^  \*irt 
ihr  same  pwpQiGj   vt'  the  Cuifeu  beU,  Yi\x»«t    «o>^^  xkmjwX. 

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756  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

nccessaiily  be  heard  no  further  than  that  of  a  tnmipet  >  And, 
supposing  that  this  liitherto  unknown  custom  of  sounding 
a  Curfeii  trumpet  had  prevailed,  by  what  criterion  doth  be 
determine  that  these  brass  instruments  newly  discovered  were 
used  for  that  purpose  ?  I  wish  to  be  more  fully  informed  cf 
this  matter  -,  and  am,  dear  Sir,  &c.  Joseph  Aylopfe.*' 

P.  190.  In  1763,  Mr.  Temple,  who  seems  to  have  beei 
Studying  Law,  had  chambers  in  Farran*s  buildings  at  the  bottom 
of  Inner  Temple  Lane  ;  which  he  lent  that  year  to  Mr.  Boei^'ell, 
that  he  might  be  near  Dr.  Johnson.  Mr.  Temple  retired  to 
Ti'inily  HaH,  Cambridge ;  where  he  took  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
in  1766 ;  in  which  year  Mr.  Boswell  introduced  him  to  Johnson ; 
concerning  whose  **  Political  Tracts'*  Mr.  Temple  thus  addresse* 
Boswell  in  1775 :  "  How  can  your  great,  I  will  not  say  ycmt 
pious,  but  your  moral  Friend,  support  the  barbarous  measun-s 
of  Administration,  wliich  thev  have  not  the  face  to  ask  even  their 
Infidel  Pensioner  Hume  to  defend  !"  He  wus  presented  by  tlit 
Earl  of  Lisbiirne  to  the  i-ectoiy  of  Mamhead  in  Cornwall  1777  > 
and  by  the  Bishop  of  Exeter  to  the  vicarage  of  St.  Gluvias. 
P.  1 92.  Mr.  Dillv  was  Master  of  the  Stationers*  Company  in  1S03. 
Ibid.  Read  '*  Mr.  Joseph  Mawman." 

P.  199. 1.  1 1.  Tlie  sale  of  Mr.  Ives's  curiosities  produced  more 
than  2tXX)/.  There  is  a  second  poi'trait  of  Mr.  Ives,  J.  S.  pirti. 
P.  S,  Lamborn  fee.  without  his  name,  but  with  his  arms,  and  a 
motto,  '*  Moribus  Antiquis." 

P.  203.  To  the  mention  of  Mr.  Astle's  MSS.  add,  "  It  will  be 
a  matter  of  great  gratification  to  those  who  know  how  to  appnv 
ciate  that  splendid  collection  of  Saxon  Characters,  Saxon  MSS. 
antient  Registers,  and  other  documents,  tending  to  the  illustFa* 
tiou  of  our  early  (constitution  and  History  (and  to  which  the 
publick  ai'e  so  highly  indebted  for  many  of  the  learned  Essays 
presented  to  them  by  Mr.  Astle),  that  they  are  not  to  be  separated; 
but  are  bequeathed  by  him  to  his  noble  friend  the  Marquis  of 
Buckingham,  to  be  added  to  his  magnificent  library  at  Stowe ; 
which  w  ill  now  have  the  singular  advantage  of  uniting  in  it,  and 
that  of  the  venerable  and  learned  Charles  O'Connor,  the  Anti- 
quary of  Ireland,  the  most  valuable  and  the  earliest  lllustrationi 
of  Irish  and  Saxon  Antiquity.    The  condition  of  the  tegacr  i&, 
that  the  Maiquis  pay  500/.  to  Mr.  A's  Executors.     Should  this  be 
declined,  the  MSS.  are  to  be  offered  on  the  same  terms  to  the 
British  Museum.     Many  of  the  antient  Saxon  RoUs  and  Chartpm 
ha\e  been  already  conununicated  to  the  pubhck;  and  the  speci- 
mens of  the  Irish  MSS.  so  &r  as  they  tend  to  illustrate  the  remote 
history  of  that  kingdom,  its  laws,  its  customs,  and  the  progress 
of  society  and  sciences  in  it,  have  been  for  some  years  digested, 
under  the  immediate  eye  of  the  Marquis^  by  the  grandson  of  the 
very  learned  collector  of  these  valuable  materials,  amd  will,  ne 
trust,  speedily  make  a  most  inestimable  addition  to  this  most 
interesting  branch  of  literature." 

P. 226.     "DbabSir,  Friday,  Dec.^,  1745. 

''  Yesterday  vfas  wnl  Xo  u^  Iroiai  l\\.^$s»x\AScs^^  \.^  coUectioa 

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ADDITIONS  AND  CORRECTIONS.  757 

to  he  seen  as  you  dcssired  ine.  I  looked  them  over,  and  found 
them  clean  entirely  without  defects  or  spots,  beginning  the 
large  map  four  sheets,  so  on  from  1675  to  1710  all  bound  up 
without  intermi>aion.  17H,  12,  and  15,  are  wanting.  1725» 
2G  are  wanting.  30,  3^,  33,  34,  and  36,  are  wanting  also, 
all  the  others  perfect.  Last  night  I  did  expect  to  see  you  at 
the  Society,  to  acquaint  you  of  this,  that  the  person  that 
brought  them  to  my  house  tooJc  them  back  to  Mr.  Sandby, 
and  ray  answer  was  then,  I  would  call  on  him  and  pay  for 
them,  that  is,  if  now  you  agree  to  it.  I  should  be  willing  to 
have  your  orders ;  if  not,  1  don't  think  I  can  put  them  off  longer 
than  to-morrow.  Bui  your  commands  are  only  my  rule,  whilst 
1  am,  and  what  I  wish  to  continue,  &c.  &c.    George  Vbrtue.*" 

P.  233.  Mr.  Da  Costa  is  before  noticed,  in  vol.  II.  p.  292  j 
antl  an  rraii/lc  History  of  his  Family,  compiled  from  his  own 
notes,  iijiy  be  seen  in  Gent.  Mig.  vol.  LXXXII.  p.  21 ;  and 
hib  .^I'iuioranda  respecting  many  eminent  Botanists  and  Natural 
HitftoiiaiH,  in  the  same  volume,  pp  205.  513.  —  Messrs.  White 
and  Cociirane  possess,  in  fifteen  large  portfolios,  a  very  curious 
collection  of  Letters  to  Mr.  Da  Costa  from  men  of  the  first 
literary  character  of  his  t:me. — He  was  admitted  Feb.  7, 1739-40 ; 
a  member  of  the  Aurellan  Society,  which  met  at  the  Swan  (after- 
wards the  King's  Anns;  in  Cornhill. — In  1745,  l;c  dates  from 
his  **  Observatory  in  Adam's  Court,  Old  Broad-street  Buildings.** 
— In  1746*,  he  was  elected  a  Member  of  the  GeuUemcn's  So- 
ciety at  Spalding  j  and  kept  up  a  regular  corresj)oiidence  with 
Dr.  Green,  their  Secretary.  —  Nor.  26,  1747,  he  was  elected 
F.  R.  S. ;  his  Certificate  having  been  signed  by  the  Dtike  of 
Montagu,  Martin  Folkes,  esq.  President ;  Bryan  Fairfax,  esq. 
Henry  Baker,  esq.  Dr.  James  Parsons,  Mr.  Peter  Colliivson,  and 
James  Theobald,  esq. ;  who  recommended  him  "  as  a  Gentleman 
well  '^killed  in  Philosophical  l-^'arning  and  Natural  Knowledge, 
jmrticularly  in  what  relates  to  the  Mineral  and  Fossil  Paita 
of  the  Creation  J  as  one  exceedingly  diligent  in  his  Enquiries) 
and  who,  by  applying  liiraself  with  great  assiduity  to  the  study 
of  Natural  History,  is  likely  to  be  a  useful  Member  of  tho 
Ro}id  Society,  and  a  zealous  Promoter  of  Natural  Knowledge, 
for  the  advancement  of  which  the  same  was  founded." 
-  P.  242.  The  monument  in  St.  Paul's  church  is  thus  inscribed; 
"To  the  jNIemory  of  Sir  William  Jones,  Knight, 
one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Judicature 

at  Fort- William  in  BengiU. 

This  Statue  was  erected  by  the  Honourable  East  India  Co»npany,^ 

in  testimony  of  their  grateful  Sense  of  his  public  Services, 

their  Adnuration  of  his  Genius  and  Learning, 

and  their  Res})ect  for  his  Character  and  Virtues. 

He  died  in  Bengal,  on  the  27th  April,  1794,  a^d  47.*' 

P.  '244.  The  article  on   Dr.  Worthington  should   have  beeQ 
omitted.     A  fuller  account  of  him  had  been  given  in  p.  57- 

P.  250. 1.  fi.   Of  this  edition  of  the  *'  Dissertation  on  the  Epis- 
tles of  Plialaris,  only  330  copies  were  priuted  \  aaOi  gl  XVo^kVt  \y| 
£»r  the  greater  ^)suri  wen  sold  for  woitc  papfr  \  \ 


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LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 


P.  27^.  Mrs.  Eui(>n>'ia  died  Juiv  5,  lSCi5:  iicr  ^:>n  in  1709. 

P.  2^/.  Mr.  i  hum  I'  M  -'chcr,  who  h;i«l  t  nvAcri.  'rxn  an  eaii- 
TkCi.i  Ixxjksell*  T  fin»l  IMtji«T  at  C;ii*.bi  i  liTJ,  iiicJ.  in  l>Liii£.?ia 
Le:il}  fT-laiiK,  llollKirn,  July  It",  171'0.  it  v.os  hoih  siUiTulir  ajJ 
unfortunuto,  rhat,  :?l/<Mt  ilvt  lime  ili^it  Mr  Fit  rch  r-  i.liK-?  pre- 
clu'lcd  him  from  mariv  of  tiiccomr«jri6  of  lifr,  hi?  b.«»tl»'  r  t.v:>  »in 
lif;  sjuppOr'-d  to  b.*  liviirir  in  j^reut  aiU'Jcnce  in  At.--.  livii,  ^iin^L-din 
1/iiidon)  in  i\u\  inii-il  iii<li;^eiit  circiimataiicvs,  aihl,  ix-!i;^  al-r^tp- 
point-ul  in  utci\ii._^  it— i-tiiice  fro;!!  the  only  fri'jmi  hectAilJa;  piy 
tu,\vai  n<  cc-.-jJated  'kj  lTii  iiitoSr.'ili<ii;iU'r"aliori;i;ul,\».  \xi^  heaitii, 

P.  '<J1X).  'n»c  f(i>iIo\\i*ii^  Knlii<  •>  of  Adinisrioii  in  M;.:\ii:iiii  Tay- 
lors richool  wire  cuuimuiiiinicd  h\  the  Rev.  ii.  B.  M"ils4.^n,  o:ie  of 
lh(!  MiLHtirs  c>f  ih(.'  -(  hool,  and  (1  may  now  add)  its  Hiit.»:ian 

*'(iniruhiUH  no\\\er,  filius  ii:iin  m;i\.  Guil.  Buwycr,  Fiiconis, 
n.'itus  l^);idini,  in  pararlH  dc  Mailin's  Ludtjat.  N?iit.  -25,  16J."», 
an.  a^ns  10 ;  a(hiii^.Mi-  rst  J:in.  1>,  1  <i44 ;  -oh  iiquc  pro  iiune^iu  1.^. 

Joanne*^  Howycr,  fihuj  'I  GuiiLhni  Ixmycr,  ^klaporii,  natib 
l^ndini,  in  panrciAde  Michael  fJuornr,Manii29,  l(jJ7,aii.  ai;cib 
i)  -y  3(hnia3U'5  t-t  Jnuii  *2.3,  UJlT)  ;  tolviupie  pro  in^x^?i?u  is. 

Kdwanhis  Bowait,  iiliu-.  3  (ndlchni  Bowyvr,  Propohe,  lutu- 
J»ndini,    in  ptudcia  dc  jMicUatl  jQncrne,  Fcbruarii  2,  1(;39, ai: 
a;;c'n.s  S  j  admi^-iK-*  t\>t  Aprili-a^o*,  Ui\l  j  solvilque  pro  iii^ivsiu  U. 
Afterwards  roenUred,  wiih  thid  diflerence  in  liia  birlh,  Jamurii 
*Z\t  IC.Ji),  i\n.  a-ni'  <) ;  admi^rjus  ci?t  Januaiii  20,  1G*7. 

Thoma?5  l5o\v\i  r,  fdias  natu  maxinm^  Thomui  ilowyer,  Clcrici, 
niitus  Londini,  in  paniiciil  do  Peter's  Poor,  Junii  4,  16.#5,  an. 
sirens  14;  afhni^.-u.scbt.Tan.  19,  KMSj  soKitquepro  ingrcisuZ^^.GJ. 

lloberiiLs  Bowyer,  fdius  ?»  Thomaj  Bowyer,  Clerici,  natus  Lon* 
dini,  in  panceiA  d.c  Peters  Poor,  Pebmarii  I,  10*»i8,an.  iu^ens  li  j 
tuhnisr^us  est  Maii'iS,  10*49  ;  soUitqiie  pro  in^^rcssu  2a.  Gd. 

Timoiheus  l>ovv)er,  iilius  7  Guilielml  Bow^yer,  Propolte,  na- 
tns  Londini,  in  paru^eiil  de  Michael  (^uerne,  Maii  25,  1()44,  an. 
a^cn.s  lO;  a<imi*rMi/»  est  Jan.  18,  lOTjiJjbolvitqueproinj^rcssu^s.OV. 

Jlumfiedu^  Bowyer,  lilins  8  Guiliehni  Bowyer,  Propolx,  uatui 
Londini,  in  parfrcia  de  Michael  Qucrne,  Novembris  4,  1(>45,  an. 
agenb  () ;  acimi-sr.s  e.-t  Jan.  18,  10'53  j  soh  itqne  pro  ingrcssu  2*.  6  /. 

Carohis  Bow\or,  Iilius  10  Gidliolmi  Bowyer,  Propola},  natu^ 
Londini,  in  paru?cii\de  Michael  j^uerne,  Julii  12,  lG49,aii.agen« 
y  J  admis-ia-j  est  Aprllisi  20,  1G58  3  solvilque  pro  uigressu  2s.  (iJ. 

Robert ua  Chapman,  filius  imicus  Roberti  Chapman,  Tv'po- 
theta',  natus  I^^ndlni,  in  paroeciil  de  Allhallowes  Luuibaixl-street, 
>io\embns  10,  U;:i7,  an.  agens  11  ;  admissus  est  Oct.  4.  1648. 

"i'homas  liawks,  filius  unieus  Thoma;  Dawks,  Typogi*aphi, 
natus  Kelme>cotia%  in  a;.',ro  Oxoniensi,  Octobris  8,  103i>,  an. 
agen.s  1  >J  i  achin.^sns  est  Apr.  2, 1G49  j  solvitque  pro  iogiessu  2*.  Cul 

Johannes  Grismond,  fdius  unieus  Johannis  Grisinond,  TyiM> 
giaphi,  natus  lx)ndini,  in  j)arceci{l  de  Giles  Cripplegate,  Aprilis  1, 
1G47,  an.  i*gens  8;  adnii.ssus  eit  Aprilis  3,  1G54. 

Johanni  s  Grantham,  filius  natu  maxhnus  Bernard i  Grantham, 
Typagiup\\\,  natus  Londini,  in  parceciA  de  Andrewea  vV'ardro|)e, 
Sepiembris  2.4,  YG;A,  vca.  'a^w?.^-,  ^^^xkvs&>^  ^st  Decembris  4, 
1659  J  &ol\\t«\ufi ^ro uvigr^asM SU.^4, 


ADDITIONS  AND  COJIRKCTIONS,  75.9 

Jarohn-  Griiy,  filius  uniciH  FrAnoisci  (iniy,  TN770p^r.ij»lii,  natiis 
Iwondini,  in  paiocciii  de  iioiinct  P;inls  Wharf,  Jiir.ii  11,  16*51,  an. 
a^rns  1) ;  adini^-iiLs  t?t  Jan.  I),  lO'JDj  .M)l\it<|uo  pro  ingressii  ^s.  6J, 

.Joliannfs  ()J^k?y,  filius  naUi  niaximus  Jnhanni>  Ousloy,  Typo- 
c:raj)hi,  ivitus  Londini  in  panrria  do  (iifat  Allhal!o\ves,  Februarii 
ir»  \^>~>'l^  an.  c:!:Tns  9  :  ajlniis^^^ii^  i-i  Jnnii 'ir».    I(;(>1. 

V.  :\':o.  1.  3.  **  A  Sjic'xh  to  th-  Uoya!  Sociiity." 

V.  3.-i*3.  Sir  Ivluani  Liltlt^ton  died,  at  a  very  advance  J  age,  nt 
Tcddeslov  Hav.  o.  StaMonl,  Mav  13,   1S12. 

P  :).Ul.  I.  17.  read  **  SbunvOuiU." 

P.  :jI)9.  Mrs.  Sar.ui  Haniiton,  ordy  da\i;rhtpr  of  the  older  Mr.. 
Archibald  na:irdt()n,  died,  at  her  hoine  ai  Fidhatii,  Mareh  .'it), 
lSb2.  She  was  a  ladv  of  a  well-inroniied  and  cultivated  niintl : 
Hiid  had  associated  ninchwith  .Tohn.«on,  Smollett,  (ioldsniirh,  Gai*- 
rit'k,  and  many  others  of  the  IJ.lerati  of  the  lai^t  air**,  whom  she 
\va-  accii.>^tomed  to  meet  at  her  latlier's  hospitable  table.  IJke  him, 
too,  she  wa'^  well  acquainted  with,  and  to  the  he-t  retained  a  cor- 
rect remen\branee  oJ"  the  literaiy  lii.^tory  of  an  extensive  jieriod, 

P.  4'2.'I.  Mr.  Her.ry  was  born  at  a  pi  I'e  called  rcvion,  about  16 
inlle*>  tV(an  Aberdeen.  As  hi^  fatlior  li\(Hl  in  a  ^r«^nteel  .stylo,  and 
was  at  ^Teat  pain-  to  iastrnct  his  chiMr'  n,  \oim^  Henry  was 
put  to  thecollciiv  of  Aiierdecn,  but  left  it,  and  went  to  London,  in 
Lis  1  Itii  \ear,  ninch  to  his  father's  rei':ret,  luing  a  liwomite  st)n, 
and  it  was  the  old  man's  wish  that  he  should  b«'  a  clerg-ynian. 
Sineral  of  !iis  relations,  desirous  also  to  try  their  forUinc,  went 
to  America,  where  tliey  aeouired  consideral)le  proixi-ty  ;  and  in 
A'ir::;ini;i,  where  s.  veral  of  them  are  ."^etth'd,  t'leir  name  is  held 
in  rev(  renee. — Patrick  flenry,  escp  son  of  J(».'ni  lionry  (a  tin-t 
cou-in  of  our  ])rinter)  was  the  lirst  j«i:overnor  of  Viriz^inia  after  the 
late  meinorable  revohilion,  and  next  in  fame  there  to  Wa^^hinsxton. 

P.  4S4.  I'he  Rev.  William  Masters,  M.  A.  (son  of  the  Anti- 
c|uan)  was  educated  at  St.  Paul's  srhool ;  admitted  |)ensi(mcr  of 
lieni't  ColIcLTe,  177'>;  proceeded  B.  A.  17'^0.  Failing  of  a  Fel- 
low^^hip  in  that  Colleg<»,  in  IT***-,  he  went  to  Emanuel  Collei^e. 
IJis  falher  re.siu-ned  lo  him  the  vicai-a^re  of  Waterbctich  1784, 
which  wiLs  in  the  pft  of  the  Bisliop  of  Flv.     He  died  July  4, 1794. 

P.  491).  Mr.  Diiane's  widow  died  April  14,  177I>. 
•  P.  58 1.  T\cho  Wiuiz;  was  son  of  Vincent,  the  celebrated  alma* 
nack-mak(  r  ;  of  whom,  thouu:h  no  paint iniz:  i"»  known  to  exist, 
tlu  re  ih  preervtd  in  Stationei*s  Ilail  (I)y  the  attention  of  Mr. 
Lockyer  Davis  when  iMa^tcr  of  the  (^omj»  \ny)  an  enp^nved  j>or- 
trait,  from  his  **  Astronomia  Biitannica,  l(;fJ9,"  folio^  inscril>ed, 
'M'incentius  Winir,  Lufienh  imirnsis,  in  com.  Rutlanditc ;  natns 
ann)  lb"  19,  die  9  Aprilis. "  His  life  was  written  by  Gadbury,  who 
informs  us  that  he  died  Sept.  'lo,  UHiH. 

P.  599.  note,  1.  P>.  for  "  I7S;}."  r.  **  1703." 

P.  (i()4.  iMrs  VVriffht.  the  Alderman's  widow,  died  Mav  4,  1S09. 

V.  6'()."i.   .Mr.  Johnson's  t(iinb  at  Hendon  Ls  \\\\\s  in-^eribed: 
'*  To  the  memorv  of  Mr.  Ri(  hard  .loan:»on,  C  ilizen, 
who  died  Feb.  '2.^>,  1793,  .vpd  53. 
He  possessed  a  ^ood  and  f^enerons  mind  ;  w;is  muc\\  h^\c\Ni!<jL>  ^a 

well  ai>  bcini^  iulniircdj  for  his  moral  yr'mc\p\«&\xi\A\jera\.\i\^. 


7^0  •  LITERARY  ANECDOTES. 

Mr.Hichard  Johnson  died  11  Feb.  1795,  aged  38  years. 

Pita  Humana  Bulla  est.** 

P.  624.  Dr.  John  Glen  King's  widow  died  in  Aug:nst,  17«9. 

p.  713.  **Bp.  Atterbun/s  famous  sermon  at  the  funei-al  of  Bcnnet 
raised  a  curiosity  to  enquii-e  into  the  man's  [private]  chai-acter  : 
and  it  was  foimd  in  some  instances  to  be  none  of  the  best. — Dr. 
Young  says,  lie  wiis  an  adniii-abic  orator,  both  in  the  pulpit  and  the 
House  of  I^rds,  &c.one  of  the  best  he  ever  heard.**  Mr.  JmeSt  MS. 

P.  735.  TheAitiindMystery  of  ^i6/«-maAfi7i^wnll  be  illustrated 
bv  the  followini;  authentic  Narrative,  which  was  circubitcd  in 
print  by  Dr.  Hubert  Sanders  (see  vol.  II.  p.  729) ;  whose  address, 
to  obvia-e  objections,  was  previously  left  at  the  New  England, 
St.  Paul's,  and  New  Slaughter's  Coffee-houses. 

"  In  the  yt;ir  1773,  I  was  employed  by  Mr.  *  »  *  *  to  write  a 
Commentary  on  the  Bible  j  but,  as  1  was  not  a  Clergyman,  con- 
sequently, my  name  could  not  be  prefixed  to  it.  Application  was 
made  to  sevei-al  Clergymen  for  the  use  of  their  names  :  and,  at 
last,  Henry  Southwell,  LL.  D.  granted  his.  The  success  that  at- 
tended the  work  was  great  indeed,  and  superior  to  any  tliat  had 
ever  gone  before.  As  my  thotights,  in  my  own  weak  opinion, 
became  more  improved,  and  my  reading  more  extensive,  1  pro- 
posed publishing  a  second  Commentary  on  the  Bible,  on  a  more 
efilarged  plan  than  any  that  had  ever  yet  been  printed.  I  eni^p-d 
with  Messrs.  *****  and  ******,  as  the  proprietors,  at  the 
rate  of  two  guineas  per  number,  and  the  next  thing  to  be  done 
was,  to  procure  a  Clergyman's  name,  as  the  ostensible  author. 
At  my  own  expence,  which  was  never  yet  repaid,  I  went  twice 
to  Doptford,  to  solicit  Dr.  Colin  Milne  for  his  name  ;  but  he  ho- 
nestly told  me,  "that,  although  he  had  no  doubts  concerning  my 
abililie^i,  yet  he  would  not  have  his  name  to  what  he  was  not 
to  write.'*  I  next  made  application  to  Dr.*  *  *  *,  who  offered  his 
name  for  one  hundred  guineas  ;  but  the  proprietors  rejtx*ted  his 
propo^l.  The  third  application  was  to  Dr.  Cruyse;  and  then 
fourthly  to  Mr.  Sellon,  of  Clerkenweli ;  but  both  proved  incffic- 
tiu\l.  At  last,  I  procured  the  name  of  Mr.  Henries,  and  they  paid 
him  twenty  pounds.  After  this,  the  publication  of  v  •*  work  ^vas 
8o  long  dehiyed,  that  all  the  Booksellers  in  London  heard  of  it. 
At  last  the  first  number  was  published,  and  received  with  general 
approbation.  It  was  necessary  for  me,  as  the  author,  to  ask  the 
propri*?tors  for  some  books  to  assist  me  :  i>ut,  when  I  sent  for 
them,  they  tore  my  letters,  and  said  I  was  impertinent.  1  was  of 
course  obliged  to  purchase  the  books  myself,  for  which  I  paid 
upwards  of  five  pounds  ;  and,  when  I  sent  in  my  bill,  they  rc- 
refused  to  look  at  it,  telling  me,  at  the  same  time,  that  thpv 
had  no  farther  occasion  for  my  services,  and  even  denied  me  my 
week  s  wages.  For  these  reasons,  this  is  laid  before  the  publick, 
that  they  may  know  that  no  part  of  the  work,  after  No.  13,  is 
written  by  me.'* 

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